Many people commenting are too young or have forgotten how bad graphics were in 2007 to understand that this is very well done.

@Artemiela

Жыл бұрын

True lmao

@emanuelegaddi3545

Жыл бұрын

Except for Transformers. Look... that movie isn't that great, I know (although I really like it) but the graphics were astonishing Edit: y'all getting so f*cking mad lmao. Calm your asses down it's not that deep. I just said that Transformers' graphics was amazing for 2007 and I'm right. Besides the OP literally meant graphics in general not motion capture, y'all are so f*cking slow

@ashtheintrovert

Жыл бұрын

@@emanuelegaddi3545 transformers didn't have mocap u idiot

@emanuelegaddi3545

Жыл бұрын

@@ashtheintrovert we are talking about graphics here. Not motion capture specifically. Are you this slow? Weirdo😂

@sanitorz232

Жыл бұрын

@@emanuelegaddi3545 Transformers was a finished product at its release, this was made so Cameron could get funding. Two entirely different contexts.

Imagine an alternative universe where this avatar is the one that got made 😭😭

@Agnez_Opal

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't look as good💀

@erenjaeger1738

Жыл бұрын

I'm Glad it got made in 2009. That shit holds up.

@Soulintent95

Жыл бұрын

Still would have been the most impressive cg at the time. Guys, this hardly looks any different than the final product. Just because they chose a different style for the navi doesnt mean this is garbage. Literally the only thing thats different is the navi models, and the mocap actors arent good. Use your eyes. If this was cleaned up by an ai and upscaled to 4k, youd clearly see this isnt much different. For those saying there was better cgi at the time... its competition was shrek. If you think that looks better, you need glasses. Ps2 games were still being made at the time. A ps5 wouldnt even be able to handle a game made with these graphics, if it could, itd run horribly.

@TheSuperDuperLS

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't ever going to be made, it was a mocap test.

@rockyyy6869

Жыл бұрын

Oh there definitely is one😭

When compared to the final film, this doesn't look all that great. But if you look at it like it's a mocap animated movie that's intentionally stylizing things, it's actually not too shabby. Perhaps if they ever wanted to make an animated series expanding the lore of the franchise, this style may actually work for it.

@Balnazzardi

Жыл бұрын

Ye well you gotta remember that this was test/prototype.Its usually very rough around the edges that no way would ever represent the final product, but the point of it is to show that the vision Cameron had was possible to execute and turn into movie he wanted

@OwlEye2010

Жыл бұрын

@@Balnazzardi But, of course.

@fallenangel_899

Жыл бұрын

@@Balnazzardi If this didn't work out then we probably wouldn't have had Avatar

@rutkowskithewise68

Жыл бұрын

wait avatar is entirely live action with minimal cgi?

@fallenangel_899

Жыл бұрын

@@rutkowskithewise68 apparently it s 60% CGI imagery with majority of the CG character animation filmed with revolutionary new motion-capture techniques with live actors

Crazy how "no fear, strong heart" is still a phrase in the latest movie (TWOW) and comics (The High Ground), and it was a phrase all the way back here too.

@ElectronerpProductions

Жыл бұрын

I like how in High Ground, Jake said 'strong heart' while Neytiri wanted to bite all the skypeople.

@witnessme602

Жыл бұрын

Neytiri's headband in the final fight in TWOW is a reference to this footage.

@ElectronerpProductions

Жыл бұрын

COMING BACK TO THIS COMMENT BECAUSE I NOTICED A THING - the 'heart' motif was actually started by quaritch. in the scene where he's like "i pulled your records, corporal" he also says "you've got some heart coming out here"

i actually think this is a wonderful jumping base for the real actors to understand where they can go from there. and this neytiri with this actress gives off a different, yet still recognizable energy.

