tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post1516728121676241168..comments2023-10-14T02:24:04.900-07:00Comments on This Day In Science Fiction: 10 July 2014Prof. Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-12686736662649361842014-07-11T12:52:26.436-07:002014-07-11T12:52:26.436-07:00Interesting point as always. Analogous but not rea...Interesting point as always. Analogous but not really the same: I saw a documentary about the great movie poster (and album cover) artist Drew Struzan this weekend. Several people made the point that movie posters aren't hand drawn anymore, mostly they are photos and/or photoshopped stuff. Several art forms are heading straight towards oblivion in the lovely future we live in.<br />Prof. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-47231304885426796802014-07-11T10:51:10.715-07:002014-07-11T10:51:10.715-07:00I would pick a nit in that in structural and mecha...I would pick a nit in that in structural and mechanical engineering fields, computers are routinely used to predict the performance of structures and assemblies, and that prototyping is not only a bit more rare, but what is done is vastly accelerated through detailed 3D computer design.<br /><br />In particular, BIM modeling in architecture has greatly improved the coordination of building structure and mechanical elements.<br /><br />Occasionally, I reflect that when I started down this road of buildin-designin', everything was drawn meticulously by hand; pencils and ink and vellum. Now that the career is nearly destroyed along with so much of the construction industry, there is very little hand drawing going on, even for an old goat like me. Big, illuminated drafting tables are hardly used in my office., but computers! Computers!zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-83504396693841702782014-07-10T07:32:52.064-07:002014-07-10T07:32:52.064-07:00That was Ron Glass as the Devil? I was too busy l...That was Ron Glass as the Devil? I was too busy laughing at Sherman Helmsley, who played the lead in that episode, to notice. "I of Newton" was certainly one of the strongest of the 1980s TZ episodes.Abu Scooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042644295020578484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-28094467461187474952014-07-10T06:56:19.250-07:002014-07-10T06:56:19.250-07:00Thanks for the clarification, James. I did know ab...Thanks for the clarification, James. I did know about Ray Park at one time, but imdb.com said it was Serafinowicz and I just went with it. Didn't realize it was a David Prowse/James Earl Jones situation.<br />Prof. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-89496929289525121162014-07-10T06:39:34.212-07:002014-07-10T06:39:34.212-07:00Honestly, until today, I had no idea the voice of ...Honestly, until today, I had no idea the voice of Darth Maul was dubbed by Serafinowicz. It was his expressions and his moves which were Darth Maul to me, and those were Ray Park. Still, your website, your choice.<br /><br />But happy birthday to Ron Glass, whose mysterious past as Shepherd Book was one of those missed opportunities from the too-short "Firefly" and whose portrayal of a devil on "Twilight Zone" was funny as hell (pun intended).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com