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Three things... no, four... no, five!
Jul. 29th, 2003 02:40 pm.
They keep coming to mind in little groups.
Pirates of the Caribbean
Yes, I did see it! But everybody's been WTCKH'ing so enthusiastically about it, I guess I figured I didn't need to add my two pieces-of-eight.
Depp was just as... ¡ai! Scenic as I'd expected. Ever since 21 Jump Street and emphasised by Edward Scissorhands....
Landscape, art direction, cinematography, etc etc etc -- all gorgeous. My favourite part really does have to be the matchmove FX for the beams moonlight on the cursed. There's an animation term... 'kine'-something... of which this is a digital form. Gorgeous.
I was amused by the 'steal' of the underwater-boat gag from Burt Lancaster's The Crimson Pirate. I was also strongly reminded, in the character interactions, of Nate and Hayes, which I'm convinced is still being overlooked.
I've been watching 'The Big O' on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. More gorgeous animation, and rather recursive, as it's been deliberately influenced by the animated 'Batman', which itself was influenced by anime in general. Roger Smith is a ringer for the young Bruce Wayne. I'm amused by his fondness for black.
His android (gynoid?) sidekick, R. Dorothy Wainright, has a Pinocchio complex. Is it just me, or is this a favourite theme of robot-based animes? She's been asking Roger some difficult questions -- including if he would have fallen in love with her under different circumstances. He's not thinking of her as a 'person' yet, although the series leads us to believe she's pretty much her own A.I., a silicon citizen.
I'd like to see the whole first-season run again when I can pay proper attention to it. Darn elegant.
Going to try for the Gryffindor Tower Revenge Challenge -- but I only have a day and a half to do it. Eek! Such the masochist.
Textual Sphinx thinks she might get to work on her next chapter next month. Yay!
(At least I'm feeling sort-of-better than yesterday.)
They keep coming to mind in little groups.
Pirates of the Caribbean
Yes, I did see it! But everybody's been WTCKH'ing so enthusiastically about it, I guess I figured I didn't need to add my two pieces-of-eight.
Depp was just as... ¡ai! Scenic as I'd expected. Ever since 21 Jump Street and emphasised by Edward Scissorhands....
Landscape, art direction, cinematography, etc etc etc -- all gorgeous. My favourite part really does have to be the matchmove FX for the beams moonlight on the cursed. There's an animation term... 'kine'-something... of which this is a digital form. Gorgeous.
I was amused by the 'steal' of the underwater-boat gag from Burt Lancaster's The Crimson Pirate. I was also strongly reminded, in the character interactions, of Nate and Hayes, which I'm convinced is still being overlooked.
I've been watching 'The Big O' on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. More gorgeous animation, and rather recursive, as it's been deliberately influenced by the animated 'Batman', which itself was influenced by anime in general. Roger Smith is a ringer for the young Bruce Wayne. I'm amused by his fondness for black.
His android (gynoid?) sidekick, R. Dorothy Wainright, has a Pinocchio complex. Is it just me, or is this a favourite theme of robot-based animes? She's been asking Roger some difficult questions -- including if he would have fallen in love with her under different circumstances. He's not thinking of her as a 'person' yet, although the series leads us to believe she's pretty much her own A.I., a silicon citizen.
I'd like to see the whole first-season run again when I can pay proper attention to it. Darn elegant.
Going to try for the Gryffindor Tower Revenge Challenge -- but I only have a day and a half to do it. Eek! Such the masochist.
Textual Sphinx thinks she might get to work on her next chapter next month. Yay!
(At least I'm feeling sort-of-better than yesterday.)
