Hey guys - when I get more TINTIN news I like to pass it on right away so here is a still image from the upcoming tentpole. Tintin is obviously nose deep into a book, potentially researching something for his adventure.
I like this shot much more than the earlier ones AND the trailer actually. It shows some fairly intense reading and comprehension going on which is a challenge to do when all you have is performance capture data to go on. Ask James Cameron and weta. But weta has this DOWN. I am so confident that all will be ok with the uncanny valley that I seldom even think about it not being achieved! Jamie Bell's emotions will be capped in this thing and from his body of work it looks like he can get the job done. Especially with Spielberg's tutelage.
More info when I get it! Look for TINTIN on December 23 (October 26 in Europe - a good move because Tintin is HUGE over there and will build massive anticipation over here).
Jim here. Many of you have read about the "Uncanny Valley" before on MarketSaw and some have asked for an explanation of what it means. I would type out a response to them and whip it off to them, but was never REALLY satisfied with what I had said, because I am a visual kind of guy.
James Cameron is attempting to cross this valley with AVATAR in 3D no less. It is a massive undertaking that is certainly having its trials and tribulations over at WETA. I have heard from a number of sources that all is not well with the effort and that Cameron has been, shall we say, "upset" with the results thus far.
That doesn't mean that WETA will not deliver, far from it. I think that they will and it certainly was in the best interest of the movie to delay it until December. But let me tell you that the effort has been monumental in trying to achieve photo-realism for AVATAR.
Personally I have had enough of the stylization attempts for human emotion (Wall-E is nice, but I want to forget that the human on the screen is well, not human at all). Yeah, stylization has it's place but I have seen enough of it as representing the best we can do. I want photo realism. The time has come and man, if Cameron, Weta and Image Metrics can deliver... You will demand it too. You are going to witness history with AVATAR in more ways than one.
A reader has sent me a video clip that does an OUTSTANDING job explaining just what the Uncanny Valley is and how it applies to movies and gaming. Take a look and understand just how hard it is to achieve photo realism:
Hey guys - when I get more TINTIN news I like to pass it on right away so here is a still image from the upcoming tentpole. Tintin is obviously nose deep into a book, potentially researching something for his adventure.
