#Reboot TV Series ?
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All,
I was wondering if any Hash users had seen the new ABC Saturday morning TV
series named Reboot, and if so what were your opinions, thoughts, criticisms,
etc…
Does anyone know what hardware and software the creators of this show are
using ?
For me the series came as a surprise because I thought 3D computer
animation was too expensive and time consuming to be used to create an entire
weekly TV series.
It seems the future has arrived much earlier than I anticipated.
Chris D.
I thought Reboot was great. It came as a surprise to me, too, as I had fallen
asleep in front of the TV last night and woke up with it already on. I rolled
tape
on the last 15 or 20 minutes. It's probably good to introduce this style of
animation
as characters inside a computer. It will probably appeal to a mass audience
more
readily. Some of the side characters were a hoot! Funny lines!
My personal opinion is the female character was animated very well. She showed
emotion, even with her eyes and there were realistic movements. A friend who
saw part of it said you could see her cheeks move when talking instead of just
jaw motion. She is probably the best looking human-like computer generated
character I've ever seen. Great figure! I'm in love….uh, oh…on the computer
too
long again!<g>
Kevin,
I am glad I am not the only one who saw it. Your right about the
smoothness of the characters facial expressions and lip syncing. It looked like
the results of motion capture.
As for a favorite character, I liked the design of the evil character
Megabyte and the female with the white mask (what was her name?).
But that shouldn't be much of a surprise since evil characters are usually
better designed.
But did you notice some interesting deficiencies in the images, such as
pointy curved surfaces(suggesting polygon models) and the sparse use of cast
shadows. It seemed strange to see characters who don't cast shadows on the
ground on which they stand.
I look forward to seeing how the series develops.
Chris D.
Yeah, I liked Megabyte, too. I thought Bob was too stiff and I'm in LOVE with
Dot Matrix. Bob is blue, Dot is green. I liked the way they gave her some nice
animated movement. I only saw about the last 15 minutes.
Someone over on AOL suggested it's polygon based, too. And the copyright says
1991 at the end, so my guess is it's been in production since then. Also,
someone
over on the Internet (alt.3d) said it's running on YTL, which I believe is a
Canadian
network. The show is made in Vancouver, B.C.
Just passing along info; acording to CGW March '94, REBOOT was done using
SoftImage (pg 23)
John Stetzer
JWS
Wow! SoftImage is what the Amiga guys I run into are saying is one of the best.
Thanks for the info!
Kevin
The upcoming Battletech cartoon show (starting Sept. 24th) will also feature
computer animation, particularly of the battlemechs.
Loyd Case
Loyd,
Do you know what network Battletech will be broadcast on ?
Chris D.
Battletech will be in syndication. You can call FASA up in Chicago and get a
list of stations around the country. I saw some clips at a recent convention;
pretty awesome stuff.
Cheers,
Loyd
Thanks Loyd.
Chris, No, I didn't catch the show but now my curiousity is definitely
piqued… you can be sure I'll catch it next saturday!
Steve, Hash Inc.
Steve,
When you do see it I suggest you look closely at the curved surfaces. I
don't think the creators had the advantage of a spline modeler.
Chris D.
Chris,
Thanks for the tip! This is one I'll catch next week for sure…
Steve, Hash Inc.