1700 pre-order credits!
Whoa! We’re all totally happy with the level of support we’ve had the past 6 weeks. A whopping 1700 people have signed up to become our first batch of movie investors, and get a credit in the film scroll! Thanks a lot! 
(Hint hint: only if you actually pay for the dvd the credit will be added, the 160 open orders will get a week max to complete the order).
Important: also later orders for the DVDs will get a good credit online and on the ‘thank you section’ of the DVD.
Later more, it seems we’re close to have a great script! I heard!
-Ton-
September 16th, 2009 at 17:06
first comment
well done Durian.
September 16th, 2009 at 17:13
I’m one of that 160 ope orders !!!!!! YUPPIEEE XD
September 16th, 2009 at 17:20
Nice, good to see so many pre orders. Gratz durian team.
Now if some1 would code a timemachine button in blender, I can find out what’s gonna be on the durian dvd :p
September 16th, 2009 at 17:35
I really hope that a lot of peoples will break the 2000 level, I like this idea that you could engage more coders with the team.
September 16th, 2009 at 17:36
That’s great news
Glad to be a small part of that huge number
September 16th, 2009 at 17:37
Yipeeee ! Congrats Durian Team and Blender..
I hope you guys make it to 2k mark and even complete the next assignment
I got mine already
September 16th, 2009 at 17:56
Congrats! That’s actually quite a lot of people!
And good to hear the script is getting closer and closer to final draft! Perhaps a good story, no matter the final picture quality, is what will get more and more people to pay attention on future projects. But everything is looking great, for now!
The time for getting into animation is coming, too. That’s when we’ll be working hard at perfecting it, like poetry… A good story is meaningless if it’s badly executed, right?
So go and see to it that the characters are real, performance-driven, expressive! Make them emit their own aura, and in this way, let them carry the plot from beginning to end!
Work your magic!
September 16th, 2009 at 18:06
YAAAAAAAAAAHHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 16th, 2009 at 19:07
i’m very happy , i think this film will shock the horizon of blender !!! .
September 16th, 2009 at 19:13
Woot, really excited this will be huge ^^
September 16th, 2009 at 22:02
Glad to be a small part of that huge number tooooooo!!!!
Go on Durian Team!
September 16th, 2009 at 22:37
Sounds great!
I thought you should see this, as it could work as inspiration for you.
:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlc21Kf2QWA&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbRNfr4AORA&feature=channel_page
September 17th, 2009 at 00:00
@Lasse R. Bruntse -
Thanks for those! Looks like a fair bit to study there, even if just from a rendering / tech point of view.
September 17th, 2009 at 01:28
I’m glad to be a supporter too
September 17th, 2009 at 03:09
so excited about this project! i had a dream the other night where i was one of the proud crew members of durian
then, sadly, i woke up
September 17th, 2009 at 05:24
Saw UP (in 3D) a few days ago…
They had a commercial right before it which was clearly post-processed… the people in it looked like dancing cardboard.
Pixar itself did a good job with the movie. The effect can really put more attention to a certain part of the movie (better than just playing with the focus or depth of field). Overall the movie looked more impressive (and dramatic at points) but it is still not perfect technology.
One day it would be nice to have a Blender Open Movie which would make use of it… perhaps even published as http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/07/youtube-3d.html.
September 17th, 2009 at 06:40
@Gerard Braad: I agree with you, it would be really nice to see an open movie that uses some kind of 3d technology, like typical red-blue glasses.
And its nice to be part of this project, I just bought my Durian DVD Set yesterday and Im excited about it!! =D .
I can’t wait to read the next post about this project…. OUR project =)
September 17th, 2009 at 09:41
Congratulations.. And a big thank you to all the supporters. I am glad that I could also chip in this time.
September 17th, 2009 at 10:52
We’d love to make a stereoscopic version of the film, but the additional work and time should be covered up for by a sponsor.
September 17th, 2009 at 14:02
You’re welcome guys of the Durian team !
We paid to support you all and to thanks your efforts.
And we will continue to support these kind of movies, BBB was already fantastic I can’t wait for Durian to be finished.
September 17th, 2009 at 14:23
Very Good Luck on this project!!!
I’m waiting to have that amazing DVD at home
:D:D:D:D
Good job!
September 17th, 2009 at 15:07
no problem. (:
oh, I think there is an bug in the comment-script, as it had filled the namebox and mailbox with William Reynish’s name and mail. (:
September 17th, 2009 at 15:43
GO GO GO. I hope the sale will go beyond 2000, maybe 2200 even. Like BBB was demonstrated everywhere from TV shops to big conferences, I hope that lots of businesses would start buying their copy too.
I hope that Durian will have some of the rich texture and intensity like the character animation of Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Liar.
September 17th, 2009 at 17:01
How about notifying people on the pending list by emails ?
September 18th, 2009 at 01:16
And still… rising
Congrats!!!!
September 18th, 2009 at 16:27
@Ton
Certainly the additional time needs to be covered by a sponsor… therefor it would be great to do a call-out for an additional extras to Durian that could be done after the initial work (and release) is covered… like for the Blu-ray edition? or it could be initial idea for the following Open Movie project, since I am sure there will be! Thanks for all the work Ton!
September 18th, 2009 at 22:15
It’S a pleasure to support Blender3d and its related projects:)
September 19th, 2009 at 01:57
3 days too late for the scroll – have to catch ya’ll next time!
September 23rd, 2009 at 05:41
Great news. Hope you go over your goal by a wide margin. Blender is an amazing piece of work worth supporting on all fronts.
September 29th, 2009 at 20:35
cheers, i like the style of your blog so will be sure to visit again!
October 1st, 2009 at 23:32
Keep working ,great job!
October 3rd, 2009 at 06:22
“спасибо за инфу”
October 3rd, 2009 at 08:00
Автор, у тебя записи никто не крадет c блога? А то меня достали уже – тырят и тырят. Только тем и занимаюсь что нахожу их…
October 6th, 2009 at 08:31
Where is the thermometer?
(I couldn’t see the thermometer in the Durian blog since yesterday)
October 6th, 2009 at 14:43
Спасибо большое. Есть о чем задуматься .
October 16th, 2009 at 18:53
I usually don