At least they no longer look like they tied up with bondage ropes under her suit. That's a plus.
BioWare Gives Liara a Reduction Mammoplasty
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Oh god I remember this now...
A bishoujo style statue of Liara? What's next, a chibi style Jack?...
And as an extra bonus of what I found on the Google result...
Grunt? Mordin? ZAEED?! What... What did they do to you?...
A bishoujo style statue of Liara? What's next, a chibi style Jack?...
And as an extra bonus of what I found on the Google result...
Grunt? Mordin? ZAEED?! What... What did they do to you?...
Those are still colossal mammaries. I of course say this without having seen the original picture, but the point remains.
I'm commander Shepard and this is my favorite Mass Effect character stuck in the Uncanny valley.
I understand that the guys making it are adding their artistic flair to the character but... we don't want it. People aren't going to buy it for the artistry of your interpretation, they want a carbon copy of the mesh from the game. Bad statue modelers, bad, you go think about what you did!
I understand that the guys making it are adding their artistic flair to the character but... we don't want it. People aren't going to buy it for the artistry of your interpretation, they want a carbon copy of the mesh from the game. Bad statue modelers, bad, you go think about what you did!
See, my problem with this is that Liara isn't sexy because of her body. At least, that's not most of it. She's sexy because she's conflicted, vulnerable, relatable and approachable. What she is not is a twelve year old in a stripper's body. The whole idea of sexualizing her in this way is just... wrong to me. It goes against her character. And I don't care if it's some cultural thing; making a sexualized image of a woman with the face of a child is disgusting. I've said it before and I'll say it again: this art style does NOT fit with her character.
EDITED: for potentially awkward spelling.
EDITED: for potentially awkward spelling.
The first picture where the statue is still grey is the original, with the original, glorious bust.Freaky Lou said:
The colored ones are the new, production variant.
Why Bioware even commissioned this statue in the first place is beyond me. I mean, a character who is supposed to be a legitimate scientist/archeologist is turned into a sexy figuring. Way to completely screw that whole "characterization" thing. I mean, was Miranda to hard to sculpt?
Dear lord, this again?
To be honest, I think Bioware should have just stuck with the original. The whole point behind the statue was to redesign the character in a vastly different art style: this means that (duh) the character was not going to look like the original. People may point out that the breasts were not the only problem: that the face didn't look anything like Liara, but the argument just doesn't really make sense when you consider the purpose of the project. The artists involved probably just took the base data (youthful blue asari in labcoat) and did their own thing from then on: and that's how it should be. That's what they were hired to do in the first place.
I wouldn't have bought the original statue anyway: not a Liara fan, not a fan of the art style. But complaining that it doesn't look like our Liara is missing the point: it's not supposed to be our Liara. This is what Liara would have looked like had Mass Effect been made in Japan. Were these people hired to make TF2 statues, or Left 4 Dead statues, or Gears Of War statues, the same difference would be in play.
To be honest, I think Bioware should have just stuck with the original. The whole point behind the statue was to redesign the character in a vastly different art style: this means that (duh) the character was not going to look like the original. People may point out that the breasts were not the only problem: that the face didn't look anything like Liara, but the argument just doesn't really make sense when you consider the purpose of the project. The artists involved probably just took the base data (youthful blue asari in labcoat) and did their own thing from then on: and that's how it should be. That's what they were hired to do in the first place.
I wouldn't have bought the original statue anyway: not a Liara fan, not a fan of the art style. But complaining that it doesn't look like our Liara is missing the point: it's not supposed to be our Liara. This is what Liara would have looked like had Mass Effect been made in Japan. Were these people hired to make TF2 statues, or Left 4 Dead statues, or Gears Of War statues, the same difference would be in play.
I am talking about the new ones when I say that--I think. The boobs are still gray, but the face and clothes are coloured. Am I looking at the right one?Paragon Fury said:
No.Freaky Lou said:
The original one with the magnificent bust is on the far left, with the yellow background is completely unpainted.
The new one that they're selling is the one on the right with the colored background and has been painted.
Yeah, so-called "reduced" breasts are still almost as big as her head. Has anyone designing this stature ever SEEN a woman?
And anyway, even if they made the boobs a normal size, it still wouldn't solve the problem. They seem to be trying to turn her into a 1-dimensional sex symbol, which raises two questions: (1) Why didn't they just use Miranda, who already is a 1-dimensional sex symbol? And (2) Why would they want to do that in the first place? That's like "redesigning" a building by blowing it up. They're just removing everything about her that makes her unique until there's nothing left but giant boobs and a weirdly childish fish-face.
And anyway, even if they made the boobs a normal size, it still wouldn't solve the problem. They seem to be trying to turn her into a 1-dimensional sex symbol, which raises two questions: (1) Why didn't they just use Miranda, who already is a 1-dimensional sex symbol? And (2) Why would they want to do that in the first place? That's like "redesigning" a building by blowing it up. They're just removing everything about her that makes her unique until there's nothing left but giant boobs and a weirdly childish fish-face.
Google taste of Tali's sweat and you'll find it. I just assumed most people would have seen it or at least be aware of it and I'll see if I can find it. Here it is anyway just look for the post by Thundertactics. [http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/128/index/4786509/70]Robert632 said: