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Damn, that really does look fucking good.
The book was good stuff as pretty much all Gaiman stuff is. Hopefully this time they can stay true to his work (unlike Stardust).
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Holy shit this is some freaking amazing stop motion animation
http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles...line/sneak.mov
I can not wait to see the finished product.
Damn, that really does look fucking good.
The book was good stuff as pretty much all Gaiman stuff is. Hopefully this time they can stay true to his work (unlike Stardust).
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It's almost too slick. It might actually be losing something vital in being so precise.
I can't stay awake during Neil Gaiman movies.
I know the feeling, and it pisses me off because his books are so damned good.Originally Posted by YellerDog
I can't stay awake during Neil Gaiman movies.
You sir, are a hideous hermaphroditical character which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.
I love everything he writes.
I think the main problem is the mental images created by his words are endlessly more interesting than whatever the movies can come up with visually.
edit: or on an audio/visual level, I mean to say. You can damn near smell what he's describing on page sometimes.
This has been in production for a long ass time. I was starting to think it had been canceled.
Henry Selick is a very talented animator. James and the Giant Peach is very underrated, I think.
Something about this clip bothers me a little, though. I think the way it's touched up with computers lessens the stop motion feel. At first glance I almost mistook it for CGI. It's still beautiful looking but I might have to get used to it.
I heard They Might Be Giants will do the soundtrack, which is pretty cool. Randy Newman did James and he's one of my favorites, as well, so he has a good track record in the audio department.
Last edited by Frogacuda; 02 Jan 2008 at 04:50 AM.
I enjoy Selick generally, but "Monkeybone" hurts my brain.
This definately feels like it could have been a much easier thing to do with CGI. There's a lot of really slick movement, but they're going overboard with it.
On the other hand, I wish Aardman wasn't stepping into CG.
edit: I think I prefer my stop-motion to have kind of a Luddite-quality to it. I don't mind motion-control cameras and such, but once it loses that handmade aspect and approches CG, the soul just falls right out. The fingerprints on Wallace and Gromit's models impress me more than the smoothest, cleanest stop motion ever will.
Last edited by YellerDog; 02 Jan 2008 at 03:42 PM.
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This is looking fantastic I have to say.
Yeah its his regular stop motion, but filmed in 3D which is why the film looks like its all CG. He said he did use very little, but its mainly stop motion and 3D cinematography.
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