Making the new live action Little Mermaid watchable.
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I think the more grievous issue, is that of making this live action. Animation is used to help make unrealistic plots and actions more acceptable. It's why the Avatar movie was an uncanny valley of nightmare fuel.
Did the movie Splash work? Yagh sure, for the most part, for a romantic comedy. But you need to show that fish body as little as possible. Because lets face it people, fish people is silly cartoon nonsense. And per usual, this live action remake will in no way stand up to the original.
I was about to ask you which one you meant, but then I realized it doesn't matter; this principle applies to both.
The funny thing is also about those two movies: either left the impression of penis hair or none at all in the general Zeitgeist. Show me ANYONE talking about either movie. On occasion you will hear people mentioning Shamalans atrocity but I have yet to hear anyone talk about the one with the blue aliens.
There are two Avatar movies?
There is no war in Ba Sing Se.
You're talking about the "uncanny valley" phenomenon, aren't you?
And I agree, some things are meant for traditional animation.
CGI will eventually look old. Animation never will.
I'm also touching base on the concept of "the picture plane". Which allows more abstract images to be accepted on the merits of their concepts, and not their abilities to look realistic.
Never heard of that one, interesting. Thank you.
I recently saw Snow White again, old as fuck and still an amazing movie with so much love behind it. I doubt we will have people talk positively about most of those live action remakes in 20odd years. They already know how to make something remembered for decades to come, yet they choose to date themselves by making it cgi live action which will look like shit in a couple years at best.
One...frame...at a time.
And yet so incredibly smooth.
The traditional ways are still the best.