Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: msteck on February 04, 2009, 01:46:52 AM
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Which characters do you visualize to look most like they are shown on the cover art?
Personally I don't imagine any of the Animorphs looking like the kids that portray them on the covers, with the exception of Rachel. I think the girl that 'plays' her on the covers of most of the early books was a good choice, she blond, pretty and looks like she could also have a crazy/dangerous side to her. Also Marco on the cover of #35 (and most of the later books) could be right, but I think he looks way too young.
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i thought rach was hawt!! >.>
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Hmmm.
Rachel did look like how I thought she would look. I think book 22 is a nice image of Rachel. The others... well, no, actually lol.
How about the TV Series? That's actually the opposite for me. I thought most of the characters on the TV show looked closer to how I imagined them then the book covers, with the exception of Rachel. Besides the fact that that actors were a lot older then the kids they were playing. I think the actress playing Rachel looked and spoke nothing like I imagined Rachel would.
My least favorite book cover character image is probably Jake. The drawing has no presence, no the stature of what Applegate wrote him to have. His face was more blank then intense like the young general he was. Just my opinion.
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yeah....brooke was OK for rachel, but softer. still, she looked nice. ^^
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Ya I agree. But it wasn't just about how she looked. Rachel was always discribed as having an intensity. Brooke had no intesity. Its like she was saying someone elses lines that were not hers. At least that what it sounded like to me. But I only watched about 2 1/2 episodes lol.
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I think the kids on the covers do look a lot like I picture the Animorphs. Definitely not exactly, but still a lot.
I agree with msteck that Marco looks young, but then, he was young ;) He was also very short, so it makes sense that a young kid would portray him. But at the same time, he was 13 or so in the beginning, so I assume he was 14 or 15 in #35, so I guess the kid kind of looks a little young.
I think the girl portraying Cassie on the cover of #4 is really good. She looks very young in my opinion and Cassie was only 12 or 13 (I think) then and probably looked a bit younger. When the Controllers find a pair of jeans from one of the Animorphs (not sure if that particular part was in #4, but I think so), they say they belong to a kid of age 10-12, which I assume can only be Cassie or Marco, since they were smaller than the others.
I agree about Rachel, too. She looks a lot like how I think Rachel would look.
The person looking the least like how I imagine them is probably Tobias (or the human Ax). I do NOT think the kid on #13 looks anything like I picture Tobias. Then the kid on #43 is okay, but much too young. But then it's the same kid on the other covers of the Tobias books, right? Maybe not, but it looks that way to me.
I quite like that kid, even though his hair is supposed to be lighter and messier ;)
Jake is okay on the first cover, but other than that... Nah.
Do you know how many of the covers have the same kids portraying the Animorphs?
Oh, and about the TV show. None of them look like how I've pictured them. First of all, the actors were too old and their characters were too old too (the characters were all 16, but the Animorphs were not that old when the whole thing started).
Shawn was 19, Boris was 18, Nadia & Paulo were 20 and Christopher was 21. Brooke was the only one who was 16, like their characters (and even that was too old, since the Animorphs were actually supposed to be like 13 in the beginning).
Second:
* Brooke is a great actress and she's very pretty, but she's way too soft to play Rachel. And she has brown eyes, while Rachel's supposed to have blue. She's also too short ;)
* Shawn is also a good actor, but doesn't fit to play Jake at all, in my opinion. He definitely doesn't look serious enough and, well, enough like a leader or a general, if that makes any sense. He also doesn't have dark hair and brown eyes.
* Chris looks too "tough" to be Tobias. He's also too tall and his hair is too dark.
* Nadia's very pretty, but her hair is too long ;) Her skin is too light and she's too tall. Otherwise she's definitely sweet enough to play Cassie :)
* I love Boris, but not as Marco. I can't explain why exactly, apart from being too tall, but he just does not look like Marco to me. And sure, they made his character funny, but not like Marco.
* Paulo... Sorry, he was just all wrong for Ax.
Man, do I complain a lot! ::)
The actors and actresses of the TV show were great. They just didn't fit to play the Animorphs, in my opinion :-[
On the other hand, I don't think I would've been very satisfied no matter who played them ;)
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I like the model for Cassie, she looked just like I pictured her. #22 Rachel and #45 Marco looked good too. I didn't like either of the Tobias and Jake models or the later Rachel model.
