Comments on: BSG VFX: “Guess What’s (not) Coming To Dinner”

By: sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:54:55 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

By: Richard Knapp

Richard Knapp — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:22:01 +0000

I also wanted to say thanks for a great show and for showing us these bits of what goes on in the background. Are there any FX heavy sequences in any of the remaining 3 episodes for this season? Any cool space battles?

Great work and thanks!

By: KansasT

KansasT — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:52:19 +0000

Just wanted to post and say THANKS for all the hard work, and great shots.. it would seem to me that all the exterior shots this season, are better than any season before. I wondered if you all were using some new software or hardware to render your imagery.. just looks that much better.
An incredible show, with some incredible CGI thanks again !

By: cyberghost

cyberghost — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:20:31 +0000

I would like to see the deleted scenes given the option of being put back into the episode, like a directors cut, not just separate scenes only to be seen in the deleted scenes area of the DVD. The episode would be longer and more detailed, is that possible?

By: Lee Stringer

Lee Stringer — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:17:06 +0000

The ‘new’ agroship was originally built for Richard Hatch’s “2nd Coming” trailer by James Betteridge. It was insipred by the Valley Forge from Silent Runing, but not the same. In the original BSG series they used some stock shots from Silent Running to show the Agroships. When work started on the mini-series in 2003 I contacted James to rebuild a much more detailed version. That was used to show the ship that didn’t make the FTL jump. During the first season I chose not to use the new agro ships in the fleet, but ‘others’ reappeared in later seasons.

Lee
(CG Sup on the miniseries and first season)

By: ety3

ety3 — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:40:17 +0000

Mojo, what’s the history of the agro ship?

I know it’s derived from the Valley Forge, a nature preservation vessel in “Silent Running,” which was directed by Douglas Trumbull. Trumbull later worked on OG BSG with Jon Dykstra.

Was the agro ship in that RTF the exact same model as the Valley Forge? And did you do any viewing of “Silent Running” before creating the new agro ship?

By: Kitty Otoole

Kitty Otoole — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:40:27 +0000

You have probably THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD…fantastic work Mojo!
I bloody love this blog!

=^..^=

By: Anastashia

Anastashia — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:34:00 +0000

Most definitely the maw shot would have been exciting. The shot that did make it though that I throughly enjoyed was the Vipers scattering all over the place to avoid hitting the Demetrius. Really loved that.

By: Cameron B

Cameron B — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:20:33 +0000

Very cool! I suspect someone has asked this question before, but just in case it hasn’t been, here goes:

Listening to you, others involved in BSG, and even Ron himself, it seems that often cool shots/scenes have to be cut for time (rather than artistic) reasons.

Given that, why isn’t it more strongly considered to make the DVD release more true “director’s cuts” that DO include (not as out-takes or ‘extras’ but left in-line) any scenes that were deleted just for (network) time concerns. It would seem this would ensure even stronger than ever DVD sales as people like myself would love to see another 5-10 minutes of extra footage as it would have appeared if there were not time constraints.

Do you happen to know Ron’s take on this?

By: Nostromo

Nostromo — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:31:34 +0000

Only one word. A M A Z I N G! The cut sfx sequence is giving me heart palpitations. And I’ve got to re-watch the episode to see the manned guns. Thanks for doing this. Nostromo, Ottawa Canada.