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# PRAXIS EFFECT!
I'm clickin just for that! ;)
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 29 Apr 2009, 8:42, archived)
# I had to look that up.
I learned something!
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Wed 29 Apr 2009, 8:48, archived)
# me too
dam my second rate education
(whowotme nipple clamps, Wed 29 Apr 2009, 8:51, archived)
# To be fair, I don't think you'd expect to learn about film special effects in school,
unless you're taking a film-making degree.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Wed 29 Apr 2009, 8:55, archived)
# A lifetime special effects nerd right here *raises hand*
not nearly as much fun since the invention of digital compositing and CGI but I'm the one who listens to the effects commentary with glee.
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 29 Apr 2009, 8:57, archived)
# It seems to be everywhere now, I suppose due to effects guys being nerds for such references,
like the Wilhelm Scream and every merkin army style group having a Kawalski, it's become an in joke with the guys behind the scenes.
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 29 Apr 2009, 8:55, archived)
# I wish Lucas
hadn't added it to Star Wars. In fact I wish he hadn't added anything to it.
(I helped save b3ta! finnbar has officially retired, Wed 29 Apr 2009, 9:13, archived)
# Yeh, well, the man seems only to see dollars rather than have any sense of artistic style or restraint these days,
but I kinda thought the big boom at the end needed a little help.

Coulda seriously done without all the distracting 'comedy' CGI aliens and robots in the background of every scene tho...
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 29 Apr 2009, 9:38, archived)