Re: space:above and beyond

> there was one shot of one of the x-wings (i mean, whatever fighters they were
> using) blowing up...a side shot, of the ship breaking up...after the pilot
> said something like 'i can't shake him.'
> that was just too star wars-esque not to have been planned.  perhaps it was a
> 'tribute?'

     I sure hope it was a tribute.  I was just waiting to hear one of the
pilots say "Stay on target!"  There's no doubt in my mind that the producers
of this show are huge Star Wars fans.  My guess is one of their primary
reasons for doing a series with all the fighters and space battles was that
they liked Star Wars so much that they wanted to try their hand at doing
something just like it, only better.
     If the computer graphics ever advance to that state (and they have
indeed progressed, just watch Tron, The Last Starfighter and Babylon5 in that
order) they might actually be able to totally eliminate the model usage in
movies.
     Watch Radioland Murders or Hercules: The Legendary Journeys to see how
far the studios have come in replacing mattes.  The Crow proved that
eventually, an actor could seem to do all his own stunts (even from the
grave).  And The Mask proved than almost anything is possible.

Da Clyde
Chief of Control