Delta IV rocket??? Really?????

NASA calls us all the time to ask how their stuff should look......just recently they called about the TRON ships. Go figure..
 
I don't know. I think peole are so used to fake CGI now they can't tell what's real. The funny thing about that is the real stuff looks fake now because everyone is getting spoiled on the good CGI. They forget what real life actually looks like and they expect more.

I posted this on new years eve. In fact, I was logged in here and used this as my countdown to new years.
I don't know. you know, people talk about making an interesting 6 mintue short for the dvxfest festivals. This is basically about 6 minutes and it sure as hell kept my attention. And there was really nothing to it. But it was real.
And it looks s**tty. Hahahaha.

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If you ever get a chance the Bo us disk for Apollo 13 is worth watching. Ron Howards talks about an Apollo astronaut ask where they found some of their footage as he had never seen some of the angles. Rn had to tell them that the majority of it was CGI. The astronaut then asked "ehhhh, do you mind if we use it?"

It wad also interesting that much of the zero G was done as a practical in the Vommit Comet.
 
I was there to watch the Apollo launch of the first mission to the moon. It looked nothing like that. Neither have any of the many space shuttle launches I've seen on TV. Honestly, this looks just like some of the effects clips found on www.fxhome.com, which were made using EffectsLab Pro -- a relatively inexpensive FX application.
 
That's the problem though... Watching these launches on TV is nothing like being there. Someone mentioned earlier about us being spoiled by CG effects and expecting more....this is true. I love how Hollywood does it. That launch I linked to earlier doesn't look like much on video at all. That's why the OP has a hard time discerning whether or not the Delta's launch video was real (not sure if he's just joking). Though it didn't look like much with it's single booster (being just a test vehicle) etc. its rumble in person felt even greater than the space shuttle's. I can imagine what the Apollo's was like...being that it was a much more powerful vehicle. That had to be cool.
 
Chapel: Are you referring to Ian's post? I'd agree. The Apollo missions were about 10x more dynamic than the Aires launch.

Just looking at the video I posted earlier. There's a brief capture of about 1/3 second, long shot, where it's just spectacular. Around 6:28. I wish they had held the shot for a bit longer. Just amazing.

Well, here's a grab. I dont mind telling you if I was a VFX super on a major film concerning the 11 mission, I'd demand this shot. It's just overwhelming imo.
It doesn't look like any hell here in a single grab that I'm posting, but, man, that's gold if done with todays tech..

11_grab_1.jpg
 
Gord T. I can see what you mean. That plume of smoke and fire is a result of the most powerful rocket ever built. Of course the Delta V would never compete with that. In that regards...it did look fake in comparison. But actually....IMO if the Apollo were to take off from the pad today, with the type of sound supression sytem that's currently being used that scene wouldn't look as dramatic as the above shot.
 
Ian: True. They were pretty much learning as they were going back then so a lot of the suppression that they have now I don't think were in place.
Thus the spectacular visuals. Nowadays they have the water reservoirs to help suppress the acoustic noise. That's one of the things that makes the old Apollo missions so much more visually dynamic. Unless I'm wrong because I'm sort of guessing. In which case, "Cue": Mark Harris...
 
chapelgrovefilms said:
I was there to watch the Apollo launch of the first mission to the moon. It looked nothing like that. Neither have any of the many space shuttle launches I've seen on TV. Honestly, this looks just like some of the effects clips found on www.fxhome.com, which were made using EffectsLab Pro -- a relatively inexpensive FX application.
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Entirely different systems and types of fuel. The Saturn rockets burned kerosene; the Shuttle boosters use solid fuel. Delta IVs burn hydrogen.
 
chapelgrovefilms said:
Okay, is it just me or does this not look like bad CGI from a cheesy scifi movie???

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelo...out/23-storey-rocket-blasts-off-in-california

It doesn't even look real.
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A little OT but here is a better perspepctive from different angles of the launch. What's strange is the residual hydrogen that's normally expelled didn't quite burn off (like it normally should ) and seemed like it actually started a fire for the first 10 to 15 seconds into the launch. Not good. But anyways...you get to see the bigger picture with all of the missing smoke and fire (and where it all went).


http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/Video/videos/DIV/divh_nrol49_lh.wmv
 
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