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This interview with MTV started out very interesting, but then when the talk of performance capture crept into the conversation, I found myself screaming “NOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo………….”.

I don’t think there is any way to achieve the same “toony” feel we saw in the first film using CG of any kind. Just as a refresher, here’s a clip from the first film.

And here is a clip from some of Zemeckis’s “Polar Express”.

While one could argue that the technology has come a long way since this film came out, and MAYBE there could be a plot that brought an ageless Roger into modern day, I really don’t see how using this technology over hand drawn methods could yield anything but a disappointing imitation of what the first film was able to achieve artistically.

What do you think?

-Floyd Bishop