Search and Rescue Special Effects

[FN-P90]

Well what did yall think of S&R's Special effect? I for one tought they were outstanding. But i want to here what you have to say

[jelgate]

The one zooming to the crusier was terrible but I enjoyed the rest

[PG15]

What?! That was one of the best shots!

[Shan Bruce Lee]

What?! That was one of the best shots!

Yeah, I liked that too.

My favorite part is probably the more chaotic battle scene. The more 302s vs Darts the better.

[Occulus]

At the beginning, I commented to my roommate, "Hmm. Looks like someone watched Battlestar."

I thought the FX were nicely done. CG-wise, my favorite show is BSG by far, mostly for the execution of the computer-generated effects, and its marvelous use of Lightwave. I also like the fact that their ships don't bank when they're in space (spaceships don't need to; their maneuvering thrusters control their direction and banking the ship isn't necessary).

Atlantis and BSG have very different looks, CG-wise; perhaps it isn't fair to compare them. I do know I like the BSG look better, though.

(I want more shots of Atlantis, CLOSE-UP. I want the team to go out into the city for some reason. I want to see it from ground level. It's a CITY. Where are the promenades? Where are the scenic views? WHERE'S THE FRAKING SIDEWALK?)

[gilliaf]

My favorite BY FAR was when the Deadalus shot Michael's cuiser as it was entering hyperspace. It was a truly amazing CGI affect!


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"When beggars die, there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes."
-Julius Caesar-

[AeronPrometheus]

My favorite BY FAR was when the Deadalus shot Michael's cuiser as it was entering hyperspace. It was a truly amazing CGI affect!

I'm so spoiled from watching BSG this whole time, but I forgot how flourished the CGI in Atlantis has become. That was a great moment, it's nice to see the last-second shot pay off for a change.

It's also nice to see Staite in the credits (with the alliance battle against the Replicators in the background no less)

[Nchewbacca]

Yea- its also nice to see that the daedalus doesn't start to lose every system as soon as a wraith hive ship looses one shot at it.

1 shot= daedalus losing all main systems, shields down to 30%.....
WTF!!!!!!!

[Xaeden]

Yea- its also nice to see that the daedalus doesn't start to lose every system as soon as a wraith hive ship looses one shot at it.

1 shot= daedalus losing all main systems, shields down to 30%.....
WTF!!!!!!!

I don't know what this has to do with the topic, but their shields were holding around 80% after multiple shots. Then the Daedalus took their shields down to beam Sheppard and Ronon up (which is the real weird thing if you ask me). At which point the Cruiser scored several direct hits to the Daedalus' hull (6 happened on screen and a bunch more seemed to happen when they cut to sparks flying in on the bridge). The Daedalus then put their shields back up and found that most of their systems were down. And after who knows how much longer of taking damage with the shields back up, they said they were down to 20% (the Cruiser kept firing in the background while Carter and Mckay worked on getting lifesupport back on, while Sheppard talked to Keller about his injury, and while they explained their plan on the bridge before the figure of 20% was thrown out there).

[kymeric]

No kidding, the planet to planet thing was O.O and will make an awesome screen saver!

Really gave a sense of the size and distance. So often we forget the scope of the galaxy because gates make it 2 steps away. Theres more than the area around the stargate. Theres MASSIVE distances even between the closest things.

[jenks]

My favourite shots were the hyperspace window falling apart and the establishing shot of Atlantis, that was quality.

[Khentkawes]

I also loved the part when they shot the wraith cruiser just as it was trying to jump into hyperspace. That looked awesome!

But the long drawn out view of planets flying by as we eventually... maybe... someday... get to Michael's cruiser... that was irritating. I'm not actually complaining about the quality of the special effects. I thought it looked pretty cool. But I am complaining about the reason for using those shots. It felt like they were adding special effects to fill up space. And if their only point was to emphasize the distance, than it wasn't worth it in the long run. At least, that's my personal opinion.

[jenks]

Yeah I think that was just put in for teh cool factor.

[Lord batchi ball]

The planet thing was pretty sweet. I also liked when the cruiser tried to enter hyper space and it just got thrown aside. and when the hyperdrive exploded that was cool too.

[A Wraith Named Bob]

I thought the CG effects for this episode were great.

Even though I thought that the shot where they zoomed to Michael's cruiser was cool, I felt that it was a little too long. It was made a little annoying also by the increasing noise which I found irritating. But the shot was nice nonetheless.

The space battle was great as well. I enjoy it when they do Dart and 302 fights.

Even some of the smaller shots, like the Dart bay on Michaels cruiser and the hyperdrive core room, I though were well done and well blended with the real-time footage.

My favorite shot by far, and some others have said this as well, was the shot where Michael's hyperspace window failed to open. It was a cool effect and what happened was something I'd never thought of. And finally, they kept a Wraith ship from escaping. It was a great shot.

I thought overall the episode was great. I felt that the acting was much better, especially from Joe Flannigan and Jason Momoa. I felt that McKay was better this time around as well. He wasn't as annoying as he can be usually. It was a great Season Premiere.