> People keep saying 'cinematic'... when I go to a cinema, I expect to
> see every detail, hear every word, clear and bright in 20-foot tall
> technicolour, with slow motion closeup replays of the gory bits. This
> is more like a pre-production roughly sketched storyboard.
>
> That's not, in itself, a criticism of the system, just of the use of
> 'cinematic' when what's really meant is 'abstract' (or 'vague'...).
>
> Wulf
Ah, but the FEEL and LOOK of the thing is important. The fights happen fast, they flow. Unlike, say, spending 5-10 minutes to figure out if I hit someome with a pike. And no, the usage is cinematic, if one checks the Websters... Or even Oxford for that matter.
Jeff
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