@homsterluder5364

Жыл бұрын

maybe because it's the same character? idk just a wild guess

@bootybandit4402

Жыл бұрын

@@homsterluder5364 🤦🏻 they’re talking about the actress not the character dumb ass

@alannahjoe836

Жыл бұрын

@@homsterluder5364 it's a different actress to the now netyri

@homsterluder5364

Жыл бұрын

@@bootybandit4402 yeah but it's the same character so of course it gives off the same energy dumbass

@48lines

Жыл бұрын

@@homsterluder5364 you missed the whole point of this damn comment

Idk what y’all think, this looks insane for a proof of concept.

@Magjee

Жыл бұрын

A proof of concept that looked better than most 2007 actual movie CGI

@Aethuviel

Жыл бұрын

@@Magjee Nah... where? Even plastic-looking Jar Jar from 1999 looked better than this, and there was Gollum in the early 2000s (I believe seeing Gollum is what caused Cameron to think this film could now be made). The only truly shitty CGI I've seen where I thought at the time that it was awkward, was the Scorpion King in the Mummy. And even that is better than this (but this is just a first draft, so I'm not criticising).

@henrikmikaelkristensen4784

Жыл бұрын

@@Aethuviel I don't think the quality or lack thereof was the point of this footage. They had to work out a process of capturing actors, putting them in a scene, adjust performances, add effects and do a final render. They would not just have jumped into "let's make some blue CGI people" and try to make a 3 hour movie without having worked out the process first. It was completely new at the time. Having the process worked out allows refining individual parts, i.e. getting all the real artwork done and build the real render pipeline for the final movie.

For 2007, this is actually still really impressive. Like very successful tech test. I can see how they evolved the face of the Na'vi to better express the facial nuances. These rigs, the eyes are slightly too stiff. I wonder how this would feel if you dubbed in Zoey's voice. Her performance was a lynchpin to fleshing out how the Na'vi carry themselves and emote.

@micahcook2408

Жыл бұрын

Plus this is a test. This is probably not even a full render/post-alpha render, especially since this a part of a video where James talked about how this Test was sent to the Studio Execs to see if they would finance the film or not.

@okitasan

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, considering the absolutely uncanny valley level Zemeckis movies (Beowulf, Polar Express, etc) were made during this same period of time and represented the best that mocap tech had to offer, this looks *far* more natural and far more advanced

@kennethelliott9248

Жыл бұрын

Not stiff. She literally looks cross-eyed.

In my opinion, this is still really high quality even if you compare it to the finished product lol. It looks really amazing

@wingedhussar1453

Жыл бұрын

High quality? It looks like a video game with a cross eyed navi and with cringe dialogue

@SumThatSooli

Жыл бұрын

@@wingedhussar1453 the cringe dialogue is in the movie what are you on about 💀

@fhour9306

Жыл бұрын

@@wingedhussar1453 Tf, these are the dialogues in the movie, pfffttt🤓

@RooneyRen

Жыл бұрын

respect for your pfp. rest in peace technoblade.

@Noodlekdoodle

Жыл бұрын

@@wingedhussar1453 With the little budget they had, and the time of creation, this IS well done

Zoe saldana’s performance is what really tied the first movie together; change my mind

@onyx_vii7808

Жыл бұрын

100% She was the most animalistic Na'vi in the movie tbh

@thebatman4279

Жыл бұрын

Good performance, very boring character though.

@sheepleweeple9822

Жыл бұрын

@@thebatman4279 fair enough. I always thought she was the most well thought out and complex character in the first movie. Always been my favorite portrayal of any character, save for a few really good ones I’ve seen. But fair enough, everyone thinks different characters are interesting!

@WKADESIGNS

Жыл бұрын

I agree, even though it was mocap - her performance was riveting and truly searing through the CGI. She was the most interesting to watch imo.

@nvmskullworks4794

Жыл бұрын

Second film too. Though it's interesting to see this actress in this role here.

i know this was an early stage of this movie, but it's just amazing to see the different energy that Zoe Saldaña gave to the character. Her delivery of this scene alone is just a proof of what a good acting can do.

@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel

Жыл бұрын

it wasnt Zoe its a different actor

@Aethuviel

Жыл бұрын

@@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel That's the point. That Zoe changed the scene so much.

