Time Slice Sliced Up (March 31, 2010)

[ChrisReid]

GamesRadar has collected sixteen scenes from movies based on video games that they consider lackluster. They singled out the frozen-3D Time Slice used during the Wing Commander Movie's interstellar jumps. While perhaps not the most exciting use of the technique, Wing Commander was the first to employ it on film (yes, before The Matrix). I would also consider it a pretty cool way to show a transition that is otherwise most commonly accompanied by just a bright flash. Thanks to HoTT for this one.


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Original update published on March 31, 2010

 

[Dyret]

It’s no secret that Hollywood thinks of gamers as a massive collective of emotionally stunted mouth-breathers who’ll pay to watch anything with guns, and that the films it produces reflect that attitude. For years we’ve ranted and railed against awful crap like Super Mario Bros. and Alone in the Dark, but our protestations have done nothing to stem the tide of cinematic diarrhea.

Angry-nerd-person-guy sure proved Hollywood wrong.