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<blockquote data-quote="Wolv0rine" data-source="post: 773820" data-attributes="member: 9045">Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I dislike animation (although I am saying I dislike it for this sort of usage).&nbsp; Anime has it's place, and it can be very advanced, but no animation anywhere's going to give you the kind of performance that live action will.&nbsp; Computer Animation is vaguely a different topic, it'd be better (it is amazing what they can do), but it'd still be animation, which has inherent shortcomings that live action does not (some of live action's shortcomings having already been mentioned).&nbsp; One of the two biggest, in my estimation, are;1) Emoting.&nbsp; Even if it's computer animation, and even if it's the very best (which is silly, if they had that kind of money they wouldn't have to worry about animation), you're still dealing with an artform trying to replicate what live-action does naturally.&nbsp; It's pretty rare that you can actually read the full range of human emotion of the face of an animated cartoon.&nbsp; I have a respect for the artform (when well done, which really does seem to be about as common as baby smurfs, IMHO, and I have 3 kids, all of whom like Cartoon Network, at all hours of the day and night).&nbsp; Outside of feature film budget Comp. Animation, I really don't feel that american animation gives much effort anymore -- and I would sooner scoop out my eyes with a spoon than watch John Crichton jaunt around the universe with big, bright blue spiky hair. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /> (semi-joke, hehe)2) Wonder.&nbsp; Maybe y'all don't feel the same way, but as a cartoon the show would (for me, at least) go from a spectacular array of cgi and make-up wizardry, dazzling acting, and terrific writing to just another cartoon.&nbsp; For example, I love Crichton's wardrobe.&nbsp; I'd prace around in those outfits any day of the week.&nbsp; But as animation, that aspect of the show's as dead as it will be in 2 weeks.I think it's a matter of not being prepared to want a lower-quality Farscape for the sake of having a Farscape at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wolv0rine, post: 773820, member: 9045"] Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I dislike animation (although I am saying I dislike it for this sort of usage). Anime has it's place, and it can be very advanced, but no animation anywhere's going to give you the kind of performance that live action will. Computer Animation is vaguely a different topic, it'd be better (it [b]is[/b] amazing what they can do), but it'd still be animation, which has inherent shortcomings that live action does not (some of live action's shortcomings having already been mentioned). One of the two biggest, in my estimation, are; 1) Emoting. Even if it's computer animation, and even if it's the very best (which is silly, if they had that kind of money they wouldn't have to worry about animation), you're still dealing with an artform trying to replicate what live-action does naturally. It's pretty rare that you can actually read the full range of human emotion of the face of an animated cartoon. I have a respect for the artform (when well done, which really does seem to be about as common as baby smurfs, IMHO, and I have 3 kids, all of whom like Cartoon Network, at all hours of the day and night). Outside of feature film budget Comp. Animation, I really don't feel that american animation gives much effort anymore -- and I would sooner scoop out my eyes with a spoon than watch John Crichton jaunt around the universe with big, bright blue spiky hair. :P (semi-joke, hehe) 2) Wonder. Maybe y'all don't feel the same way, but as a cartoon the show would (for me, at least) go from a spectacular array of cgi and make-up wizardry, dazzling acting, and terrific writing to just another cartoon. For example, I [b]love[/b] Crichton's wardrobe. I'd prace around in those outfits any day of the week. But as animation, that aspect of the show's as dead as it will be in 2 weeks. I think it's a matter of not being prepared to want a lower-quality Farscape for the sake of having a Farscape at all. [/QUOTE]

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