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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cousin Ricky [mailto:ric### [at] yahoo com]
> Posted At: Saturday, November 15, 2008 10:47 PM
> Posted To: povray.off-topic
> Conversation: Photorrealism (Portrait of a Girl)
> Subject: Re: Photorrealism (Portrait of a Girl)
>
> "gregjohn" <pte### [at] yahoo com> wrote:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_Valley
>
> The article cited _The Polar Express_ as an example from CGI. I got no
> sense of
> revulsion from the characters; I found them surprisingly empathetic.
You're in the minority, then. Most people found them creepy (even the
people who liked the movie).
> What I found profoundly disturbing about the movie wasn't its quasi-
> realism, but
> its message: that it is healthy and virtuous to believe things that
> are
> incompatible with reality.
<sarcasm>Yes, it's so unhealthy to believe that there are things you
might not understand or be able to explain, and it's OK to believe in
them anyway. That's so disruptive for our youth.</sarcasm>
...Chambers
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