Movie, Movie, Model
The weekend started off on Friday with Star Ward Episode III (funded by Xandros). I liked it. Particularly, the opening sequence, a several-minute-long rendered shot following two fighters, was excellent. Also, the final moments of the Anakin-ObiWan battle were well done. The dark aspect of the movie really set this one apart from the last two, in a good way.

Movie number two was Hackers. I cannot believe I went 10 years without seeing this. Very funny. I now get all the references I've heard over the years about "hacking the gibson." The part that made me laugh the most was when they were showing off the "P6" laptop and were drooling over PCI. It was all so godawfully bad.

The highlight of the last week or so must be the progress I've made on the Galileo shuttle model. I have work-in-progress photos of it going back to 1999, and it's been collecting dust on my bench for a long time. The procrastination point was always the interior. However, because the sides have warped from sitting around so long, that problem was solved; no more interior. Instead, I put in a reinforcement structure. It's been primed, further refined. I'm waiting for a warmer day so that I can do another coat of primer. The goal is to finish the model before the month is out. Then I can start a more exciting ship.