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I always thought the Animorphs looked like they did on their first covers. (Except Marco and Cassie since they had long hair on their first covers)
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Tobias, Jake, and Cassie looked pretty much exactly how I always picture them. Rachel and Marco though not so much. There were similarities, but overall, no.
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Cassie was good..Rachel on cover 22 (the david one) was how I always pictured her.
marco usually looked different and not how I imagined him.
Tobias looked too old in some of them.
And Jake didn't look like he did in my head :-\ he's hotter in my head haha :P
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oh gosh. rachel is -pretty. XD
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I loved how Marco kept changing from being a Philipino to being black, and back and forth.
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in no particular order:
marco was the most fluctuating.
in he looked nothing similar in the predator vs the extreme
tobias in 49 was probably the most accurate. at least his hair was blond.
rachel was probably the best overall. maybe one or two books didn't fit, but most were accurate.
cassie looked pretty consistent. didn't notice too much of a change.
jake never looked right, slightly better towards the end.
ax.. all i know is that andalites look NOTHING like when i pictured them in the first book.
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I always saw Marco as book five. Longer hair, but particularly the wink. The wink screams Marco.
I always liked the number 17 rachel and then the number 22.
Jake I think was a good choice, but since he was what I first saw, I always pictured him for some reason.
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Just remembered...anyone else think Jake looked like a girl on the cover of #53?
Oh, and forgot to mention I actually like all the models on MM#4...don't know if they're different or if it's just the lighting, but they look good.
I loved how Marco kept changing from being a Philipino to being black, and back and forth.
What? When did that happen xD
ax.. all i know is that andalites look NOTHING like when i pictured them in the first book.
Ugh, I absolutely hated how they did Ax. The only place he looked good was the Ellimist Chronicles stepback. On all the regular covers he had weird eyestalks with those big green eyes. I was so glad they made Elfangor and Aldrea look better on their covers.
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Rachel and Jake looks exactly like I think of them, Cassie is allmost. I'm not sure how I imagine Marco but still he is quite like the book covers but Tobias should be blond and Ax should look younger.
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I like Rachel on Book Two. The transition to cat is so smooth and beautiful.
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I like Rachel on Book Two. The transition to cat is so smooth and beautiful.
i liked the morph, but her picture looked messed up.
she looked.. not like rachel, to say the least.
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I think she looked really beautiful on that cover...but not realistic if that makes sense? Kind of like a glamour shot or something.
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Yeah, I agree. But the morph was cool none the less.
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I picture Jake, Marco, and Cassie like their models, Rachel as Brooke Nevin (only with better acting), and no one's fit my picture for Tobias yet.
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Cassie always looked accurate to me, but that was kind of it. for the rest i have my own image of how they look
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* Paulo... Sorry, he was just all wrong for Ax.
i thought paulo did agood job as ax or are you talking about just looks as opposed to acting ability? who would you cast in the role?
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I always picture tobias as he appeared on book 3, I have to force myself to see he as anytype of blond.
Jake Macro and Cassie are more or less like the books, Ax's human too, maybe a bit leaner
The Rachel on book 22 is probably closest to my image, cept the eyes and the eyebrows (too dark)
Give her final arc Rachels eyes and lighter brows and that's probably it.
I feel so weird thinking like this :P
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I always picture tobias as he appeared on book 3, I have to force myself to see he as anytype of blond.
I'm the same way, even though I know he's supposed to be blond Tobias has dark hair in my mind :P
Marco and Cassie I pictured like their models. Jake I thought looked kinda...blah. A little too average for being the leader of the Animorphs. I never thought Rachel looked beautiful enough and Ax just seemed kinda stiff on all the covers.
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I like Rachel on Book Two. The transition to cat is so smooth and beautiful.
i liked the morph, but her picture looked messed up.
she looked.. not like rachel, to say the least.
I actually really liked Rachel from The Visitor. I think she had the best appropriate Rachel crazy eyes.
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I know Ax is supposed to be a kid, and not as big or strong-looking as other andalites, but is it me or does he look totally useless on the covers? I mean, his tail isn't long enough to reach past his own head, let alone chop off someone else's.
