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What If...? | Official trailer

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    tomf
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    This looks awesome. I love that its rotoscoped, too. Marvel is really knocking it out of the park with these series.

    This looks awesome. I love that its rotoscoped, too. Marvel is really knocking it out of the park with these series.

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      Omnicrola
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      I noted the style, but didn't realize it was actual rotoscoping and not just a stylistic choice. Some quick searching: https://www.polygon.com/2021/7/8/22568580/what-if-trailer-marvel-studios

      I noted the style, but didn't realize it was actual rotoscoping and not just a stylistic choice.

      Some quick searching: https://www.polygon.com/2021/7/8/22568580/what-if-trailer-marvel-studios

      What If...? is the first animated MCU series, and it uses a style of rotoscoped animation familiar from movies like Richard Linklater’s Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly. More recently, a new technology called triscope was used to create similar effects for the Netflix show The Liberator. The approach layers CGI paint over actual footage, letting the show’s creators blend existing footage from past MCU movies

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      1. tomf
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        whoa. that's pretty neat. I love this style --- the movement is just on the right side of the uncanny valley. If you haven't already, check out Undone -- its a beautiful series.

        whoa. that's pretty neat. I love this style --- the movement is just on the right side of the uncanny valley.

        If you haven't already, check out Undone -- its a beautiful series.

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