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FACIAL EXPRESSION : Emoting Animals II

8/1/2019

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No CROWN for "The Lion King"

THE KEY CONCEPT: The hyper-realistic CGI remake of Disney's "The Lion King" is lacking one essential ingredient - highly expressive faces!
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Figure 1: A still from the 2019 CGI remake of "The Lion King."  Mufasa is definitely King of the Jungle, proud and expressionless, beside  his expressionless offspring, Simba.  
The freshly-minted, hyper-realist reissue of "The Lion King" is a magnificent piece of CGI artistry. From the sweeping African landscapes, to the herds of fabulous savanna beasts, to the charming bits of business with little bugs, Lion King 2019 is a tableau of mastery. Congratulations to the teams of character designers, animators, riggers, compositors and everyone else whose talent came together to create this visual masterpiece. 

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