thanks for the feedback ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2010 6:18:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: out Immortel (ad vitam) RE: [scifinoir2] Interesting Animated/rotoscoped movie "Renaissance" on IFC now
Keith, of the three movies you mention in your alst paragraph, I haven't seen the first, "This Waking Life". "The Polar Express", frankly, almost gave me nightmares, because it was just plain creepy to me. (And I'm the guy who yawned through all three of the "Saw" movies I was forced to watch by friends.) "Beowulf" has been running regularly on the Showtime networks for the better part of the month. It's alright. A few neat action scenes, wrapped around a plot so predictable that it's ridiculous. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 05:48:38 +0000 Subject: Re: out Immortel (ad vitam) RE: [scifinoir2] Interesting Animated/rotoscoped movie "Renaissance" on IFC now I'll look out for it. My very first exposure to rotoscoping was with the film "Heavy Metal". I'm sure you've seen it? Loosely based on the magazine, a series of different animated, but equally gorgeous vignettes dealing with people affected by a green orb that is "...the sum of alll evil....a glowing jewel they must possess". If you remember the movie, you remember the last segment about Tarna, the Tarakian who had to fight the Orb in the future. They used a real live model and rotoscoped her for Tarna. That's why the scene when she gets the magical sword look so realistic. Speaking of rotoscoped films and films that try to blur the line between animation/real life, have you seen "This Waking Life", "Polar Express", or "Beowulf"? Did you like any of those? I haven't seen any of them. Have tried to watch "Polar Express", but the famous "dead eyes" (the uncanny valley, is it?) turned me off. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 8, 2010 9:15:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: out Immortel (ad vitam) RE: [scifinoir2] Interesting Animated/rotoscoped movie "Renaissance" on IFC now Renaissance is great eye candy. I would love to see more movies like it. Has anyone checked out Immortel (ad vitam) ? I love that film two >From Wikipedia The film combines live action footage with computer animation, It is notable as being one of the first major films (along with Able Edwards, Casshern and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) to be shot entirely on a "digital backlot", blending live actors with computer generated surroundings. Immortel goes one step further than those films, however, in also having live actors interacting with semi photo-realistic CGI "humans" (as opposed to films such as Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and The Lord of the Rings film trilogy which featured fantasy creatures). Plot summary from IMDB This movie is set in the year 2095, hence the presence of mutant humans and extraterrestrials. The main character is known as Jill. She is not human. When she is discovered by Dr. Elma Turner she is diagnosed as being the most interesting genetic test subject Turner has ever come across. Her organs are not in the right place, she has no memory and she appears, biologically to be only three months old. Turner gives her a break, gives her an identity card and a place to stay, in exchange for being her guinea-pig to work on and discover more about. Nicopol is a frozen prisoner who is due to be released a year after the film is set. There is a problem in the prisoner ward and several are thrown down to grow (dying in the process), including Nicopol (but only his leg). There is a lot more to this story but I can't disclose it in this summary, I don't have the words. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 1:39 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Interesting Animated/rotoscoped movie "Renaissance" on IFC now Warm? Funny! I was going to make a run to the store--got a jones for either pizza or a chili dog--but I can't risk the car on our fairly steep driveway. My old car battery died, and I already made two trips to Sears, first to tote back a portable jumpstarter, then to carry the truly dead battery, then tote a new one back. None of the neighbors was around, so I had to hoof it in the cold carry not unsubstantial weights. thank goodness Sears is only half a mile from the house! Renaissance looks very interesting. I need a second look too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2010 3:46:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Interesting Animated/rotoscoped movie "Renaissance" on IFC now Allow me to begin by saying how jealous I am that it's that warm where you are. (A toasty 18 here as I type.) And I saw it last month, one of the first things I caught after DirecTV finished their installation. Fun movie. Need to see it again, though, to get the full flavor of it. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 20:43:02 +0000 Subject: [scifinoir2] Interesting Animated/rotoscoped movie "Renaissance" on IFC now I'm working at home today (twenty degrees farenheit here in Atlanta, with snow and ice last night that trapped me inside) and turned on the tube to keep me occupied. After hours of ESPN pontification, I decided to scroll the dial, and came across an odd-looking movie on IFC. It's called "Renaissance". It takes place in 2054 in Paris, and deals with a cop trying to uncover who kidnapped a female scientist. The movie is rotoscoped, in black-and-white, and has a very funky look, kind of like elements of "Sin City", "The Waking Life", and an old Felix the Cat (black and white) cartoon combined with a BladeRunner sensibility. Not sure if I like it yet, but it's very interesting. Daniel Craig is one of the actors. Took six years to make, but only cost bout fifteen million bucks. Looks cool with the sound off. Anyone ever seen it? http://video.movies.go.com/renaissance/ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now.
