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Subject: Re: Re: 2010 letdown (semi-SPOILER)
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> One or two people have stated that velcro on the shoes would explain
> why the actors appeared to be moving around normally in 0 g. Certainly
> we've all seen enough TV from the shuttle to know that people
> do not move and appear the same in 0 g as they do in 1 g, no matter
> how well their feet are anchored. This was one of the more inexcusable
> screw-ups by Mr. Hyames, part of the overall sloppiness and
> TV-series quality which pervade the film.

I'm sure they had a big budget for this movie, but it would probably have
to be a lot bigger in order to make it look as though people were moving
in zero g.  But if they had enough money, they could have moved the whold
production into space to avoid this inexcusable sloppiness.  They could
also try shooting very short sequences in some kind of free-fall elevator
(like at some amusement parks).
   These are the only ways offhand I can think of to make it look as though
people are moving in zero g.  Both of them sound ridiculously expensive.
   Maybe we'll just have to live with things like that for awhile longer
until some special effects genius invents artificial gravity.

Jeff Sonntag
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"I've got it!  We'll build the set under a 500' diameter sphere of neutronium!
Let's see ... Neutronium   $5000/ounce ....  forget it."