[Muzman]

Someone over at Slashdot dug up that city conceptual CM did and it's sure to spark off a whole lotta speculation about if it's still being made or not.
(I always thought it would make a cool mini-series of about 4 episodes; but you'd ned to get some cable company not overly shy about graphic sex, violence and swearing to do it properly)

If you're around spooge, perhaps you could tell us; how old is the pic and has there been any talk about the film since (that you know of)?

[spooge demon]

That slashdot site is pretty buff, the log overloaded the last few days.

I did that Snowcrash thing about 3-4 years ago for ILM. Whoever had the rights came to them and wanted a some conceptual stuff done to I suppose secure some money. Nothing further happened and I don't know who has the rights now or if anything is being done on the film.

And here is a never seen before (for good reason) version of that image referenced on slashdot

[Frost]

Hey Craig.

"And here is a never seen before (for good reason) version of that image..."

Hey, not for anything, but that looks great to me -- even though surrealistic. I'd just like to know what you dislike about it, and point out the flaws so we may also see and learn from it. (or am I missing the whole point?)

frost.

[Chapel]

I think its because he used a real city in the plate he made. My questions are.. who the hell is Rob? and why does your pics have to be wallpaper size to be considered art?

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-Chapel
Brian Reber

[Muzman]

cool! cheers spooge.

the problems with the pics are, I'm guessing, that they're a bit cheesy. The book was written in 1990 and it's set roughly right now (but with some way over the top technology). The virtual world is kindof the only place a cool "sci-fi movie city" really exists and it's all based around a single street that goes around a giant sphere.
So I'm guessing the only thing really wrong with the pics is that they weren't matching up with what whoever commisioned them saw in the book.

[spooge demon]

Chapel,yeah, who is Rob? Where did you see a ref to someone by that name?

By your reference to the desktop size pic being the minumum to be considered art, you saw that on slashdot? I thought that was pretty funny-quite in keeping with the geek image there.

I suppose my feelings about that image are it is a little bare, not much thought or refinement. Just what poped up got left alone. Maybe I should have read the book first

[immi]

don't worry boys...Rob won't be making any more derogatory comments...I sorted him out...;p