Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *SPOILERS*

[Khev]

I think I would have preferred the real actress instead of the CGI. As good (acceptable?) as Tarkin was, Leia was...questionable.

I thought Leia's profile was perfect but yeah, the likeness slipped when she turned and faced the camera. I probably wouldn't have minded so much if it weren't for the freaking PERFECT young RDJ we just saw in CW.

I do find that the CGI plays a little better on a smaller screen at home though, even to the point where I almost wondered if they tweaked it a bit after the theatrical release.

 

[DiFabio]

Yeah, should have just used the actor and actress portraying Tarkin and Leia.

 

[a-dev]

It doesn't bother me that it's not 100% - the OT and PT are full of effects that aren't great.

 

[Khev]

The "TDK Rachel" approach actually annoys me more than the CG for Tarkin and Leia so I'm fine they went that route. I just wish it was a tad more refined.

 

[Khev]

It doesn't bother me that it's not 100% - the OT and PT are full of effects that aren't great.

Yep and the effects are noticeable but not in a way that disconnects the film from what came before IMO. They might not have nailed the visuals but at least the characters are still unmistakably Cushing Tarkin and Fisher Leia which goes a long way.

 

[jye4ever]

Real actors faces no.

Cgi over actors faces yes.

Don't TDK me out of the movie dammit!

 

[a-dev]

I would actually adjust my post a bit as it reads like I'm saying the Rogue One Tarkin and young Leia effects aren't great - I actually think they're very impressive - it's just that my eyes are still seeing something off that I cannot even understand or articulate. But they are surely close. The OT SE/BluRay CGI and the PT CGI is more what I would call truly horrendous in parts.

 

[karamazov80]

I think I would have preferred the real actress instead of the CGI. As good (acceptable?) as Tarkin was, Leia was...questionable.

Yeah, I would have just recast them like they did the woman who runs the military command room or whatever. The RDJ moment in Civil War is frankly the best I've seen anywhere, but both of the Rogue One ones fell into uncanny valley territory for me.

 

[mrdbios]

I do find that the CGI plays a little better on a smaller screen at home though, even to the point where I almost wondered if they tweaked it a bit after the theatrical release.

I agree with this. I just finished watching it on a small screen, and to me the Leia CGI looked fine.

 

[DiFabio]

How does Leia go from this to this,






In the span of a couple of minutes?

 

[Khev]

Yeah, I would have just recast them like they did the woman who runs the military command room or whatever.

"Woman who runs the military command room?" What? Mooth Moma? What? Moon Mothra? What? Oh you don't know **** about Star Wars do you kara?

I just have one question for you kara and it's CAN YOU DEAL WITH THAT?

 

[Khev]

I agree with this. I just finished watching it on a small screen, and to me the Leia CGI looked fine.

It seems to be a case of the visuals being close enough that it doesn't bother those who really enjoy the film but it's just another sticking point for the five people who didn't.

 

[Wor-Gar]

How does Leia go from this to this,


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In the span of a couple of minutes?

Ape...

 

[Khev]

How does Leia go from this to this,


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In the span of a couple of minutes?

It still beats this before and after:

 

[Wor-Gar]

Nolan has terrible taste in women.

He needs to take a lesson from... dare I say it.... Michael Bay in that department.

 

[DiFabio]

It still beats this before and after:

It's about the same, just flip the before and after.

Nolan has terrible taste in women.

He needs to take a lesson from... dare I say it.... Michael Bay in that department.

I thought Marion Cotillard was hot, well except for that death scene.

 

[Khev]

It's about the same

Nah, her profile was pretty much perfect.

And her smiling face looked pretty good too. It's just a couple dodgy frames in between that everyone likes to post online that were the most troublesome.

 

[jye4ever]

How does Leia go from this to this,


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In the span of a couple of minutes?

pfft

Lighting

 

[karamazov80]

How does Leia go from this to this,


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In the span of a couple of minutes?

Which one is the CG version again?

 

[Wor-Gar]

I thought Marion Cotillard was hot.

No. This is hot.

This is not...