>> ^dag:
Smeagle?


LOL, first thing I thought of seeing the thumbnail. "Wow, paleontological evidence of Gollum..."

Looks like smeagol/gollum, from lord of the rings.

Some of the video is deliberately jittery. Some people around the internets are commenting about how when the wheelchair guy gets off of the transport, it looks "so fake". Well, that's because the framerate is deliberately choppy. Compare that with other scenes later in the preview where it is silky smooth.

I think people are being overly critical with a video. I've looked at this with 1080p and my limited screens and yes, I would go so far as to say it's "photorealistic". There is a very hard line between what you call "realistic" though -- the alien critters convey some very real emotions and that might be the disconnect for some people. To say this is jar jar binks is almost insulting. Jar jar only conveyed his emotions through physical actions (jumping, hanging his head, etc) where you can actually see easy emotions on these aliens.

This isn't star trek either. Star Trek had the forehead-putty-alien of the week. These aliens are disproportionate, big eyes, foreheads that move, etc. And according to JC, this was all done in real time so the actors could really shine through much like Andy Serkis and Gollum -- but even that performance, he couldn't see his work done live.

And lets talk about James Cameron. He doesn't write the best dialogue in the world sometimes, but his stories are really solid. After Terminator, T2, Aliens, True Lies, The Abyss (his cut)... those are practically geek anthems, often imitated, truly unique.

This is a teaser, don't forget it. I see some true possibilities of continued greatness here. It is definitely not star trek or star wars .. no forehead alien or bland lifeless CGI.

I can't wait until December.

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>> ^EDD:
jeeeeez. Now I get - it was me who didn't get YOU were being sarcastic with the 'Gollum' bit. I genuinely thought you meant that it was Serkis @ 2:01.


ROFLWTFLMFAOCOPTER, etc.

you should change your name to eddoofus or something. doofus.

jeeeeez. Now I get - it was me who didn't get YOU were being sarcastic with the 'Gollum' bit. I genuinely thought you meant that it was Serkis @ 2:01.

it's a shame they couldn't produce a trailer that didn't show the transformation. have these people no imagination?

also, good to see gollum back in work after lotr. he's a great actor.

[edit] and emily blunt's lovely.

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>> ^djsunkid:
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Ugh, I can't find the embedding video in http://www.dailymotion.com/gb/video/x93zji_the-hunt-for-gollum-hd-version_shortfilms ... I don't understand why they did that.

Movie: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Hunt-For-Gollum-1

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