Lucy Lawless as Goldmoon in animated DL

[reanjr]

Perhaps we'll get lucky and the CGI will be used to make cel shaded images.

 

[Klaus]

It took a nosedive sometime after Chuck Jones and the '50s, got branded as "kiddie" entertainment for 40+ years, and is only now struggling to regain its feet. At least that's how I see it.

At any rate, I looked into this, and found on some Dragonlance fan site that it's going to be CGI-animated. This disappoints me a bit, since I think it's so much easier to make something look convincing with cel animation. CGI often looks so realistic that it distracts you from going on -- I think this is called the "uncanny valley" effect, no? Besides, CGI just lacks the "made by human hands" feel of cel animation.

Uncanny Valley is a point where the animation becomes so realistic that the defects become noticed (as seen in Final Fantasy). If the animators opt for a less realistic approach (not so much like The Incredibles) it could work.

 

[ecliptic]

Wait a minute.

When did Goldmoon become a Native American?

 

[Filby]

Wait a minute.

When did Goldmoon become a Native American?

It's just a mistake on Lawless's part, I'm sure.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Yes...it better be.

It's just a mistake on Lawless's part, I'm sure.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Umm...

The Plains tribes of Dragonlance have always had some degree of Native American influence. They aren't truly Native Americans, of course. But they're Native American-esque in the same way the "standard" D&D character is vaguely Western European.

 

[CrusaderX]

Umm...

The Plains tribes of Dragonlance have always had some degree of Native American influence. They aren't truly Native Americans, of course. But they're Native American-esque in the same way the "standard" D&D character is vaguely Western European.

Very true, as this image of Riverwind and Goldmoon shows.

 

[Klaus]

My favorite rendition of both.

Oh, Keith, how we miss you...

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Oh, gee. I hope they use Rotoscope, like they did with Rankin-Bass LOTR.

(Grumpy screams, goes berzerk and field tackels Ranger REG...)

This is very first I've heard of this project. Funny, but Goldmoon and Riverwind were depicted as thematically very Native american, which is apparently where Lucy Lawless wanted to take the performance first.

No other leads on this, no other news at all... I wonder if it is a hoax or something. Maybe they were just doing some tests with Lawless as part of a larger pitch or project that has yet to get off the ground.

(Grumpy screams, goes berzerk and field tackels Ranger REG a second time...)

 

[Aaron L]

Sighs.

Don't get me wrong, I like anime art. But there is only so much I can be exposed to.

What happened to the old-school "Made in the USA" animation?

I havent seen any USA animation that I enjoyed in quite a while.