The More You Know ★
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- Well, I understand that about the pizza, it's mainly physics, economics and geometry. Women are just more than that so...oey_oey
- round because physics, square because manufacturing, triangles because fast. efficiency without utilization can still be profitable.imbecile
- https://loveincorpor…pango
- A circle sector is not a triangle.SimonFFM
- a circle sector is just a triangle with an arc (of crust) for flavorimbecile
- jonny_quest_lives2
- How does one get such accurate data on nighttime erections? (asking for a friend)dee-dubs
- You get someone to watch you sleep.palimpsest
- Or hire someone for the night shift to hold your piece for you?Ianbolton
- https://64.media.tum…hans_glib
- I've been an erection monitor since losing my job during Covid. It's not well paid and the hours are un-sociable. I need a raise.HAYZ1LLLA
- ^ haha.Ianbolton
- ^^ LOLrenderedred
- Best POST in a long timeSimonFFM
- jonny_quest_lives3
"How does one get such accurate data on nighttime erections? (asking for a friend)"
-dee-dubs"You get someone to watch you sleep."
-palimpsest"Or hire someone for the night shift to hold your piece for you?"
-IanboltonNo fellow QBN'rs we live in a truly enlightened age of data gathering...
- I wish this wasn't making me laugh as much as it does.Continuity
- Nocturnal penile tumescence is no laughing matter it's a metric i was completely unaware of until yesterday.jonny_quest_lives
- PhanLo5
- https://spectrum.iee…imbecile
- ^ the more you know x 2PhanLo
- renderedred2
The U.S. Duty Free Empire That Funds Israeli Settlements
- imbecile4
The disappointing VFX quality in Cats (2019) has been widely attributed to underbidding by The Mill, one of the visual effects studios that worked on the film. When a studio underbids a project, it means they agree to complete the work for less than its actual complexity might require. In this case, the rush to meet tight deadlines, limited budget, and the large-scale demands of transforming actors into digitally-rendered cat-human hybrids likely contributed to the final product's poor reception. This underbidding is a significant factor in why the visual effects appeared unfinished or awkward in many scenes.
The visual effects fiasco surrounding Cats (2019) stands out as a cautionary tale of ambition exceeding execution. The Mill, a well-established VFX studio, reportedly underbid for the project, resulting in tight timelines, insufficient resources, and overworked artists. The film's complex demands—turning actors into anatomically hybrid, photorealistic "cats"—required meticulous work that stretched both time and budget to their limits.
One poignant detail is the absurd rush of post-production. The Cats trailer released in July 2019 was met with an overwhelming wave of criticism, primarily for its "uncanny valley" effects. The fur technology, facial mapping, and digital tails didn't blend seamlessly with the actors' human-like movements. Instead of postponing the release to fix these glaring issues, the VFX team was tasked with working round-the-clock to meet the December premiere. Some reports suggest that certain artists were crunching 90-hour weeks, yet the workload continued to balloon, pushing them beyond capacity.
This lack of time and resources manifested in jarring ways. Artists were still making last-minute adjustments days before the premiere. The first version of the film, screened in theaters, was released with visible mistakes, including Judi Dench's human hand—complete with a wedding ring—appearing unedited in her role as Old Deuteronomy. This blunder became a symbol of how rushed the project had been. A "patch" was sent to theaters shortly after the release, a rare move in film history, showcasing how incomplete the initial version truly was.
Another tragic detail is the contrast between the film's high-profile cast and the amateurish effects. Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Judi Dench, and Idris Elba were trapped in digital bodies that couldn't maintain a coherent style or realism. Their carefully crafted performances were often overshadowed by awkward CGI that distracted from the emotional beats of the story.
The decision to blend human faces with digital fur, rather than opting for full animal transformations or more stylized animation, created a sense of confusion rather than wonder. In the end, Cats felt neither magical nor surreal, but instead unsettling, a reflection of the rush, underbid, and resulting compromises in quality.
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this whole time i thought the mill was cool for their commercial vehicle advancements, now i know they make mistakes and do horrible work as well
- Wasn't there a 'butthole controversy' with this film as well?Akagiyama
- https://www.vanityfa…imbecile
- Is there a way to get chatGPT to limit the amount of paragraphs and consolidate a little bit. Every point is made like 3 times... building towards the futuretoemaas
- Also, just watched the trailer and the FX didn’t look bad. The reason why myself and most other won’t watch it is because it’s a fucking musical, hahatoemaas
- this is two summaries togetherimbecile
- they had an open ftp where you could download work files, it was weird to see some gladiator stuff next to the insane unrecognizable 3d junksted
- It was a shit concept; how would artists on any budget know when it was right? When it looked like a cat or when it looked like the actor?MrT
