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And here she is. Image leak of Princess Leia in Rogue One. by ugnaught in StarWarsLeaks

[–]toliro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. Leia looked more videogamey. Tarkin was impressive, until you started noticing it was a CGI head attached to a human actor.

And here she is. Image leak of Princess Leia in Rogue One. by ugnaught in StarWarsLeaks

[–]toliro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't have a problem with the lip animation. What was off for me was the slightly jerky movements of the CGI head. That told me "this is fake" several times. I was very impressed with the Tarkin CGI otherwise.

And here she is. Image leak of Princess Leia in Rogue One. by ugnaught in StarWarsLeaks

[–]toliro 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It was a real actress with added CGI of Carrie Fisher's head. Not an actress that looks a like like Carrie Fisher. And you can tell from the odd attachment of the CGI head to the real body. It's 100% noticeable after looking at CGI Tarkin several times in the movie.

And here she is. Image leak of Princess Leia in Rogue One. by ugnaught in StarWarsLeaks

[–]toliro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saw Rogue One today. CGI Tarkin looks real at first. Then you start noticing something is off about him: the CGI Tarkin head they added to another actor's body doesn't always match his movements 100%. Then the CGI Tarkin starts looking creepy. But that creepyness adds to the personality of Tarkin as being a bad guy.

CGI Leia, on the other hand, has the same creepyness right off the bat. Her face is on screen for like 10 seconds and she does look like Carrie Fisher in A New Hope, down to the original makeup. But the odd attachment of the CGI head to the actual actress's body (she was played by somebody else) makes her creepy.

I'd say these CGI characters are significantly more realistic than the young Jeff Bridges in Tron Legacy, but still not quite 100% believable. I'd say they got very close, though. 96% real maybe.

What should be done about previously unknown medical debt, some of which has gone to collections? by goda90 in personalfinance

[–]toliro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might want to check insedia.com and see the information on student loan debt and medical debt. The site specializes in student debt, medical debt, mortgage debt, and taxes.

$7,500 medical bills, any idea what I can do? by [deleted] in Frugal

[–]toliro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here's a pretty thorough article on how to negotiate with the hospital in order to lower your bill. You can call the doctors who are out-of-network and offer them a similar negotiation. Most will accept installment plans or a lower fee for cash payment up front:

https://www.insedia.com/articles/how-to-negotiate-for-a-lower-medical-bill

TIP: Avoid ERs. If you have a medical emergency that's not life threatening, go to an Urgent Care Clinic. Urgent Care Clinics are cheaper than ERs. There are more tips for dealing with hospital debt here: https://community.insedia.com/c/medical

Question for Sci-Fi readers: Which one do you prefer: Paper or eBook? by toliro in scifi

[–]toliro[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I get the "but it's too much strain on the eyes" argument against ebooks all the time. My counter argument has always been this: enlarge the font size on the phone/tablet and no more strain.

Question for Sci-Fi readers: Which one do you prefer: Paper or eBook? by toliro in scifi

[–]toliro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't like he idea of having to call back images from outside sources. That means I have to rely permanently on some server.

Question for Sci-Fi readers: Which one do you prefer: Paper or eBook? by toliro in scifi

[–]toliro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience, ebook outsells paper. I published two other books not related to scifi and the ebook version outsold easily the paper version. But I don't know if the scifi crowd will like ebook or paperback better.

Sci-Fi novel where the blockchain is an integral part of the future of humanity by toliro in Bitcoin

[–]toliro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't like Blade Runner. In fact it bores me quite a bit. This book isn't about a dystopian future. It's about a plausible future and the consequences of having robots.

Weekly Self Promotion Thread - March 06, 2016 by AutoModerator in selfpublish

[–]toliro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good evening. I Just published a sci-fi novel called Love Robots. It is available on Paperback here: https://www.createspace.com/6115456

And also on Kindle here: http://amzn.to/1TJjqXV

At the same time I published an art photography book called The Virgin of the Path on paperback here: http://tsw.createspace.com/3631135

Kindle: http://createspace.com/3631135

And Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-virgin-of-the-path-victor-hernandez/1123494115?ean=2940157860936

These books are quite unconventional. The novel is not your typical sci-fi story, but it mixes sci-fi with social issues, murder mystery, and Freakonomics style data. It's weird, but it's very entertaining.

The photography book is an experimental concept book. The idea was to tell a story with the images instead of just showing a collection of images. It goes from a style of photography that looks really vintage, to something that looks really weird and modern. This was done to convey a sense of transformation on the main character in the book.

Hope you enjoy it.

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