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  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,344
    edited August 11

    felis said:

    This pose seems out of center of gravity.

    I Imagine Jim Carrey could do it. Watch him here at  0:55:

    Hm, OK, play on other websites disabled,. but here's the link :

    "youtube.com/watch?v=snYvp-KHW9Q"

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  • donniekeidicdonniekeidic Posts: 128

    Cris Palomino said:

    Cybersox said:

    garrett_3d said:

    I've not read the book sicne I was a kid. I could have sworn it was a cursed spinning wheel. No surprise that Disney changed things though.

    Actually, the film DOES, in fact, use the spindle of a spinning wheel, as you can see in this video clip.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljNdPgUqfP8  That said, there ARE a number of changes between the film and the original version of the story, beginning with changing all the character's names into ones that they could Trademark, adding the whole subplot with the three faires raising SB in secret in  nod to Snow White, adding the transformation into dragon at the end for a more dramatic climax and kind of covering up the fact that the hero is killing a woman, and then... here's the really BIG one... eliminating the some really unsavory and adult moments in the original, ie: it's not a Prince's "kiss" that wakes Sleeping Beauty... that's another lift from Snow White.  Rather, it's a married King who finds SB and he knocks her up while she's asleep, and she doesn't wake up until she gives birth and then they get rid of his wife and... yeah, you can see why Disney thought that wasn't probably a good idea for a family film.         

    Actually, you're conflating different versions. Disney did make certain changes such as adding the name Aurora, though she's also known as Briar Rose, as well as making it more theatrical with Maleficent becoming the dragon, but they were most definitely working with the one penned by The Brothers Grimm.

    The Brothers Grimm version (Little Briar-Rose, published in 1812) is actually much closer to the modern, sanitized version we know today. In their version:

    • The princess sleeps for 100 years.

    • She is awakened safely and innocently by a prince's kiss (which happens to coincide with the exact day the 100-year curse expires).

    • They get married and live happily ever after with no dark subplots.

    The spindle very likely has some basis in the much older Italian version that has elements you wrote about, but I believe that's it. There was also another version that was French which used much of the Italian plotting as I recall.

    The original First Edition of the Brothers Grimm "Briar Rose" published in 1812 does indeed have a spindle as the cause of the deep sleep. The entire kingdom falls asleep including everyone and everything in the castle, even the flickering "fire in the hearth" falls asleep. A gigantic impenetrable wall of thorns surrounds the castle. Many princes die "miserable deaths" over the years while trying to reach the princess, only to get stuck in the thorn hedge and die. That's the dark part of the story but also very funny I think in a Monty Python kind of way. Finally the wall of thorns turns into flowers for one prince, allowing him to pass through easily (the "chad" prince, lol, doesn't even have to try). I think this is really the best version of Briar Rose and needs a very dark comedy screen adaptation.

    Attached is the "Briar Rose" tale in full. These are screenshots from "The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition" translated by Jack Zipes.

    briar rose 01.png
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  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 3,891

    Lorraine said:

    SilverGirl said:

    For those disappointed with a lack of wasabi, https://www.daz3d.com/sushi-time-one has some. It's older, though, so might not mix well with recently offered sushi as far as the realism-matching. 

    The wasabi converted to Iray and sub-d. Not bad.

    I can't believe I spaced this, but there's also wasabi in: https://www.daz3d.com/dirty-dishes -- both a blob and a smear 

  • davesodaveso Posts: 8,247

    SilverGirl said:

    Lorraine said:

    SilverGirl said:

    For those disappointed with a lack of wasabi, https://www.daz3d.com/sushi-time-one has some. It's older, though, so might not mix well with recently offered sushi as far as the realism-matching. 

    The wasabi converted to Iray and sub-d. Not bad.

    I can't believe I spaced this, but there's also wasabi in: https://www.daz3d.com/dirty-dishes -- both a blob and a smear 

    thats great. i have that product too :) 

  • MasterstrokeMasterstroke Posts: 2,485
    edited August 11

    Not much to appreciate to me.
    How many more stylized 8-year old girls we need?

    Post edited by Masterstroke on
  • LorraineLorraine Posts: 1,052

    daveso said:

    SilverGirl said:

    Lorraine said:

    SilverGirl said:

    For those disappointed with a lack of wasabi, https://www.daz3d.com/sushi-time-one has some. It's older, though, so might not mix well with recently offered sushi as far as the realism-matching. 

    The wasabi converted to Iray and sub-d. Not bad.

    I can't believe I spaced this, but there's also wasabi in: https://www.daz3d.com/dirty-dishes -- both a blob and a smear 

    thats great. i have that product too :) 

    Me too! Another good find, SilverGirl :)

  • AsuCafeAsuCafe Posts: 507
    edited August 11

    https://www.daz3d.com/fg-asian-noodle-shop

    I love any Asian architecture, and since everything inside is in English, this might be an Asian noodle shop that isn't actually in Asia. The food selection seems to include many Asian countries. Anyway, the props include chrysanthemum tea and lemon tea, which are very authentic drinks. Oh, and there's also wasabi among the props!

