Comments on: Coming Soon, Part 2 http://www.faithandgeekery.com/2007/07/27/coming-soon-part-2/ Geekish News, Reviews, and Commentary Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mrlanser http://www.faithandgeekery.com/2007/07/27/coming-soon-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-66 mrlanser Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:48:36 +0000 http://knightowl73.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/coming-soon-part-2/#comment-66 I saw this trailer before reading your little blog post as well. I do not lie when I say I saw half the trailer before I realized it was all graphically rendered. I was blown away. I saw this trailer before reading your little blog post as well. I do not lie when I say I saw half the trailer before I realized it was all graphically rendered. I was blown away.

]]> By: Chris White http://www.faithandgeekery.com/2007/07/27/coming-soon-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Chris White Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:23:36 +0000 http://knightowl73.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/coming-soon-part-2/#comment-65 As far as motion capture goes, don't forget Monster House which was a big improvement over Polar Express, but still a little lifeless. Beowulf looks interesting, but I'm really not sure why they would animate it. Certainly the quality looks incredible, but animation for animation's sake is rarely, if ever, works out (Final Fantasy...). I'm on the edge for this one, I found the book somewhat dry but the story itself was reasonable epic and should make for a good movie. But the director needs to prove he knows what he's doing by mocapping everything instead of filming it. I hope he manages to stay out of the Uncanny Valley with it as well, hopefully enough is being keyframed to bring the characters to life. As far as motion capture goes, don’t forget Monster House which was a big improvement over Polar Express, but still a little lifeless.

Beowulf looks interesting, but I’m really not sure why they would animate it. Certainly the quality looks incredible, but animation for animation’s sake is rarely, if ever, works out (Final Fantasy…). I’m on the edge for this one, I found the book somewhat dry but the story itself was reasonable epic and should make for a good movie. But the director needs to prove he knows what he’s doing by mocapping everything instead of filming it. I hope he manages to stay out of the Uncanny Valley with it as well, hopefully enough is being keyframed to bring the characters to life.

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