Lundo12 wrote:I'd go as far as calling this Art... It's damn impressive work regardless.
I've just joined this group but have been a prop maker for many years, including a stint as an Imagineer. The very first thread I read -- was an attack.
Why? No matter how you look at it.. whether you love it or hate it.. it's still just a prop. It's not real. Most of us are a bunch of boys that really never grew up (thank God) and still make toys.
As a newcomer, the thread made me back up a bit and almost leave. I felt what he created was simply fantastic. Well thought out. Ingenious. Yet I'm reading jealousy, envy, and other things into what should be people learning from another gifted man. Learn from him. It's the only way to move forward. Some are hinting that he 'owes' the group?? Where is that written? No, he does not. Genius, ingenuity, and creative talent belong to each individual alone as much as Artistic Rights do. Placing this man in a position that no matter what he says or does is wrong will get you nowhere very quickly. This is why I never joined any groups. It seems that no two people on the Earth can look up at the sky and agree on it's color these days-- but we all still have to live under it and breath the same air, don't we..
What he's created is Art.. an ingenious crafter. Just like Art, everyone views it differently. When I'm making a screen replica, I can appreciate and be a stickler for details like many of you-- as close as screen accurate as possible is my goal.. if that's what the buyer or person wishes.
However I cannot help but think that copying or replicating, while a fantastic undertaking worthy of anyone's praise, is still simply walking in another man's shoes. Perhaps a bit of living in the past. A bit of been there, done that. I've been there myself many times.
Personally I love to see something taken to the next step. I do this myself with other Sci-Fi projects... an updated model.. a new prototype. Why not? It's been decades! How do you know they wouldn't have made it exactly as he has? To nit-pick about compressed air, color choices and such.. it just sounds like a batch of old hens looking for any excuse to complain.
We're better than that. And have better things to do with our time than that. We're creators. Artists. Designers. We replicate the past but also see the future.
Or at least that's what I HOPE this group is about??