venturing into the uncanny valley. Yet the legacy of The Polar Express is not quite as simple as a “realistic” animated characters with digital voids where their souls should be. Nothing ...

The Polar Express animation style is also an excellent example of the uncanny valley, wherein something looks almost human ...

There’s way too much uncanny valley on display (maybe it even scared you as a kid), and while motion capture has certainly come a long way since then, is a Polar Express sequel the kind of ...

The Polar Express came out 20 years ago last ... that viewers can’t quite wrap their heads around. The term uncanny valley is properly applied to the movie. But any failures in production ...

Critics described the human characters in The Polar Express as dead-eyed and zombie-like, and the film is still brought up as a prime example of the so-called “uncanny valley” (the unsettling ...

ChihiraAico was still considered to be well within the uncanny valley, as this article from TheRobotReport described her as The Creepiest Robot of CES. Films such as "Polar Express" and "Beowulf ...

DETROW: So we are here to argue about "The Polar Express," which we will do ... It's going to feel a little uncanny valley. DETROW: Yeah. BURNETT: I know that's the phrase a lot of people use.

While this led to some criticism about the uncanny valley effect in the characters’ appearances, it also pushed developers to improve the technology. The Polar Express is currently streaming on MAX.