Comments on: The challenges of crafting Iron Man's suit

At ILM, teams of dozens of visual effects and animation professionals worked hard to blend computer graphics.

[dascha1]

This town IS big enough for the two of us!

So there's actually room at the top for two of the SAME brands,
wow. Who could've imagined? :)

Then again, Peter Graves, or is it, Peter Lupus, would also be happy
to share the IMF team. I could watch, or play-in, those works
time-n-time again.

[McPlot]

The movie ROCKS!

I saw it Tuesday via a pre-screening. It ROCKS! Even non-Ironman fans will love it.

[shycelticwitch]

But what they are not telling you...

Is that most of their CGI compiling systems are Mac OSX based...
not sure about the rendering though...

[knowles2]

Linux

If I remember rightly bbc click did a special on ILM and said the rendering farms were powered by linux.

But I am not 100% sure whether that right, it was a long time ago.

[rcrusoe]

UR correct

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6584075.stm

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/lucasfilm-amd,review-713.html

[Angela_Hayden_ART_GODDESS]

Amazing creative solutions

I'm awe-struck with the creative ideas and solutions these guys came up with.

[ender_TheFuture]

I just want to say that creating an actually real Iron man suit, is possible. Not only is it possible but i plan to do it. I am not going use the same technology, but technology that will work. The secret to creating this Ironman suit is Imagination and practical science put together, both fields i am talented in.
Its going to go way past imagination and the drawing boards, when i have the tools to do it, i promise i will.
So i thank the poeple who made Ironman the movie, because they gave me a better suit desgin to work with.
I will create it but i have to graduate high school first, in about a year.
This ins't some kid fantasy, its reality and will become that.
Any questions contact me.