12. Avatar Wants To Avoid The “Uncanny Valley” Of Photo-Real CG Characters
“A given frame on Avatar might take up to 50-100 hours to render, and we multiply that by two. So that’s per frame, per process. We have a massive render farm to do the work.
Maybe one in 10 shots slips back into the valley, but at that point the narrative is propelling you along and the sense of realism.”
Why This Makes Us Even More Excited
The Uncanny Valley is the term given to our natural instinct to reject CGI characters as unhuman - Avatar was always meant to be the movie to conquer it.
We like Cameron's honesty here - he's admitting that it's not totally fixed. If he's being so truthful about this aspect, then maybe everything else he's saying is totally true. Which means that all this incredible stuff isn't hype, but cold hard facts.
13. The Story Uses Western Tropes Set In Space
“It’s Pocahontas, Dances With Wolves, that sort of thing, but a story that takes place on another planet, with a completely different type of culture.
“And completely different creatures – the creature designs are some of the best I’ve ever seen. We drove the creature design group to do something new and something truly detailed.”
Why This Makes Us Even More Excited
A space western inhabited by loads of different alien creatures? That'll never work.
Comments
scabo33
Jun 5th 2009, 18:48
Ok so....in the Avatar body...is that CG/ 3D....or a real person??
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thedarkknight
Jun 7th 2009, 0:16
oooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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RayAnselmo
Jun 12th 2009, 16:00
This baby is either going to be Cameron's "Schindler's List" or his "Heaven's Gate." The bar's set too high for there to be any in-between.
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IGPNicki
Jun 12th 2009, 19:31
In a time when Hollywood seems to be obsessed with prequels, sequels and reboots here's James Cameron proving that there still are an original thought or two left in Hollywood. Am unbelievably excited about this movie. http://www.igp-scifi.com
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fishosaurus
Jun 24th 2009, 15:42
Im hopeful but concerned. No doubt this will be a UK 12a/US PG-13 so they can try and get as many people in and make as much money as possible. I understand that, but such films are usually 'watered down for the masses', and end up being weak, cartoonish, special-effects action films (like the Mummy films or Transformers films). Cameron has a great track record but no-one only makes great films (Speilberg hasn't managed it in 15 years, and he's one of the best!), so im going to temper my excitement until we know a bit more. Also im red/green colour blind so the 3D could be a problem - anyone know?
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