Three new Movie pics!
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Three new Movie pics!
Hey Guys, go to the link below and look at three new pics from the movie. I think it's gonna be GREAT!
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/transformers.html
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/transformers.html
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The robot CGI looks insubstantial to me... more like good game graphics than real metal and blended with the scene. I don't think the tech is really there yet to quite pull this off... it works fine when you want an entire background that's moved past quickly (eg, Swordfish, the city scenes) but less is more -- concentrate directly on the graphics and it's very difficult to not notice light and reflections not being quite right, or being too mathematically precise.
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Originally posted by Denyer
The robot CGI looks insubstantial to me... more like good game graphics than real metal and blended with the scene. I don't think the tech is really there yet to quite pull this off... it works fine when you want an entire background that's moved past quickly (eg, Swordfish, the city scenes) but less is more -- concentrate directly on the graphics and it's very difficult to not notice light and reflections not being quite right, or being too mathematically precise.
I think the staticality (yes, I'm making up words) of the image doesn't help much. Overall effect will probably be a lot more plausible when in motion. They've also got at least another couple of months before release... I doubt that any images that have been released are quite the "finished" product yet... it's the sort of thing that I dare say they'll be tweaking for as long as they can get away with it.
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Oh yeah, I did see that. And yes, I assumed the same (that it was just one of the videos we'd already seen...that definatley had no "Prime in Action" )
Maybe it is new though.
Maybe it is new though.
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Originally posted by Brendocon
I think the staticality (yes, I'm making up words) of the image doesn't help much.
Exactly... comparing a still with a city wooshing by in the background of Swordfish is hardly a spirit level. I agree the robots do look very CGI in stills, but then the film will be a motion picture, not a slide-show...
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But it does bear considering that there are degrees of detail. Certainly they'd spend more time on cleaning up the shots where the human eye may actually have a chance to see something, but they'd want to put the action-packed ones online for promotion.Originally posted by Denyer
They're going to be stationary at some point, particularly likely on close-ups of characters talking.
I'm still stoked.
Originally posted by Reflector
but they'd want to put the action-packed ones online for promotion.
So we're blaming Yahoo for taking stills from wherever they felt like in the promo reel, and saying the movie people don't have control over how their advance publicity is handled?
Seems a shade unlikely. And the posters don't look substantially different -- they're glaringly evident as renders.
Long answer - Notabot nailed it. Basically, I reckon three potential promotion angles on this issue:
1) Highlight the action, and clean up every action frame in the movie on the off chance it gets picked for promo, costing a fortune;
2) Use what they have and highlight the CGI quality using photos of Bumblebee looking emotional, boring the outsiders they're trying to snare;
3) Use what they have and highlight the action using not-exactly-perfect stills from fight scenes, and hope nobody complains.
So naturally they don't want their CGI to look cheap, but it's the cheapest option that'll still keep people interested. [EDIT: Of course, if it was Yahoo's pick, they still could only choose from the footage the studio gave them, so there's no sense in claiming it wasn't at least partially intentional to take this direction with promo.]
If this thread's (where we have one skeptic out of about a dozen commenters) representative of the overall community, I'd say they picked the right angle.
Short answer - *shrug* I really don't think it looks that bad, and it'll look better in motion, even when they're just standing around.
1) Highlight the action, and clean up every action frame in the movie on the off chance it gets picked for promo, costing a fortune;
2) Use what they have and highlight the CGI quality using photos of Bumblebee looking emotional, boring the outsiders they're trying to snare;
3) Use what they have and highlight the action using not-exactly-perfect stills from fight scenes, and hope nobody complains.
So naturally they don't want their CGI to look cheap, but it's the cheapest option that'll still keep people interested. [EDIT: Of course, if it was Yahoo's pick, they still could only choose from the footage the studio gave them, so there's no sense in claiming it wasn't at least partially intentional to take this direction with promo.]
If this thread's (where we have one skeptic out of about a dozen commenters) representative of the overall community, I'd say they picked the right angle.
Short answer - *shrug* I really don't think it looks that bad, and it'll look better in motion, even when they're just standing around.
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which autobot is coming out of the swimming pool? and personally, out of the three cgi shots, i would LOVE to have that as a poster, or wall scroll on my wall! i am really amazed at the face's cgi quality. yes, i am well aware one and all that i am praising a very human-like face from that one, but for some reason, that face grew on me. anyway, its even awesome we are actually seeing TFtM 2007 previews even on cartoon network finally! kudos to the cartoon network/adult swim staff for getting the previews, kudos to the cgi shots, and kudos to seibertron.com and this lovely site on getting character shots.
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