Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!ames!barry From: barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry) Newsgroups: net.movies,net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Re: 2010 letdown (semi-SPOILER) Message-ID: <717@ames.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 14:30:32 EST Article-I.D.: ames.717 Posted: Wed Dec 19 14:30:32 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 01:39:16 EST References: <4227@tekecs.UUCP> <413@mhuxt.UUCP> Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 33 Xref: watmath net.movies:5299 net.sf-lovers:5421 [] >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. Disagree. If you look at the free-fall scenes in 2001, you will see that, while the simulation isn't *perfect*, it is done far better than in 2010. In 2001, when the people are supposed to be walking in free-fall on velcro, they move *slowly* (keeping momentum down), and use handholds at every opportunity. In 2010, however, walking in free fall with sticky soles is made to look exactly like walking in a 1-G environment. Hyams could have and should have done better. Incidentally, I liked 2010. It was not a classic, and had more technical errors than I can completely excuse, but I thought it a good, straight SF story that was treated with respect. I'd expected less, and was surprised by the quality. 2010 is not in the same league as 2001, but that's true of the books, as well. 2010 is among the weakest of Clarke's recent novels, in my opinion. - From the Crow's Nest - Kenn Barry NASA-Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USENET: {ihnp4,vortex,dual,hao,menlo70,hplabs}!ames!barry SOURCE: ST7891