    Post edited by AsuCafe on
  • davesodaveso Posts: 8,247

    now even the new cars and stuff will have wasabi. 

  • gwalla_2536c3a4a6gwalla_2536c3a4a6 Posts: 75

    AsuCafe said:

    https://www.daz3d.com/fg-asian-noodle-shop

    I love any Asian architecture, and since everything inside is in English, this might be an Asian noodle shop that isn't actually in Asia. The food selection seems to include many Asian countries. Anyway, the props include chrysanthemum tea and lemon tea, which are very authentic drinks. Oh, and there's also wasabi among the props!

    Mmm-mmm, chicken flabor noddle's, my favorite!

    (the drink props are indeed dead on, but the signage could have used a bit of proofreading)

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 3,891

    gwalla_2536c3a4a6 said:

    AsuCafe said:

    https://www.daz3d.com/fg-asian-noodle-shop

    I love any Asian architecture, and since everything inside is in English, this might be an Asian noodle shop that isn't actually in Asia. The food selection seems to include many Asian countries. Anyway, the props include chrysanthemum tea and lemon tea, which are very authentic drinks. Oh, and there's also wasabi among the props!

    Mmm-mmm, chicken flabor noddle's, my favorite!

    (the drink props are indeed dead on, but the signage could have used a bit of proofreading)

    Maybe it was meant to be a poor translation? 

  • gwalla_2536c3a4a6gwalla_2536c3a4a6 Posts: 75

    SilverGirl said:

    gwalla_2536c3a4a6 said:

    AsuCafe said:

    https://www.daz3d.com/fg-asian-noodle-shop

    I love any Asian architecture, and since everything inside is in English, this might be an Asian noodle shop that isn't actually in Asia. The food selection seems to include many Asian countries. Anyway, the props include chrysanthemum tea and lemon tea, which are very authentic drinks. Oh, and there's also wasabi among the props!

    Mmm-mmm, chicken flabor noddle's, my favorite!

    (the drink props are indeed dead on, but the signage could have used a bit of proofreading)

    Maybe it was meant to be a poor translation? 

    Maybe, but I have my doubts. "The asia" looks like the kind of mistake a non-native speaker could make, and even native anglophone sign painters misuse the apostrophe constantly, but the others look more like typos. As in, mistakes you would make when typing, not lettering a sign. For instance, the B and V keys are right next to each other so "flavor" could be mistyped as "flabor", but the letters actually look very different. Or "won tom" instead of "won ton", even though it's spelled correctly later in the same line.

    One minor thing that sticks out to me is how "flabor" is written as one word in neat cursive...except the "f" is in white chalk while the "labor" is yellow. That makes no sense since it's written in an unbroken line. It kinda makes me suspect that AI might be involved (since "labor" is an actual word), but the writing is all legible and coherent despite the misspellings, with no tell-tale mystery letterforms.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,913

    gwalla_2536c3a4a6 said:

    AsuCafe said:

    https://www.daz3d.com/fg-asian-noodle-shop

    I love any Asian architecture, and since everything inside is in English, this might be an Asian noodle shop that isn't actually in Asia. The food selection seems to include many Asian countries. Anyway, the props include chrysanthemum tea and lemon tea, which are very authentic drinks. Oh, and there's also wasabi among the props!

    Mmm-mmm, chicken flabor noddle's, my favorite!

    (the drink props are indeed dead on, but the signage could have used a bit of proofreading)

    Especially when that PA doesn't have the excuse of not being a native English speaker...  At least not every item has the name Fugazi stamped on it this time, though I have to admit, my favorite bit of quirkiness is that one promo page that inexplicably pairs all of the restaurant and menu signage with a toilet....  

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 3,891

    Cybersox said:

    At least not every item has the name Fugazi stamped on it this time, though I have to admit, my favorite bit of quirkiness is that one promo page that inexplicably pairs all of the restaurant and menu signage with a toilet....  

    LOL I missed that. Shades of things to come?

    That PA has absolutely no rhyme or reason to their "here are all the props" promo pictures, though, and it drives me nuts because it means I have to go in and re-render everything to catalog it.

    For the love of all that's holy, group like things with like. 

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 8,021

    I can't get over the spelling of 'Flavour', is wrong everywhere.. Either 'Flavor' or 'Flabor' - not a 'u' in sight anywhere. wink

    Will confess I can forgive tripe writing errors, they aren't hard to correct.

    The trollies, racks & ancilliary bits all look useful. It's also nice to see a 2 loop handle wok like our 33yo one at home (though a wooden handle would be good to see). I don't like the single handle overgrown frying pan style woks.

