SF Chronicle Film Critic blasted by animation historians

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:32 am

Then again, I'm still a shallow bastard who can't talk, given the fact that I watched Over The Hedge for the sole reason that I loved the look of the animal characters.

FURRY`1!

Radrappy · Post by **Radrappy** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:51 am

the animal designs from Over the Hedge were some of the worst I've ever seen. I hate their eyes so much. They all look like they were purchased at a factory and then shoved into lubricated sockets on a generic character production belt. Pure ape dung. I'm tired as hell of computer generated talking, burping, farting animals.

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:58 pm

Since this tipic resurfaced, here's my three cents:

-The recent CG movie fad: I don't know why, but the idea of celebrities doing voice work is starting to annoy me.

-Cars: I watched it some time ago. Wasn't as bad as I tought would be, but something is weird in the movie: how the heck a world populated by cars has buildings, and the like? I mean, unless those were made by people before. My guess is that the cars killed all the humans sometime after they became sentient.

-Hand-drawn vs. CG: A few days back, I was passing channels and stumbled upon some crossover of kinds of Jimmy Neutron and The Fairly Oddparents. All I have to say is: the computer characters look MUCH better when drawn (at least, in that show's style).

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:00 am

-The recent CG movie fad: I don't know why, but the idea of celebrities doing voice work is starting to annoy me

Oh man, second'd hard. I hate playing "Guess-The-Actor" when I should be watching the film. I don't want a tour-de-force of celeb cameos, I just want an entertaining movie; problem is, those are a dying breed nowadays. Even the truly great examples past and present, movies that exhibit genuine skill, craftmanship and heart, have been tarnished by the filthy sea of mediocrity that laps ever closer at the shores of the CG industry.

M.C.Dillinger · Post by **M.C.Dillinger** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:32 pm

Video games are no different

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:27 pm

There's a bunch of crappy celebrity voices in videogames now? Since when?

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:49 pm

GTA goes down that road, proof enough?

Post by **Segaholic2** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:30 pm

Omni Hunter wrote:GTA goes down that road, proof enough?

I disagree with this point. Video games do not suffer the same problem with most animated movies hiring celebrity voice actors just for the sake of having celebrity namees attached to them. While GTA may have some big-name actors voicing characters in the game, they're not advertised as a selling point, and they're hired based more on a match to the character they're playing than a necessity for publicity. The GTA games are all extremely well acted, vocally.

M.C.Dillinger · Post by **M.C.Dillinger** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:54 pm

I meant to say video games and movies share a lack of feeling,heart, and emotion.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:57 pm

Hell no. I'd say Lucas shagging his ex-girlfriend in Fahrenheit was full of feeling.

Ididn'ttouchmyself.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:37 am

: 9 J-man touching himself.

Yum.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:18 pm

Oh, Zeta. You lovable gay archetype.

Don't get me wrong, if I were gay, I'd be on j-man in a heartbeat.

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:26 pm

Y'know, Baba, people who say things like that are usually at least a little bit gay. Like five or ten percent.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:43 pm

I'm 2% gay by volume. That 2% is pure concentrated gay, though. It's the part that enjoys purple jumpsuits and showtunes and sings Crocodile Rock with other men very loudly.

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:32 pm

Segaholic2 wrote:
Omni Hunter wrote:GTA goes down that road, proof enough?
I disagree with this point. Video games do not suffer the same problem with most animated movies hiring celebrity voice actors just for the sake of having celebrity namees attached to them.

I guess that's a pretty viable point, looking at San Andreas and onwards anyway. Besides, it did have Samuel M. F. Jackson.
I guess my only beef is with the fuss about Ray Liotta voicing Vercetti in Vice City, although that too is debatable.

Anyway, I have first calls on J-Man, proximity-wise.

Arcade · Post by **Arcade** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:32 pm

Radrappy wrote:the animal designs from Over the Hedge were some of the worst I've ever seen. I hate their eyes so much. They all look like they were purchased at a factory and then shoved into lubricated sockets on a generic character production belt. Pure ape dung. I'm tired as hell of computer generated talking, burping, farting animals.

But the movie was good or not?

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:11 pm

Anyway, I have first calls on J-Man, proximity-wise.

Oh like you haven't done eachother a gajillion times by now.

I'm tired as hell of computer generated talking, burping, farting animals.

That does seem to be all they can do with the CGI, eh? We need a movie about a crazy taxedermist. That would show 'em.