#disney cgi

[bluebird167]

Forget the Disney Live Action Remakes. They should just record the Broadway Shows and make them available for purchase or on Disney Plus. Who’s with me?

#disney cgi #Disney #walt disney #broadway #disney renaissance #disney remakes #live action #live action remakes #Disney Broadway #the little mermaid #beauty and the beast #Aladdin #the lion king #Tarzan #mary poppins #frozen #the hunchback of notre dame #disney on broadway

[macleod]

Visual effects crews at Walt Disney Studios have taken a significant step to unionize after filing with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for an election to unionize.

A supermajority (over 80%) of the 18 in-house VFX crew members at Walt Disney Pictures signed authorization cards signaling their desire to unionize.

The historical move is the second time in history that VFX professionals have joined together to demand the same protections and rights as their colleagues. Earlier this month, VFX crews at Marvel Studios voted to unionize beginning Aug. 21. Ballots are due on Sept. 11, and the vote count will take place on Sept. 12.

Unions Work, Unionize.

Source: Variety, August 28th 2023

#disney #vfx #unions #labor #usa #visual effects #cgi #marvel #hot labor summer

[pftones3482]

I want to be excited for the live action Little Mermaid so badly

The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie. Anyone who knows me knows I'm obsessed with mermaids as a whole and will watch any media that has them. Hell, I own my own tails and monofins. But every time I see a gif or a video for the new Little Mermaid, I cringe

(btw, this is NOT because of the casting. If you're against this movie because Ariel is black, you're a racist piece of shit and this post isn't for you)

My issue lies with the CGI. It just looks so FAKE. We've seen through the course of movies and TV shows that use it that CGI does not age well, and that's because technology is constantly improving. What was impressive in 2005 is not impressive in 2023 (Just look at Aquamarine, another movie about mermaids). And the CGI on Ariel and her sisters already looks fake and the movie isn't even out yet!

Compare this image from the trailer

To this screenshot from H20: Just Add Water (a TV show that came out in 2006):

You can see the details of the scales in the second image

The first image is flat. Sure, it's colorful, but it's flat. It's fake. Halle herself is the most beautiful and alive part of the image, because everything else is fake

The difference?

H20 had costume designers, ones specifically trained in mermaid tail making, HAND CRAFT every tail on the show. All of the scales were hand laid, all the tails molded to fit the actors/actresses perfectly, painted by hand

Let's even look at someone with no affiliation to TV or movies:

This is Mermaid Linden, a very well known (in the mermaid community) professional mermaid. You can tell her tail is not as high quality as the ones made for H20 (though it's still a VERY expensive tail) - but it still looks like it's a part of her. You can still see the details. Because professional mermaid tails are also all handmade and molded to fit each person. Even if they don't lay every individual scale, good professional mermaid tail makers are very meticulous about what they do.

This is what happens when Disney refuses to pay practical effects artists. We could have had beautiful, handmade tails that would look real on screen for decades to come and could be reused for promotional purposes - instead, they're underpaying and overworking their non-unionized employees to make CGI tails that don't even look real now.

(to be clear, I'm not shitting on the artists. As I said, they're being underpaid and overworked. This is not their fault)

And before anyone comes and says "But swimming in those is difficult!" Absolutely it is. You should never swim in a professional level tail (or even just fabric tails) without practice and training. Which Disney could have given the cast if they were willing to PAY people (the cast of H20 [a TV SHOW] literally learned how to be mermaids on set. It's been done before)

Disney's "Live Action" needs to be rebranded as "CGI with some real people tossed in" because that's all any of these remakes have been, and it's exhausting when I look at what we could have had.

#tlm #the little mermaid #h20 #disney #mermaids #professional mermaids #also trust me when i say i think all cgi mermaid tails look bad #but for some reason these ones just look so much worse #we saw the same thing happen with the 'live action' lion king #the lions looked SO BAD #but then you look at like???? aslan from chronicle of narnia????? which was made YEARS before the lion king #and he looked more realistic #and its disneys fault bc they WONT PAY PEOPLE

[dean-winchesters-clit]

Gods, can I gush about the CGI in the Percy Jackson show for just a minute??