@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel

Жыл бұрын

@@Aethuviel he's saying she was also in this 2007 test

@Aethuviel

Жыл бұрын

@@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel Nowhere is that written. "Just so amazing to see the different energy that Zoe gave to the character". Different - because we've only before seen her as Zoe - but here she is played by Yunjin Kim.

@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel

Жыл бұрын

@@Aethuviel "Her delivery of this scene alone is just a proof of what a good acting can do."

this is insane for 2007, so smoot

@raymondsolli1789

Жыл бұрын

not really, jurassic park came out in 1993 *that* was good for its time

@idontknowanygoodnames1498

Жыл бұрын

@@raymondsolli1789 yeah but comparing a fully rendered finished product to a mocap test isn't fair. It looks good for 2007 because normally a test at this stage wouldn't look as good as this

@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel

Жыл бұрын

@@raymondsolli1789 its good in 1993 because they used the darkness and rain to cheat the CGI and there was SFX with dinosaur costumes so it cant be all CGI like that dying dinosaur who had its poop dug out

Idk why y'all say it looks bad, this Navi design looks so beautiful

@fantein

Жыл бұрын

ikr

@temito6923

Жыл бұрын

The designs are cool, i agree. But the graphics are not as good as the final product's

@Hello-pk8bo

Жыл бұрын

I agree, I love the way it looks. It doesnt look bad at all

The E-motion capture technology developed for Avatar ,allows for a level of reflected expression that we recognize inside. ,our ability to recognize the Na'vi and Avatars as emotional beings is a huge part of the films story expression "voice" on many levels .. I see your "spirit" took the collective work of a dreamer and many artists to bring this film to light ,,

@allrock1238

2 жыл бұрын

@Frogger non vocal charter gesture expression is a form of internal language expression we read and connect with on an intrinsic level. We all seem to just take it for granted , as a person with Asperger's who's gesture expression does not come naturally , you quickly lean just how important this form of expression truly is , the ability to give the Na'vi charters in Avatar that form of inter-connective emotive expression that in the past looked so fake in earlier films is something I happen to think is quite artistic achievement on a number of levels and in recognition it took a lot of talented people to bring this to light it massively changed what we have come to expect in films today.

@charoleawood

Жыл бұрын

@@allrock1238 Your comments here are the best thing I've read in a while! Kudos

Zoe really GOATed. Those lines are ridiculously hard to sell

the glowup from 2007 to 2009- and they’re voices r killing me 😭

There were movies and games that wished to have this graphic in 2007, and Avatar had it in its testing phase. Amazing

Watching this just makes me love Zoe’s performance more she just adds more emotion to the movie

Imagine if the film actually looked like this XD

@deepnog

Жыл бұрын

we wouldn’t mind it

@erenjaeger1738

Жыл бұрын

@angie deepnog nah people would shit on it more. And it wouldn't make 2.9 billion on box office

@daniilfilms

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t mind ngl,

@shadi8130

Жыл бұрын

it would be funny xd

@earthinthecomments4944

Жыл бұрын

@@erenjaeger1738 There’s no way to actually know that

For the 2000's standard, that's high quality

@cartmanfam612

Жыл бұрын

2007 MOCAP is better than Modern MOCAP

@Dormi1-go8ib

3 ай бұрын

The final movie is 2000s.

This is insane for 2007. I'm imaging video game cut scenes from back then. They had no clue of mo-cap 😂 Edit: To all the idiots getting triggered. Ofc ik mo-cap has been around. Just not on such an advanced level. Jeez get the comment and read the room. It's a joke.

@humanbeing478

Жыл бұрын

Gta 3 in 2001

@YuleChannel

Жыл бұрын

mocap has been in use in video games since the 90s starting with mortal kombat.

@jjm2980

Жыл бұрын

for games of 2007 this looks good, but I undersood it like this is a proof of concept for the film. And while there are of course more rough looking ones, this scene is not looking impressive for 2007 at all.

