Heh, in Terror of Mechagodzilla the aliens use a technology that is represented visually by a jump cut technique where they use a film splice to have the characters disappear from frame to frame with no visual effects.
Now you have me curious, what is the "silly vanishing act from TOS" you mention?
There was an episode where the Enterprise stole a Romulan cloak and actually USED it. And back then the cloak effect was just fade out vanish.
I am not sure why one would bring up the cloak when talking about warp drive, but it was not a bad effect for the time. At least it wasn't the "BOING!" and sudden disappearance that most other shows used at the time (Lost in Space used that technique a lot for instance). Also, the movie cloak ripple effect is subtle enough that the fade is a reasonable enough approximation for low-res TV (in fact, in TNG they had to exaggerate it a bit to make it clearly visible). The important thing is it got the idea across without breaking the budget.
Heh, in Terror of Mechagodzilla the aliens use a technology that is represented visually by a jump cut technique where they use a film splice to have the characters disappear from frame to frame with no visual effects.
It has been so long since I saw that movie that I do not remember how well the technique worked in it, but it reminds me of a martial arts movie that I saw not too long ago where one of the main characters was a teleport but she could not take a lot of extra mass with her (especially the Earth itself) so she would jump and disappear in one location and finish the jump in another using that same kind of cut technique. It worked very well in that movie.
Then there is the opposite, like in the new Charmed. Instead of the relatively simple "shimmer" and "orb" teleport effects the new show looks like it is trying to actively coattail Harry Potter by aping the apportation effect complete with silly rubberband sound effects. It looks busy and overdone and really does not work for them.
Heh, in Terror of Mechagodzilla the aliens use a technology that is represented visually by a jump cut technique where they use a film splice to have the characters disappear from frame to frame with no visual effects.
charmed had something like that if i'm understanding the description correctly - a teleportation power called blinking, usually used by warlocks
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There was an episode where the Enterprise stole a Romulan cloak and actually USED it. And back then the cloak effect was just fade out vanish.
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I am not sure why one would bring up the cloak when talking about warp drive, but it was not a bad effect for the time. At least it wasn't the "BOING!" and sudden disappearance that most other shows used at the time (Lost in Space used that technique a lot for instance). Also, the movie cloak ripple effect is subtle enough that the fade is a reasonable enough approximation for low-res TV (in fact, in TNG they had to exaggerate it a bit to make it clearly visible). The important thing is it got the idea across without breaking the budget.
It has been so long since I saw that movie that I do not remember how well the technique worked in it, but it reminds me of a martial arts movie that I saw not too long ago where one of the main characters was a teleport but she could not take a lot of extra mass with her (especially the Earth itself) so she would jump and disappear in one location and finish the jump in another using that same kind of cut technique. It worked very well in that movie.
Then there is the opposite, like in the new Charmed. Instead of the relatively simple "shimmer" and "orb" teleport effects the new show looks like it is trying to actively coattail Harry Potter by aping the apportation effect complete with silly rubberband sound effects. It looks busy and overdone and really does not work for them.
charmed had something like that if i'm understanding the description correctly - a teleportation power called blinking, usually used by warlocks
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A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
It was the only instance I am aware of in Star Trek of a ship just doing the "silly vanishing act".