i didn't hate it. i enjoyed much of it, just not a fan of the almost-human CGI characters.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I know everybody hated final fantasy, but I liked it. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > 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" > > > > > 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, > > > 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] > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
