Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see "Beowulf"?

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Have you seen any of the sequels?

Astromancer wrote:
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> So did I, Tracey...
>
> "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" 
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> <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> wrote: I know everybody 
> hated final fantasy, but I liked it.
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> 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 
> <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.
> > >
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