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Re: ED-209
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Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:39:56 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Ah yes. RoboCop was the last great hurrah before The Abyss and Terminator 2 ushered in the computer effects era for good. So in effect, ED was the curtain call for stop-motion animation, as far as big-budget sci-fi films are concerned.

And oh how I miss it.

Sniff.



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  Re: ED-209
 
(...) And the Last Starfighter ushered in the CGI... :) (some say it was Tron, but they would be mistaken...) Dave K (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
  Re: ED-209
 
(...) Surely you're not forgetting Army of Darkness?!? If that's not a stop-motion tour de force, I don't know what is! But I agree that something satisfying was lost when the film industry collectively decided to move to CGI... Dave! (18 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)

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(2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> My version of the adorable (URL) robotic law enforcement officer> with just the right bugs. May be a teensy bit too big for minifig scale but is close enough to deploy in your town. Tim (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !! 

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