Shrek is old, but CG is young

Aurelia 2021-11-12 08:01:14

I finally watched the last Shrek not long ago. Because of the terrible reputation of the third one, I didn’t expect much from the fourth episode. Even DreamWorks didn’t want to continue shooting, so what else? After reading it, I feel pretty good. Although the boss of the villain is a bit weak this time, far less than the godmother's offensive and defensive combination of black and white, but the story is finally very good.
The first Shrek, we saw a subversive version of the fairy tale.
The second Shrek, we saw a family version of the fairy tale.
The third Shrek, what we saw was a spoofed fairy tale.
In the fourth Shrek, what we saw was an old fairy tale.
It was suddenly discovered that Shrek should retire. You said that a green monster that appeared as a rebellious face is facing a midlife crisis. Next, we have to look at how little Shrek goes to school and how adolescent rebellious grows into a monster? What Mike Arthur said: The old monster does not die, but gradually becomes normal.

However, the CG level of cartoons is not as old as Shrek, on the contrary, it is righteous. The current CG level of cartoons is really impossible to dream of such exquisite pictures in the past (such as "Toy Story 3"). I still remember watching "Jurassic Park" and I heard about SGI. At that time, I thought CG was equivalent to SGI workstations. I am afraid that it was not only my thoughts. At that time, a domestic company bought two SGI workstations and claimed to be engaged Chinese special effects blockbusters, so many years have passed, we seem to be as good as always. Later, I learned about SUN. It took a long time after "Shrek" to learn that HP was also involved in this stuff. Actually, so many blockbusters were made with its own workstation: including the recent "Monsters vs. Aliens" , "Kung Fu Panda", "How to Train Your Dragon" and so on.
"Shrek" was released in 2001, and it’s been almost ten years since Pixar shot "Monster Company" and "Shrek". To be honest, although "Monster Company" was painted well, The setting always makes me feel a little uncomfortable, and the colors are too bright, but "Shrek" looks comfortable. I was amazed at the exquisiteness and richness of the facial expressions of the CG animated characters in "Shrek". I have watched the DVD trial disc over and over again. Shrek and the donkey crossed the bridge to the castle to save the princess. The number of times the prince watched the sunset... If Shrek has changed from an angry young man who dared to love, hate, and has a sense of humor into a soft, gentle, old and fresh middle-aged family man, then the CG technology has been stumbled all over his head. The silly boy in crotch pants turned into a handsome guy like Prince Charming. Right here and do it back to the data party: the total amount of rendering data in the first "Shrek" is 6TB, and the rendering takes 5 million hours-the hard drive I used in 2001 was about 500M, right? Recently, the data rendering volume of this Shrek 4 is 67T, which is exactly 10 times more than 10 years ago! The rendering time is more than 46 million hours. Today's DreamWorks studios in Glendale and Redwood, California, USA are equipped with 30 HP servers, each with more than 500 cores-think about how cool it would be to use them to play BT games such as islands... But The so-called Hewlett-Packard is what you want, but your lover likes it. I looked at the four Shrek and felt that the CG has arrived. You won't be surprised anymore, and then you need to figure out how many films have been built (wrong, it is a mold!), and posted it. The point of how many polygons. In other words, it has disappeared. The miracle worship of CG has been completely integrated into the feeling of the movie. We think Shrek is a human being, not a demon. It's a human fucking, not a demon, we will laugh because he laughs, cry for him; lament that he is old and his demeanor no longer exists. This is true success with technology, isn't it.
There is no need to sigh, after all, "Cat in Boots" has already trot to keep up, and since Shrek and his old man are not dead, he may come out again to lead his children and grandchildren to scary-in the animation world, he is still young.

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Extended Reading

Shrek Forever After quotes

  • Shrek: [to Fiona; while disappearing since his "day" is almost over] You know what the best part of today was? I got the chance to fall in love with you all over again.

  • [Shrek storms out of the party and Fiona follows him outside]

    Princess Fiona: Unbelievable.

    Shrek: Tell me about it! Those villagers are...

    Princess Fiona: I'm not talking about the villagers, Shrek. I'm talking about you. Is this really how you want to remember the kids' first birthday?

    Shrek: Oh, great, so this is all MY fault?

    Princess Fiona: Yes! But, you know what? Let's talk about this after the party, at home.

    Shrek: You mean that roadside attraction we live in? "Step right up! See the dancing ogre! Don't worry, he won't bite!" I USED to be an ogre! Now, I'm just a jolly green joke!

    Princess Fiona: OK, OK, maybe you're not the ogre you used to be, but maybe that's not such a bad thing.

    Shrek: Ah, I wouldn't expect you to understand. It's not like you're a real ogre. You spent half your life in a palace.

    Princess Fiona: And the other half locked away in a tower.

    Shrek: [sighs] Look, all I want is for things to go back to the way they used to be. Back when villagers were afraid of me and I could take a mud bath in peace. When I could do what I wanted, when I wanted to do it! Back when the world made sense!

    Princess Fiona: You mean back before you rescued me from the Dragon's Keep?

    Shrek: Exactly!

    Princess Fiona: [looks at Shrek in shock] Shrek. You have three beautiful children. A wife who loves you. Friends who adore you. You have everything. Why is it the only person who can't see that is you?

    [Fiona goes back inside for the party]

    Shrek: That's just great.

    [walks away]