Worst Digital Character of all Time.

[CGHulk]

i think they used it in 2. the ears look like they use SSS in TT.

http://graphics.ucsd.edu/~henrik/images/subsurf.html
''It was also used to simulate the skin on Gollum in Lord of the Rings 2 & 3''

The truth is that SSS was used in the industry for the first time in early 2002, all the studios were testing it out. ILM tested it out and worked out the kinks to make it believable on the head of Anakin's digital double in Episode 2, and then perfected on Dobby. In 2002 Weta started using SSS on Gollum, in Weta's own words on the audio commentary on the Two Towers they finally got SS working and looking right by the end of the picture. I remember watching the ROTK and being ecstatic that they finally got it right. Gollum looked like a rubber prosthetic in the TT, and in the ROTK he looked like he had real skin.

 

[Octoberist]

that's how he was supposed to be, it was the way he acted in the books too

well, it's hard to find a real Jar Jar fan, (there's only 7 in the world) so I salute you. I kid, I kid.

anyway.

That's why it's hard to do 'side kick' characters in general. What makes C3PO and R2D2 work, while Jar Jar didn't? There needs to be an effort to make the characters enduring enough that they are just there to be comedy relief. Even if they are goofy, they have to add something to the story. R2D2 and C3PO were good at what they were designed to be: protical and a repair/computing droid.

Jar Jar doesn't have a redeeming quality that I know of, nor is he competent. I mean, in Phantom Menace, he was so obvlious at what was happening during his big battle scene with the Droid Army that there was no tension. He was just a Mr. Magoo and out of sheer luck, defeated the army because he was clumsy. He's not good at anything.

And I'll admit, the best thing that Lucas did was downplay Jar Jar's role in the other prequels. So he did listen to the fans, or at least, he thought that maybe Jar Jar didn't live up to expectations.

Now, I've seen some of The Clone Wars, and Jar Jar isn't that bad in it. But that's because he is given things to do, and have some decent character moments.

 

[dark_b]

The truth is that SSS was used in the industry for the first time in early 2002, all the studios were testing it out. ILM tested it out and worked out the kinks to make it believable on the head of Anakin's digital double in Episode 2, and then perfected on Dobby. In 2002 Weta started using SSS on Gollum, in Weta's own words on the audio commentary on the Two Towers they finally got SS working and looking right by the end of the picture. I remember watching the ROTK and being ecstatic that they finally got it right. Gollum looked like a rubber prosthetic in the TT, and in the ROTK he looked like he had real skin.

so did they use SSS in two towers or not?
look at the ears and fingers. maybe not the best skin shader but this is SSS right?
http://mi9.com/datawallpapers/data/...the-two-towers-gollum-catch-fish_1024x768.jpg

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

well, it's hard to find a real Jar Jar fan, (there's only 7 in the world) so I salute you. I kid, I kid.

anyway.

I was mentioning dobby, not jar jar.

 

[CGHulk]

so did they use SSS in two towers or not?
look at the ears and fingers. maybe not the best skin shader but this is SSS right?
http://mi9.com/datawallpapers/data/...the-two-towers-gollum-catch-fish_1024x768.jpg

Yes it is, just not perfected, like it was in the ROTK.