All of it is so fucking good!

The work was gone by ILM or Industrial Light and Magic, who are an incredible effects house and also one of the oldest effects houses there is. ILM was founded in the 1970s by George fucking Lucas to make the effects for the original Star Wars trilogy. They are the reason the original Jurassic Park had CGI in the first place! They worked with Jim Henson on The Dark Crystal and Tobe Hooper on Poltergeist, which has sone crazy awesome effects if you've never seen it. A part of ILM broke off in the 1990s and became fucking PIXAR!!

And Percy Jackson has had just the best looking effects I've seen in a long time. The creature work alone is worth so many awards. The minotaur was amazing.

And the illusion of Chiron is never broken, it's just seamless and perfect.

And don't get me started on Medusa's snakes. They're PERFECT. THEY ACT LIKE REAL SNAKES!!!

And the chimera was beautiful. I loved the decision to give it a cobra's frill.

Also, water is a notoriously difficult effect to do and all the water looks amazing in this show. I bet they pulled some people from the Avatar sequel to help with it.

And Grover's legs never look bad. They're always perfect. I love the decision to keep them exposed the whole time, it adds to the magical feeling of the world while also showcasing how powerful the Mist really is.

And one of my favorite effects HAS to be the way Mrs. Dodds' coat turned into her wings. I saw that and had an out of body experience.

But this most recent episode just blew me away. Specifically with this (these next gifs are by @stevenrogered) :

So, if you didn't know, tracking an effect onto someone's body is incredibly difficult. It's so difficult that CGI artists will often replace someone's body with a 3D model in order to make it easier. That could be what happens here in part, but they can't fake Walker's face.

Props to Walker for sitting as still as humanly possible during this incredibly emotional scene. Him sitting still helps make the tracking of the effect easier since the artists don't have to adjust the effect every frame to account for the slightest movements. Which brings me to the face.

It is so hard to animate human faces and not fall into the uncanny valley, and yes this effect applies to that. Look at the way the gold conforms to the shape of his mouth as he speaks. Look at how it follows the movement of his chin, his cheeks. It's PERFECT. This is an incredibly impressive effect and I wanna just worship whichever overworked and underpaid VFX artist spent hours of their life working on it.

Okay, that's all, rants over, everyone go home!

#pjo tv show #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #percy jackson show #ilm #industrial light and magic #star wars #george lucas #tagging those just in case #pixar #disney #disney+ #cgi #vfx #visual effects #movie nerd #film buff #i went to film school #i have a bachelors degree #not a flex im just that much of a nerd about film

[inkskinned]

i hate how commodity and capitalism has ruined so much storytelling . i hate how sequels and prequels and whatever else all ring like merch sales; i hate that i as an author have to include any social media following i have as a marketable trait; i hate that everything feels like a xerox of a copy of a dream of a memory.

i hate that my nostalgia has been turned into profit. i hate that companies fear consumer backlash so no real commentary may be made; i hate that companies care more about quantity over quality. i hate that so many artists and creators are being overworked to the point of complete collapse rather than being allowed to tell the story their way. i hate that every point of representation has to be fought for. i hate it i want us all to go back to living in a cave .

when you sit with friends over a bonfire and the night is getting long and people start telling this slow, almost hypnotic story - in this quiet voice, like they don't expect you to listen while they say the most fucked up shit you've ever heard - that is storytelling. who cares if the punchline is car hand hook door. storytelling has always been about community, about us all sitting in the dark, choosing to fill the silence while the last embers are dying. we forgot that storytelling is spellwork. hallucinating together, our breaths held, waiting for the ending we already knew was coming.

