Ideas don't die within one day!

I have been thinking about this for quite a while. It always returns to my mind when I either identify lots of planes (usually supplied by Steve or Jean-Marc) or upload them myself: http://imcdb.org/movie_96794-Always.html

My idea about this goes a bit further, as there are other vehicles that need a platform, too: http://imcdb.org/movie_86661-The-Adventures-of-Sherlock-Holmes.html

You see, the idea is pretty old.

I am more inclined to make an 'Internet Movie Vehicles Database' (IMVDb). This of course initially includes all the entries of IMCDb, but shall not substitute IMCDb (would be a silly idea!) but supplement it.

While IMCDb lists all vehicles that are surface bound and need no tracks, IMVDb would list everything else: flying/hovering, swimming/diving, on tracks, without engines (horse drawn, bicycles). For all the cars etc. IMVDb would simply link to IMCDb and vice versa.

As I don't like limitations, these will be limited to a minimum. This means everything goes. There will of course be the 'J-type 327 Nubian' next to the 'NCC-1701'. Other categories show the 'Ben Hur' wagons, the 'Titanic' or the Trevithick locomotive. All these don't really exist in original form. That are models, CGI or matte painting. Still all we see when we watch a film are just pixel with continuously changing hue, saturation and value settings. In a film a model or CGI is as real as any vehicle you could use in 3D-life.

As IMVDb will be a lot smaller than IMCDb but at the same time covers a broader aspect it will be different. Therefore it will not be a carbon copy but rather an independent development. Else it is rather more difficult to include new technologies. Remember that IMCDb was set up in 2004 ... that is historic in media software technology terms.

Before you ask "Where can I log in?" ... be patient. I don't have the time at the moment (I spend too much time on IMCDb already). But I might be able to set it up as a side product when I test technology for a bigger project. If you and I are lucky this might happen in 2008.

Until then use our excellent IMCDb platform for training. Whenever a plane, train or ship turns up try to identify it completely. This means down to the serial-number. It is possible, I show that more than once. You can start with the latest entry here: http://imcdb.org/movie_33712-Here-Comes-Mr-Jordan.html (but there are easier ones)