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mag wrote on May 9, 2011, 21:53:
Harrison Ford is exactly right. CGI only doesn't look terrible (terrible) when it's just used to make real effects look better. I want to scream every time I see an entirely-CGI character/monster/army glossily shining against a real set. UGH.
Hoop wrote on May 9, 2011, 13:30:
I'm the same, I could be about to drop into the grand canyon & yet nobody is gonna hear panic, fear or despair pass through my cold pursed lips.
Guys minds instinctively go into analysis mode even when all control is taken away from them, I would bet Blue you were thinking your way down the whole time, assessing the situation with every snap of a branch. ;)
Mr. Tact wrote on May 9, 2011, 13:34:kanniballl wrote on May 9, 2011, 11:29:
Meanwhile, I know we had some people on our block that were big-time nature people. They apparently raised a big stink when a neighbor decided to get rid of 2 bushes on his property. I'm not saying 6' trees, but like 3' or 4' bushes up against his house.
I can't imagine there being a law which would allow them to prevent the removal of a 4' bush against someone else's home.
kanniballl wrote on May 9, 2011, 11:29:
Meanwhile, I know we had some people on our block that were big-time nature people. They apparently raised a big stink when a neighbor decided to get rid of 2 bushes on his property. I'm not saying 6' trees, but like 3' or 4' bushes up against his house.
I know in my town cutting down trees is a real pain. I know you have to get a permit, and I *think* you also need someone to come out and see if they'll let you.
(MrsBlue's account of this is comical, describing me silently disappearing off the deck, followed by a calm "I'm okay" from below).