Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Oh my gosh, what is it with me and old men with gray hair?! I love the dwarfs! They are so adorable. (except Dopey, he's always been creepy to me).
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I get to ride this in August! I can't wait! "Oh my gosh, what is it with me and old men with gray hair?! I love the dwarfs! They are so adorable. (except Dopey, he's always been creepy to me)." I love Dopey, he is so cute!
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 They really do look great, and as close to the animated versions as currently possible. But, the projection faces look a little weird. Maybe that's because they are on video, in person they will look much better. Although I'll bet when the ride is "dark" and they are not working, it looks creepy as heck! Blank faces and all...
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Weirder than static figures? <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LqeX2MFECG4/T1giBW0b8gI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/wpY772PBZ98/s1600/190.JPG">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LqeX.../190.JPG</a>
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Yeah, probably. At least the static dwarves still look like themselves. Check out the Mr. Potatohead AA when his eyes aren't on... <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/10/business/10disney.xlarge1.jpg">http://graphics8.nytimes.com/i...rge1.jpg</a> That's...kind of creepy. So, imagine just a blank-faced dwarf.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Or like this one of Mater under flash photography. You can sort of still see his eyes, but you get the idea...the illusion is ruined and the character looks weird. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://magic.blogs.mydesert.com/files/2012/06/Cars-Land-opening-015.jpg">http://magic.blogs.mydesert.co...-015.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Weirder than static figures?<< It's always amazed me that they never managed to replace Sneezy and Dopey's flutes that went missing many years ago. The figures clearly still look like they're supposed to be playing something, but the instruments themseves are just missing. It's been like that for as long as I can remember
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Yeah, probably. At least the static dwarves still look like themselves." So you'd prefer the Mine Train to have mannequins like those from the Snow White ride instead of the AA figures?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>So you'd prefer the Mine Train to have mannequins like those from the Snow White ride instead of the AA figures?<< Given the option, I'd prefer to have them with a little more motion, like the Mine Train figures, but with 'real' faces like the darkride figures. I'm not sure exactly what they're going to be doing that's so complicated that it couldn't be done with a static (or limited AA, like puffing cheeks) face
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn There are no projection systems. These are actual dwarfs. They're in a mine. They're mining, and we get to watch.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I thought so! They were just a little too convincing to be fake.
Originally Posted By familyguy I kinda like the audioanimatronics they used on Ursula at DCA. I like that type much better than the projections. The Dwarfs look cool, but it's just too much projection. It works for "eyes" on a character (Potato head, cars characters, etc) but to have full faces done like that is just not as cool in my opinion.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Did you see the dwarfs in the 1937 film? Their full faces seems to look animated in that as well.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn (Request for edit ability in threads, please) Sorry for grammar errors.
Originally Posted By familyguy I was talking about the projection technique, not animation. Ursula was animated in her film as well, and yet her character in the mermaid ride at DCA is amazing (no projection).
Originally Posted By familyguy <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://youtu.be/_pi9ZRz_oIs">http://youtu.be/_pi9ZRz_oIs</a> I was pretty impressed. Plus...it's not to say they couldn't take that and improve upon it and make it do that more facial expressions could be possible.
