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Orthogonal: I recently watched the first Star Trek film from 1979 for the first time. If you haven't seen it, and find Voyager interesting (and/or wonder why v
by pengaru 4y ago
Orthogonal:
I recently watched the first Star Trek film from 1979 for the first time. If you haven't seen it, and find Voyager interesting (and/or wonder why vger.kernel.org is called that), you owe it to yourself to watch this movie.
Even the VFX are surprisingly good for a pre-CG era.
- speed_spread 4y agoI remember seeing it when I was young and being much impressed. I think it planted in me the fear that one of my primitve software creations one day might mutate horribly and come back looking for me. With AI now this doesn't seem so far-fetched.
- blooalien 4y agoJust a little nitpick: Your link to vger.kernel.org leads to an https address, where I was only able to find a website at the http://vger.kernel.org http://vger.kernel.org address. Re; the rest of your comment: 110% agree. Fantastic movie. Must see.
- pengaru 4y ago> Just a little nitpick: Your link to vger.kernel.org leads to an https address, where I was only able to find a website at the http://vger.kernel.org http://vger.kernel.org address. I didn't type a URL; it's just a bare FQDN. Is it a clickable link for you? If so, not by my doing.
- midoridensha 4y agoThat movie was visually impressive, but the plot was a snooze-fest, even by the standards of 1979. The scene of the Enterprise entering the spacecraft was ridiculously long and basically gratuitous. The too-brief depiction of the Klingons, however, was amazing, as was the invention of the Klingon language used by the movie (by Michael Okuda IIRC). If you want to see another pre-CG sci-fi movie with amazing VFX, watch 2001: A Space Odyssey, which came 11 years before ST:TMP. It still holds up today. Even better, it was originally shot on 70mm film, so the image quality is astounding.