Indiana Jones 4: Production Designer Says Film is Mostly CGI-Free

Even though some fans have criticized the teaser trailer for featuring more computer generated effects than most had expected, production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas assures io9 that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be mostly CGI-Free.

Steven Spielberg estimated during production that 30% of the visual effects would be CGI, but mostly for elements such as backdrops and rotoscope removal of the visible safety wires during stunt sequences. Apparently, the finished film will contain only “a couple of hundred” effects shots, compared to Michael Bay’s Transformers which featured almost 650 effects shots or Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 which featured almost 1,000 effects shots.

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Seal is Broken, Bag is Open

I’m back from blogging retirement after finding there really wasn’t much out there for me to do.

In my retirement I thought I would spend more time with WifeGeeding. She happens to be training for a half marathon, so I thought I could work out with her for some real quality bonding time. I thought this was a good idea until about after the first 100 feet of our first run. That’s was when I felt that darn pain in my side. Out of breath and defeated, I headed back inside and looked for something to watch on TV. Nada.

I then picked up a book and realized that although I admire those who read, it’s just something I don’t enjoy doing. Next on the list was to start playing video games, but I priced the latest video game systems and they are out of my budget.

I sat around thinking of other things I could do like playing the guitar – but I don’t have the patience. WifeGeeding suggested that I check out the scrap-booking store down the street, but I didn’t feel like turning in my man card.

It was then that I saw WifeGeeding on the computer . . . . blogging. She just created her own Facebook profile. She doesn’t have a lot of friends on Facebook, so give her a shout out if you have an account. Watching her blog made me realize that’s something I really like to do. Sure it might be geeky, but that’s what makes me . . . me.  I enjoy finding weird, goofy, interesting stuff and sharing it – and quite frankly, I think I’m rather talented at it.  This is my spiritual gift, and who am I to waste a God given gift.  So with that said I’m back from retirement.

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This Bag is Closed and Sealed

Well, it had to happen soon or later.  It’s been said many times, but all good things must come to an end.  It was fun while it lasted.

This is the final post on BagOfNothing.com.

Work has become increasingly demanding of my time and when I’m at home I don’t want to neglect my wife and my little fur-children.  Not to mention, the lack of comments and the lack of ad generating revenue has taken a lot of my motivation away.

Maybe with no BagOfNothing.com others can also become more productive at work.

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