Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:22:18 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: SF by computer
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> omni at omniphile.com 4/18/2005 5:10:48 PM >>>
>At 01:49 PM 4/18/05 -0700, N Lynch wrote:
>>--- "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com> wrote:
>>> The advancing capabilities of home computers and
>>> animation software, [snip]
>>
>>The discussion said nothing about the story, which is
>>why *SKY CAPTAIN* was so bad; it had none.  How it got
>>a Hugo nomination ... well, pretty pictures, I guess.

Fans are easily seduced by such.  Otherwise, why would [Fill in the
blank] have been nominated?

>
>I got the DVD, but haven't watched it yet, and I missed it in the
>theaters.
> My main interest in it is the technology used to make it.  Story
would
>be
>a nice extra... ;-)

It was a fascinating failure.

mjw