yeah, i think i or someone else posted about the Uncanny Valley a few months ago. it's dead on in a lot of ways. I can remember movies like "Dark Crystal", "Final Fantasy", and others where the characters have so many human characteristics and are almost human, but kind of creep me out.But then, look at how people respond positively to everything from "ET" to the robot in "Short Circuit". Fascinating concept.
And on top of everything else, I still like 2D animation, which (he said for the eleventy-millionth time) i am saddened to see dying out in the US.... -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Justin Mohareb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There's a name for the phenomenon of hyperrealism being unrealistic: The Uncanny Valley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley My wife wants to see it because of one of hte guys who was in Robin of Sherwood, and I wanna see it because of Nekkid Angelina and the trailer for Cloverfield. JJ Mohareb On Nov 15, 2007 11:36 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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] -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
