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I picked the book up on Saturday at Creature Features, I live near by so I thought "Hmm...I'll just go over and take a chance and see if the book has arrived." It had! And Preston was there too, and he graciously signed my copy.
I started by just flipping through it, it's very engaging, no matter what page I stopped on, I was completely engrossed immediately, like coming across a great movie on TV while flipping channels, you can't stop watching it. Well I couldn't stop reading, I wanted to know everything there was to know immediately!
I finally had to force myself to start from the beginning, and oh man, I can't believe the candor of the people being interviewed. You would never hear the people involved with a tent pole movie that was just about to be released today being so candid about the weakness and problems of the film.
I'm only up to page 80 so far, but I'm loving it, I can't put it down. I also can't wait to re-watch the theatrical version when I'm done. I never thought I would ever want to watch that version again after the directors cut came out.
Congratulations Preston! I'm sorry we all had to wait so long to read it, but it is worth it!
Mike
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When they are practical effects - perhaps less so, you might appreciate the hard and tangible work that went into it.
I love reading how films are made, especially special effects before the CGI days. Today it's simply a software solution. BORING! Back then it was more an inventor mentality in how to accomplish an effect. Every tool and trade was at ones disposal.
There's nothing boring about FX then or now. (Or everything is boring, because film making bores you.) It's still creative, it still requires invention, and it's still a s***-ton of very tangible work. It might not be as photogenic for behind the scenes books as Joe Johnston driving his pickup truck past an exploding model of the Death Star trench.
It's funny because back in 1979-ish there were people complaining about all the new-fangled tech that went into Star Wars and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Of course I say forget the FX, actually make the damned avalanche.
EDIT: A bit of a rant, and not entirely off topic. Sorry. Oh look, I have a button that's just been pushed!
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Dec 9, 2014 - 12:46 PM
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Ado
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When they are practical effects - perhaps less so, you might appreciate the hard and tangible work that went into it.
I love reading how films are made, especially special effects before the CGI days. Today it's simply a software solution. BORING! Back then it was more an inventor mentality in how to accomplish an effect. Every tool and trade was at ones disposal.
There's nothing boring about FX then or now. (Or everything is boring, because film making bores you.) It's still creative, it still requires invention, and it's still a s***-ton of very tangible work. It might not be as photogenic for behind the scenes books as Joe Johnston driving his pickup truck past an exploding model of the Death Star trench.
It's funny because back in 1979-ish there were people complaining about all the new-fangled tech that went into Star Wars and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Of course I say forget the FX, actually make the damned avalanche.
EDIT: A bit of a rant, and not entirely off topic. Sorry. Oh look, I have a button that's just been pushed!
So let me get this straight, you are saying that I cannot find digital effects boring?
Since you have told me that this is against the law, I have now reconsidered, and I find all discussions of all effects absolutely thrilling.
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So let me get this straight, you are saying that I cannot find digital effects boring?
Since you have told me that this is against the law, I have now reconsidered, and I find all discussions of all effects absolutely thrilling.
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Opinions are indeed opinions. I just find "digital" vs. "practical" are not very useful buckets to put things in. "Good" vs. "bad" FX or even "interesting" vs. "boring" are probably more useful.
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As my sainted mother used to say to my brother and me:
"Now, now, now! Birdies in their little nest agree . . . "
She also used to quote from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Child's Garden of Verses":
"The world is so full of a number of things
That I think we should all be happy as kings."
In which perspective, permit me please to suggest in all modesty that RETURN TO TOMORROW is a "something for everybody" book. If you don't happen to be particularly interested in special effects, (or make-up, or costumes, or set design or whatever), you can choose to skim or skip those portions of the book when they appear, and go on to the next page and resume reading about something you may be more interested in, with no loss of the overall narrative.
(Perhaps Mike can bear me out on this point. Thanks for the kind words, sir!)
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Dec 10, 2014 - 8:59 PM
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I hope to finish reading a Jackie Gleason bio by the arrival of your book. I'm half-way through.
Recently, I re-watched the six ST movies (director's cut of ST:TMP, indeed, is a stunner with that big movie look) and then much of the special edition of TOS. The breadth of the entire franchise struck me to no end. It is humbling to recall TOS as a kid, see it now, and go back in the mind to appreciate the whole idea of a beloved but defunct relatively short-lived television series become something beyond belief in cinematic resurrection. Which somehow we all knew, deep-down, would happen. It was, as usual, all about the people. Oh, the chemistry! For some reason DeForest Kelley has proved the focal point for me. I think it has something to do with the alternate hot-headedness, humor and warmth of his McCoy.
I'll need more time to nail this all down. Am sure the book will be a tremendous help.
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I got an email yesterday from CF saying that my 'recent' order has been completed. It looks like the book will be heading my way soon. I can't wait!
I got the same email, only five months from ordering. Glad I did not get evicted from my apartment, the book would have disappeared into the twilight.
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