From the way-back machine...

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[Batutta]

In 30 years time I'm sure we will look at the behind the scenes of Avatar's CGI with the same amusement.

 

[Jim Brennan]

It worked then, and it still works for me now.

 

[MattinSTL]

It's ironic that just recently computer technology got good enough to display computer technology in parity to the other technology shown in scifi films. Now we can watch the whole movie get dated over time equally instead of just the normal set dressing items that change into a giant twinky in ten years.

At least Star Wars was somewhat aware... while pretty much anything else before, and for years later... still stupidly showed data on a Zenith 27" wood-console TV... *CLICK... CLICK... CLICK...*

"This thing can travel at lightspeeds to other galaxies on one tankful... and that's a good thing 'cause you know how much that load of CRTs weighs?"

 

[Batutta]

It's ironic that just recently computer technology got good enough to display computer technology in parity to the other technology shown in scifi films. Now we can watch the whole movie get dated over time equally instead of just the normal set dressing items that change into a giant twinky in ten years.

I remember thinking as a kid whenever I'd see a high res, film image that had been superimposed onto a TV in a sci-fi show how fake that looked, because no TV set looks that good. Now I have perfect, artifact free 1080p HD on my 42 inch TV. A film that accurately predicted future home display technology was Truffaut's 1966 adaptation of Farenheit 451--

 

[Jon Starr]

From this to Jar Jar... amazing...

Not to sound like a super nerd, but even with a photo how could he get the death star wrong? The superlaser dish is not on the equatorial trench, it's above it... I always wondered how they let that slip...