Shades of The Mercury Mets

[soupcan]

You guys seen this...?

[metsmarathon]

in a dystopian future, there will always be the mets.

i suspect that in the future, groundskeeping becomes a much more expensive proposition, what with the wake effects coming off hte hypersonic electrified plasma-ball ripping it to sheds on each pitch

[soupcan]

Here's another one.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

they play those at the park sometimes.

[RealityChuck]

They unretired 41?

[seawolf17]

What the hell was that? (On so many levels, not the least of which was the apparent return of #41 to active circulation.)

[soupcan]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: they play those at the park sometimes.

Never seen 'em.

Granted I haven't been there since August.

[seawolf17]

soupcan wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: they play those at the park sometimes. Never seen 'em. Granted I haven't been there since August.

Me neither.

August 2011.

[G-Fafif]

Around 0:24, there is evidence that in the digital future or whenever this takes place, the Mets have retired a bundle of numbers or made the playoffs a few more times. Check beyond the OF wall.

[soupcan]

There is also evidence that many people come and watch them.

Talk about science fiction!



Thank you, I'll be here all week.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

RealityChuck wrote: They unretired 41?

No, that's Cyborg Seaver.

That's also Cyborg Piazza doing the catching.

Things get really confusing in the future when Cyborg Cy Young is eligible for the Cy Young Award.

[Ceetar]

They play clips from them usually at about 7:05 before gametime.

Cyborg Piazza is a much more aggressive catcher and a much better thrower than the original version.

Citi Field XX though. Figure we're talking maybe an average of 30 years per, that's 600 or so years into the future.

You'd think Digital Domain would've had themselves stealing the naming rights by then.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Digital Tom Verducci is saying that robo Derek Jeter and his cyber-intangibles -- "The broke the chip after they made that one" -- would have hit the ball AND stolen the base.

The reality is that robo Jeter is cyber-pouting because his system has not been updated and still has the range of a boulder.

[Fman99]

Fboy and I saw those at the park this year, he enjoyed them.

[Lefty Specialist]

Didn't Digital Domain go bankrupt this year, missing naming-rights payments on the park in Port St. Lucie?

[Ceetar]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Didn't Digital Domain go bankrupt this year, missing naming-rights payments on the park in Port St. Lucie?

I thought that was Tradition and how Digital got in? Oh who knows.

[metsmarathon]

hey, cool, they restored the original dimensions of the park, too!

[Lefty Specialist]

Didn't Digital Domain go bankrupt this year, missing naming-rights payments on the park in Port St. Lucie? I thought that was Tradition and how Digital got in? Oh who knows.

Digital Domain now outsourced to China and India. I'm guessing that baseball will now be a lower priority.

Digital Domain emerges from bankruptcy
September 28, 2012, 4:21 p.m.

Digital Domain, the once-storied visual effects house co-founded by director James Cameron, has emerged from bankruptcy with new Chinese and Indian owners vowing to expand the Los Angeles-based studio.
Digital Domain Media Group announced Sunday that it had accepted a bid from Galloping Horse America, a division of a Beijing media company, and Reliance MediaWorks, part of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Group, to buy the company's visual effects studios in Venice, Calif., and Vancouver, Canada, for $30.2 million.

The deal closed Thursday and effectively removes Digital Domain from a potentially protracted Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by its parent company in Florida this month. That filing caused the near-shutdown of the company's new animation building in Port St. Lucie, Fla., laying off most of its 320 workers.

Founded in 1993 by "Titanic" and "Avatar" director Cameron and other partners, Digital Domain has created special effects for more than 90 movies, including "Titanic," "Tron: Legacy," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and the "Transformers" films. (Cameron no longer has a stake in the company.)

Ulbrich said the focus now would be on returning Digital Domain to its roots in visual effects, as opposed to producing animated movies, creating military simulations and other costly initiatives that contributed to the company's financial woes.

The deal is expected to improve Digital Domain's ability to compete on a global scale by giving it access to Reliance's production pipeline and to low-cost labor in India and eventually China, where Galloping Horse expects to open a visual effects studio.

But executives from both companies emphasized that they would invest in Digital Domain's overall business, not outsourcing jobs to India and China. Digital Domain employs 733 people at its studios in Venice and Vancouver.

"The L.A. operation will continue to grow," said Venkatesh Roddam, CEO of film and media services for Reliance MediaWorks. "There is enough work to be had out there."

The deal could help Digital Domain expand its business in China, where there is a strong demand for quality visual effects, said Ivy Zhong, vice chairman and managing director of Beijing Galloping Horse Film Co.

"It's a very strategic investment for us," Zhong said. "In China the quality of visual effects is very, very low. If we set up a branch in China, we're going to have a lot of business."

[G-Fafif]

Probably won't be seeing this at Future Citi Field given the company's state.