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- From: car-a@minster.york.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
- Subject: The Last Starfighter and the Beast
- Message-ID: <721910156.3698@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 10:35:57 GMT
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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- quetzal@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
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- >Compare that with the Ballroom scene in "Beauty and the Beast" (Had to
- >bring it up again): It took 2.5 to 4.5 hours to render every frame (granted,
-
- I had no idea Beauty and the Beast was done by computer, I haven't
- actually seen it. Seems like a hell of a waste of time and energy
- for a disney cartoon.
-
- I had a suspicion that a Cray was used in The
- Last Starfighter, but I didn't want to commit myself when people are
- so eager to flame each other nowadays... Cray is one of those names
- that is bandied about (in hushed tones) when you want to impress
- someone...
-
-
- Chris Reece.
- If I annoy you that much - mail me.
- "Relax, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should be",
- Evan Dando
-