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Behind the Scenes of Narnia's Special Effects
louismg writes "Walt Disney Pictures' Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe took in more than $100 million at the box office worldwide in its opening weekend, riding the back of special effects powering nearly all the movie's characters, from the lion Aslan to the Gryphon, Minotaur, Centaurs and more. VFXWorld has a series of diaries with the technology geeks at Rhythm & Hues behind the special effects. (Part 1, 2)
For the fantasy film's special effects, Rhythm & Hues teamed up with Industrial Light and Magic and Sony Pictures Imageworks to deliver more than 1,400 shots for the film, and used cutting-edge technology from BlueArc, NVIDIA and others to keep the effects' production running."
Jesus sounds a lot like Qui-Gon Jinn.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
The CG effects in this Christian allegory masterpiece are so much better than the ones in that other singing / dancing vegetable / fruit one.
DOH! :)
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If you want to see some really nice beaver, go see Narnia. It had the best looking beaver special effects. You even get to see deep inside a beaver lodge. The beaver chase scene is pretty amazing.
"You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"
How did Aslan become king?
His Father is the Emperor over the sea and always has been. It's a bit like asking who put God in charge of everything.
Well I didn't vote for 'im.
Hey, you didn't see any eligible warlocks in the movie, now did you? A few thousand years without getting laid, you'd be an icy bitch too.
That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
How did Aslan become king?
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excaliber from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that Aslan, the Lion, was to carry Excalibur! That is why Aslan was King!
It's true no man is an island, but if you take a bunch of dead guys and tie 'em together, they make a good raft.
Can you ever have too much beaver?
Ah, apologetics.
1) The "other stories" you are being told are being told badly, or are just plain wrong. God does not approve all articles before publication.
Blame the messenger, not the message. True Christianity (TM) is beyond reproach, by definition, so if you have a problem with it, it must have just been told badly.
2) The "other stories" you are being told reveal things in yourself that you are not prepared to deal with yet.
3) You understand the greater story, and simply wish to align yourself with evil instead of good.
Blame the reader, not the message. True Christianity (TM) is beyond reproach, by definition, so if you have a problem with it, you're just immature or evil.
To a Christian, possibility 4) is of course impossible:
4) There are perfectly legitimate reasons to find Christianity and its "message" repellent.
"Quite honestly, I felt the effects in this film were very poorly done.
The entire movie was very poorly done."
Yeah because those rendered Minotaurs, Griffins and Faun legs look nothing like the REAL things I've encountered in my travels. Just like LotR, you've think people would actually try to go out and SEE things before rendering them in order to get the special effects right.
probably never. it is disney, I know that much. I just wanted to throw a sony joke in because the grandparent mentioned it.
and boycotting anybody is fun.
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Far too much christianity for a non-christian to swallow,
Yes, because the bible is full of talking animals and witches. I also disliked the reference to Jesus and his army attacking the Romans.
You need to take the red pill.
The bottom line, the internet wouldn't exist had it not been for Christ's humble teachings 2,000 years ago.
In your face, Al Gore!
Step into a huge movement. Don't Tread In Me.