#this is specifically due to my rage and undying hatred of megacorporation #disney. #and specifically bc i think there COULD have been a really good series of new #dinosaur island t rex movies #if they had just fucking gone the distance #stopped with the fucking bad CGI #and made the whole thing about late-stage capitalism #do you wanna know what would ACTUALLY sell and work on the big screen more than a trex screaming in front of a volcano #(u absolute jerkweeds)? #so they've rebuilt the island and the park. but the narrative is 100% #that nobody wants to fucking work there and it feels AT BEST cult-like and insular. nobody is paid well for this #at EVERY possible place they are cutting corners. the dinosaurs might have higher walls #but the handlers are paid 5.34 an hour due to island laws. the corporation has RFID tags in their costumes which they are forced to wear #the employees are not allowed to drink water in 120 degree heat bc it would be upsetting to guests #u know real things i experienced working for disney #(but it was 8.90) #anyway it turns out the park CEO knew the risks and just didnt care bc bottom line BAYBEE. #it would be so much more sobering and fucking GOOD if it was like. scientists being like ''i am an environmental scientist'' #''after the epa was slashed this is literally the only job i could find. i literally HAD to take it or i couldn't feed my family.'' #''i hate what i do. i am disgusted by it. i literally CANNOT STOP because the company also charges us 400 dollars a week to live here'' #the dinosaurs escape EARLY in my movie. like minute 45. and then... 1 week later #the park reopens. #half the staff are missing. they're just fucking gone. it doesn't matter tho the company tells everyone to work 2x as hard #that those people weren't loyal enough or they are tragic heroes bc they died doing what they love #and the movie isn't like ''wow dinosaurs scary!!!'' it's... #that in a global fucking pandemic disney kept sacrificing employees. #but it'll be disguised bc the pandemic will be dinosaurs. #this my beloved is what we call an ALLEGORY but unfortunately certain companies have never heard of them #allegories require critical thinking and that doesn't test well with audiences

[bridoesotherjunk]

So I saw the trailer for She-Hulk and I am losing my shit --- her fucking hairs grows out when she transforms 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

She has short curly hair before she changes

And then suddenly when she's green she has the long, sexy model lady hair

🤣🤣🤣 ignore how bad the cg looks, this is so fucking funny.

Im fucking dying, this is hysterical. Regular Hulk's hair stays the same. But oh no!!! LADY HULK needs to be EVEN SEXIER when she transforms so all the men watching can have the perfect green woman to jack off to at night 🤣🤣🤣

The sexism is so blatant I'm DEAD 🤣🤣

#She Hulk looks awful #Anti marvel #Anti mcu #She looks like shit #Anti-marvel #Fuck marvel #Disney plus lmao #I hate marvel #Bad cg #Bad cgi #She's an ugly fiona #she hulk trailer #Terfs do not interact #Terfs dni

[intermundia]

could the anakin deaging cgi be better? yes, absolutely. but i've also decided that he is a force ghost or hallucination or whatever, so he can be a little uncanny valley, as a treat. he almost looks like he's about to morph from his vaguely creepy angelic form into a demonic one, which imho would be great. i don't want ahsoka to be talking to the 'real' anakin in the force, i want her to be confronting some version of him in a vision, generated as a manifestation of dealing with her own issues with her past and having a padawan. i don't want 'actual' anakin to be involved at all, you know? so yes, make him a vaguely unsettling looking dream being, that's fine. just as long as he's not supposed to be real.

#ahsoka spoilers #ahsoka series #anakin skywalker #i know he's probably supposed to be the real thing #but anyway #disney pay money for better cgi challenge

[aroaceleovaldez]

the Riordans: the show will highlight more Annabeth and Percy’s dyslexia.

The show: taking the mentions of dyslexia from it (them not really being able to read Auntie M’s sign, the zoo truck etc..) kinda giving up about it after one episode

"the show will highlight Percy and Annabeth's dyslexia"

#pjo tv crit #ask #Anonymous #i honestly didnt even know they said that #but im not surprised. just disappointed u_u #mmm i love my dyslexia content of one (1) cgi effect of floaty alphabet soup (sarcasm sarcasm) #< me watching anything with dyslexia rep in it #this includes that one old disney commercial/short segment #you know the one #where they do like the interviews with the actors from different shows

[sithvampiremaster27]

I might be wrong, but judging by these brief screenshots:

It looks like that in the new Disney movie: Wish, one of Asha's friends: Simon, will be joining the "Good Characters Getting Brainwashed/Manipulated/Possessed by the Villains" Club:

I mean, look at those pictures! Look at them and tell me if it doesn't look like if that Royal Jerk is putting a spell on Asha's friend and turning him into his personal lap-dog/blinded, obedient manservant!

