In terms of recreating the face of an actor from 30 years agoand have it deliver key lines of dialogue full screen, I think they did a fucking amazing job. Especially when you consider in the first film the only bit of cg was a floaty dodecahedron.
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HappyToast Groat froth,
Sat 23 Apr 2011, 15:55,
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And it still had better range than the face.(Additionally: I'm not saying I don't appreciate the growth of technical effects complexity, in fact I admire it enormously, even after many of my own atrocious experiments with Max and blender. The main issue I had with his face was minor details, at parts the mouth seemed stilted and too tight, and the other aspects like wrinkles, blemishes were noticeably absent. Ultimately I didn't really see the Jeff Bridges I recognised from the original Tron - or Starman - for me it just looked a little plastic. Nice effort though.)
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Christian's Bolt and Ski,
Sat 23 Apr 2011, 16:40,
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The thought did cross my mindThe original film was 'wow, cg lines and colouring in', this film was 'wow, cg actor'. Still enjoyed it though, daft punk and all. Better than the first (saw on it's original release), and never been tempted to revisit it.
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Sat 23 Apr 2011, 17:33,
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The face was good, but it wasn't perfect.
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Jamie_W If your life had a face I would punch it.,
Sat 23 Apr 2011, 21:17,
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