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shadowkatKind of taking a quick lunch break...also it's slow at work at the moment.
1. Saw ParaNorman last night on Netflix. It's in the same animation vein as Corpse Bride, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Coraline. Except the animator goes for more of a hyper-realism lens. Also the characters and animation is details, insanely so, but ugly (particularly if you've been watching She-Rah and Avatar) and obviously directed towards the sentiments of a 10-12 year old boy.
In places, it's kind of crude and disgusting - but keep in mind this is targeted towards an adolescent male audience. But the details are minutely provided with painstaking accuracy, right down to the individual selections in a vending machine, or the posters stuck to a wall. Since this is stop-action animation - the amount of work entailed in those details is truly something to admire. In addition each character, regardless of their role, is painfully detailed, and distinct. You'll have no troubles telling them apart, and the one's that look slightly alike - are that way for a reason.
In addition the characterization is complex, and not clear cut. Often a scary or ugly character - is shown to be misunderstood. It's well written too - for the most part. While it follows the typical path of stories about the Salem Witch Trials, it does have a nice twist that surprised me. T
The general theme is about not hating or demonizing bullies or people, and seeing that often people say and do horrible things or rather make mistakes due to fear and ignorance. This theme is well written and conveyed in various ways. I didn't feel hit over the head with it, at least. And I appreciated it - since I kind of needed the reminder. It's very easy to demonize those who hurt us, or are perceived as doing so.
The plot? It's about a little boy who can see and hear dead people. He lives in a small New England Town that is notable for burning a witch ages ago - and potentially being cursed for it. Each year they hold a play about this - and legend has it, if someone doesn't read from a book over the witch's grave - she'll return and raise the dead. The boy is horribly bullied for his gift. It's his journey, and his friends/family's past the bullying to a sense of family and shared community that is at the center of the film.
I found it rather funny in places. The zombies are kind of hilarious actually. It's a good palate cleanser - if you've watch one too many hours of news lately.
Overall? I recommend.
2. Finished the first season of She-Rah & The Princesses of Power - this version is far better than the original. The animation has certainly approved - no longer do we have to have the semi-realistic muscle bound, busty, and half-naked characters. Also the story has been re-tooled completely.
I found a comparison video..
The new animation style is closer to Avatar, and magna. It's far more realistic and more relatable than the old stiffer style, which was popular in the 1980s. The old style was also utilized in the 1980s X-men cartoon - which is a lot of lines, and over-emphasized muscular structure. I prefer the magna or anime style to the older style, which you can also see in early Ralph Bakshi animation - such as the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. The lined, somewhat stiff, detailed renderings which work better on the page than in movement - where from the days of soft-cell animation and beginnings of computer animation.
The current style is from a more advanced computer/graphics animation style - one that tends to get frowned on by a lot of fine artists, who don't think that creating art via computer is art.
I am enjoying the rebooted cartoon series, produced by Netflix, far more than expected. It's prettier than the original, and wittier. Also, the lead characters are better written. So, so far, so good. Curious to see how long I stick with it. I've not been getting very far with television serials lately. The only two I've finished this summer, outside of House of Bly Manner (which doesn't count) are Avatar:The Last Airbender and Halt Catch Fire.
3. Has DW changed its coding again? I have to fix spacing in Rich Text or make sure paragraph breaks are inserted, when before the HTML automatically recognized the paragraph breaks without the coding required.
1. Saw ParaNorman last night on Netflix. It's in the same animation vein as Corpse Bride, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Coraline. Except the animator goes for more of a hyper-realism lens. Also the characters and animation is details, insanely so, but ugly (particularly if you've been watching She-Rah and Avatar) and obviously directed towards the sentiments of a 10-12 year old boy.
In places, it's kind of crude and disgusting - but keep in mind this is targeted towards an adolescent male audience. But the details are minutely provided with painstaking accuracy, right down to the individual selections in a vending machine, or the posters stuck to a wall. Since this is stop-action animation - the amount of work entailed in those details is truly something to admire. In addition each character, regardless of their role, is painfully detailed, and distinct. You'll have no troubles telling them apart, and the one's that look slightly alike - are that way for a reason.
In addition the characterization is complex, and not clear cut. Often a scary or ugly character - is shown to be misunderstood. It's well written too - for the most part. While it follows the typical path of stories about the Salem Witch Trials, it does have a nice twist that surprised me. T
The general theme is about not hating or demonizing bullies or people, and seeing that often people say and do horrible things or rather make mistakes due to fear and ignorance. This theme is well written and conveyed in various ways. I didn't feel hit over the head with it, at least. And I appreciated it - since I kind of needed the reminder. It's very easy to demonize those who hurt us, or are perceived as doing so.
The plot? It's about a little boy who can see and hear dead people. He lives in a small New England Town that is notable for burning a witch ages ago - and potentially being cursed for it. Each year they hold a play about this - and legend has it, if someone doesn't read from a book over the witch's grave - she'll return and raise the dead. The boy is horribly bullied for his gift. It's his journey, and his friends/family's past the bullying to a sense of family and shared community that is at the center of the film.
I found it rather funny in places. The zombies are kind of hilarious actually. It's a good palate cleanser - if you've watch one too many hours of news lately.
Overall? I recommend.
2. Finished the first season of She-Rah & The Princesses of Power - this version is far better than the original. The animation has certainly approved - no longer do we have to have the semi-realistic muscle bound, busty, and half-naked characters. Also the story has been re-tooled completely.
I found a comparison video..
The new animation style is closer to Avatar, and magna. It's far more realistic and more relatable than the old stiffer style, which was popular in the 1980s. The old style was also utilized in the 1980s X-men cartoon - which is a lot of lines, and over-emphasized muscular structure. I prefer the magna or anime style to the older style, which you can also see in early Ralph Bakshi animation - such as the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. The lined, somewhat stiff, detailed renderings which work better on the page than in movement - where from the days of soft-cell animation and beginnings of computer animation.
The current style is from a more advanced computer/graphics animation style - one that tends to get frowned on by a lot of fine artists, who don't think that creating art via computer is art.
I am enjoying the rebooted cartoon series, produced by Netflix, far more than expected. It's prettier than the original, and wittier. Also, the lead characters are better written. So, so far, so good. Curious to see how long I stick with it. I've not been getting very far with television serials lately. The only two I've finished this summer, outside of House of Bly Manner (which doesn't count) are Avatar:The Last Airbender and Halt Catch Fire.
3. Has DW changed its coding again? I have to fix spacing in Rich Text or make sure paragraph breaks are inserted, when before the HTML automatically recognized the paragraph breaks without the coding required.
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Date: 2020-10-26 08:16 pm (UTC)