#Transformers
>> Does anyone else watch the Transformers? If you do, am I being too
critical >>of what seems to be an absolutely pointless use of computer
animation? The >>show itself appears to be done with traditional animation
methods, and none too >>well at that, but they use a number of different
computer generated cutscenes in >>what I find a very irratating manner. It
seems like 1/3 of the show is taken up by >>meaningless cutscenes that serve no
purpose other than to show off some very >>basic animation skills that are used
in a manner that just screams "Look, we >>have a computer but we don't know
what to do with it!"
>> I find it very distracting to be watching an action scene that employs
one or >>more of these cutscenes just to pan from one character to another in
the middle >>of the action. They seem to be using it for no reason other than
that some >>computer animation is the "in" thing to do. For me, that's no
reason.
>>
>> Michael S. Flynn
Finally, I have found someone who recognizes that the cut scenes in the "new"
transformers are rather annoying, and do nothing for the show… If they were
to do it full animation, like a few transformer commercial I have seen… I
would be willing to watch… I get the feeling they used the computer animation
in order to back-up the "generation two" theme… Wasted I think…
GowIII