This is my first ever video using Orbiter. No editing, no frills. Just me landing Atlatis.
Wow Tex!
Beginnings are everything when you're telling a story, and I was hooked from the start. I was grinning and thinking how smart you were to lay out the orbital and interplanetary infrastructure - and how obvious it was the intent.
And then there was the bondVaga as part of that very infrastructure.
I knew this was coming, but had completely forgotten about it behind everything else that's going on in my life right now. What a surprise and delight. I really love how it slips right into the context you're weaving there. No longer a derelict, but a viable part of the infrastructure. Very cool indeed.
The leap out to Triton done as a tour of the outer planets is beautiful. It's amazing how Orbiter lends itself to your work; you make superb camera choices consistently. And the views you choose are eye-candy.
Contact is pure eye-candy, too.
And The Probe caught me totally off guard as well, and I woke my wife who was sleeping on the couch by laughing so hard. Good art doesn't take itself too seriously, and a good punchline sticks easily in the memory.
You've made all the right moves here, I'd say.
Hail Probe, indeed!
Hey,
Just watched the video. Its AWESOME!! The music is really cool. The crew liftoff scene is also really good. The craft and the whole theme kinda reminded me of BBC's Voyage to the Planets.
I didn't quite understand what the XR-5 was doing all the way at Jupiter :blink: . So setting up all those space stations is why it took 100 years b/w the sound and the actual voyage? The ending was kinda .. ambiguous .. like 2001's ending. The "Hail Probe" was hilarious. I was like wondering what the hell is this and suddenly "Hail Probe"!! :rofl:.
All in al .. great vid!!
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Thomas
Wow! Awesome video Tex.
Wow Tex! Only three words: You got skillz!
Only thing I noticed is that somewhere around 5:30 it says Triton Decent Stage. Did you mean the stage is a good stage and doesnt get involved in "indecent" descents? I suppose you meant Descent.
Great film, Tex. Was that your voice doing the voiceover? Sounds kinda old for you...
Belisarius said:BTW, I also am mystified as to what the XR-5 is doing out at Saturn, and also how they built the enormous Ceres out there.
July 16, 1969 - Apollo 11 lifted off for the moon where history was made! This film is a remake of my original Apollo 11 release featuring Orbiter Space Flight Simulator and AMSO Apollo addon. Thanks for watching!