Comments on: Actually, neither one is a Marine. https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/20/actually-neither-one-is-a-marine/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/20/actually-neither-one-is-a-marine/#comment-13987 ER Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:15:28 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13582#comment-13987 It's very possible. But if you look in the UR corner of the frame of the first video at about 0:40 you can briefly see a camera (on a boom?) wander into the picture. Watching the final video, you can see how much editing and film-cutting goes into putting together a live-action sequence like this. You realize several cameras were probably running, and it probably took all day and hours of film, just for a few seconds of action. And we have become so accustomed to this that it fits together seamlessly, without us even seeing the individual skill and collective coordination that goes into it. I believe movies are an art form that rivals anything they had in Ancient Greece or the Renaissance. It involves the collaboration of artists, technicians, and businessmen working together. Sure, a lot of it is crap, but 90% of everything is crap. It’s very possible. But if you look in the UR corner of the frame of the first video at about 0:40 you can briefly see a camera (on a boom?) wander into the picture.

Watching the final video, you can see how much editing and film-cutting goes into putting together a live-action sequence like this. You realize several cameras were probably running, and it probably took all day and hours of film, just for a few seconds of action.
And we have become so accustomed to this that it fits together seamlessly, without us even seeing the individual skill and collective coordination that goes into it.

I believe movies are an art form that rivals anything they had in Ancient Greece or the Renaissance.

It involves the collaboration of artists, technicians, and businessmen working together.

Sure, a lot of it is crap, but 90% of everything is crap.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/20/actually-neither-one-is-a-marine/#comment-13983 TB Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:01:42 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13582#comment-13983 Comparing the two movies, the first one must have been taken at a rehearsal, since the sequences in the real film would have required many cameras moving around the stage. Comparing the two movies, the first one must have been taken at a rehearsal, since the sequences in the real film would have required many cameras moving around the stage.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/20/actually-neither-one-is-a-marine/#comment-13979 ER Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:24:13 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13582#comment-13979 What tipped me off was the crowd in the original video standing around the fighters in a perfect square roughly the size of a prize-fighting ring. Real crowds don't stand in perfect squares, they have a tendency to squeeze in so they can get a better look. What tipped me off was the crowd in the original video standing around the fighters in a perfect square roughly the size of a prize-fighting ring.

Real crowds don’t stand in perfect squares, they have a tendency to squeeze in so they can get a better look.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/20/actually-neither-one-is-a-marine/#comment-13978 TB Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:05:10 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13582#comment-13978 <p>I just assumed it was a YouTube joke. Thanks for the info, though.</p> The original film must have been taken by a set worker on his phone or something. I just assumed it was a YouTube joke. Thanks for the info, though.

The original film must have been taken by a set worker on his phone or something.

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