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What a film! If only I could find Dark Skies to add to my collection. Time for some X files me thinks.
Jan 6, 2025 8:53 PM
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What a film! If only I could find Dark Skies to add to my collection. Time for some X files me thinks.
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
Of course you still like batteries not included. All us adult men do. Im 45 and still giggle like a little boy at 80s anime
cuntybumsox
Two of the Disney Sci Fi greats, I have both on DVD
RenaldoMooon
The Disney ACES special effects / alternative bluescreen process! Instead of the multiple processing steps needed for traditional bluescreen, it used a sodium yellow background and filmed with a prism which separated the model and background matte simultaneously allowing very clean edges around the Cygnus shots. Disney mothballed the system after the Black Hole flopped and the creator was unable to make another prism.
manixaist
Oooo yeah I remember some video/documentary where someone tried to recreate the effect from scratch since the original crystals were lost or something. I *think* they managed it but it was hard. I'll see if I can find it,
manixaist
I think this is the one I watched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk
manixaist
Loved this movie as a kid
RenaldoMooon
The ray gun props initially had trigger activated LEDs to make it easier for the animation team to animate the laser beams in post production. That was scrapped when they realized the actors were shooting their co-stars and had to reshoot several scenes. YOU HAD ONE JOB MR PIZER.
RenaldoMooon
Full disclosure: no specific actors were named when the reshoots were made, but I can’t imagine Fred Ward or Ernest Borgnine pulling that crap.
manixaist
Maybe not, but I'd like to imagine it :)
RenaldoMooon
Fair.