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Duckburger wrote:Not gonna lie, the kid's face looks awkward.

He still looks like Seth Green. I swear I saw stubble!

I thought it looked good....though my minds on the fence on it at the same time part of me says no no no no and part of me says maybe for $5 showing not opening weekend...

lol this looks awful

I really don't understand why someone would waste the time, effort and money doing motion capture, it always looks awful, lifeless, and creepy.

the movie looks bad, but perhaps could have been more impressive looking if it was actually, truly animated, or if it was a live action spectacle.


anyway, this looks very uninspired, the designs and atmospheres look very basic and looks like stuff we have seen a thousand times before, actually a lot of the mars locations look like a rip off of the new Tron movie.


I do love Joan Cusack though

Yeah I agree that mo cap animation seems really out of style here...I think if it were tradional cgi animation it woud look better...at least on the Humans...

I don't understand, it looks worse animation-wise than the last mo-cap film (A Christmas Carol). Shouldn't there have been an improvement?

I just don't get why would one produce such mo-cap films. You can't get the exaggerated expressions, poses, and everything else that animation has to offer. Why then don't make a live-action feature instead and use special effects? They could use mo-cap just for the aliens for example. They should try to take advantage of the benefits of mo-cap animation and not parade its limitations.

The humour and the plot look god-awful.

skyler888 wrote:lol this looks awful

I really don't understand why someone would waste the time, effort and money doing motion capture, it always looks awful, lifeless, and creepy.

gollum would like a word with you

mocapping the camera has benefits.

Mocaping the camera (like, to simulate hand held shots) is, I think the only valid reason Ive heard of to use it in an animated film.

So I just saw the preview for this yesterday before Tangled.. and it looks absolutely horrible. Curious as to why they had any interest in this film at all.

These type of films deflate the Disney brand name. This looks like pure poop.

This looks so awful. Even the made-up Martians look bad. I can't help myself...

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Patrick wrote:So I just saw the preview for this yesterday before Tangled.. and it looks absolutely horrible. Curious as to why they had any interest in this film at all.

Yes-but remember the first Tangled trailer? I thought it was AWFUL and trolled on boards saying-

ZOMG IT SHOULD TOTALLY BEEN IN 2D! WORST DISNEY MOVIE EVA! IT'S A RIP-OFF OF SHREK!

Luckily after doing some research and finding out I was totally wrong I changed my username for every single board I go on.
(And I just made fun of myself. .... )
Anyways, this movie looks-um-well. I shouldn't judge books by their cover like I did with Tangled but the TRAILER ITSELF is pretty bad. I have no idea what this movie itself will be like, so I can't judge it.

It does look bad. I see Walt Disney singing Lady Gaga in his grave.

saw preview. Look horrid. Although there is one thing I do like: The sci fi background and some of sci-fi outfits. That's about it.

Who do we need to talk to to end motion-capture animation? It creeps me out worse than the apparent end of all humans in Cars.

This looks pretty awful, although the alien designs are kind of cute. That first promo image makes me think of aliens playing The Sims.

eralkfang wrote:Who do we need to talk to to end motion-capture animation? It creeps me out worse than the apparent end of all humans in Cars

I know. I saw Christmas Carol in 3D and was creeped out. They probably could've made it handrawn or CGI for less.

Tangled wrote:

Patrick wrote:So I just saw the preview for this yesterday before Tangled.. and it looks absolutely horrible. Curious as to why they had any interest in this film at all.

Yes-but remember the first Tangled trailer? I thought it was AWFUL and trolled on boards saying-

ZOMG IT SHOULD TOTALLY BEEN IN 2D! WORST DISNEY MOVIE EVA! IT'S A RIP-OFF OF SHREK!

Luckily after doing some research and finding out I was totally wrong I changed my username for every single board I go on.
(And I just made fun of myself. .... )
Anyways, this movie looks-um-well. I shouldn't judge books by their cover like I did with Tangled but the TRAILER ITSELF is pretty bad. I have no idea what this movie itself will be like, so I can't judge it.

at least the animation in the tangled trailer looked better then this, and we all kinda knew that it would be and alan meken musical so we had and idea that the trailers were representing the film well lol

skyler888 wrote:

Tangled wrote: Yes-but remember the first Tangled trailer? I thought it was AWFUL and trolled on boards saying-

ZOMG IT SHOULD TOTALLY BEEN IN 2D! WORST DISNEY MOVIE EVA! IT'S A RIP-OFF OF SHREK!

Luckily after doing some research and finding out I was totally wrong I changed my username for every single board I go on.
(And I just made fun of myself. .... )
Anyways, this movie looks-um-well. I shouldn't judge books by their cover like I did with Tangled but the TRAILER ITSELF is pretty bad. I have no idea what this movie itself will be like, so I can't judge it.

at least the animation in the tangled trailer looked better then this, and we all kinda knew that it would be and alan meken musical so we had and idea that the trailers were representing the film well lol

I know. I never actually tracked the film down before seeing the trailer, but I had heard some stuff about it. I over reacted and actually thought it wasn't a musical and believed everything I heard before was false. It took me about a week after watching the trailer for the first time to snap out of it, go see Toy Story 3, watch the trailer in 3D, and google the movie. After that, I was never so excited for a movie ever. I was a believer in trailers untill then XD.

This movie's animation is just plain creepy and YES I hate this animation type and that's part of the reason I hate this trailer. It's TOO realistic that it's ugly, and the only film I liked like this was the Polar Express (I'm a total sucker for Christmas movies XD)

Posters:

http://www.impawards.com/2011/mars_needs_moms_ver2.html

Also, in case no one is aware, Seth Green won't be voicing Milo. Instead, Seth Dursky will voice Milo while Seth Green will be the motion-capture for the character.

Look at this aborted fetus. Who looked at this and thought, "Man, this is a great idea"?