On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 08:37:53PM +0800, Charles Christopher G Dolera wrote:
>
> Check this out:
>
> http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2001/july/final_fantasy.html
>
> Final Fantasy "Spirits within" was rendered by a large Linux Cluster
> on SGI systems.I remember titanic was also rendered by a linux
> cluster also by SGI. Now if only I could get my hands on an onyx =) My
> mouth drooled when I saw an SGI cluster running on SuSE in Munich last
> year.
Although the graphics were stunning, the story was... lame. It would
probably fall under Games-Turned-Into-Boring-Movies(tm) like numerous
others. It's proof that special effects even when applied to an entire
movie do not make up for good stories or story telling. Then the
limits of the technology really come across when you figure out that
the near lifelike figures on screen feel like plastic dummies that
come to life. The nuances of movement may have been closely matched,
but the faces remain stony, their range of expressions limited.
I'm looking forward to how they do "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry
Potter" which have stories to tell.
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