"Genesis effect" for Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan

ILM computer graphics division develops "Genesis effect" for Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan

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[111danish111]

This was ILM's first completely computer-generated sequence !!!!!!!!! Its unbelievable they could have don this way back in 1982!!!!!!!!!

[softkick]

Where on Earth did you get a hold of this?

[doublePproduction]

It was actually Pixar who made this for IML. Back the it was still under Lucasfilm and not named Pixar.

[Telpelos]

Somwhow, this sequence reminds me of the Instrumentality in End of Evangelion.

[chriscumbag]

Trivia about this scene: given how long it took back then to render something like this, the makers ran into a problem. At one point, the render was crapping itself, causing even more massive delays. The problem? The camera was clipping into a single polygon of the mountain. They had to custom carve out a depression so the camera could fly through. You can sorta see it at 0:32, even if it goes by super fast.

[explosiveheart]

@CLSkill Hey, it is the very fist CGI of this type. It couldnt be as good as with contemporary hardware, but still good though.

[CLSkill]

Terrible effects

[leadman22]

Introducing the actual stage 1 "genesis device" (see at leadman22 channel called "The Infinity Device").

[Beanholiostyle]

I played a arcade video game that had this graphic scene from 24seconds to about 30 seconds in the game play. It was a shooter game where your ship flew around against various video backshots. I am trying to remember what the game was, any help?

[chj2]

@111danish111 Let's also not forget the advances with TRON that also came out that same year.

[mattj2217]

looks cool even today :)

[Zeanu]

It's inspiring.