Also, look at this picture:

Asha is there, yes, but only Six of her Seven Friends are with her. I think these are really clear clues that Simon will be brainwashed by the King...

If that's really what's going to happen in the movie, then Asha and the other Six not only have to save the Wishes, but also their friend from Magnifico's mind-control (or should I call him "Malefico"?).

And by the way, sidenote, but I still think Zhan Tiri should have just possessed Cassandra!

#wish 2023 #wish movie #disney wish #disney wish movie #brainwashed #manipulated #possessed #simon #king magnifico #amphibia #tangled the series #the owl house #cgi he-man #marcy wu #darcy #amphibia darcy #cassandra #tangled cassandra #hunter #the owl house hunter #krass #ram ma'am #wish simon

[lilfuturescars]

Watching the pjo TV series has made me wish we were on 2009. Why? Gee I don’t know, remember when shows used to last 40 good old minutes and had 24 episodes? We were living the good life and we didn’t know it.

Am I enjoying the show? 100% but that doesn’t mean I haven’t realized how SHORT it is. We really have info dumping every single episode and it’s important but I also want to see small interactions. Little things happening on screen where people interact, even if it is them looking into space, I want those.

#bring back longer shows #cgi is good but human content is important as well #interaction is necessary #yes we have the books but I wanna see them talk irl too #percy jackson #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackon and the olympians #disney + percy jackson #annabeth chase #grover underwood #luke castellan #clarisse la rue

[bluebird167]

So recently I found out Jessica Alexander is going to play Vanessa in the Little Mermaid Remake. So now I have a question. Why?

In the original, Vanessa was made to resemble Ariel to fool Eric better. See?

You can see how someone could mix up these two.

Now how could anyone with half a brain possibly mistake this girl…

For this one?

Is Eric supposed to be stupid in this version or something?

#disney live action remakes #disney cgi #the little mermaid #the little mermaid 2023 #Disney

[injuries-in-dust]

You know, I bet disney put this digital characters in that movie as an attempt to undermine the strikes.

The second someone tried to bring up something along the lines of, "You can't replace real people with digital characters, they would look awful."

Disney would turn around and say "HA! We got you, we did it here and no one noticed!"

Trouble is, they shot themselves in the foot. Because EVERYONE noticed.

Support the strikers.

#disney #cgi #digital character #prom pact #sag aftra #theory #random thoughts

[short-wooloo]

LET. GRAHAM HAMILTON. PLAY. YOUNG. LUKE SKYWALKER!

#wooloo-writes #wooloo writes #star wars #sw #salt #sw salt #fuck you filoni #fuck you disney #fuck you lucasfilm #luke skywalker #mark hamill #graham hamilton #star wars salt #unbelievable #stars fuckin align #but noooooo #gotta use cgi! #fuck cgi #anti cgi

[raainstorms]

#maleficent #diaval #maleval #disney #disneyedit #maleficentedit #edits #I like to think diaval's showing concern in that third gif #concern and curiosity #like ''oh hello are you okay?'' #the cgi team did such a good job on him in the first film

[willemdafinky]

Me to Chip and Dale’s animation after watching Once Upon A Studio mixed 2D and 3D animation flawlessly

#once upon a studio #disney #chip and dale #chip and dale rescue rangers #animation #man that movie was not good #that cel shaded CGI was not good

[pedro-pascal]

i am so tired of movies/tv shows trying to hide their imperfections with dark ass scenes like you should have used practical sets instead of slapping bad cgi everywhere 💀

#name a more annoying duo than disney + and their dark ass shows???? #it’s so freaking annoying #look at POTC in comparison where a lot of scenes were dark??? you could still SEE stuff (and POTC did use CGI i know!) #i'm saying you can use CGI for dark scenes and still make it possible to watch #also yes i am aware that some media use CGI very well and we don't notice it (even on practical sets) #but full green screens (and even the mando VR set) cannot fool the human eye #just look at the last episodes of the mandalorian vs. andor and you can FEEL the difference