WaterWorld Kite
Bob Harris
He used it as an accelerator for his trimaran in the movie to get away
FAST. But the real cool thing is how it is rigged to pop up and assemble
itself. NOW that is real cool. I want one- a self assembling Cody!!
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Chuck Sigal
>Has anyone seen the Cody Kite in Waterworld the new Kevin Costner movie?
>He used it as an accelerator for his trimaran in the movie to get away
>FAST. But the real cool thing is how it is rigged to pop up and assemble
>itself. NOW that is real cool. I want one- a self assembling Cody!!
I haven't seen the movie yet but the kite was made by famed miniature
cellular kite maker Tom McAlister of Richmond, CA.
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McAlister/Lim
out of an air cannon. It took months to figure out how to get that thing
to assemble in mid-air!..... Just Kidding :-)
But seriously, folks, I did build a cody like kite which was used as a
basis for the scene. I just saw the movie myself and it was a rush to see
my work on the big screen.
If you are interested in small cellular kites I will be doing workshops
this year's AKA convention as well as at Junction & Fort Warden in 1996.
See ya there.
Tom McAlister
P.S. Did anyone enjoy the Berkeley Kite Festival? Where are the posts on
Berkeley? I'm not just fishing for compliments; I really want feedback
for next year.--
Bob Harris
(Richard Amirault) wrote:
>har...@bhc.com (Bob Harris) writes:
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>>Has anyone seen the Cody Kite in Waterworld the new Kevin Costner movie?
>>He used it as an accelerator for his trimaran in the movie to get away
>>FAST. But the real cool thing is how it is rigged to pop up and assemble
>>itself. NOW that is real cool. I want one- a self assembling Cody!!
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>YEAH! I saw that, and I was the only one in the theater to say "Ya, Right!"
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>The movie is not bad, neither is is great. I understand the script was
>originally written for B Movie king Roger Corman. He could have done as
>good a job, for less than a tenth of the cost. OH Well, at least there
>was a kite in the movie!
Wow you must be my twin!! I was the only one in the theater to say the
same thing when I saw that ol Cody pop out.
Roger Corman is on of my fav directors...Did you ever see Jack Nicholson
in his first film -Roger's version of the Little Shop of Horrors?
RE cost of film: Forget it. With all those Cody merchandising options
Costner will make a fortune
Aaron Ciuffo
: Has anyone seen the Cody Kite in Waterworld the new Kevin Costner movie?
: He used it as an accelerator for his trimaran in the movie to get away
: FAST. But the real cool thing is how it is rigged to pop up and assemble
: itself. NOW that is real cool. I want one- a self assembling Cody!!
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: Bob Harris har...@bhc.com
: http://www.nbn.com/people/harris
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YEA!!! That was probly one of the best parts of the film. I think
that most of that sceen was done with stop motion computer annimation (at
least that's the way it looked to me). I loved the way it was deployed
from his boat....now that was a cool idea. That boat was just plain cool.
It must have taken several FX guys and and a coupla engeneers to
desgin that sucker. {er, make that engineers} I also liked the way the
sails were deployed.
Aaron.
Bob Harris
Ciuffo) wrote:
>Bob Harris (har...@bhc.com) wrote:
>: Has anyone seen the Cody Kite in Waterworld the new Kevin Costner movie?
>: He used it as an accelerator for his trimaran in the movie to get away
>: FAST. But the real cool thing is how it is rigged to pop up and assemble
>: itself. NOW that is real cool. I want one- a self assembling Cody!!
>
> YEA!!! That was probly one of the best parts of the film. I think
>that most of that sceen was done with stop motion computer annimation (at
>least that's the way it looked to me). I loved the way it was deployed
>from his boat....now that was a cool idea. That boat was just plain cool.
> It must have taken several FX guys and and a coupla engeneers to
>desgin that sucker. {er, make that engineers} I also liked the way the
>sails were deployed.
I totally agree. Like I want 1) the tri 2) the riging 3) the kite with the
pop up action. Yeow. Good footage
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Bob Harris har...@bhc.com
http://www.nbn.com/people/harris
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Richard Amirault
>Has anyone seen the Cody Kite in Waterworld the new Kevin Costner movie?
>He used it as an accelerator for his trimaran in the movie to get away
>FAST. But the real cool thing is how it is rigged to pop up and assemble
>itself. NOW that is real cool. I want one- a self assembling Cody!!
YEAH! I saw that, and I was the only one in the theater to say "Ya, Right!"
The movie is not bad, neither is is great. I understand the script was
originally written for B Movie king Roger Corman. He could have done as
good a job, for less than a tenth of the cost. OH Well, at least there
was a kite in the movie!
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Richard Amirault N1JDU Boston, Massachusetts USA
amir...@tiac.net "Go Fly A Kite"
Bob Harris
(McAlister/Lim) wrote:
>Glad you liked my work. We're working on a production model that shoots
>out of an air cannon. It took months to figure out how to get that thing
>to assemble in mid-air!..... Just Kidding :-)
But that is just what I want to build!!!
>But seriously, folks, I did build a cody like kite which was used as a
>basis for the scene. I just saw the movie myself and it was a rush to see
>my work on the big screen.
I yelled out loud in the movie when I saw it "Wow A Cody!"
>If you are interested in small cellular kites I will be doing workshops
>this year's AKA convention as well as at Junction & Fort Warden in 1996.
>See ya there.
Will definitely see you at Ft Warden next year
>Tom McAlister
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>P.S. Did anyone enjoy the Berkeley Kite Festival? Where are the posts on
>Berkeley? I'm not just fishing for compliments; I really want feedback
>for next year.--
It was awsome!! I just got my photos back and went over Ty (Billings)
house to look at them. It was Extremely cool to see some of the big kites
up there.... Great Times were had by all. Very gentle nice winds.. Thanks
for organizing a great event Tom