@rawwad

Жыл бұрын

wrong

@fhjjjkiufswryji2059

Жыл бұрын

@@rawwad you don't just say 'wrong' you explain why

Wow they really got it right in the end didn't they. This looks cringe in comparison.

@peipeigacha

2 жыл бұрын

well then again this is raw audio, but yea final is better lol

@nerx2583

2 жыл бұрын

This is just test footage for the motion capture. Also a proof of concept that was probably shown to the studio.

@LusciousTwinkle

2 жыл бұрын

@@nerx2583 I know. That why I said they got it right IN THE END.

@a.m.9993

Жыл бұрын

I know right?

@kjdee140

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and this Jake Sully looks straight-up punchable.

Ngl I think the old mocap gives the na'vi a true alien feel

for something made in 2007... this is REALLY good holy shit

@Dormi1-go8ib

3 ай бұрын

The movie entered theaters just 2 years later.

This is such an iconic scene that the most surprising thing to me was the different voices and actors for neytiri and jack LMAOOO

@ExtremCoxer

Жыл бұрын

Jake

@Hennyyy.00

Жыл бұрын

@@ExtremCoxer lmao typo broo

@ExtremCoxer

Жыл бұрын

@@Hennyyy.00 I know. But Jack was the guy from the other Cameron movie. Figured to make that clear.

It is here when you realize the incredible work that the actors currently do and you value everything, now I just want them to take the years that be necessary for a good movie

Neytiri is so beautiful in the original version, but here she looks like an Egyptian queen

Funny I thought that was Yunjin Kim's voice. Sun from Lost. Can't believe I recognized it so quickly.

This was created in a hurry not finished and prepared to be seen for the public eyes.. It was created only to convince the investors for the movie Avatar :) So they can really dive in to it like they did :)

This looks awful, but a part of me really wants to see this version as a full movie. There’s something uncanny about it that I’m super drawn to for some reason haha

@erenjaeger1738

Жыл бұрын

It's cool but you can already tell this cgi didn't age well. So I'm glad Avatar was finished in 2009

@lishan4657

Жыл бұрын

This doesn't look awful at all, still better than half of the movies 😆

@adzyniman6326

Жыл бұрын

@@lishan4657 that a pretty good joke have a great day.

@alexh6767

Жыл бұрын

It feels more alien tbh

@waffles658

Жыл бұрын

I think it’s the voice acting tbh. People are talking abt what it looks like but the voices are really throwing me off.

Honestly for 2007 these graphics are amazing, they actually kind of look like the ones we use today for cartoons which really tells you something

Damn, this shows how great of an actress Zoe Saldana is.

@TheWayOfDesert

Жыл бұрын

This not Zoe..

@onyx_vii7808

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWayOfDesert Duh. He's saying Zoe is in general is what really made Neytiri shine.

@TheWayOfDesert

Жыл бұрын

@@onyx_vii7808 well he didnt say that well then

@onyx_vii7808

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWayOfDesert common sense

@RubiixCat

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWayOfDesert It was heavily implied. Are your comprehension skills so lacking that you need everything explicitly spelled out for you?

2007 mocap test looks better than a lot of modern mocap

I kinda like the look of this version of neytiri more. they made the navi look more alien and the differences between her and the avatar are more distinct.

People shitting on this seem to forget that _Beowulf_ was 2007. And that was a finished film. This honestly surpasses it by far. Even the best video game trailers/cutscenes of the day only made par, if even. It’s pretty impressive.

@nemowindsor8724

Жыл бұрын

Beowulf does look better. That film deserves a little more credit, considering how strange it was and unique in film-making history.

..i like how much more alien meow meow they look in this x3

The fact that Neytiri's English was way more broken in this version is really interesting to me and it actually makes sense

This is still absolutely amazing! The lighting and everything!

It's so much more apparent that her eyes are bigger than his. I didn't realize it in the first film, and it wasn't until I was reading up on the 2nd film that I realized that the eyebrows, number of fingers/toes, and eye size are physical differences between the Na'vi and the Avatars

Fum fact... even this looks much more better than last products of marvel movie universe...

this is incredible, that''s just a projec and it's still beautiful for 2007 !

