Started a new #MagicaCSG scene. I love that 3D editor so much. The SDF (Signed Distance Fields) approach gives you total modeling freedom, without worrying about polygon structures, edge flow, etc..
The screenshot shows part of a snake-like alien, existing of two curves. The mouth curve is Boolean-subtracted in real-time, including auto-filleted edges everywhere.
As a UCLA student I was brought in for a test screening of Alien 3 (they got students all the time), which I thought was terrible, and I haven't watched the sequels since.
Hallöchen meine #Mastonauten, ich hab da mal wieder eine #frage für euch: Was ist das erste, das euch in den Sinn kommt bei dem Wort “#Ballerspiel ?
Bei mir ist es das #Game#Alien Trilogy auf der #playstation 1, welches ich mir damals von meinem Onkel ausgeliehen hatte und das mich zu Tode gegruselt hat 😂😅
Whenever I see OpenAI's Sam Altman with his pseudo-innocent glance, he always reminds me of Carter Burke from Aliens (1986), who deceived the entire spaceship crew in favor of his corporation, with the aim of getting rich by weaponizing a newly discovered intelligent lifeform.
I took a few macro photos of this purple and cream flower. None of the photos were quite right, but they all made me think of alien landscapes. They were very other-worldly.
2024 marks the 45th anniversary of sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien, which was released May 25, 1979.
The first time I saw it I was pretty young, it was on TV and censored. We actually had it recorded on a VHS from TV, which is something my family did a lot. I only saw the full uncensored version years later! 😂
Despite its massive failure, the first attempt at adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune to the big screen made it possible for one of the most iconic science-fiction films to come out. Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune promised to be one most ambitious and artistic sci-fi movies ever filmed. Jodorowsky, a director with a very powerful...
Me: Look at all these cool #TTRPGs out there! There's Fantasy AGE, Genesys, Star Wars, Star Trek, Cyberpunk, Paranoia...
Gaming Group: NO! We don't want new rules/genres! Only D&D!
My spirit, deflated.
I will give them credit. I did introduce them to #Genesys via Android: Shadow of the Beanstalk and #Alien RPG. They enjoyed them. But the Genesys funky dice are hard for them to grok (I get it). And they love fantasy first.
10 Sci-Fi Movies That Aged Poorly Thanks To Real Tech (www.msn.com)
Sci-fi movies set in the past or near future tend to age poorly as real-world technology catches up....
The First Dune Movie Failure Secretly Spawned Another Sci-Fi Classic (www.msn.com)
Despite its massive failure, the first attempt at adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune to the big screen made it possible for one of the most iconic science-fiction films to come out. Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune promised to be one most ambitious and artistic sci-fi movies ever filmed. Jodorowsky, a director with a very powerful...
‘Alien’: Timothy Olyphant Joins Noah Hawley’s FX Series (deadline.com)
EXCLUSIVE: Timothy Olyphant is reuniting with Noah Hawley and FX, signing on for a major role in the upcoming Alien series.