RPG Post Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 TintinSteven Spielberg and Peter Jackson bring to life Georges Remi's (Herge's) Tintin. Tintin is a young Belgium reporter with a fox terrier companion, Snowy, who become embroiled in adventures around the globe. A product of its time, starting in 1929, the strip featured some less than flattering stereotypes, some distasteful political ideology and a rhino having a hole drilled in its hide, filled with dynamite and detonated.On the other hand, the strip had mysteries solved with intelligence, humor and a touch of the surreal. Remi was honored by the Dalai Lama and Europeans sure do like the comic. [end_news_blurb]I can't get over the uncanny valley thing, but maybe the wit, charm and story will win me over. Spielberg, when not schmaltzy, is usually very good and Jackson, when not being self-indulgent and using Jack Black, is usually amazing. Even his early stuff, if not great cinema, is certain memorable. Watch Meet The Feebles, then try to forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin OOC Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I'd go see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doryoku Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 This is walking that fine line of the "Uncanny Valley". This might be a good movie, but if the Uncanny Valley kicks in, this'll be another "Polar Express". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fox Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I had no idea he was involved with Meet the Feebles... that movie will scar you for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Sagebrush Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 For fear of sounding ignorant, I have no idea what the Uncanny Valley is, nor the reference to Polar Express....I liked the Polar Express... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin OOC Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 so did I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameson (ST) Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Basically the uncanny valley is a technical term that describes the way things made to look like people become more relatable the closer they are to being indistinguishable, up until a certain point at which point the similarity becomes creepy...Uncanny Valley The uncanny valley is a hypothesis in the field of robotics which holds that when robots and other facsimiles of humans look and act almost, but not perfectly, like actual humans, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers. The "valley" in question is a dip in a proposed graph of the positivity of human reaction as a function of a robot's lifelikeness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Wow, a graph and everything. You are awesome Jameson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameson (ST) Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 it's all wikipedia, I can't take any credit except for taking the three minutes needed for some basic research Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mariner Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I was about to explain, but thank you, Jameson. *bows* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 wait wait wait waitSteven Moffat AND Edgar Wright wrote this?A new Spielberg movie written by Edgar Wright AND Steven Moffat, holy crap, someone stick me in the freezer so tomorrow can be Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Here is a pretty cool article about the uncanny valley in relation to movies and games L.A. Noire, Blade Runner, and gaming’s quest to capture humanity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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