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Princess Leiah was reanimated in star wars sequels. She made it pretty deep into the uncanny valley, and died there. No digitally rendered realistic human has
by Fricken 5y ago
Princess Leiah was reanimated in star wars sequels. She made it pretty deep into the uncanny valley, and died there.
No digitally rendered realistic human has ever made it through the uncanny valley. The uncanny valley is to be avoided at all costs, but many digital animators refuse to learn.
Gollum from LOTR worked well because it didn't matter that he was in the uncanny valley. He's supposed to creep you out, it suited his character.
- outworlder 5y agoLeiah (and Tarking) are not good examples. Blade Runner comes awfully close. Compare the original movie footage with the replicated 3D version and it's almost impossible to tell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQcxEo5MUc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQcxEo5MUc8 I'd say, rendering is basically solved. The problem now is animations. Very hard to replicate all micro expressions and imperfections we have come to accept from humans. Even humans with motion capture rigs seem to be insufficient. That said, what about the John Connor death in Terminator: Dark Fate? What's uncanny about that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49YHDbdRP0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49YHDbdRP0A Behind the scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Rm9k7kTZQ&t=60s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Rm9k7kTZQ&t=60s
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoLeia and Moff Tarkin (sp?) were not convincing to me - they're incredible feats, but it just looked like a couple of video game characters stuck in the movie (I'm being a bit harsh there). One shot of Tarkin was pretty great, until he moved. I'm not at all saying this isn't all incredible progress, but it seems like it's almost asymptotic to creating a convincing on screen effect? Thanks all for the links and suggestions for scenes to check out.