Ric Olie said:

But do you have any idea how hard they are to pull off convincingly? I'm not talking about creating the shot - I'm talking about the actual flying. Forget space camera placement and all that jazz, 'cause the real skill is in piloting that ship as close as you can to the camera without taking out either the camera itself or the crew.

Trust me on this, when you've done one successful flyby, you'll want to do 'em over and over again.

I forgot to say that this is example number 10000 by Ric on how to be a successful sock. I LOLed.