That scene where Sam and Rodney run outside Atlantis onto one of the many balconies. This scene is the most painted non realistic background I have seen since the early SG1 days. Budget cutbacks anyone?
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That scene was beautiful and really conveyed a sense of the scale of Atlantis. I could almost feel the breeze coming in when the door opened and the smell of the ocean. It's basically the type of thing I'd imagine when reading from a good book about a lost oceanic city: the total immersion as I read the words and close my eyes to feel what it's like to be there.
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Originally posted by Boz4646 View PostThat scene where Sam and Rodney run outside Atlantis onto one of the many balconies. This scene is the most painted non realistic background I have seen since the early SG1 days. Budget cutbacks anyone?
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Originally posted by Boz4646 View PostThat scene where Sam and Rodney run outside Atlantis onto one of the many balconies. This scene is the most painted non realistic background I have seen since the early SG1 days. Budget cutbacks anyone?sigpic
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Originally posted by Linzi View PostNope, I disagree. It was just the way it was meant to look, with lights bleedng in everywhere. I thought it looked great personally. But, each to his/her own.sigpic
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I think you guys are missing one huge factor that played into the slight "cartoonyness" of that scene. If you recall, all the scenes shot in the Present tense had an effect overlay that somewhat blurred and colorized the camera. When bright lights come into play, they are not as sharp as you would normally see them.
They probably created CG models of the city VERY early on (Like in season One) since it is the centerpiece of the series, so the only time they would have to create a new scene of the city is for episodes like Adrift whereSpoiler:parts of the city were half-destroyed
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Seemed fine to me. Maybe someone should post a screenshot so we can see what the problem is.Joseph Mallozzi -"In the meantime, I'm into season 5 of OZ (where the show takes an unfortunate hairpin turn into "the not so wonderful world of fantasy")"
^^^ Kinda sounds like seasons 9 and 10 of SG-1 to me. Thor, ya got Aspirin?
AGateFan has officially Gone Fishin (with Jack, Sam, Daniel, Teal'c) and is hoping Atlantis does not take that same hairpin turn.
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I really liked the set-up to that scene:
Carter: "I mean, how big could this place be?"
*doors woosh open. Entire city of Atlantis is laid bare. Stunned silence follows.*
What really sold the scene was the gust of air whipping Carter's hair around (still don't like her with long hair much). Without that it wouldn't have worked as well.
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