merlin

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merlin

[Stevo]

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WOW, awsome find!

[morss]

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what are we watching/ is this the lastest flight sim?

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what are we watching/ is this the lastest flight sim?

here is some more flight sim for ya..(turn down the sound if there's kids in the room,this ones r rated)

spit

[laminar]

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Jeez Thats pretty impressive

I really like the props changing revs just before touchdown on that mosquito, and that he only touches on the one wheel first, great details

[T. Adams]

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That's Alan Decadnay from SPEED, I love that clip. Seen it many times before.

[T. Adams]

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Opps, those foreign names always mess me up.

[bearfan1]

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I saw that Merlin/Mosquito clip a few months ago and thought it was very nice and never even gave a second thought to whether it was real or not....Now today I see the site where it came from and from what I can gather it computer generated ( CGI ) I still have a hard time believing that it's not 100% real.

http://www.angel.ne.jp/~tochy/ for more of this guys work !

bf1

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what are we watching/ is this the lastest flight sim?

well Dave I guess it's good to know that at least the pro's know fake when they see it.

I was fooled good on that one.

[Air Race Addict]

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well Dave I guess it's good to know that at least the pro's know fake when they see it.

I was fooled good on that one.

Well, try this one.
http://www.nodarkroom.co.uk/videos/mossie.htm

[AirDOGGe]

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That was the most realistic computer-generated video I have EVER seen on the internet. Heck, it was better than the cgi I have seen in some feature movies. VERY impressive!

I only managed to spot one detail that gives it away as CGI....The blurred props seem to be perfectly synchronized in their positions with their neighbors, meaning all the props on the Spits seem to have their blades pointed in the exact same directions throughout their rotation. Likewise with the Mosquitos.

Watch them closely and see. Use the PAUSE button if necessary.

When one spit has a blade pointed straight up, the spitfire next to it will have one pointed straight up as well (as will any other spits visible in the scene). The Mosquitos are also in sync with each other, but not with the Spits, so all the Spitfires must be sharing one blurred prop model and the 'Skeets sharing another.

Other than this one detail, I would not have been able to say if this clip was real footage or not. We're getting to the point where artificial and real are blurring together. Scary...

[MRussell]

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We're getting to the point where artificial and real are blurring together. Scary...

Well thank goodness, because The Aviator had some of the worst cgi flight scenes I've ever witnessed (thinking of the H1 racer speed record and mayday into the beet field), and it was downright depressing.

[Propellerhead]

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Well thank goodness, because The Aviator had some of the worst cgi flight scenes I've ever witnessed (thinking of the H1 racer speed record and mayday into the beet field), and it was downright depressing.

Oh, you mean when the racer is pointed practically at the ground and pulls a 90 degree pullout in about 50 feet of vertical travel? Aarrgghh!

It's really rare when someone gets the flight mechanics right in the CGI stuff.

Rob

[First time Juke]

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It's really rare when someone gets the flight mechanics right in the CGI stuff.

I agree this dude knows his stuff 100 %.

[MRussell]

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It's really rare when someone gets the flight mechanics right in the CGI stuff.

Rob

And the WORST part is that on the Bonus Features portion of the DVD (I refused to see it in theaters), the special effects person in charge of it all continued to relentlessly congratulate herself on how realistic it all looked!!!