I don't know why, I've just remembered this...

It's a buyer's market. If the VFX houses play hardball, the studios take their ball and go to the next VFX house. There is no 'handling their contracts properly' when you're begging for scraps.

And yet, having worked in the industry, previz, there is still a steady stream of eager youngsters heading into town, looking for their break. And quite often, on the strength of their reel they get one.

Awful Tron knockoff uniforms, badly pronounced japanese and Commander Rikers dickhole of a father... TNG couldn't get much better than this.

I understand the dimples are supposed to make it fly farther on the green!!!!

Thanks for writing this, it helped clear things up. And yes, in your scenario there are also only 5 or 6 people in the neighborhood willing t pay for a new house to be built so you can't piss them off or you get no work. It sounds a little like the trend of writers being asked to do free rewrites for producers on…

I can't believe people are shitting on you in this thread, smugly letting you know that it's the fault of the VFX companies and that they shouldn't even be working in film if they can't subvert the power dynamics of Hollywood, as if they fucking could themselves. Morons.

Excellent cinematography, that's how.

Meanwhile an A380 depressurized and had to make an emergency landing. So far the A380 has had fractured wings, exploding engines and several decompression incidents.

If I had to take my pick... I would choose the A/C not working while on the tarmac and a little controlled smoke.

Windows. When your best feature is not being a previous Windows.

A buddy of mine suggested the ultimate online storage archive. Free, unlimited and lifetime. Tar up all your photos, songs, and files. Encrypt it. Name your tarball SnowdenFiles and seed it as a torrent. Bam.

I have always been amazed that people call the LDS church the Church of Latter-day Saints. It's the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kind of an important distinction, particularly in the eyes of its members.

A cute little kitten that will grow up to become a big fat cat

Vote: Credit.

So, for me, I meticulously track my credit card spending and never spend more than what is in my checking account. So, it's as if I'm using my debit card, but it has points and benefits. I'm not allowed to spend more than what is in my account.

It took me 5 years, but I've racked up enough airline points to book a trip to Europe this spring, so I'm pretty happy with credit.

I'm gonna have to vote Credit on this one.

I don't believe lasers actually go pewpew.