New subject: OT: "Revelations" Star WarsFilm

23 Jul 2005

      If you don't have a high-speed link, read no farther.  I just learned  
about this film and downloaded it.  If you're a Star Wars fan (I'm  
not), I suppose it's essential.  If you have an appreciation of the  
technical side of film-making (I do), then you'll get a real kick out  
of it.

It's not a parody (Star Wars films are so ridiculous they're hard to  
parody), but instead should be considered as another 40-minute  
episode.  It was supposedly made for $20K, but took a LOT of free  
time from dozens and dozens of people.  If the director had actually  
had to pay for things, it would have easily cost a few million. The  
sound and graphics are surprisingly good, with a full 5.1 Dolby  
surround mix.  The writing and acting--well, they aren't any worse  
than the real Star Wars movies.

It's available in three forms:  There's a Quicktime movie and a  
Windoze Media movie, each about 250 Meg.  Then there's a DVD image of  
over 4 GB, which is the form I downloaded.  You'll obviously need a  
DVD burner for that one, but it comes with more goodies.

This is not about astronomy (there ARE star fields in the movie,  
though), but heck: half the stuff we talk about here isn't astronomy.

Here's the link:

http://www.panicstruckpro.com/revelations/

Michael Carnes
MichaelCarnes@earthlink.net

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