Re: Movies

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Allan Goodall wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:54:31 -0400, Rick Rutherford <Rick@esr.com>
wrote:
> 
> >If I had to recommend one modern war film, it would be "The Beast"
(it's
> >also sometimes called "The Beast of War"), made in 1988. 
> 
> Ah! Rick beat me to it!
> 
> I will also add a vote for "The Wings of Honneamise", the only anime I
own. 
> 
> I understand that "Titan AE" isn't a bad animated film, from a
starship combat
> point of view. It's readily available for rent, but I haven't seen it.

I saw this in the theatre - it's one of those movies you watch for the
visuals, not the plot or characters... Nice CG animations of the ships &
stations, and some entertaining scenes - one zero-G combat scene sticks
in
my memory.

Zero-Gravity combat rules for FMa or SG2 - must think. Import vector
movement from FT? In full 3-d? Cool...

Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -
- http://warbard.iwarp.com/games.html -
 
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