It's true the gap financing ran out, but if you'll remember something happening with the economy at that point? A bunch of... what's it called... lack of available credit? And with Astro being an independent animated film, it was hit the hardest.
Once financing was back in place the majority of the crew came back, and finished it. Sound designer Richard Anderson (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and composer John Ottman (Usual Suspects) were hired and the film finished in style.
See it, and then judge.
One thing I think we'll all overlooking is that the heatsink for this devkit is half the size of the G5 this proc has replaced. I've been using a 1.8 G5 for a year and when I saw the picture I just about fell over. I had NO IDEA there was that much room in the case.
I suppose that's the whole point of the switch to Intel, huh?
While some might argue that 13 CDs and paperwork don't add up to much, what is not being mentioned is what Foley took represented over a decade of sound design work on the part of Ben Burtt and his sound crew. What also gets lost in the George Lucas good/evil is that Foley's actions didn't just impact his life, but also those of the editing crew he worked for. Being a feature film editor in Hollywood, the single greatest fear is having a copy of the movie leak out, not because we are afraid of people seeing the movie before we're 'done' with it, but because we know that the producers and studio execs will blame editing department for the leak. While we might agree that the figures that Lucasfilm propose are inflated, that doesn't change the fact that the producers believe that's what the theft cost them. Those same producers are not likely to rehire us for the next project or worse, tell others that you or your editing crew can't be trusted. If you don't believe me, wait until Episode III comes out and see how many people in the editing crew aren't asked to come back because of this. Foley's actions will have ramifications to that editing crew long past whatever time he ends up serving.
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It's true the gap financing ran out, but if you'll remember something happening with the economy at that point? A bunch of... what's it called... lack of available credit? And with Astro being an independent animated film, it was hit the hardest. Once financing was back in place the majority of the crew came back, and finished it. Sound designer Richard Anderson (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and composer John Ottman (Usual Suspects) were hired and the film finished in style. See it, and then judge.
I suppose that's the whole point of the switch to Intel, huh?
While some might argue that 13 CDs and paperwork don't add up to much, what is not being mentioned is what Foley took represented over a decade of sound design work on the part of Ben Burtt and his sound crew. What also gets lost in the George Lucas good/evil is that Foley's actions didn't just impact his life, but also those of the editing crew he worked for. Being a feature film editor in Hollywood, the single greatest fear is having a copy of the movie leak out, not because we are afraid of people seeing the movie before we're 'done' with it, but because we know that the producers and studio execs will blame editing department for the leak. While we might agree that the figures that Lucasfilm propose are inflated, that doesn't change the fact that the producers believe that's what the theft cost them. Those same producers are not likely to rehire us for the next project or worse, tell others that you or your editing crew can't be trusted. If you don't believe me, wait until Episode III comes out and see how many people in the editing crew aren't asked to come back because of this. Foley's actions will have ramifications to that editing crew long past whatever time he ends up serving.