The TRON Oscar snub that predicted today’s AI in filmmaking

But now, as TRON: Ares prepares to expand that universe, it’s impossible not to see the parallels with today’s creative ...
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Decades later, TRON’s Oscar snub feels oddly prophetic

But now, as TRON: Ares prepares to expand that universe, it’s impossible not to see the parallels with today’s creative tension around AI in filmmaking. In 1982, the Academy dismissed computer ...
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From Akira to Disney's The Little Mermaid, here's how the 1980s changed animation forever.

1980s animated movies can be seen as a moment in time when everything began to change, whether its new technology, artistic direction and audiences embracing world animation, something shifted.
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This Pioneering Work Of CG Animation Premiered During The 1985 Super Bowl

“Even in the year 3000, we’ll see the brilliance of food in cans.” In the year 1985, the brilliance of this commercial was plain to see. Premiering during the Super Bowl, the 30-second spot advertised ...
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Ken Knowlton, a father of computer art and animation, dies at 91

Ken Knowlton, an engineer, computer scientist and artist who helped pioneer the science and art of computer graphics and made many of the first computer-generated pictures, portraits and movies, died ...