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Dreamworks, Sinbad & Linux

Ex-MislTech writes "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, an animated movie from DreamWorks Animation Technology that hits theaters July 2, is the first Hollywood production created entirely on Linux. More than 250 Hewlett-Packard workstations running Red Hat Linux make up the core of DreamWorks' graphics platform."

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  1. Whew! by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 1, Funny

    When I saw "Sinbad" I was starting to think about the comic. No wonder it would take so many Linux servers to render the man. (Yes, he's funny - but man, I wouldn't want him sitting in my lap.)

    1. Re:Whew! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Sinbad is a comic, too? I thought he was a comedian.

  2. Problems... by jeffy210 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The biggest problems were the women and the water."

    Isn't that the problem that most men have to deal with anyway?

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  3. the women by metallikop · · Score: 5, Funny
    The biggest problems were the women and the water.

    Strange, being a Linux user women are my biggest problem too.

    1. Re:the women by Dr+Tall · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's no better for Windows users *sigh*.

  4. Will it show in the credits? by strredwolf · · Score: 1, Funny

    The biggest question now is if a penguin will be in the credits.

    Oh oh.... BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE!

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  5. Ironic... by metz2000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I find it highly amusing that the only place I could find clips for this new movie was on WindowsMedia.com!

    "Created using Linux, advertised by Microsoft."

  6. Newsbreak: Baked producers find women a "problem" by GillBates0 · · Score: 2, Funny
    The biggest problems were the women...*snip*...Once the ocean was "baked,"...*snip*...But the Sirens still looked like naked plastic women...

    Me thinks the Dreamworks team had a whole lot of wholesome fun while making the movie.

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  7. yarr by huntz0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    More proof that Linux users are a bunch of pirates

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    1. Re:yarr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      So, will this movie be rated AARRRRGH?

  8. JUST GREAT by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    "is the first Hollywood production created entirely on Linux. "
    another thing I won't be able to watch with windows..

    oh wait.

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  9. Trouble with the pre-screening... by pb · · Score: 4, Funny
    Apparently they're having trouble getting this deployed because the theatres are having a tough time with their new digital video systems; it quits immediately with this error:

    - MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
    It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your gcc
    version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read DOCS/bugreports.html
    and follow the instructions there. We can't and won't help unless you provide
    this information when reporting a possible bug.




    (and, yes, that was a joke, folks...)

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    1. Re:Trouble with the pre-screening... by confused+one · · Score: 2, Funny
      An even better joke:

      They're having trouble getting it deployed because RIAA and MPAA are objecting to the use of decss on some digital video systems...

  10. a film on Microsoft tech... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, Microsoft can easily match that. All they have to do is remake Derek Jarman's 'Blue'.

  11. The real reason for the length of production by pytheron · · Score: 2, Funny
    Animators studied the movements made in gymnastics, ballet and modern dance and looked at underwater filming to get a feel for the fluid movements these "water women" might make.

    No wonder the film took four years to make !
    Animator: Sorry love, we didn't quite capture that.. once more, but this time come closer.. we need to get an artistic feel

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  12. GOOD JOB BROADCASTING THAT YOU NEVER DATED by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Every month women have a problem with water retention, which means that their men have a problem with water retention.

    If you ever get a date, you'll understand.

  13. Re:How is it different then this: by Veranix · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, you've never been married.

    Or maybe you have...no paycheck, AND no sex!

  14. it is about time that they made a movie about him by AssFace · · Score: 2, Funny

    That comedian always had the zaniest things to say.

    And his pants!

    The article doesn't mention anything about Linux having any issue with his pants. Big, billowy pants - likely what inspired MC Hammer now that I think of it.

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  15. First Hollywood production created on Windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    David Lynch's Bluescreen Velvet

  16. Re:and its got Brad Pitt by Gortbusters.org · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps he is now rejecting the following he got from films like Seven and Fight Club.

    HEY! You do NOT talk about Fight Club!

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  17. Re:A funny geek joke for you... by Jonsey · · Score: 2, Funny

    DEC 25 perhaps?

    Because everyone knowns that OCT 33 just doesn't make sense.

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  18. Re:Ironic... Give me a break folks. by Surak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Most TV producers are not computer scientists and don't see the irony and/or don't care.

    Can you imagine how awful TV would be if it WERE produced by computer scientists?

    Channel 45: The Slashdot channel! Geeks rant and rave about Microsoft, SCO, and RIAA! Then they geek out over Linux, *BSD (which they always seem to point is dying), and Mac OS X!!!

    Channel 52: The Microsoft Channel! Bill Gates discusses his plans for world domination!

    Channel 54: The Linux channel! Kernel hacker Alan Cox takes you line-by-line through the Linux source code!

    Channel 58: The Apple Channel! Steve Jobs demonsrates his famous "Reality Distortion Field" and exaggerates a lot about Apple's latest G5 computers!

    Channel 62: The FSF Channel! RMS talks about how Channel 54 should be called the GNU/Linux channel!

    Channel 69: The SCO Channel! *** programming unavailable ***

  19. Re:Sigh... mod me down by DASHSL0T · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fucking fucking losers... alright, I have karma to burn (and enemies to make I guess)...

    Considering I saw this under Ford Explorers making coffee, I take it yours does not make decaf. :-P

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  20. Re:Ironic... Give me a break folks. by finkployd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Channel 54: The Linux channel! Kernel hacker Alan Cox takes you line-by-line through the Linux source code!

    Hot Damn! I would LOVE to see that :)

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