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Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Monday, February 06, 2006 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
who? since i have no idea i'll say FACT.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Monday, February 06, 2006 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Iggy Pop ... it's just crazy enough to be Fact!!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, February 06, 2006 - 7:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Crap, they actually used Flavor Flav

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Monday, February 06, 2006 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Crap. Who the heck is Iggy Pop?

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, February 06, 2006 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Crap, and my question is WHAT is an Iggy Pop? Sounds like something icky on a stick.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Monday, February 06, 2006 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Crap, it is a cousin to a teenage mutant ninja turtle, clearly.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, February 06, 2006 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Iggy Pop and David Bowie? Legends in their time!

Gollum? Crap to the Iggy Pop thing! (And I do know who they used, and he's kinda cute!)

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Monday, February 06, 2006 - 8:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
I am going to wait for Coco to answer. I will never doubt her again.
Oh I'll just say crap.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

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Crap. Coco played Gollum. :-)

Coco
Member

07-13-2000

Monday, February 06, 2006 - 10:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Before I answer the Gollum question...

I'd like to accept the Grecian Chemist Award and I need to thank my Chemistry teacher from 30 years ago for mentioning something about Magnesia, Greece when teaching us about Mg+. All the rest of the stuff I said was "detailed bull schlocky" just like Twiggy said...LOL!!

Now for the Gollum question...Me's really, REALLY does know this one for sure....trust me's.

It's AbbyCRAP.
...just playin' with you Abby!


Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, February 06, 2006 - 10:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Crap

Check this out!

'squeek'

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

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As someone who has seen Iggy Pop, I'll say fact on the body. But it's crap on the movement part since they had an actor in a digital capture suit do that.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

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LOL at Pamy's answer!

Crapola! I could be wrong but that guy doesn't look like a rock star!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

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Crap.

Laralyn
Member

08-04-2005

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Crap, guessing..never saw Lord of the Rings, and now i'm glad i didn't....that guy is one ugly dude....looks like my ex.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
It's a fact Jack, I mean Iggy. This Iggy guy even sued them trying to get more money out of them. Not sure if he won or not, but I remember a law suit when the movie first came out.

Lancecrossfire
Animoderator

07-13-2000

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
I think it's fact. I also think they made improvements on Iggy's appearance and moves.

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 1:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Crap

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I'm gonna call Jagger's bluff. Crap

Abby7
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07-17-2002

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it's a fact

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 3:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
OK. Jagger, dagnabit, had me second guessing myself. So...

Spoiler
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I thought I'd seen the guy that Gollum was modeled after on some talk show or other. So, I wikipedia'd it and came up with: "In the Peter Jackson film trilogy, Gollum is a CGI creature voiced by actor Andy Serkis, who also provided the voices of some of the Nazgūl and Orcs. ... The groundbreaking CGI character was built around Serkis's voice and acting choices. Using a sophisticated digital puppet created by Jason Schliefer and Bay Raitt at Weta Digital, animators created Gollum's performance using a mixture of motion capture data recorded from Andy Serkis and a process called Keyframing. ..." Whew! Glad I actually CAN remember sh*t! <wink>


Max
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08-12-2000

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Hope you FoCers are having a terrific Tuesday! As for me, I finally got my new computer set up (except for some final FTP settings) and actually got a chance to wash my car today. WHee! :-)

Yesterday's question was. . .

Did computer animators use the movements and body of rock star Iggy Pop as a basis for the Gollum character in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings?

Some interesting answers out there. Not everyone knew who Iggy Pop is and not everyone had seen the movies. For comparison sake, here's Iggy and Gollum side by side:
Iggy Gollum
Notice any resemblance? Well, anyway, here's how you all weighed in on the question:
Fact 5
Crap 16
And here's what the Calendar Crew has to say:

It's FACT! "According to the 'Two Towers' DVD, animators and designers studied Iggy Pop concert footage when they were creating the character of Gollum. Iggy, who was once referred to as "Mr. Pop" by 'The New York Times,' was originally named James Newel Osterberg and is considered to be the father of punk. His stage shows are notorious for his bare-chested, feral antics."

Now, I know some of you found other "facts" about this on the web, but I'm just going with what the Calendar Crew dredges up. I have the DVD of The Two Towers, so I might just have to check this out for myself. :-)

Anyway. . . move along now, nothing to see here!

Here's the question for today, Tuesday, February 7, 2006:

The director of the observatory at Amherst College once convinced the U.S. Armed Services to listen for Martian radio communications.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 4:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Fact for sure. No doubt in my mind.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 5:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Ditto. Wouldn't surprise me at all.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 6:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Fact, we listen for everything else, why not that.