One of the greatest milestones in the CG history

It doesn't look bad personally, the head size just... puts me off deeply.

this is incredible. for 2007 & still for right now!

stop hee design is so cute

This must have been mind blowing back then

@duderdude4831

Жыл бұрын

Naw

@wingedhussar1453

Жыл бұрын

How avatar came out 2 years later

@rawwad

Жыл бұрын

not really, its just test, some people have no clue what was already achieved by that time, there were already movies like Pirates of the caribean 2 with digital Davey Jones, King Kong from Peter Jackson, Star Wars 1,2,3, Lotr trilogy, ... , mocap was already well established technology for the digital characters, they were just improving it each year more and more

They look more like cats here. :)

@lilpetz500

Жыл бұрын

I see it, reminds me a lot of how Mewtwo emotes to be exact.

This is Yunjin Kim- she was in Lost! I heard she was up for the part but didn’t know this existed

beautiful in its own way

That looks pretty cool!

This is how you make a decent film. You do trials, you test your scenes, see what works and what doesn't. The first trials will be bad(such as this) but you polish it, make sure everything is just right and then send in your final product and look at what we got in Avatar and Way of Water. A polished, well made product which started out from something ugly and uncanny such as this. That's how you make a good movie. You start out bad but rectify your mistakes and you don't releas it half baked. You release it when you're satisfied.

@alekiller2

Жыл бұрын

That's the way you improve everything that exists.. daaa... lol

@KilliK69

Жыл бұрын

@@alekiller2 tell that to the AAA game publishers.

I mean, the sound is a bit cringe yeah, but this Na'Vi design looks more alien. The Na'Vi that we got look way too much like elongated humans with blue paint to me

@jesserochon3103

Жыл бұрын

Nah they still look very alien to me.

anyone who says this looks bad has no idea what they are talking about. it looks almost exactly the same, besides an intentional redesign for neytiri.

This looks great, considering it was only an early test

This is literally a test and some of y’all didn’t grow up to realize that. It’s alright to make jokes but even the actresses and actors didn’t have to take it seriously but to show example so the actual people who is going to play as them in the final could reenact and make it better. I just don’t feel like it’s fair for the people who did have to act in this mocap to receive lash or even the designers. “Trust the process” because y’all still loved it in the end.

maaan sooo glad they went with what we have!!!

This looks insanely good for a 2007 mocap test.

compared to the 2009 version, this looks like a fever dream

@ABC-tt7qe

Жыл бұрын

Lol, right!

When you really think about it, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña were perfect for these roles… Sam with his voice of liquid gold is great at playing a d*mb military grunt who is affectionate and open to learn, and that we can connect with… Zoe is great at playing a believable native character that will be familiar enough to us and has very believable actions in the world of Pandora… It all came together brilliantly in the end…

@KilliK69

Жыл бұрын

watch Sam's test screening with Zoe. their chemistry is off the roof.

What a difference 2 years makes. This is wild looking!

I like that the avatar has smaller, but still animalistic eyes.

for 2007? this is amazing!

Cool stuff, they should make more of these!

Господи, сколько лет прошло:)))) наконец-то дождалась второй части:)))

@user-gx5hw3vt2y

Жыл бұрын

в этом тесте у Аватара Джейка лишь 4 пальца.

Very well done for just a screen test

I would actually like to see an Avatar spinoff series with this animation style. It kinda gives off Star Wars The Clone Wars vibes. It also reminds me of the CGI that was in a lot of the big budget 2000's music videos. All they would have to do is brush up on the graphics to make them a little more updated and make the Na'vi characters look a little better. Sully's CGI character looks a bit wimpy, but Neytiri doesn't look too bad.

I remembered reading the survival manual 11 years ago didn't knew till know that they used the mocap versions of the na'vi for the images

This looks better than most modern CGI

Wait! That's the actress that plays Sun, from Lost! I never knew she was the one who did the MOCAP test for Avatar🤯

Feels like a movie cutscene from an Avatar videogame that never existed.

