I'm wondering if Irene is Maxus' significant other... or his MOM.
I know I would be sleeping on an unprotected couch out on the shore if I dropped two kids on a significant other without warning. And I don't see any indication that Maxus made any contact or even felt it necessary.
Mom on the other hand is USED to that kind of behavior, especially from the male child. She might not be happy about it, but she would be a LOT more understanding. Consider how scary Maxus is, the woman that raised him would be someone you would NOT want to get on the bad side of. Maxus' Mom could probably down rail tanks with just a 'LOOK' (who needs orbital cannons? :-D). And then make the surviving crews RUE the day they were born. :-D
Was he gene-modified after birth? Or was he modified in the womb? We can surmise from what is written in Setorius' bio that they can modify people after they are born.
Someone raised him, someone loved him... Or I don't see how Maxus could have turned out as well as he did. And whoever that was (whether they share blood or not) is a FORMIDABLE woman.
It's hard to judge relative size when your only point of reference is clouds. A shot of the jumper docking with the skyhammer would establish scale well enough...assuming the skyhammer is big enough and is equipped for that sort of thing.
Yeah. Every single set they used was designed to take forced perspective to the extreme because they were filming entirely on location. For example, the dining room table in Bag End (Bilbo and Frodo's home at the beginning of the LotR) was actually cut up and turned into several tables arranged and sized so that from the camera's position it looked like one solid table while allowing characters to appear different sizes (Gandalf on one side of the table, Frodo on the other side, for instance).
Another forced-perspective trick they used was the scene where Frodo's riding on the seat of the cart next to Gandalf. From the angle they used, that's exactly how it looks. From any other angle, the half of the seat where Elijah Wood is sitting is set approximately four feet back from Sir Ian McKellen's half. Sir Ian's body is hiding the break point.
The table trick is extra trippy. It's easy to create forced perspective when you hold the camera still at the correct angle relative to the setup. But it's a different story when you have the camera circling and moving around the actors. Half the set for that table scene is on a rig that's synced to "cancel" the movement of the camera to keep the perspective correct . . . so when the camera moves, the set (complete with props and actors and everything) is shifting as well.
Sir Ian gets quintuple points for staying in character and maintaining Gandalf's wizardly dignity while parked on a set piece that twirled him gently around the room like a German weather house.
The skull-fuckingly awesome part of this is that the crew had to design, build, and coordinate all of this crazy shit SO THAT PEOPLE WATCHING THE FILM NEVER NOTICE IT.
this post is made of total win! and I agree on the whole Sir Ian is awesome boat :D and thats always the case with the best set pieces you would miss them if they were not there - but never notice them if they are right.
As I understand it, nobody knew that anything was going on in Roma before the kidnapping as it was cut-off/isolated from the rest of the world. An oversight to be sure but I believe Rose knew something was up.
I wonder if it was kind of like American before WW2. The general population was not interested in anything but their tiny piece of the world.
I'm not convinced CentComm didn't know some of the things going on outside her walls; however, I don't think she was expending the resources necessary to detect the operation before it was in motion and Lynn was gone.
Whereas, Roma Nova by its very isolation has to be looking for means to break that isolation and come out onto the world's stage. So they would have to be expending resources to see what opportunities they could generate to aid them there.
One voluntarily isolated because their population is 'content'. One isolated because of the damage they inflicted upon themselves, but needing to become less isolated for the betterment of their people.
I'm fairly certain that Centcomm knew about Nova Roma, as she knew exactly what trader to look up for the latest data on Nova Roma.
Sure, she might not have put a lot of effort into finding out more about Nova Roma until the kidnapping, but she would have known there was an active city there, just from trader heresay.
The average citizen in Nova Illum, on the other hand, seems to have been kept in the dark about a great many things. Lynn had some internal monologue about this when visiting Aeneas.
"They say the best weapon is the one you never have to use. I respectfully disagree. I say the best weapon is the one you only have to fire *once*. That's the way dad did it, that's the way America does it, and it's worked out pretty well so far."
