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RE: Rule of Thumb
September 5, 2015 at 8:34 am
(This post was last modified: September 5, 2015 at 8:36 am by Alex K.)
My empirically obtained rule of thumb for scheduling when writing publications and books:
If you think your project will be finished tomorrow, it will take another week. If you think it will be finished in two weeks, the actual time needed for completion is undetermined.
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RE: Rule of Thumb
September 5, 2015 at 8:59 am
(September 5, 2015 at 4:38 am)ignoramus Wrote: Hey Wizman, something's been driving me nuts lately.
Can you or anybody here ever remember seeing a medieval movie where the person/persons opening up the massive draw bridge or gate, actually do it following real world leverage physics? Just watched a Clive Owen "Knight" movie and a person half opened up a 10 ton iron gate with one turn of the wheel! Shit like that just wreck it for me!
(And don't even start me on the "sound" of the Photon Torpedos and Plasma Cannons in space!) hehe
Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen anything in a movie use proper leverage physics, ever. Then again, I guess if it took several minutes to raise-lower a prop, it would eat up an inordinate amount of screen time unless they made it seem a little faster.
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RE: Rule of Thumb
September 5, 2015 at 9:03 am
THX certified ship vibrations! I love it!
It's a little sad we have to indoctrinate our minds just to enjoy a bloody movie isn't it? hehe
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RE: Rule of Thumb
September 5, 2015 at 10:05 am
(September 5, 2015 at 8:21 am)Neimenovic Wrote: Do not investigate sounds.
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RE: Rule of Thumb
September 6, 2015 at 8:52 am
Quote:The opening of the black gate in LOTR seems to be compatible with known Troll physics.
Irrelevant as (according to canon), the Morannon are magical gates, under Sauron's personal control.
Quote:I always rationalized the torpedo and phaser sounds thusly - the firing creates a strong electromagnetic field which induces vibration in nearby ship hulls resulting in the perceived sound Smile
Reasonable, but this doesn't explain why, in wide shots with the POV outside any of the ship, we still hear the weapons (we also hear their impact on targets).
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RE: Rule of Thumb
September 6, 2015 at 9:39 am
(September 6, 2015 at 8:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Quote:The opening of the black gate in LOTR seems to be compatible with known Troll physics.
Irrelevant as (according to canon), the Morannon are magical gates, under Sauron's personal control.
Quote:I always rationalized the torpedo and phaser sounds thusly - the firing creates a strong electromagnetic field which induces vibration in nearby ship hulls resulting in the perceived sound Smile
Reasonable, but this doesn't explain why, in wide shots with the POV outside any of the ship, we still hear the weapons (we also hear their impact on targets).
Boru
You're telling me the only Hollywood siege gate that follows physics is the one that specifically defies physics because it's magic?
Fuckin' Hollywood...
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RE: Rule of Thumb
September 6, 2015 at 10:34 am
You'll lose her in the same manner that you got her.
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RE: Rule of Thumb
September 6, 2015 at 11:09 am
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RE: Rule of Thumb
September 6, 2015 at 11:50 am
Nobody fucks with Switzerland.
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RE: Rule of Thumb
September 6, 2015 at 4:56 pm
I'll mess with Texas.
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