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doug*platypus · 12-28-2002, 08:05 AM

Don't let your feelings for the character lead you astray from the question at hand! What makes you say that JarJar was a worse CG effect than the Oliphaunts? I thought the Oliphaunts were terrible! So were the Ents. I think that possibly they should have used big animatronic puppets for the Ents. What ever happened to that technology? With all the realistic sets and costumes that were made for the movies, I'm sure the Ents could have been much more believable. <P>I think there's a tendency for people to see every new CG movie as better than the last. This is by no means true, especially if you look at a film like Final Fantasy, now several years old. Of course, I'm not an animator, and have a pretty unfounded opinion on the whole issue.<P>Gollum was <B>AMAZING</B> - there's just no denying that. Especially his eyes. I think he's probably the most human CG character that has ever been created. Apart from him, though, I think the CG was sub-par. And the textures on JarJar and co were much more real - too real, almost. At surface level they looked more detailed than the actors they were next to! Also, how is Gollum's loincloth supposed to stand up to the rigours of cross-country travel? By all rights it should've been torn off on a tree halfway through Ithilien - yeeurghh!!

12-28-2002, 08:05 AM	#6
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	Don't let your feelings for the character lead you astray from the question at hand! What makes you say that JarJar was a worse CG effect than the Oliphaunts? I thought the Oliphaunts were terrible! So were the Ents. I think that possibly they should have used big animatronic puppets for the Ents. What ever happened to that technology? With all the realistic sets and costumes that were made for the movies, I'm sure the Ents could have been much more believable. <P>I think there's a tendency for people to see every new CG movie as better than the last. This is by no means true, especially if you look at a film like Final Fantasy, now several years old. Of course, I'm not an animator, and have a pretty unfounded opinion on the whole issue.<P>Gollum was <B>AMAZING</B> - there's just no denying that. Especially his eyes. I think he's probably the most human CG character that has ever been created. Apart from him, though, I think the CG was sub-par. And the textures on JarJar and co were much more real - too real, almost. At surface level they looked more detailed than the actors they were next to! Also, how is Gollum's loincloth supposed to stand up to the rigours of cross-country travel? By all rights it should've been torn off on a tree halfway through Ithilien - yeeurghh!! __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.