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From: unruh on 14 Dec 2009 13:06 On 2009-12-14, RodMcKay <NoJunkMail(a)No.com> wrote: > On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:33:23 -0600, philo <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >>TJ wrote: >>> philo wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Of course they did tell us that a lot of things...on film look better >>>> if fake. Rocks in rock-slide scenes are made from painted foam rubber... >>>> they said that real rocks look fake on film , Foam rubber rocks bounce >>>> a lot more and look dramatic >>>> >>> Their entitled to their opinion, I suppose. Perhaps it's because I've >>> spent a lifetime hauling rocks off my fields and throwing them in piles, >>> but I've always been able to tell when they use the foam rubber rocks - >>> they bounce *too* much! >>> >>> TJ >> >> >> >>LOL >> >> >>being Hollywood I'd expect fake rocks of course. >> >>I do recall seeing rock slides in movies and wondering if they'd really >>bounce than much...now I know that in real life...they would not. >> >> >>That reminds me of something: >> >>About 15 years ago I put in a rock garden behind my house... >> >>An old farmer told me I could have a pile of rocks that was on his >>land...and it took me several trips to get them all in my truck >>and haul them away. >> >>He told me that he gave them away once before to someone who put in a >>rock garden...decided they did not want it...then hauled all the rocks >>back. He told me that he did not want me to bring them back a few years >>later. >> >>It was back-breaking work and I *assured* him...there was no way in hell >>I was ever going to touch those rocks once I got them in place. >> >>But damn...what was I thinking...I could have just used those foam >>rubber rocks. It would have saved my back...and they would have looked >>so very good <G> And after several years outside, they would have looked suitably moss covered and crumbly as the foam broke down. > ><g> Hindsight is _always_ 20/20 ... ! :oD > |