Respectfully disagree Velvet. We used the A Bomb twice, but still ended up in several more armed conflicts and an arms race that assures mutual destruction, when some idiot pushes the button eventually.
Robert Downey Jr. seems to really be in his element in the Marvel movies, to the point that when I hear his name my mind immediately goes straight to 'Tony Stark'
No Lynn, you don't need a doctor. You're just being paranoid and "Nova Ilium-y" about a simple cold. Which is annoying, I grant you, but I get colds ALL the time. So, no, you don't need a doctor for a cold.
I don't think that was made by Boeing, velvet... Actually it reminds me more of the Peacemaker by Convair with the engine arrangement. :-)
Shall we call it Maginot? It doesn't look very nimble. :-D Of course, it may not NEED to be super nimble, as heavily armed as it appears to be. Still I like things with the speed to get there quick or get out even quicker, personally. :-)
Sadly, as the crews of the Forts in WW2 discovered, they weren't invulnerable. Though they were incredibly TOUGH. If anyone was getting home, it was a Fort.
The reason the Forts made it back was because of the humble P51E Mustang. When Hermann Goering saw P51E's over Berlin he said, "We have lost the war." That was the most awesome plane to fly for the US in WWII
["Nova Ilium-y" Hah!]
She must be significant!
I know I would be sleeping on an unprotected couch out on the shore if I dropped two kids on a significant other without warning. And I don't see any indication that Maxus made any contact or even felt it necessary.
Mom on the other hand is USED to that kind of behavior, especially from the male child. She might not be happy about it, but she would be a LOT more understanding. Consider how scary Maxus is, the woman that raised him would be someone you would NOT want to get on the bad side of. Maxus' Mom could probably down rail tanks with just a 'LOOK' (who needs orbital cannons? :-D). And then make the surviving crews RUE the day they were born. :-D
Either way, she could still be a surrogat mother.
Someone raised him, someone loved him... Or I don't see how Maxus could have turned out as well as he did. And whoever that was (whether they share blood or not) is a FORMIDABLE woman.
But you've got to watch out for that old A&U!
(hint: no blue screens involved)
The table trick is extra trippy. It's easy to create forced perspective when you hold the camera still at the correct angle relative to the setup. But it's a different story when you have the camera circling and moving around the actors. Half the set for that table scene is on a rig that's synced to "cancel" the movement of the camera to keep the perspective correct . . . so when the camera moves, the set (complete with props and actors and everything) is shifting as well.
Sir Ian gets quintuple points for staying in character and maintaining Gandalf's wizardly dignity while parked on a set piece that twirled him gently around the room like a German weather house.
The skull-fuckingly awesome part of this is that the crew had to design, build, and coordinate all of this crazy shit SO THAT PEOPLE WATCHING THE FILM NEVER NOTICE IT.
LOL good eye on the casting :D
*innocent look*
I'm not convinced CentComm didn't know some of the things going on outside her walls; however, I don't think she was expending the resources necessary to detect the operation before it was in motion and Lynn was gone.
Whereas, Roma Nova by its very isolation has to be looking for means to break that isolation and come out onto the world's stage. So they would have to be expending resources to see what opportunities they could generate to aid them there.
One voluntarily isolated because their population is 'content'. One isolated because of the damage they inflicted upon themselves, but needing to become less isolated for the betterment of their people.
Sure, she might not have put a lot of effort into finding out more about Nova Roma until the kidnapping, but she would have known there was an active city there, just from trader heresay.
The average citizen in Nova Illum, on the other hand, seems to have been kept in the dark about a great many things. Lynn had some internal monologue about this when visiting Aeneas.
We KNOW you are evil, no innocence there. :-D
It was me who raided the fridge for tuna. :P
Hmm, nice, Maxus as extra layer of defence... :)
Well, Maxus really is a Peace-loving man...
I've heard it said that the purple heart medals being given out today are still from the stock ordered in anticipation of the invasion of Japan.
Shall we call it Maginot? It doesn't look very nimble. :-D Of course, it may not NEED to be super nimble, as heavily armed as it appears to be. Still I like things with the speed to get there quick or get out even quicker, personally. :-)