Final Fantasy Flop

[Peter Larson]

How well did Heavy Metal do? It wasn't a blockbuster as far as I can
remember. Last years, "Titan A.E", aside from being a bad movie, didn't rake
it in at the box office either. Even Disney movies have to resort to
celebrity voices to help sell their works.

I think Americans need this. Japanese don't really have a problem with
artificial renditions of reality. Look at all the advertising schemes that
include cute characters and such. That would never fly here at all.

Pete

----- Original Message -----
From: <drainer at mpinet.net>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: Final Fantasy Flop


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>    You bring up a good point -- the human characteristic of movies is in
> essence what people are there to see, after all, don't we all want to
share
> some common ground with those we see on the screen?
>    This may be why anime is not such a big genre (outside of otaku
circles)
> in the US.
>
> -df
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jasper Sharp" <jasper_sharp at hotmail.com>
> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 6:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Final Fantasy Flop
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> .......CGI
> actors will never replace human actors, no matter how similar they look.
> Imagine Hugh Grant without his weird mouth twitches, the way Meg Ryan
chews
> her bottom lip: Love them or hate them, it is these little human details
> that make films so enjoyable and resonant with their audiences. Until
> animation reaches a stage where it can be used to model such things,
perhaps
> its better off with talking insects and trolls. But ultimately, what's the
> point in trying to do things that real life actors  can do better.
Wouldn't
> it be more interesting if someone could use the medium a little more
> inventively?
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> Midnight Eye
> www.midnighteye.com
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