[KLUG Members] Movies? Weird!!!

[Tim Gray]

What I find ironic is that the special effects for Nemesis were rendered using Linux, per the Jan'03 issue of Linux Journal.

--Tim

On 16 Dec 2002 11:26:30 -0500
Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com> wrote:

> I had the weirdest experience last Saturday . . .
> 
> For those who don't know, Linux was used in the making of the new 
> Star Trek Nemesis movie.  See the cover of Jan 2003 Linux Journal.
> 
> Anyway, Saturday I went to the 1:00 PM Star Trek Nemesis at Crossroads
> theaters (behind Crossroads mall in Portage).  About half way into the
> movie (give or take an hour :)  the sound started cutting out.  Then 
> the movie started slowing down and the sound started dragging (like a
> cassette player with the batteries going dead).   Then total blackness.
> 
> Then . . .  no kidding! . . .  a screen shot of Windows XP Professional
> REBOOTING appeared on the BIG screen!!!  The little progress bar moved
> from left to right.  Then the movie was back!  I would have found this
> hard to believe if I'd heard it, but it's the honest truth!  I have two
> other witnesses with me to back it up!  :-)
> 
> I was amused by the comments by other movie viewers when this was
> happening.  (oh that explains it, and so on :)  
> 
> But what's up with that?  Do movie theaters project from computers now?
> (running XP?)  Is it digital (DVD or something)?  If movies are going to
> be interrupted with a random Windows reboot, bring back the old film
> format!  (or upgrade the projector to Linux! :)
> 
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> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
> http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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Tim Gray
Engineering Sysadmin
ADAC Plastics, Inc.
"Trying to compete with Linux is like nailing jello to a tree." - Jeff Thomas