Hey, those penguins are damn cute. On May 5, 2011, at 10:06 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> The snake thing in Conan looks dumb in the same way the Clash of the Titans > trailer was ruined by that fifty-million dollar yawn-monster at the end. > What's around the corner, Perseus, what's making that noise? > It's....it's....COMPUTER MATH. > > Fact is, the throne room scene in Flash Gordon (1980) looks more exotic and > exciting than the sweeping video game cut-scene they're calling Oa. > It's possible kids will accept the "visual vocabulary of the present > cinematic age," in the way we, as kids, accepted the skeletons in Jason and > the Argonauts or King Kong, etc, but...I don't think any kids are excited > about this movie. > > I mean maybe a few nerdads are pushing them toward it. > > Kid: I wanna see Thaw. > Nerdad: What about, Green Lantern, buddy? Don't you wanna see a guy who has > a ring? > Kid: Like...the one you got for mom? Thaw has a hammaw. > Nerdad: Ha, ha, no no, like the...ok, let's see Thor. > > Thor has a kajillion effects in it, but....Thor himself looks like a person. > You can relate to him. I think a "glow" or something around a real costume > would have gotten across the idea of the ring generating clothing. Maybe > it's an "uncanny valley" issue. Like Shag articulated, its not that the > effects look baaaad, it's that the whole thing is effects. Like with Lord of > the Rings, I guess, the idea is people will buy the DVD and pause every few > seconds so they can jizz over all the detailed design work at whichever speed > they jizz at, but...that aint gonna help opening weekend. > > As you point out, Luke, people complained about the effects in SW (though > isn't there something about it looking different on tv than on the big > screen? Like, those yellow squares around the TIE Fighters were a tv thing? > Someone?), but...people saw SW in the theater and continued to see it and > talk about it. No one will see Green Lantern. Bomb ahoy. > > Should we have another bet thing like with Watchmen and Scott Pilgrim? > > I say it gets crushed by....Mr. Popper's Penguins!!! You down with MPP?!! > > That trailer, btw, was cut by amateurs. It looks teerrrrrible! And > yet....it will kiiiilll Green Lantern!! Then, GL will be buried by Cars 2 > the following week to disappear forever! Sinestro wins! > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Luke <[email protected]> > To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 3:45 am > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: New Green Lantern trailer shows off the > Guardians of the Universe - io9 > > I'm more disappointed by the CGI monster in the new Conan trailer than > any of the CGI in the Green Lantern trailers, frankly. That's the > visual vocabulary of the present cinematic age. > > You want an eye opener? Go read some contemporary genre magazines > when Empire or Jedi came out. Cinefantastique especially lambastes > some of ILM's work. We idealize these physical effects in our minds, > but I still cringe everytime I watch the original version of Empire > with the God awful travelling mattes in the asteroid field. Even as > late as 89 (Last Crusade) its pretty easy to spot complaining > criticism of ILM's work. So not liking special effects and thinking > things look "fake" is a time honored nerd tradition. > > On May 5, 10:05 am, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Again, I have no problem with the CGI costume, I think it looks fine. And, I > > think it does look like it could exist in the real world. Remember, the GL's > > costume in the comic books, for the most part, is energy constructed by that > > GL. I can imagine the costume having that glow in the real world. > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Have a Better One, > > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:55 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > For me it's not a case that the CGI looks bad, it's the sheer volume of > > > CGI. In some shots there is simply too much going on (all done by CGI). > > > For example, in Revenge of the Sith, the space battle featured too many > > > things going on (all done by CGI). So while the battle was more massive > > > than the space battle in Return of the Jedi, there was just too much to > > > see. The space battle in Revenge of the Sith is less exciting than the > > > Return of the Jedi battle for that reason. > > > > > In regard to the Green Lantern costume, the choice to go with CGI is > > > disappointing. It makes the costume harder to believe it's real. It just > > > doesn't look like it could exist in the real world. A simpler real-world > > > costume with a CGI aura might have worked better. > > > > > Just my two cents. > > > > > The Irredeemable Shag > > >http://firestormfan.com > > >http://onceuponageek.com > > >http://twitter.com/onceuponageek > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: New Green Lantern trailer shows off > > > the Guardians of the Universe - io9 > > > From: Edward Crosby <[email protected]> > > > Date: Thu, May 05, 2011 9:47 am > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Yeah, I am confused why people keep stating that the CG looks bad > > > (Ravenface and other TUG members). As compared to what? Avatar? Sure. Tron > > > Legacy? Absolutely. Sucker Punch? Maybe. Iron Man 2? No way. > > > Widge made a really good point on the last recorded TUG podcast recording > > > and I agree with him. He stated, and I'm paraphrasing, that we all have > > > such > > > a high standard of CG these days that if something comes along that meets > > > or > > > doesn't exceed the bar then we turn our heads in disgust. From what I have > > > seen, the CG in this movie is by far some of the best we have seen in > > > today's live action movies. I think another reason we turn our heads in > > > disgust of the CG in this movie is because there is so much of it. But > > > there > > > has to be as this is a Green Lantern movie set mostly in a fictional world > > > and fictional universe that has to be pulled out of one of the most > > > extreme > > > mediums that is the comic book. There is no way this movie could have been > > > done well with all the CG needed five years ago. > > > I'm not making any judgement about this movie now, if I can help it. At > > > first, yes, I judged the teaser trailer and cringed. Recent trailers give > > > me > > > more hope that this may be an entertaining movie. I know it will not be a > > > blockbuster movie but I will reserve judgement of whether it is good or > > > not > > > after I have seen it when I see it opening weekend. > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Have a Better One, > > > Edward Crosby > > >http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The > Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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