25 - The True Meaning of Dead Eyes

Dead Eyes

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🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Connor talks with comedian Nikki Glaser (FBoy Island) along with an array of experts in hope of discovering "the true meaning of 'dead eyes.'"

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0:00.0	This is that we are now the first
0:04.0	one of the things that this podcast has accomplished demonstrably
0:11.0	over the past two years is that we are now the first
0:14.0	search results that show up if you Google the words Tom Hanks and dead eyes,
0:18.0	meaning that we have effectively replaced what used to be the first results.
0:23.0	The 2004 Robert Somekas directed computer-generated holiday feature film, The Polar Express.
0:29.0	Get us the Blaze is out of here. Through the magic of motion capture, it stars Tom Hanks as multiple characters.
0:38.0	A little boy in his father?
0:40.0	Santa will be here before you know it.
0:43.0	So go to sleep.
0:44.0	A train conductor.
0:45.0	Ah yes, young man with all the questions.
0:49.0	A mysterious drifter.
0:50.0	Seeing is believing.
0:53.1	And even Santa Claus.
0:55.1	Patience.
0:57.1	And a smidgen of humility might also serve you well.
1:01.9	Yes, sir.
1:03.0	People are always asking me to do an episode about this movie, because one of the main criticisms
1:11.7	that received was that all of its characters have dead eyes.
1:15.0	In 2011, The Guardian printed an article highlighting six of the worst aspects of CGI motion capture effects in cinema.
1:24.5	Dead Eyes was top of the list.
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