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17.1: Genre and Media are Promises

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The Difference Between Animation and Live Action

One of the things that i want to point out about a the the differences between some of these genresi theyre things that are pointed up by the recent, and now cancelled, a live action version of cowboy bebop. There's really only so much you can do with an animated face to show us a complex sequence of emotions without tipping into the uncanny valley or doing something weird. But in live action, dang it co is a fantastic actor. Just give him his back story, aim the camera at his face, let him say two lines of dialogue and then act, and we'll have it. And that's not what they did.

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