@alexandersmith4731

Жыл бұрын

There is an Avatar video game bruh

i never know neytiri had a thick asian accent LMAO

This is really good

This is pretty good man

Increíble ver como era el Test de Avatar 😸

@annerbaltodano6764

Жыл бұрын

Está súper interesante.

Naavi with Chinese Accent, Hmmm let me tell y'all this. It works.

@jaehaerysitargaryen7923

3 жыл бұрын

She's actually Korean.

@gabilito8704

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaehaerysitargaryen7923 ohw my bad 😅 yup it's Korean your Right 👌

@marc1767

Жыл бұрын

no it doesnt

@Combustionman586

Жыл бұрын

It really doesn't it just sounds goofy knowing what they're supposed to sound like 💀

@Lolamy

Жыл бұрын

@@Combustionman586 yeah but if you had no knowledge of what avatar normally is, this sounds great, you're just biased because you're used to how it is normally.

Very cool test footage.

Wow this is amazing

oh wow 💀 i mean for 2007 it’s not even that bad but compared to the original damn 😭

Kids: Mom can we watch Avatar? Mom: Sure! Avatar at home:

Wow they worked hard to make the movie look good!

I actually love it, they seem more alien-y

The cgi here still looks better than many modern MCU projects.

If i was the one making the movie and saw THIS...i'd give up not gonna lie JC has true vision, what a legend

"stupid! ignorant like chiold!" keeps me awake at night

Bruh, even the test footage look good.

Neytiri having an Asian accent is so hilarious to me for some reason lol

Damn…how’d I know she was asian

i actually love her strong accent

Crazy how far we have come

For 2007 and a demo, this is fucking insane.

Neytiri should have kept talking that way

@allrock1238

5 жыл бұрын

Our "stereotypical view" of Native language vocal expression that was given to us within the examples of many early Hollywood films does not fit at all into the essence of what Avatar's story Conveys. the films storywriter made an internal effort to root address these layers within the films charter expression. so no Neytiri does not speak like the old Tonto in the lone ranger. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dm16k7WOm9zTk9o.html

@ReidGarwin

5 жыл бұрын

@@allrock1238 I understand for the sake of storytelling that they make Neytiri more fluent of an English speaker in the final movie, but for a movie that has a learn able Conlang, the broken English would actually have been more interesting to hear from characters such as Tsu'tey, or Mo'at. Neytiri previously being a somewhat learned student of Dr. Augustine's school would also make sense for her to speak English clearly. "Tonto speak" may not be respectful in films directly sourcing specific REAL Native Peoples or featuring them, but the Na'vi are supposed to be a neolithic extraterrestrial race, and simplifying and expressing their English as well as presenting the Na'vi language could have been done where the audience is still able to empathize with the characters. Again, I state that I prefer the Project 880 draft including this motion capture test, the Na'vi models, and the accent, which Zoe Saldana completely waters down unless speaking Na'vi.

@Daniel-ll2cl

Жыл бұрын

Chinese accent? I think not

@lilpetz500

Жыл бұрын

Something about giving the alien characters a recognisable East Asian accent can also be a bit stereotypical, this idea of Asians being exotic and featuristic and alien to the west. Asians absolutely deserve to be represented in sci-fi in a variety of roles. But the final Na'vi accent settled on in the film that references various African, Slavic, and Polynesian accents by nature of the phonics in their complex language developed for the world, is quite distinct for the genre.

Avatar é a prova de que a paciência é uma virtude.

This is so nice

Oh, dear...

김윤진이네 ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ

Thank goodness for good actors

Looks great

remember guys that this was made in 2007 and their budget for this is 2 million compared to the hundreds of millions for the avatar movie

there is an avatar 2: the way of water on friday the 16th december 2022

@yuskekurusaki6563

Жыл бұрын

En Latinoamerica el jueves 15 de diciembre

i really like the more video-gamey toonish look of this test actually. a mini series or something that looked like this would be pretty cool.

Oh thank the heavens this was a test--