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...Houses were officially co-ed bysuite and unofficially co-ed throughout. Some ofthe frantic mixer scene seemed to abate as aresult, and men and women alike got a preview ofhow our future mates might look bleary-eyed over abreakfast table...
...power brings more than pace; it makes better theater on the screen. Conventioneers last week were mesmerized by a preview of 3DO's 64-bit chip (still in development) that can bathe surprisingly lifelike characters in a realistic-looking fog. Nintendo wowed viewers with a videotape demonstrating how its new computational horsepower can be used to eliminate the jagged lines in and around objects, wrap them in textures, or even zoom in and out without suffering the usual loss of clarity...
Movie exhibitors take trailers seriously; they are used as one gauge to determine how many screens a film will play on. From looking at previews of this summer's biggies, many theater owners are enthusiastic. Wall Street is also excited. The Walt Disney Co.'s stock rose this winter after analysts got a peek, in preview form, at the studio's likely hits Crimson Tide and Pocahontas. The rest of the industry would welcome any good news. It has limped through a virtually hit-free first four months of '95; of the year's releases, only Outbreak and Bad Boys...
...Fluke trailer is also typical of the new previews in that it seems to tell the film's entire story. So does the Crimson Tide preview, plot point by plot point, up to and including the climax. Get your granulated motion picture right here, in three hectic minutes! Anything longer is considered the director...
...following on the internet, it seems only natural that McLachlan would turn to CD-ROM as the next step in putting out her music. The practice of producing multimedia to accompany an album, is not unheard of--REM's latest album, Monster, was preceded by a multi-media preview that circulated freely through the internet after being released on one of the commercial services. Unlike REM's program, however, McLachlan's CD-ROM track is actually on her CD, giving her much more space to work with. The multimedia track is first on the album and cannot be played except...