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Re: Moongrazer
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Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:43:14 GMT
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Brilliant.

Great original story and some very nice photography. Creates a great mood. Creepy space sci-fi like 2001. Very nice constructions. And some of the best “interior” photos I’ve ever seen for a space MOC. Great sense of humor.

I *liked* the pacing--I think it works well, so long as the viewer is on a fast connection and doesn’t have to wait for the images to load. I don’t think many stories could work well at that pace, but it really works here.

I kind of like the open-ended ending--or is it obvious what’s going to happen and I’m missing it? I assumed the thing coming through the viewport toward the end was some sort of egg--that it was reproducing. Yikes, maybe it was going to mate!

(shudder)

-Brendan

   
         
     
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Re: Moongrazer
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In lugnet.space, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:

   I kind of like the open-ended ending--or is it obvious what’s going to happen and I’m missing it? I assumed the thing coming through the viewport toward the end was some sort of egg--that it was reproducing. Yikes, maybe it was going to mate!

Well if that’s it was, maybe “Jungle Lust (tm)” would work better as a scent than Cinnamon?

Anyway, if that’s what’s going on there, the monster apparently has good taste, as Princess Leia has been slumming again.

   
         
   
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Re: Moongrazer
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In lugnet.space, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
   Brilliant.

Great original story and some very nice photography. Creates a great mood. Creepy space sci-fi like 2001. Very nice constructions. And some of the best “interior” photos I’ve ever seen for a space MOC. Great sense of humor.


Thanks. I’ve always admired your skill with minifig scenes. My interior shots benefited from some experiments I did with shadows a while back. The shadows are manipulated for mood and atmosphere.


   I *liked* the pacing--I think it works well, so long as the viewer is on a fast connection and doesn’t have to wait for the images to load. I don’t think many stories could work well at that pace, but it really works here.


I didn’t want to reveal the creature too soon in the show. I was building up plausibility for the scenario, making the audience food for the creature, just like the moonbase crew. You want a cinnamon bun, don’t you. Stale moon muffin? Blech. :-) And of course the exterior scenes are in “lunar slow motion”.

   I kind of like the open-ended ending--or is it obvious what’s going to happen and I’m missing it? I assumed the thing coming through the viewport toward the end was some sort of egg--that it was reproducing. Yikes, maybe it was going to mate!

Ah, the ovipositor. You missed the Explorovore thread that explains the exobiology.

K

 

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