Questions about motion capture animation -- is it cheating -- John Wayne PJ Soles and more Send your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks in Movie TalkQuestion Ive been reading a lot about the behind-the-scenes technology used to created the tentacle-faced Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End and keep seeing the term motion capture But none of the articles have explained how its different from old-fashioned rotoscoping Can you enlighten me oh FlickChick -- BradFlickChick The difference is computers Rotoscoping is a process invented by animation pioneer Max Fleischer -- creator of Betty Boop -- in 1914 It allowed artists to hand-draw over motion picture footage of real subjects frame-by-frame so that the instantly recognizable weight and flow of real human motion was maintained while the specifics of the image could be changed to the animators
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ABC Family has ponied up $3 million to air The Sound of Music up to seven times a year for the next three years, starting in April. As part of the deal, ABC proper gets one holiday-season airing of its own.... To commemorate (what would have been) John Wayne's 100th birthday, the Warner Bros. and Paramount studios on May 22 will release 48 of the Duke's films. The six-disc collection includes spiffed-up versions of Rio Bravo, The Cowboys and True Grit (for which he won an Oscar), as well as six titles never issued on DVD.... John Inman, best known for his role as Mr. Humphries on the long-running BBC comedy Are You Being Served?, died Thursday following a long illness. He was 71.
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Director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) pays tribute to a cinema giant in Turner Classic Movies' Directed by John Ford (premiering tonight at 8 pm/ET), an update of Bogdanovich's 1971 profile with new commentary from such filmmakers as Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese. TV Guide spoke with Bogdanovich about remembering Ford, the state of today's Westerns, and his own fate on
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John Landis, the director who has brought you such seminal films as National Lampoon's Animal House, The Blues Brothers and An American Werewolf in London, is ready to unveil his latest valentine to film lovers. Debuting Saturday, July 1, at the Universal Studios theme park in Orlando, Universal 360 — A Cinesphere Spectacular
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Question: Don't you think a select few have no idea what they are talking about when they say 24 has jumped the shark for killing Tony? They believe it's just a simple cheap stunt by the writers, who should be ashamed of themselves. I, on the other hand, congratulate the writers for making such a risky and bold move. If Tony were to survive, would we see a combination of Season 3 and 4 again on Tony's part, teaming up with Jack and whipping some terrorist butt? Personally, I think that would be completely repetitive and not worth seeing yet again. His character did run its course and they made his death not a cheap stunt, but one with an emotional impact that we haven't seen since Teri Bauer died. This is great because Henderson will be the next Nina Myers, which the show has really lacked. If I read correctly, Carlos Bernard believes he would rather have character evolution and a lack of job security than keep playing the same type of character over and over. What do you think? Have ...
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