Wired's LOTR III Tech Breakdown

rjjm writes "Interesting little logistics piece in Wired about the technology WETA used for for The Return of the King." Ya know, now that the Matrix hype vanished into nowhere, I'm glad the LotR hype is gearing up. I think this one will earn it.

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Back to the fifties...

[dpbsmith]

Why, that article reads just like the sort of technology-worshipping PR stuff that used to be churned out by big industrial corporations in the U. S. (and, of course, by the Soviet Union).

Only back then it used to be dams and steel mills and such.

This mighty dam holds mumble godzillion acre-cubits of water from the Colorado-Dnieper river. Its sixty-nine turbines turn at over 3000 therbligs, generating twenty-two thousand, six jillion and seventeen point six five myriads of power, coursing through twenty thousand leagues of wire--enough to serve the needs of sixteen-and-a-quarter cities the size of East Buffington. These complex control panels, with a combined mendacity of six hundred and fifty-eight knobs, buttons, and levers, are constantly monitored by eighty-six point three five highly trained technicians. Yes, when in full operation, this project will harness the vast forces of nature and offer the promise of a better life for the six million, two hundred and seventy-six-thousand, seven hundred and eighty-four people served by the North-by-Northwest Winnemac Regional Development Authority!