Re: sit-down space war

My cinematronics space wars also has an upper and lower light fixture.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Cloud <computerspace@hotmail.com>
To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu <vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 4:51 PM
Subject: RE: sit-down space war

>Hmm, That's interesting. My UR Cine Space Wars has two light fixtures
>in it. One for the marquee and one for the control panel down lower.
>
>Just thought I'd throw that in to further confuse the issue.
>
>Regards,
>Tom Cloud
>
>
>
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From: Clay Cowgill <ClayC@diamondmm.com>
>>To: "'vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu'"
><vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
>>Subject: RE: sit-down space war
>>Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:30:05 -0800
>>Reply-To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
>>
>>> Another tidbit I'm curious about is the light fixture, or absence of
>>> one in
>>> Space War. Mine doesn't have one. Yet the one on the movie Tron
>>> clearly has
>>> the marquee lit up. I find it weird that someone would have rigged a
>>> fixture
>>> for this, but I guess it's possible.
>>>
>>I wouldn't doubt it-- they do all sorts of weirdness to appease film
>>cameras. About four (five?) years ago we were exhibiting at Macworld
>>when they were filming "The Net" (the movie). The liked our booth and
>>ended up shooting a bunch of scenes in there. (My claim to fame-- I'm
>>in a couple shots for few hundred milliseconds... ;-) The weird thing
>>was that all of our backlit "duratran" signs and logos freaked out the
>>movie cameras. They ended up draping everything with black mosquito
>>netting to "dim" it down. You can't see it at all in the movie, but
>our
>>booth looked like it was fortified to defend against an attack of giant
>>mosquitos all day...
>>
>>-Clay
>>
>>
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Received on Tue Jan 5 20:10:31 1999