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Ms Ashlee:
May I give some light upon the that subject. The reason that Hollywood uses the "cuttie" look for 3d animation lies in a psicological phenomena called "The uncanny valley" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley. It basically describes human emotional response over visualized objects according to their resemblance to human beings. People's empathy grows with the human-likeness of the object untill the object looks allmost human. Allmost is the key word here. The emotional response goes into plain rejection right before being fooled by the object's look. If you can detect that something isnt human but looks like it, you'll probably feel rejection. It seems we have some deep animal instinct that may have been useful to drive us away from sick people (green skin, deformed, etc) among other things.
So. Whats does that has to do with animated or 3d movies?
Hollywood has burnt its hand with the uncanny valley effect before. Anyone remembers the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy:_The_Spirits_Withinmovie? Its was simply spectacular! BUT the characters looked so good they triggered this effect and people (mainstream people) rejected it saying things like "They had lifeless eyes" or stuff like that. The result? The losses of the movie were over 124 million dollars and the producers bankrupted. It isn't the first time that this has happened and probably wont be the last. So, untill solving the LAST remaining issues of 3d creation we'll be starving for sexy 3d girls doing feats of strength. Im trying to make ourselves a few snacks though:
In away Your right , But I think what kill the movie was(NOT ONE COULD UNDERSTAND IT!) people were waiting for Tifa and that bunch and they got a Missmash of tech-no babble that would put Star trek the next Generation to shame!
But keep up with those 3D Picture and I Hope one day I'll buy a movie from you!!
