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Yep you heard it here...

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/11/11/rob ... utcracker/

Nice! He did an awesome job with A Christmas Carol, I am sure he will do another great job.

I hate Zemeckis so much right now. He is so wrong for this production.

Tomorrowland Man wrote:I hate Zemeckis so much right now. He is so wrong for this production.

Why?

Tomorrowland Man wrote:I hate Zemeckis so much right now. He is so wrong for this production.

Why?

He's a shadow of the filmmaker he once was and peddling a technology that is a complete bastardization of the animation process that's more suited for rotoscoping digital effects in a real live action film.

And The Nutcracker has been a dream project of mine for years and one that I've actually developed to someday pitch. I mean I've written and actually done storyboards on.

Yeah, so much for dreaming...

This sounds like it would be a Zemeckis-Disney film, but it wasn't stated in the articles; is every Zemeckis film now released through Disney, or at least his mo-cap films (assuming he does any non-mo-cap films)?

I would assume he does this with Disney; he doesn't do live action films anymore.

Vom.

Say what you like about Mo-cap, I do not care. But "A Christmas Carol" was a beautiful film, no doubt about it. Surely "The Nutcracker" would be to the same caliber!

I just hope Jim Carrey plays Clara.

Bob Hoskins would do it better!

...but if it's mo-cap, I won't get to see Bob Hoskins jumping about a wintery forest in a nightdress. It's been a fantasy of mine for nigh on twenty years.

Tomorrowland Man wrote:He's a shadow of the filmmaker he once was and peddling a technology that is a complete bastardization of the animation process that's more suited for rotoscoping digital effects in a real live action film.

And The Nutcracker has been a dream project of mine for years and one that I've actually developed to someday pitch. I mean I've written and actually done storyboards on.

Yeah, so much for dreaming...

Umm, you don't even know the guy to hate him. Also, who knows, in 5 to 10 years, your project could be next. So I say keep dreaming and always have a back up plan.

I can't wait for the inevitable day when he begins remaking his older films in mo-cap. Back to the Future starring Someone-Who-Is-Not-Michael-J.-Fox is only a few years away!

albert

I still say a few Christmases from now he'll mo-cap "The Polar Express" just to make it more mo-capped.

Escapay wrote:I can't wait for the inevitable day when he begins remaking his older films in mo-cap. Back to the Future starring Someone-Who-Is-Not-Michael-J.-Fox is only a few years away!

albert

I'd suggest he give Eric Stoltz a part so he can later replace him and not release any of his deleted scenes.

Is mo-cap a new drink at Starbucks?

I'm sensing a lot of hate.
It would be different if "A Christmas Carol" wasn't fantastic on every level. But it was. Obviously, the man's still doing pretty damn good, even in a new medium. We can just calm down, and hope for the best. Remember, this is guy who brought us everything from Roger Rabbit to the newest beloved Christmas favorite! He can do this, but it will be better if we believe in him.
"But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talents, new creations, the new needs friends." Mo-cap is still pretty new, and in the process of becoming better, a lot like normal CG was 10 years ago. Supporting a developing medium is certainly more productive and conducive to exciting new things than dismissing it because it isn't "as good as the old ways." It's different. But it has its good points, too.

Flanger-Hanger wrote:Is mo-cap a new drink at Starbucks?

An AWFUL new drink. They just give you an empty cup with green dots on it and tell you to look like you're drinking. Also it costs several hundred dollars each minute you use it.