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29 Jul 2024 22:28:05 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Mars needs to get the heck out of the Uncanny Valley  
From: Invisible
Date: 5 Apr 2011 10:01:00
Message: <4d9b209c$1@news.povray.org>
On 05/04/2011 02:41 PM, Mike Raiford wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> You know, people said Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was "creepy"
>> because the characters were "too real". Apparently I am the only human
>> on Earth who didn't think so... For that matter, I've yet to see a big
>> budget production that suffered from CGI that was "too real". Maybe
>> I'm just weird.
>
> Yyyeah... That film was actually unwatchable for me. It wasn't that they
> were too real, but not real enough... when you get close, it starts to
> resemble animated mannequins, and quite repulsive. To the point where
> the whole movie looked stupid and poorly done, though it was probably
> good I only watched a few minutes.
>
> The Polar Express was also similarly difficult to watch, and was a movie
> aimed at kids!

Polar Express was lame. (Then again, it /is/ aimed at kids...) Final 
Fantasy I watched all the way through at the cinema, and quite enjoyed. 
Sure, you can tell it's not real. But I didn't find it "creepy" in any way.


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