no, i'm thinking of the film made in the same vein that came out a few years ago. It was "Waking Life", starring Ethan Hawke. The same director--Richard Linklater--did both films.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Actually it stars Keannu Reeves... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i never saw it, or that other film made with the same effects. can' remember the same, but it's the one staring Ethan Hawke. how were they? -------------- Original message -------------- From: Daryle 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" wrote: > > > > > So I gather you didn't see 'A Scanner Darkly'... > > Daryle > > 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] > " > > 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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links "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 --------------------------------- Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/