x-o quicktime movie

bernardchang · Post by **bernardchang** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:17 pm

hello all,

thought i'd share this with everyone on the boards. this is a link to a pitch concept a couple of friends and i put together back in '96 for valiant cd-rom comic books. it won the bid, but was later axed by acclaim. here is a look at what could have been the first and only cgi x-o. do keep in mind that this was done in 1996, and technology has improved vastly since. enjoy...

http://www.bernardchang.com/xomanowar.html

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:21 pm

holy crap, that was cool!

good choice of music, as well.

napalm · Post by **napalm** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:22 pm

wow that was nice!!!!!

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:22 pm

bernardchang wrote:hello all,

thought i'd share this with everyone on the boards. this is a link to a pitch concept a couple of friends and i put together back in '96 for valiant cd-rom comic books. it won the bid, but was later axed by acclaim. here is a look at what could have been the first and only cgi x-o. do keep in mind that this was done in 1996, and technology has improved vastly since. enjoy...

http://www.bernardchang.com/xomanowar.html

Wow! That was very well made. In '95 I worked for a company that had some rendering software and their best demos were not better. How long did it take to make?

/Magnus

justin · Post by **justin** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:29 pm

Thank you for sharing that BC!

-j

oldjello · Post by **oldjello** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:30 pm

Sweet.

Schmakt · Post by **Schmakt** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:32 pm

yeah, nice!

not sure I like the idea of cd-rom comics, per se... something about the feel of the paper... or something...

that's still really cool to see...

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:03 pm

Man, that was cool. Too bad it wasn't longer. Thanks for posting that Bernard!

Sean_Jackson · Post by **Sean_Jackson** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:04 pm

Very interresting... kinda reminds me of when they did the CD-Rom for Earth X.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:32 pm

bernardchang wrote:hello all,

thought i'd share this with everyone on the boards. this is a link to a pitch concept a couple of friends and i put together back in '96 for valiant cd-rom comic books. it won the bid, but was later axed by acclaim. here is a look at what could have been the first and only cgi x-o. do keep in mind that this was done in 1996, and technology has improved vastly since. enjoy...

http://www.bernardchang.com/xomanowar.html

That was really great. Thank you.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:20 pm

Thanks Bernard, very cool.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:27 pm

That's awesome!

I can't remember - who is that band?

Schmakt · Post by **Schmakt** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:43 pm

Filter!

Jaknife · Post by **Jaknife** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:11 pm

That was freaking sweet. someone oughtta make something like that. even if its just for fun.

tbrezz · Post by **tbrezz** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:52 pm

AWESOME I got chill bumps. Thanks for sharing

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:06 pm

Pretty freakin' sweet...

-slym

speedracex · Post by **speedracex** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:46 pm

hot man! loved it

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:13 pm

Holy Smokes!

Awesome!
DAN

k_c_collectibles · Post by **k_c_collectibles** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:21 pm

All I can say is

FRICKIN' AWESOME!!!
Chris

Byrneout · Post by **Byrneout** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:59 pm

Not bad at all, although it depresses me. See, it reminds me of all the potential the electronic medium held for X-O Manowar - and all we have to show for that potential is "Heavy Metal".

*sigh*

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:08 pm

Byrneout wrote:Not bad at all, although it depresses me. See, it reminds me of all the potential the electronic medium held for X-O Manowar - and all we have to show for that potential is "Heavy Metal".

*sigh*

Yeah, but after seeing that little clip just think of the future possibilities for X-O.

rhinox01 · Post by **rhinox01** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:22 pm

*drool*

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:30 pm

Holy S-word! I got chills.

bernardchang · Post by **bernardchang** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:13 pm

hey all,

i'm glad the overall responses have been positive! i remember we came late into the game as i found out through office chatter that some of the higher ups were considering producing these cdrom comics, and i had a couple of friends in miami who were starting up their own 3-d design studio, so we put this thing together in less than two weeks. this was probably one of the very last things i did while at valiant. well, my friends did most of the work, i just stood by and made comments.

we ended up beating out a bunch of other high end production studios and won the bid, only to have someone from acclaim cancel the project because they wanted to use some people inhouse. ultimately, i don't think anything came of it. shortly after this, fabian came in and cleaned house in terms of characters and the universe, and the rest was history.

obviously, i don't think a cdrom comic would sell today, but goes to show you how cool some of the characters look beyond the pages of a comic book. x-o would have, and still could, make a great video game.

Unblessed · Post by **Unblessed** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:23 pm

I thought XCOM when watching that. Got goose bumps, too.

~The Unblessed Soul

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