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Hey cool! I spent last summer working on the 3D graphics for an upcoming IMAX documentary, Roving Mars, at a local studio (it's amazing that anyone in this little town is doing this stuff!), and the film opens... next week? January 26th, I think.
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Okay! It's out, the premiere went great (I hear, I couldn't make it this weekend), Frank Marshall said my former boss was one of the most talented people he'd ever worked with... and the reviews are mostly positive!
Here's a snippet from a subscriber-only NYT.com op-ed:
quote:January 28, 2006 Op-Ed Columnist Your Ticket to Mars By JOHN TIERNEY
There are three reasons to rush to see "Roving Mars":
1. It's the best Imax movie ever.
2. You will be one of the first humans to know exactly what you'd see joy riding across Mars.
3. If the box-office gross per screen is high enough on this opening weekend, you could see someone really joy riding on Mars before you die.
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The worst part of all this is that I got quoted in the local paper, and the reporter left enough crucial words out of it that it sounds like I had no idea what was going on with the production. And he has me working there over twice as long as I actually did. D'oh. This is why I'm afraid of reporters.
But overall, whee! My first feature film! Posts: 1681 | Registered: Jun 2004
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Now to find out if the Omnimax theater at the Museum of Science and Industry is one of the screens running this... they should be. Awesome cool news Zeugma!
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Sweet! I really want to see that, its on my Grand List of Movies to See! Now it's that much the cooler for knowing a Hatracker's worked on it!!
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Short answer: Lightwave. I hadn't touched it before starting there, though, so I spent most of my time in Photoshop working on texture maps. Woo!
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What is your name at CGTalk? I'm jamesreynolds. I never read or post though. I have a brother who lives there, and a friend who lurks heavily and they point out the cool stuff.
All I can say is wow! I can't wait to see it!
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I go by my real name, Aja, but I don't spend much time outside the News and Discussions threads, and usually only keep up with the thread about my school. It's a huge community, lots of really great stuff here and there, but there are other forums more suited to character animators out there. Posts: 1681 | Registered: Jun 2004
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