Re: Clone Armies in Trek

Graham Kennedy wrote:

>Chris Basken wrote:
>
>> "Graham Kennedy" wrote...
>> 
>>>lyon_wonder wrote:
>>>
>>>>And why did those ground vehicles that Picard used in "Nemesis"
>>>>utilize old-fashioned wheels and suspension that don't look too far
>>>>removed from vehicles in the 20/21st century?  Obviously, in the late
>>>>24th century, this is long after hover vehicles and flaying cars were
>>>>invented.
>>>>Even George Lucas and the SFX people in all the Star Wars movies were
>>>>far more creative in this regard.
>>>
>>>I suspect they weren't more creative but rather had far more money.
>> 
>> 
>> Not that Nemesis was a wellspring of creativity...  ;)
>
>Hey, the Wars films were not exactly original; Lucas based
>the first one pretty directly on some Japanese flick I can't
>remember the title of,

The Wizard of Oz

>and the last battle is largely ripped
>off from "The Dambusters" - supposedly he even cut footage
>from that movie into his rough cut of Wars to give people an
>idea of what would be happening.

Not supposedly.  If you get the DVD of Episode Two, the special
features disc has a documentary on "Previsualization," the
process Lucas uses to cut to the action of the shots.  It shows
one splitscreen clip with the Falcon's escape from the Death Star
matched to WWII footage.  That's if you believe anything coming
out of Lucasfilm; the Falcon footage is edited down from that in
the movie.

>Besides, I liked Nemesis a lot.

I like it, but not a lot.  Perhaps it's time to give it another
chance and look for the DVD.

-- 
-Jack