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Moth
07-14-2003
12:15 AM ET (US)
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The design for the robot, bunny ears and all, is pretty much a skeletal ripoff of Briareos, Deunan's cyborg partner in Masamune Shirow's manga, Appleseed.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/juzzam1/appleseed.htm
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Joe Clark
07-13-2003
11:29 PM ET (US)
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There's no "bullet time" in this astonishingly plausible video-- just slow motion when the robot gets plugged by an RPG. There is still such a thing as slow motion, you know. Mustn't overcorrect.
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zhixel
07-11-2003
09:49 PM ET (US)
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That is seriously dope. I can overlook the lack of rocketpacks and flying cars if I have these in the future.
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Young Freud  07-11-2003
08:29 PM ET (US)
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I think that's because it was probably mo-capped of a human being.
However, since he's clearly based off this guy, those bunny ears should have eyes at the end.
It's a great work nonetheless, although I too wish they removed the "bullet-time" scenes.
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Jesse M. 07-11-2003
08:29 PM ET (US)
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Maybe the robot was supposed to be controlled by telepresence, rather than AI.
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Heroine Sheik
07-11-2003
07:33 PM ET (US)
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Neat. But why doesn't it have "eyes" on both sides of the head? There is nothing more ridiculous than seeing a robot look over its shoulder.
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Jeremy Hulette 07-11-2003
06:27 PM ET (US)
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oh wow, that is really awesome! i think it would have been more effective if they hadn't used the "bullet-time" effect in a couple spots, but other than that, completely realistic, and spooky.
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Will Raleigh 07-11-2003
04:45 PM ET (US)
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I think the direct link on the main page need ed to lose the trailing period. Update: Looks like the link has been fixed. Edited 07-11-2003 05:57 PM
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Wiley Wiggins 07-11-2003
04:42 PM ET (US)
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I copied and pasted it and it worked. Very weird.
totally awesome short though.
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Red Headed Ba*d 07-11-2003
04:30 PM ET (US)
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Nope. Not loading for me either. Another case of somebody trying to look slick on the Web, and winding up looking stupid.
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John Wiseman 07-11-2003
03:13 PM ET (US)
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http://www.theembassyvfx.com/quicktime/tetra.mov is a direct link.
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Spaceship Operator
07-11-2003
03:09 PM ET (US)
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For some reason, I couldn't get there directly either. Xeni's got the URL right, though. Must be some goofy scripting.
Go to http://www.theembassyvfx.com/ and then navigate to "Neill's Domain" (bottom of the scrolly crap on the left). The robot video is "REEL PT3" in the scrolly crap on the right.
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xeni 07-11-2003
02:34 PM ET (US)
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Not sure. Url is "http://www.theembassyvfx.com/tetra.html"...
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John Wiseman 07-11-2003
02:30 PM ET (US)
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I don't see the video. Am I just not observant, or is it gone?
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JohnR 07-11-2003
01:40 PM ET (US)
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Seamless. Really well done.
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ernie 07-11-2003
01:29 PM ET (US)
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Patrolling the streets? *Yawn*
Increase this product's marketshare by including algorithms for going door to door to remove undesireables!
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