    Regards,

    Richard

  • jmucchiellojmucchiello Posts: 2,045

    richardandtracy said:

    I can't get over the spelling of 'Flavour', is wrong everywhere.. Either 'Flavor' or 'Flabor' - not a 'u' in sight anywhere. wink

    This isn't about U. :) :)

  • garrett_3dgarrett_3d Posts: 854

    richardandtracy said:

     It's also nice to see a 2 loop handle wok like our 33yo one at home (though a wooden handle would be good to see). I don't like the single handle overgrown frying pan style woks.

    I'm sure Ken Hom will agree yes 

  • ANGELREAPER1972ANGELREAPER1972 Posts: 4,826

    richardandtracy said:

    I can't get over the spelling of 'Flavour', is wrong everywhere.. Either 'Flavor' or 'Flabor' - not a 'u' in sight anywhere. wink

    Will confess I can forgive tripe writing errors, they aren't hard to correct.

    The trollies, racks & ancilliary bits all look useful. It's also nice to see a 2 loop handle wok like our 33yo one at home (though a wooden handle would be good to see). I don't like the single handle overgrown frying pan style woks.

    Regards,

    Richard

    well it depends where your from flavor is the correct spelling in US but it's flavour in Australia, UK and many other places same with spelling colour in Australia extra and America spells it color 

  • ANGELREAPER1972ANGELREAPER1972 Posts: 4,826

    the promo of the asian noodle shop with the menus there's a toilet at the top hinting at how spicey the dishes are bit of humor - miss their little gags cartoons they used to add to their promos and mascot lady making comments

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 8,021

    In general, I do like Daveyabbo's androids, and DA Mira is no exception. The layers & layers of scratches/paint/dirt that can be applied make the figure great value for money, and all the options are remarkable.

    I do wish I had more opportunity to use them, my imagination seems to be deficient in that respect. I must try to do more Sci-Fi images.

    Regards,

    Richard

  • davesodaveso Posts: 8,247

    richardandtracy said:

    In general, I do like Daveyabbo's androids, and DA Mira is no exception. The layers & layers of scratches/paint/dirt that can be applied make the figure great value for money, and all the options are remarkable.

    I do wish I had more opportunity to use them, my imagination seems to be deficient in that respect. I must try to do more Sci-Fi images.

    Regards,

    Richard

    I agree on daveabbo. The deal for the two bundles is worth it just for Mira 

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,913

    richardandtracy said:

    In general, I do like Daveyabbo's androids, and DA Mira is no exception. The layers & layers of scratches/paint/dirt that can be applied make the figure great value for money, and all the options are remarkable.

    I do wish I had more opportunity to use them, my imagination seems to be deficient in that respect. I must try to do more Sci-Fi images.

    I'm in a similar position.  While I greatly admire the artistry, the fact that Mira and similar items are so distinctive makes me reluctant to use them as is, as I want my images to be unique unto themselves... yet the fact that they're 80% morphs of the base figure makes it hard to use them in kitbashing. I appreciate them aesthetically and I buy them when the price dips down to the $3 range, but end up using them very sparingly if at all.    

  • donniekeidicdonniekeidic Posts: 128

    I usually hide everything from daveyabbo. I find most of their stuff repulsive. I can see there is some technical skill but its just not for me. 

  • TarantanamirTarantanamir Posts: 122

    donniekeidic said:

    I usually hide everything from daveyabbo. I find most of their stuff repulsive. I can see there is some technical skill but its just not for me. 

    How do you hide stuff from a PA ? Because there are some I would like to hide s well. 

  • donniekeidicdonniekeidic Posts: 128
    edited August 14

    if you have the Daz-Deals plug in, there is an option to hide items. And then you will see a button on individual listings to hide them. You can't hide entire PAs though, you can only hide items individually.  Also this option is available in the free version, you don't need the Pro version to do this.

    Post edited by donniekeidic on
  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,894

    Condo Room Interior
    https://www.daz3d.com/condo-room-interior
    is useful for many things...
    Please watch my video on YouTube

     

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 27,473
    It looks like you are having fun destroying things.
  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 6,077

    Artini, it looked like you were turning ordinary items into jewels (or at least glass boxes). Can you make the shapes random?

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,894
    edited August 15

    Thanks for the comments, @barbult and @memcneil70.

    I do not know, how to make shapes random, but it is possible to replace boxes with props.

     

     

    Post edited by Artini on
  • gwalla_2536c3a4a6gwalla_2536c3a4a6 Posts: 75

    Funny that the Bayou Stilt House comes with a beach environment and not, you know, a bayou

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,913

    gwalla_2536c3a4a6 said:

    Funny that the Bayou Stilt House comes with a beach environment and not, you know, a bayou

    Yeah...not to mention that it's on a tiny smidgeon of land that would probably disappear during high tides and make access difficult the rest of the time.  I think a lot of people have no idea what a bayou actually is... or it could just be that adding a real bayou would have meant more modeling of trees, other plants, etc. than the PA wanted to invest. 

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