Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
The Taj Mahal scene is perhaps the one part I don't like at all. Aside from the heavy CGI, you're like 5 feet off the ground.Is it just me or does the entire Taj Mahal scene look 100% CGI?
The Taj Mahal scene is perhaps the one part I don't like at all. Aside from the heavy CGI, you're like 5 feet off the ground.Is it just me or does the entire Taj Mahal scene look 100% CGI?
Is it just me or does the entire Taj Mahal scene look 100% CGI?
99% of people could care less if one scene was CGI or not. Most people that visit Disney probably wouldn't even notice it was CGI. I didn't say 99% of people on these message boards.Frankly, I think it was silly to include a scene that was 100% CGI - just pick another world landmark and actually film it! There are plenty of great locations that could've been included, with more natural wonders always on the table: the spectacular ruggedness of South Africa's Western Cape, the breathtaking scenery of New Zealand, perhaps the river deltas of Southeast Asia or an additional North America scene (I don't love the Monument Valley scene they chose), etc.
The new theme of Soarin' may be a step above California only (especially for Epcot and Shanghai), but some of the artistic and technical decisions still baffle me.
Fair enough, but I happen to be part of the minority who finds CGI extremely distracting in what's supposed to be a live action scene. Whether in Avatar (which I can't sit through 5-10 minutes of), Marvel movies (I'm not a fan), or Star Wars (those rathtars in TFA? ugh), it typically kills my suspension of disbelief, and it's disappointing that so much of the new Soarin' is driven by it.99% of people could care less if one scene was CGI or not. Most people that visit Disney probably wouldn't even notice it was CGI. I didn't say 99% of people on these message boards.
No great experience is created by assuming the audience is clueless.99% of people could care less if one scene was CGI or not. Most people that visit Disney probably wouldn't even notice it was CGI. I didn't say 99% of people on these message boards.
The transitions are incredibly cheesy, as if someone didn't learn the ART of film editing as opposed to gimmicks.Frankly, I think it was silly to include a scene that was 100% CGI - just pick another world landmark and actually film it! There are plenty of great locations that could've been included, with more natural wonders always on the table: the spectacular ruggedness of South Africa's Western Cape, the breathtaking scenery of New Zealand, perhaps the river deltas of Southeast Asia or an additional North America scene (I don't love the Monument Valley scene they chose), etc.
The new theme of Soarin' may be a step above California only (especially for Epcot and Shanghai), but some of the artistic and technical decisions still baffle me.
Thanks for posting that.
That CGI looks horrible. Really horrible. So horrible that I have to wonder if that moron George Lucas was somehow involved.
I hope I'm wrong, but I cannot see how it will look any less fake on the big screen. I guess I'll know in a couple of weeks.
No great experience is created by assuming the audience is clueless.
How else could you do it? The options are either a smash cut or a contrived transition. Being that this is a ride and not an art film, I prefer the transitions.The transitions are incredibly cheesy, as if someone didn't learn the ART of film editing as opposed to gimmicks.
The Taj Mahal scene is perhaps the one part I don't like at all. Aside from the heavy CGI, you're like 5 feet off the ground.
It doesn't look bad at least to me but it is noticeable.Tha Taj is an awesome site, but why not just pick another destination? FYI I had no idea it was CGI until I read up on this attraction, so I am trusting the people who have seen this live.
Still, Disney must have thought it was important to include India in the "World". Otherwise, why not just film another spectacular site.It doesn't look bad at least to me but it is noticeable.
Then again I went in already knowing it was CGI so that might skew my opinion on this.
Fair enough, but I happen to be part of the minority who finds CGI extremely distracting in what's supposed to be a live action scene. Whether in Avatar (which I can't sit through 5-10 minutes of), Marvel movies (I'm not a fan), or Star Wars (those rathtars in TFA? ugh), it typically kills my suspension of disbelief, and it's disappointing that so much of the new Soarin' is driven by it.
Which is really surprising when you consider they have access to some of the worlds best computer animation talent in ILM (despite what you may thing of the prequels the are still CGI pioneers) and Pixar.
Joke's on you then, because I barely watch movies or TV these days (am currently binge-watching The Office because I have roommates who enjoy it - that's about it). I may be a unique case in that regard, but I know I'm not the only one who thinks CGI often crosses a line of being too blatant. The Force Awakens is a great example here (and the most recent Disney/'tentpole' film I've seen in theaters, ignoring things like Money Monster or The Nice Guys): entertaining production, but I can't really accept those rathtars, Yellow Yoda, or Gollum/Voldemort as believable when they're placed aside characters and an environment that are more convincingly real.I'd bet money you have no idea how much stuff you watch is CGI.
I agree... sounds like a bunch of people looking for problems that are just spouting off BS, to make themselves sound like experts to me! Reminds me of a Wine Tasting during a tour in Europe I went on a few months back. I'm not a wine connoisseur, although I did drink a lot of Boone's Farm Apple when I was in the service. There was this extremely annoying woman that struck me as the most fake person on the planet. Anyway, at one point she held the wine glass up to her nose, took a large sniff and proclaimed that "this wine smells young". OK, with the exception that she had just been told 10 minutes before that it was a "young wine". What exactly does a "young wine" smell like. I'm sorry, but, I'm not buying any of that pretentious crap. I guess it would have been alright if that were the only jerky thing that she did, but, I will tell you that she was the reason why people in other countries hate us.I'd bet money you have no idea how much stuff you watch is CGI.
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