Comments on New World Cinema: Johnny Depp Promotes <i>Rango</i> With Avatar Based on Johnny Depp -- Sign of Cinema to Come?TypePad2011-01-03T22:29:36ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2011/01/new-world-cinema-johnny-depp-rango-avatar/comments/atom.xml/Hamlet Au commented on 'New World Cinema: Johnny Depp Promotes <i>Rango</i> With Avatar Based on Johnny Depp -- Sign of Cinema to Come?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0147e13f6481970b2011-01-04T02:24:42Z2011-01-04T02:24:42ZHamlet AuRik, I don't mean to link the movie to virtual worlds, so much as point to a much larger trend...<p>Rik, I don't mean to link the movie to virtual worlds, so much as point to a much larger trend of virtualization and avatarization in which virtual worlds are but one variation (and not the largest one.) Though it's definitely interesting Verbinski wanted to make a Second Life movie too.</p>rikomatic commented on 'New World Cinema: Johnny Depp Promotes <i>Rango</i> With Avatar Based on Johnny Depp -- Sign of Cinema to Come?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0148c7480f41970c2011-01-04T00:07:30Z2011-01-04T15:17:48Zrikomatichttp://profile.typepad.com/rikomaticI think you are stretching the connection of this digital animated film with virtual worlds. Looks like they used the...<p>I think you are stretching the connection of this digital animated film with virtual worlds. Looks like they used the real world actors as merely "references" for how the final animation was done, rather than mo-cap. "Emotion capture" -- gag me.</p>
<p>And Gore Verbinski directing is not much cause for confidence that this will be anything worth watching.</p>