This is another article in my developer diary for the Unreal Engine camera system.
The Gameplay Cameras (GPC) plugin currently still has the “experimental” status, but the plan is to upgrade it to “beta” for UE 5.8. This means I have to clean up a few mistakes I made with some of the early designs. The first big mistake was how and where the camera system activates from and runs… let’s dive in!
I found Wake Up Dead Man entertaining but a big step down from the previous Knives Out movies. Rhythm issues, logic problems, and unbelievable plot points kinda turned me off for a bit. Still, it’s fun to see great actors deliver fun lines of dialogue.
A couple months ago I finished watching (for the first time!) the original Star Trek series. It was great! A mix of charming, profound, cheesy, and cool. Plus, a weird mix of progressive/woke and outdated/cringe stuff. Overall, I love that “old sci-fi” feeling! Next: the Motion Picture!
Yesterday was the second Harry Potter movie at the Orpheum, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra doing the soundtrack live. Spectacular as always, and very lively — it’s always fun having everybody cheer and boo at the screen!
We are very sad that Manzano, one of the few good local bakeries, has now closed 😞 (not 100% sure but apparently from the owners retiring, not from financial trouble)
Happy birthday, Ziggy, you handsome alien.
Sinners was a great and beautifully shot movie about black people in 1930s Mississippi, a decent movie about the power of music as cultural tool, and a rather mediocre vampire movie. I found the ending pretty lame, but the epilogue is great. The “twins” VFX are amazing.
We missed it but a couple months ago was the 10th anniversary of #UE5’s Sequencer tool! Next June will be the anniversary of when it came out of the alpha preview you had to explicitly enable. Maybe we’ll do a little celebration for the occasion?
Despite a premise that feels doomed to fail due to being too predictable and, like, just one chapter in a bigger book, “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” was actually a very enjoyable movie. It manages to be beautiful, creepy, and surprising at times. A nice addition to the Dracula movie canon IMO
How come I had never heard of “Mind Hunters” before now?!!! A movie with a ridiculous premise, an even more ridiculous story, an absolutely ridiculous cast, and an outrageously ridiculous last couple lines of dialogue… Amazing.
