This series brought back so many memories for me, from watching the ‘Making of…’ specials on TV to reading Starlog magazine.
A lot of the people in the series were my heroes back in the day: John Dykstra, Dennis Muren, Phil Tippitt, Richard Edlund, Ken Ralson all worked on stuff that I loved and still love.
If I wasn’t so gung-ho about computers back then, I probably would have followed in their footsteps. I have my own stop-motion movies that I made back in the day.
Part of it was also a history lesson, or more a refresher. I remember reading about the digital effects revolution and how it shook up the film industry. I remember how I felt the first time I saw a dinosaur in Jurassic Park.
Highly recommended series if you love these kind of movies and/or oral history shows.
I really liked this movie, though it was a very stressful one to watch, from moment to moment all seemed lost until it wasn’t, if that makes any sense.
It probably looked cool in the theatre, but it wasn’t one I felt compelled to see on the big screen, as much as I love Toy Story, and Buzz in particular.
The reveal was one that I didn’t see coming (maybe) and also made me go, “really?”
Anyways, recommended if you love Toy Story or good space adventure stories.