On 1 Dec 2006 12:48:33 -0800, "tenworld" <ten@world.std.com>
allegedly declared to alt.fan.pern...
>On Nov 30, 6:21 pm, q...@swcp.com (Taki Kogoma) wrote:
>> The technology to do Pern on film has been around since before McCaffrey
>> wrote "Weyr Search" (animation). The will, ability, and resources to
>> actually make a movie have never all existed at the same time for long
>> enough for it to happen.
>
>I'd quibble about that since CGI today is much more realistic than
>animation 30 years ago, but I agree that the stars never aligned
>correctly (all puns intended).
A photorealistic CGI dragon won't be worth the electrons expended to
render it if the story gets butchered. Heck, I'd be quite happy with
an animated Pern of Rankin-Bass quality *iff*[1] the story adaptation
is done *right*.
[1] That's a mathematical "iff": "if, and only if"
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