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Date: Tue, 5-Jul-83 15:25:43 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  5 15:25:43 1983
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       Re: Fred	Blonder's comments on shadows...

      And now for something completely	different: Since Tatooine has two suns,	a fact which the filmmakers like to show off, howcum we never see any double
shadows on Tatooine? We see shadows beneath the sail barge and the smaller
craft, but they're all single. These craft were high enough off the ground
that the shadow should have split into two distinct shadows. Just think how
much fun (i.e. headaches) the special effex folks could have had with that
one! Since Tatooine's two suns are of a slightly different color, they could
have even made the two shadows of different colors.



	    This reminded me of	a TWILIGHT ZONE	episode	 which	are  now  being
       rebroadcast  by	a  local  independent station.	The plot of the	show is
       that years ago a	ship of	Earth people crash on a	 hot,  hostile	planet,
       surviving  only because they have a strong leader who imposes harsh dis-
       cipline and because they	spend most of their time in  caves.   The  con-
       flict  comes  when  a ship comes	to rescue them but their leader	doesn't
       want to give up his control of the group	and refuses to return to Earth.

	    The	reason I mention this is that early on there is	a panorama shot
       of  the	landscape  and	two  suns are shown.  Later on there is	a scene
       where the leader	and the	captain	of the rescue ship are walking	out  of
       the  cave  and  on to the surface.  They	have two distinct shadows - one
       strong, one faint.

	    I was impressed.  I	don't know when	these shows were  made	but  it
       must have been in the early sixties.  Rod really	knew his stuff.	 I wish
       he was still here.