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Well, it was released 1982, so I guess it would have been considered in 1983 - in which year ET won, and Blade Runner and Poltergeist were nominated.
quote: Amoung all the awards Star Trek has WON, the academy has only ever nominated trek films:
What?
For kicks, the winners of the Academy Awards for 1982:
Best Picture: Gandhi Best Actor: Ben Kingsley Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett, Jr. Best Actresss: Meryl Streep Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange Best Art Direction: Gandhi Best Cinematography: Gandhi Best Costume Design: Gandhi Best Director: Richard Attenborough (For, surprisingly enough, Gandhi.) Best Editing: Gandhi Best Makeup: Quest For Fire Best Original Score: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Best Original Song Score: Victor/Victoria Best Original Song (This is different how? Beyond me.): An Officer And A Gentleman Best Sound: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Best Sound Editing (Whatever that is.): E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Best Visual Effects: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Best Original Screenplay: Gandhi
So, it was not a good year for films that were either not set in India or didn't feature aliens cuter than Leonard Nimoy.
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quote:Originally posted by Vogon Poet: Well, it was released 1982, so I guess it would have been considered in 1983 - in which year ET won, and Blade Runner and Poltergeist were nominated.
Yeah, TWOK was pretty clearly overshadowed by Blade Runner, technically. Honestly, while TWOK has a few good gee whiz shots, the effects aren't really that good from a technical standpoint. There are a lot of garbage mattes visible, you can see stars through the ships in some shots, and the redoctored warp-drive effect from TMP sucks ass.
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Is there art direction or effects direction? The Nebula scenes are of course brilliant! Even the bit with the Enterprise sidling up alongside regula 1 station is fantastic. We don't get effects like that any more. No realisation of size and mass etc.
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quote:Originally posted by MrNeutron: ...and the redoctored warp-drive effect from TMP sucks ass.
I dunno, I thought it was a lot better than it was in TMP. At least the stars didn't form an orderly circle around the Enterprise.
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quote:Originally posted by MrNeutron: ...and the redoctored warp-drive effect from TMP sucks ass.
I dunno, I thought it was a lot better than it was in TMP. At least the stars didn't form an orderly circle around the Enterprise.
Those weren't stars...just a light effect from the warp.
The problem with the TWOK warp is that they took the TMP shot and did a really crappy matte job on it to add their own streak star effect. I never liked ILM's painted "rainbow trail" warp effect. I prefered Trumbull's streak effect (minus the tunnel of lights). Rumor has it they wanted to do the rubber-band warp effect make famous by TNG but there wasn't time for experimentation, thus the streak.
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