Hi all! I hope a similar thread doesnt exist yet... I think theres some discussion to be had about the special effects of the new movie, I have some thoughts regarding the look and also the philosophy (if you will) of the effects that we have seen...

Now that the new trailer is out, we have a pretty holistic feel of the effects arsenal being used in Legacy. I find that the world looks remarkable; cold blue, distant blurred cg environments, which are realistic but also digital and etheral in a way. Loving that. And the light cycles seem a perfect upgrade of the designs from the early 80s. Of course, Syd Mead's designs for the original lightcycle have now been fully realised thanks to now unrestrained CG capability...



But I'm pretty disappointed with what I've seen of the CG head replacement...

I'm in two minds about this, it can look stunning and very real when in the scene and can really enhance performances very subtly. Like for example the ageing in Benjamin Button or to add levels of violence that you cant get from actors like in Irreversible. But here in Tron legacy, the effect is to create a younger Jeff Bridges... What I think has happened is that the uncanny valley has opened up wide. I'm sure technology is incredible, but the overall effect is really odd, even more so in the HD trailer. For me at least.


I guess my problem with this is that the CG effects in TRON were chosen because of they're look, plasticy, artificial and perfect for the job. Its ironic that films have embraced CG as a means to create perfect human replicas when the effect is often rupulsion and a lack of empathic characters. I know this is a strong opinion, but doesnt it seem odd that TRON used CG effects to its absolute advantage, whereas TRON legacy is using CG effects that may hinder the whole performance of an important character? 30 years of FX development and to me things have gone backwards in a way.

Still super excited for the movie and this one gripe certainly wont ruin it all for me, as it looks like the perfect sequel to my favourite film! Let me know what you think

I'm 60% certain that the some of the clips showing CG for Clu's is not 100% finished... I think in the final film it will be "polished up". Some shots in the actual film and the new trailer look quite a bit more polished than in the first trailer.

Digital Domain and the whole TL production are working heavy on post production CGI & VFX, polishing things up, and even re-shooting whole scenes all the up until November this much I know.

Sam Flynn's suit via VFX/CGI polish looks BAD A**!!! omg it's like still pictures BARELY do it justice. When you see it you'll be like "woah!"

idk.

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't make an Imax sized PLACEHOLDER render. That's just not practical.

Okay. You people do realize that all the footage still needs to be fully rendered... right?

It's rediculous to assume that even though they're doing finishing touches right up to the final weeks before release, that they'd have ANY of CLU's character completely done. Young Flynn in 89 seems to be finished, I can't see anything wrong with him, but CLU appears to be a bit further into the film, so it's natural to assume that there's work still to be done on him.where to buy abortion pill ordering abortion pills to be shipped to house buy abortion pill online

So I have another little question... to what amount, would you say, are the humans entirely CG? When I see combat with the helmets down, I'm seeing CG characters, Rinzler (I'm guessing this guy is the tron legacy code) seems to be CG the whole time, or not?

After the test footage in '09 i expected all humans to be fully cg with live action faces, which i was terryfied about. But the two trailers we've had so far have a good amount of sets and actors in suits, so pleased about this... So CG for combat and some characters? I cant figure it out.where to buy abortion pill ordering abortion pills to be shipped to house buy abortion pill online