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Re:Symbolics CGI production notes: How Stanley and Stella ca... by tritip on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:06PM (#36753614)
Sorry to be a buzzkill, but this film was horrible even by 1988 standards. Keep in mind Pixar was on its fourth short - an Oscar winner - by 1988.
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Re:Symbolics CGI production notes: How Stanley and Stella ca... by dreamcompiler on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:10AM (#36754388)
The film wasn't the point. The point was to show off the 3D geometry capabilities of the lisp machine, as well as the boids flocking algorithm which was quite innovative at that time.

It impressed the hell out of everybody in the audience when they showed it for the first time.

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Re:Symbolics CGI production notes: How Stanley and Stella ca... by tritip on Monday July 17, 2023 @05:46PM (#36764519)
I was there at the film show. Technology was novel, design and animation were atrocious.
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