Should Andy Serkis get the Best Actor Academy Award?

[Gorn Captain]

Tech? I think you mean the animators that spent hundreds and hundreds of hours developing, creating, modeling and animating the CGI characters. It's a bit more complex than some tech doing a few mouse clicks.

Motion cap is not exactly a new technique. Ever hear of Rotoscoping? Animators have drawn over motion performance actors since Out of the Inkwell. Disney studios had actors in full costume act out scenes for the animators to use as reference for movement and facial expressions.

Motion cap is a combined performance and the animators are just as important as the actor if not more. If the animators don't do their job it doesn't matter who got drawn over or digitally erased. A badly drawn/rendered and animated character will make or break the illusion for the audience.

You're obviously a huge Andy Serkis fan.
If you read my initial post, you'll see that I proposed to have both actor and CG team nominated together, commending them both.
Thanks for joining in, as usual...

[Werewolf]

Thanks for joining in, as usual...

I posted in this thread because I'm a fan of animation. I didn't mean to upset you and I'm sorry I did. I won't post in this thread anymore.

[apes3978]

I'd agree with this...

It definitely takes both talents to bring that to life. If they were to offer such an award, it would definitely have to go to both actor and CGI artists.