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Post by dodochicky on Dec 29, 2007 12:40:31 GMT 1
I just got this months SFX (its a sci-fi magazine here in the UK) and I thought this little tidbit might intrigue more than just me on here. 
There's a new fantasy TV show coming out, though just when I'm not sure, called "Re-Extinct" and, to quote the short interview/article, it centres around "a cleaning lady who has vision of the past and future, and can make contact with recently extinct animals"... how cool does that sound?! Hehe!
They're apparently not using CGI and is set to last 13 episodes (this is presumably if the pilot episode is picked up?) - incidentally the title of the pilot episode is called "Mask Of the Dodo" so I think we could expect one of my fave extinct birds to be making an appearance perhaps? *lol* 
Another interesting quote from writer/director Mike Hume is "The next stage is to get a broadcaster to commission it - ... If I had the money I would do all 13 episodes myself and put it on the internet for download."
Given the success of Primeval, perhaps ITV1 might be willing to take a gamble? 
More news as we get it, yes?! Hehe!
Dodo.
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Post by AC on Dec 29, 2007 14:11:24 GMT 1
They're apparently not using CGI Not using CGI? How do they expect to recreate extinct animals without CGI? Thanks for the news. |
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Post by AD on Dec 30, 2007 14:44:03 GMT 1
Those puppet things they used to use... there are ways other than CGI.
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Post by dodochicky on Dec 30, 2007 22:31:04 GMT 1
Ahhh! As to the puzzle of non CGI beasties, puppets are certainly an option, AD.
Or, and this would be my guess, my beloved Animatronics (think the carry around Rex in "Primeval" OR the full sized T-Rex from the first attack sequence on the jeeps in "Jurassic Park") might be implicated.
Or alternatively, "Stop Motion" or "Go Motion" - though its admittedly a slightly out-dated method, but certainly very do-able in the right hands.
Otherwise...I'm tapped out of ideas for the moment though there are probably a couple more methods. But I'm certainly curious about this show already.
Dodo.
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Post by Gorgonops on Mar 16, 2008 18:50:38 GMT 1
What about stop-motion? You know, like Clash of the Titans, King Kong, etc.
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Post by dodochicky on Mar 17, 2008 3:06:20 GMT 1
Yep, that was on my list of possibilities, too, Gorgonops. There's "Stop Motion" or Ray Harryhausen's groundbreaking "go motion" which I think differs slightly though I've not researched how - and i wanted to do Special Effects! Sheesh!
But I still can't think of any other ways of recreating the animals, unless its implying them. I'm still leaning (with much hope) to the animatronic side of things. So much can be done with animatronics in the right hands!
No news on a release date though, yet, that I can see anyways.
Has anyone seen anything about this show since the pilot episode was reportedly being made? Four months on and no word? slightly worrying methinks... though is they are using the traditonal methods, that could be whats taking the time...
*is curious*
Dodo.
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Post by AC on Aug 16, 2008 20:32:57 GMT 1
If anyone's interested, the website for the show is here. It's apparently in post-production, although a little sentence at the bottom says: "Last modified: 11/03/07" Not sure if that's 3rd November or 11th March... Either way it doesn't bode well. UPDATE: Did a bit of rummaging and found the title sequence: And a weird clip apparently from the pilot: |
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Post by AC on Aug 17, 2008 11:33:51 GMT 1
Well, it doesn't look as if it's been picked up, unfortunately. So, we'll never know.
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Post by Raptor on Feb 9, 2009 21:08:01 GMT 1
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Post by janmarcuus on Feb 9, 2009 22:44:21 GMT 1
Don 't see why it should be.
Never judge before you see. And about the CGI, remember that some of the most amazing movie scenes were made with puppets, or "animatronics". Just two examples: the Tyrannosaurus vs Land Cruisers in Jurassic Park(when it exits from the fence and goes on the street it's amazing!), and some scene with JP3's Raptors. If you use animatronics WELL you can obtain even more realism that CGI gives you... For now, of course.
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Post by pancalvus on May 14, 2009 22:48:23 GMT 1
I don't like stop motion, computer animation is much better at what it does. I do like puppets and animatronics and other "live" effects though. They look good because they are really there, interacting with their environment. Even though the animals look less real then with CGI, they do sometimes seem more alive and less hollow.
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Post by pancalvus on May 14, 2009 22:59:41 GMT 1
Don 't see why it should be. Never judge before you see. And about the CGI, remember that some of the most amazing movie scenes were made with puppets, or "animatronics". Just two examples: the Tyrannosaurus vs Land Cruisers in Jurassic Park(when it exits from the fence and goes on the street it's amazing!), and some scene with JP3's Raptors. If you use animatronics WELL you can obtain even more realism that CGI gives you... For now, of course. The raptors from JP were actually quite fake, the T-rex was amazing. Gremlins are also a good example, as are (for the oldies arround here) the queen from aliens, the "robot face" scenes from both alien and the terminator, the effects from all the chucky movies and the creature from the thing. Yes, I seem to be able to mostly recall horror flicks with great pre-JP special effects, and that's probably because all the gory stuff like fluids and soft tissues can be done good and easy with "real life" techniques, while they are a challenge for CGI. Shots of complete creatures moving about are generally much better with CGI (except if you can afford that T-rex of course, although that was also CGI in some shots of that whole fence-toilet-car scene). |
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Post by Raptor on May 16, 2009 17:52:20 GMT 1
The pilot did not get through methinks.
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