DEPENDS...darph nader wrote:Is the T-1000 far behind.
did he SAY he would be back?
Rock-It the Robot
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At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
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At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
Now SGT has a sweatbox of our own. This is the place to find and post all entertaining topics such as video links, jokes, games, and the like. A general rule of thumb is that if the thread is meant to be informative (interesting news stories for example), or a topic for discussion (like setting up a park meet) then it should go in the Break Room, but if the intent is to entertain the masses then it's home is The Sweatbox. I'm sure there will be grey areas at times, so if you have doubt as to where a new thread should go, just use your best judgement and the SGT Staff will be glad to move it later if you guessed wrong.
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GRUMPY PIRATE
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Re: Rock-It the Robot
did he SAY he would be back?
:pirateflaARRRRRRR YA DOIN'?
Re: Rock-It the Robot
I wonder if the thirteen footer was Rock-It's big brother? :D: He did tell a guest near the end of the video he gets alot of comments about his height, but actually he's the little one in his family--you should see his big brother. :p:
But Rock-It was funnier; Showbot just said he could be funny, but instead of saying something amusing, there was just a rimshot.
But Rock-It was funnier; Showbot just said he could be funny, but instead of saying something amusing, there was just a rimshot.
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Re: Rock-It the Robot
One of the plans by Rock-It's creator was to have feet like a velociraptor, using gyros so that the CG could actlually be a few feet behind and above where the feet met the ground. He talked me through the entire thing.
He also takes Disney's approach... to him the robots are alive, and so when he goes to work with them, you never see him or them together. Each piece of the robot often has special effects, and the face movements come from electrodes on his face. It takes 10-20 minutes to prepare the robot for each set.
I don't know how ShowBot works.
He also takes Disney's approach... to him the robots are alive, and so when he goes to work with them, you never see him or them together. Each piece of the robot often has special effects, and the face movements come from electrodes on his face. It takes 10-20 minutes to prepare the robot for each set.
I don't know how ShowBot works.
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