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aguyuno
10/14/2012, 03:12 am
I can't really explain it... But the way she blinks, her head movement, etc, she seems like a character from the Rudolph stop-motion movie from the 60s.

Maybe it's just because of her facial appearance, not so much laziness, but it REALLY looks like it rofl. Anyone else notice?
Master of Aeons
10/14/2012, 01:03 pm
I can't really explain it... But the way she blinks, her head movement, etc, she seems like a character from the Rudolph stop-motion movie from the 60s.

Maybe it's just because of her facial appearance, not so much laziness, but it REALLY looks like it rofl. Anyone else notice?

I feel some uncanny valley coming from Molly. So a lot about her feels off.
aguyuno
10/14/2012, 03:10 pm
I feel some uncanny valley coming from Molly. So a lot about her feels off.Fraid I don't know what that is... could you explain?
BlankCanvasDJ
10/14/2012, 03:19 pm
It's the weird gray area between cartoony and photo-realistic that makes cg characters look strange.

Personally, I don't see it from Molly though. The art style keeps it from getting into uncanny valley territory. Now Jurassic Park, that was a different story...
Master of Aeons
10/14/2012, 03:20 pm
He said it^. While everyone looks almost cartoony, Molly's mouth and hair weird me out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WprIQc6mIo4 is a good example of the uncanny valley. Something looks almost real, and you see it as a robot or something.
BlankCanvasDJ
10/14/2012, 03:29 pm
Yeesh, that is an especially creepy example.