Yet... Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now that wasn¡¯t right. You know I have to see every PKD story done on screen. I may not have LIKED A Scanner Darkly, but I saw it.
On 11/16/07 11:07 AM, "Astromancer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So I gather you didn't see 'A Scanner Darkly'... > > Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:yokozuna%40globalsoulmedia.com> > > wrote: Nah. I©öm gonna pass on Beowulf. I feel like, either do a live > action movie > with big name stars, or do an animated feature. It worked at first because > they were using big name actors to get people in to see animated features. > But now people already know what to expect so they come. If I wanna see a > movie with Angelina Jolie in it, I wanna see Angelina Jolie. Not a > rendition, not an interpretation...I wanna see HER. Otherwise give the gig > to Cree Summer. It©ös time for one of these CGI or animated movies to star > Cree Summer. > > On 11/15/07 11:36 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> " > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Anyone plan to see "Beowulf"? I'm intrigued by the story, but frankly a >> > little leery of the visual technology Zemeckis is using. The so-called >> "Polar >> > Express" look, layering CGI-like effects over real life capture images, >> simply >> > looks a little--creepy to me. One problem I have with so much standard CGI >> > movies like "Final Fantasy" or any of the myriad kid flicks, is that the >> > humans often don't look real. They're stiff, facial and body muscles not >> > smoothly or realistically drawn. The technology's getting better, true, but >> > right now some of the characters look like walking corpses. Some of the >> > scenes I've seen from "Beowulf" are no different. Though better looking >> than >> > "Polar Express", the characters still look stiff and dead to me. >> > Wonder why they didn't go with live action and then special effects like >> LOTR, >> > or a live action/animation/CGI mix like "Sin City" and "300"? >> > >> > And i gotta admit, everytime I see the title character yell >> "I--am--Beowulf!" >> > I keep thinking of Leonidas' "This--is--Sparta!" and i laugh. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > "Let¡¯s just saying you know more than you think, but we¡¯re not going to help > you figure it out." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie > > --------------------------------- > Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "Lets just saying you know more than you think, but were not going to help you figure it out." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
