Monsters! Monsters! Monsters!
Last night, I put Ennio Morricone's Hamlet soundtrack on the stereo, poured a glass of red wine, curled up on the sofa and started reading the World of Darkness rulebook.
...and totally creeped myself out! :)
Last night I also watched Beowulf with Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie.
I seem to remember at the time much fuss was made over the fact that it was not much of a story but very impressive CGI work.
I actually found it to be the opposite. As a story and as entertainment, it was great. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Technically, though it was a bit of a furry fish. Too realistic to be interesting, but nowhere near realistic enough to be convincing, which leaves me wondering what the point was.
The character models were mostly impressive but a long way from being convincing as the real thing. Occaisionally in the right light, when they were virtually still, a character would look impressively realistic. Wiglaf was the best for this. The illusion broke almost immediately that they started to move, though. The animation was jerky and weightless in places too, reminding me of the humans in Shrek.
Impressive, just not that impressive.
meh.
...and totally creeped myself out! :)
Last night I also watched Beowulf with Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie.
I seem to remember at the time much fuss was made over the fact that it was not much of a story but very impressive CGI work.
I actually found it to be the opposite. As a story and as entertainment, it was great. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Technically, though it was a bit of a furry fish. Too realistic to be interesting, but nowhere near realistic enough to be convincing, which leaves me wondering what the point was.
The character models were mostly impressive but a long way from being convincing as the real thing. Occaisionally in the right light, when they were virtually still, a character would look impressively realistic. Wiglaf was the best for this. The illusion broke almost immediately that they started to move, though. The animation was jerky and weightless in places too, reminding me of the humans in Shrek.
Impressive, just not that impressive.
meh.