My favorite is the parkour one because she talks the least. Impressions: Come on, PA Works. I know you know how to animate cheerleading routines. You did it in the opening. So why are we suffering through this uncanny valley CGI intro sequence? It's creepy. Everybody moving as one in rigid precision at a different […]
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