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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
11/19/09

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Make them shoot lasers and explode, and the audience will... perhaps double.
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dcdttu
11/19/09

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The only thing timeless and transcendent that comes out of A&M is the brainwashing those poor students get. That school is a Republican factory to the nth degree.
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Kyle VanHemert
11/19/09

@dcdttu: comment/avatar
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dcdttu
11/20/09

@Kyle VanHemert: lol, you can't fully see the picture of Jesus I have as my avatar, can you? It's not exactly something the Catholic Church would like
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davidjakeresnick
11/19/09

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Great post.

It's really awesome to see robotics taking part in something this unconventional. Art Seems to be the right path to avoid having to rely on Will Smith (granted not a bad last option, Although I think we would all prefer Nic Cage) to save us from the angry uprising of robots in the future.
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Kyle VanHemert
11/19/09

@davidjakeresnick: Nic Cage's motto re robot uprising: maximum violence immediately.
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Kyle VanHemert
11/19/09

@davidjakeresnick: btw who is Art Seems?
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Monty
11/19/09

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Gadgets and technology in general has been employed heavily in theatrical work since, well -- forever, frankly. The use of special effects, lighting, audio, set design, costuming -- they have all had technical aspects made to bring the world of the play to "life" on the stage. Often times the technology and/or gadgets are not obvious to the audience, but in this case the director appears to have used the gadget world itself as part of Oberon's fairy kingdom.

As a sound designer on King Lear at the University of Oregon's Robinson Theatre production back twenty years ago (yes, I am that old) we used a Macintosh for all of the sound effects tied to our lighting, for example. The art of illusion is often tied directly with gadgets and technology of all types, and that has been true since the day Sheakspeare took the stage.
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Hiphopopotamus
11/19/09

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The problem with robotic actors is they are prone to sudden and dramatic amnesia.
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badhatharry
11/19/09

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Both attendees look like riveted.
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Hiphopopotamus
11/19/09

@badhatharry: Unintentional puns are the best kind.
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BobotheTeddy
11/19/09

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Hey! LADY GAGA performing a Shakespeare production? Who would have thought that?
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Mayor McRib
11/19/09

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What the hell is Manny doing in that photo. "We can fix it together".
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Yuppers: I love you
11/19/09

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Someone please bring the following to the next performance:
1. A radio frequency jammer
2. A video camera

Remember to start recording with the camera before using the jammer, then post to youtube.
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Kyle VanHemert
11/19/09

@Yuppers: I love you: We're not in that business anymore...
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Yuppers: I love you
11/19/09

@Kyle VanHemert: :(
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Nick
11/19/09

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i don't care what you tell me. there is nothing in the world that will convince me that someone in college station knows what a robot is. ever.
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badhatharry
11/19/09

@Nick: In college, my department (sound design) was all about automation and trying to do everything we could to get out of sitting in the theater watching the same show night after night when there were plenty of parties and art openings. We didn't have the budget, but we were all about getting robots to do our work.
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Nick
11/19/09

@badhatharry: you know, when robots fail -- monkies serve well.

#tips
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badhatharry
11/19/09

@Nick: No, no they don't. You try to keep them from throwing poop and beating off 135 times a day.
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