Not the characters, but the backgrounds -- there were several bits where I momentarily forgot it was animated because the water was so bloody fantastic.
They really upped the bar on some digital elements that were previously hard to get right.
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
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Sean K - Nov 11, 2004 8:09:07 am PST #5633 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 11, 2004 8:56:52 am PST #5634 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think Final Fantasy benefited in that it was ramping up themes of gloom and alienation, so the visceral uneasiness brought about by the Uncanny Valley figures in it fit the mood. Also, freaky-looking alien creatures handy for tranferrence of the creepiness actually being generated by the human figures.
If someone wants to make an animated horror movie, they need to go to the Polar Express people for tips about animation technique.
tommyrot - Nov 11, 2004 9:04:00 am PST #5635 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If someone wants to make an animated horror movie, they need to go to the Polar Express people for tips about animation technique.
Or ask the ILM folks about Jar Jar.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 11, 2004 9:06:22 am PST #5636 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think in that case they'd want Lucas' scripting techniques rather than the ILM folks' CGI ones.
Holli - Nov 11, 2004 10:20:43 am PST #5637 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
I think Pixar in particular is at the point where it can make anything non-organic look absolutely, fool-the-eye realistic. A few of the scenes in Syndrome's fortress had moments when there weren't any people on screen, and the rockets and computers and things were flawless. But with people, plants and animals they go cartoony, and I hope it stays that way. Nobody's good enough for true photorealism yet, and the attempts just look creepy.
tommyrot - Nov 11, 2004 10:23:27 am PST #5638 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think Pixar in particular is at the point where it can make anything non-organic look absolutely, fool-the-eye realistic.
It will be a weird day when they can make totally realistic computer animated people. Think of all the dead famous people who will be appearing in new movies....
Kathy A - Nov 11, 2004 10:37:04 am PST #5639 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Like Steve McQueen in car commercials?
Holli - Nov 11, 2004 10:37:14 am PST #5640 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
It will be a weird day when they can make totally realistic computer animated people. Think of all the dead famous people who will be appearing in new movies....
I hope that never happens, because just the idea of it made me shudder like a shuddering thing. If anyone attempts it, I suspect the visceral icky wrongness of the very idea will keep people away from the box office.
Betsy HP - Nov 11, 2004 10:38:51 am PST #5641 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Think of all the dead famous people who will be appearing in new movies....
Lawrence Olivier in Sky Captain. Keith Richards in Pirates of the Caribbean 2.
Aims - Nov 11, 2004 10:40:18 am PST #5642 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oliver Reed in Gladiator. Though he was mostly alive for most of it.