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I am genuinely surprised for a long time that I've not seen 4D monsters in films. It has been so obvious to me there's potential there. It would of course be a

I am genuinely surprised for a long time that I've not seen 4D monsters in films. It has been so obvious to me there's potential there. It would of course be a flat 2D projection of a 3D slice through a 4D creature, so it would look like a smoothly morphing between different creatures, and in and out of existence so we've sort of had morphing for a long while (since Willow, C. 1985) but... there's potential. In case I missed it, any films actually done that?

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jsd1982 6y ago
Futurama had a 4-D "space" white whale in the Bermuda Tetrahedron in S6 E21 "Mobius Dick".
anigbrowl 6y ago
Annihilation (2018) Spoiler, obviously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBsJgceM0KI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBsJgceM0KI - if you haven't seen it cannot recommend it highly enough, just wait and watch the whole thing.
- hombre_fatal 6y ago
  Perfect music for that scene. One thing Annihilation did for me was really get me to the point mentally where I could start to appreciate just how mindblowing it is to encounter such different life like in the movie. By the time the end of the movie came around, I could really get a grip on how horrifying the "choreographed" scene would be, or encountering a floating mandelbrot set, c'mon. That is pure terror. And that's not an easy perspective to hold on to in a world that barrages me with so many sci-fi/fantasy movies and ideas.
  - peter_l_downs 6y ago
    if you like those sounds you may like Burial, of which it immediately reminded me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v27jdRub2GQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v27jdRub2GQ
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
  Just for once I'll not the follow the informative link! Will definitely check it out. Thanks @all for suggestions
- slowhadoken 6y ago
  Yeah it’s just a Mandelbulb Fractal. Here’s one made with Blender Eevee @ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YtDG1_76_2k https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YtDG1_76_2k
  - throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
    I would have preferred not to know that. As the parent post said, spoiler.
- Yajirobe 6y ago
  And which part exactly is 4D?
phinnaeus 6y ago
Maybe there will be an adaptation of the Three Body Problem novels.
serf 6y ago
if you're into anime, check out Seikaisuru Kado.[0] The antagonist is a being from another dimension who routinely shows off dominion over N dimensions, with the effect looking something similar to what is demonstrated in the siggraph video. The story and ending are rather weak, but the physics questions posed are interesting. I like any franchise that discusses the teletransportation paradox. [0]: https://myanimelist.net/anime/32032/Seikaisuru_Kado https://myanimelist.net/anime/32032/Seikaisuru_Kado
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
  Nothing exactly related but your description made me recall the section in The Watchmen comics where Dr. Manhattan flees to mars and reflects on things, seeing all time together. Will check SK, thanks
curiousgal 6y ago
[SPOILER] _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Interstellar kinda touched on that.
Random_ernest 6y ago
In the Hyperion books by Dan Simmons there is a being that can move in higher dimensions and the books will reportedly get a movie. Maybe they will adapt some effects like this.
- tnolet 6y ago
  Was about to post this. The Hyperion saga is an absolute must for hard SF freaks. If you like the three body problem, you’ll love this too. The 4D creature mentioned by parent is amazing. There are more 4D puzzles like a temple moving back through time.
Iwan-Zotow 6y ago
We need 4D porn, and fast!
Synaesthesia 6y ago
You should read Spaceland by Rudy Rucker. It’s a hilarious 4D riff on Flatland. A venture capitalist in Silicon Valley gets harassed by a 4D monster called Momo
seesawtron 6y ago
In the last episodes of TV show Legion, they bring in Monsters from another dimension (time). So it was not exactly 4D in spatial sense as is in this paper.

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jsd1982 6y ago

Futurama had a 4-D "space" white whale in the Bermuda Tetrahedron in S6 E21 "Mobius Dick".

anigbrowl 6y ago

Annihilation (2018) Spoiler, obviously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBsJgceM0KI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBsJgceM0KI - if you haven't seen it cannot recommend it highly enough, just wait and watch the whole thing.

hombre_fatal 6y ago
Perfect music for that scene. One thing Annihilation did for me was really get me to the point mentally where I could start to appreciate just how mindblowing it is to encounter such different life like in the movie. By the time the end of the movie came around, I could really get a grip on how horrifying the "choreographed" scene would be, or encountering a floating mandelbrot set, c'mon. That is pure terror. And that's not an easy perspective to hold on to in a world that barrages me with so many sci-fi/fantasy movies and ideas.
- peter_l_downs 6y ago
  if you like those sounds you may like Burial, of which it immediately reminded me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v27jdRub2GQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v27jdRub2GQ
throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
Just for once I'll not the follow the informative link! Will definitely check it out. Thanks @all for suggestions
slowhadoken 6y ago
Yeah it’s just a Mandelbulb Fractal. Here’s one made with Blender Eevee @ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YtDG1_76_2k https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YtDG1_76_2k
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
  I would have preferred not to know that. As the parent post said, spoiler.
Yajirobe 6y ago
And which part exactly is 4D?

phinnaeus 6y ago

Maybe there will be an adaptation of the Three Body Problem novels.

serf 6y ago

if you're into anime, check out Seikaisuru Kado.[0] The antagonist is a being from another dimension who routinely shows off dominion over N dimensions, with the effect looking something similar to what is demonstrated in the siggraph video. The story and ending are rather weak, but the physics questions posed are interesting. I like any franchise that discusses the teletransportation paradox. [0]: https://myanimelist.net/anime/32032/Seikaisuru_Kado https://myanimelist.net/anime/32032/Seikaisuru_Kado

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
Nothing exactly related but your description made me recall the section in The Watchmen comics where Dr. Manhattan flees to mars and reflects on things, seeing all time together. Will check SK, thanks

curiousgal 6y ago

[SPOILER] _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Interstellar kinda touched on that.

Random_ernest 6y ago

In the Hyperion books by Dan Simmons there is a being that can move in higher dimensions and the books will reportedly get a movie. Maybe they will adapt some effects like this.

tnolet 6y ago
Was about to post this. The Hyperion saga is an absolute must for hard SF freaks. If you like the three body problem, you’ll love this too. The 4D creature mentioned by parent is amazing. There are more 4D puzzles like a temple moving back through time.

Iwan-Zotow 6y ago

We need 4D porn, and fast!

Synaesthesia 6y ago

You should read Spaceland by Rudy Rucker. It’s a hilarious 4D riff on Flatland. A venture capitalist in Silicon Valley gets harassed by a 4D monster called Momo

seesawtron 6y ago

In the last episodes of TV show Legion, they bring in Monsters from another dimension (time). So it was not exactly 4D in spatial sense as is in this paper.