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I know Ax is supposed to be a kid, and not as big or strong-looking as other andalites, but is it me or does he look totally useless on the covers? I mean, his tail isn't long enough to reach past his own head, let alone chop off someone else's.
THANK YOU! that was always my biggest problem with Ax. his tail was always all wrong, among other things.
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I really hate the cover on the visitor. That girl looks allmost exactly like me, except that I have longer hair and greener eyes. She even have that strange eye tinge that I thought I was alone to have in the world.
I don't totally identify with Rachel that's all.
I always picture tobias as he appeared on book 3, I have to force myself to see he as anytype of blond.
This is something I "identify" whit on the other hand
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Whenever I read the books, or write for that matter, I choose to picture my own models for them. This is the model I use in my head for Rachel.
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/logicaldisorder/fe6181df.jpg)
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/logicaldisorder/c48fd80d.jpg)
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/logicaldisorder/077e5bd2.jpg)
I'll dig around and find the others I like for the rest of the group.
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For the characters, it's like this in my opinion:
Jake: #41 is the best, but I think he never really looks right.
Cassie: #29. Cassie has always looked perfect for me.
Marco: #5. Something about him screams Marco. The other pictures make him out to be too young. Short doesn't mean baby-faced. A friend of mine is just over four foot six, but he looks his age (he's turning 19).
Rachel: #37. She looks really fierce. 22 and 48 are close seconds. 48 looks like Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
Tobias: #3. Hands down. I know he's supposed to be blond, but I never saw him that way.
Ax: Ax looks about the same in each cover. Remember, guys! He had to be scaled down for the covers. Having his tail full-size would be too big to properly fit on the cover, you wouldn't see the morph!
Cerulean: No offence, but I really hate her. In the last two, she just looks really ugly and when I saw the first one I was like "OMFG! Is that Hannah Montanna?"
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Ugly? Hannah Montana? No offense taken or meant, but you, my friend, need an eye adjustment. ;)
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I liked the first picture, Cerulean. The one with Marco morphing the wolf spider is really creepy.
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I always pictured them by their most recent cover appearance.
Has anyone ever find out who the models were??? ???
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No idea, but I wanna know too!
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These two images mostly nailed my mental images of the group:
The Ellimist Chronicles (http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v253/117/113/741260206/n741260206_2753412_3956.jpg)
Back to Before (http://photos-g.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/98/47/784770156/n784770156_2584102_6444.jpg)
Jake:
Best:
1. The Ellimist Chronicles
2. Back to Before
3. The Andalite's Secret (I think).
Worst:
1. Book 6
2. Book 53
Rachel:
Best:
1. The Ellimist Chronicles
2. Book 37
3. Book 22
4. Most of the early books.
Worst:
1. Book 54 (Sadly. I still really like that art, but that's not right for Rachel.)
Tobias:
Best:
1. Book 54
2. Back to Before
3. The Ellimist Chronicles
4. Book 3 (left a strong impression, sometimes hard to replace with blond Tobias).
Worst:
1. Elfangor's Secret (Awkward hair, smug expression)
2. Book 13 (I thought that was a different Animorph at first)
Cassie:
Best:
1. Any of the books. I liked her model, plus she was the same model each time.
Marco:
Best:
1. Book 45
2. The Ellimist Chronicles
3. The Andalite Chronicles
Worst:
1. Book 20
Ax:
Best:
1. The Ellimist Chronicles
2. Book 54 (cover, not inside)
Worst:
1. Anything else
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These two images mostly nailed my mental images of the group:
The Ellimist Chronicles (http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v253/117/113/741260206/n741260206_2753412_3956.jpg)
Back to Before (http://photos-g.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/98/47/784770156/n784770156_2584102_6444.jpg)
Those are my two favorite covers! And I agree, they are the best representations of the characters for me.
And sorry, Cerulean, but I also have to agree with agentAK on the Rachel model. :P
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Ehhh, to each their own, I suppose. Sorry.
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JAKE:#1, 31, MM4 (progression)
RACHEL: MM4 (the ONLY cover I liked her on, period. original model wasn't gorgeous like Rachel was described, and in 54 she looked younger than when she started)
TOBIAS: ??? (never reconciled the book and model descriptions, so I stick with the bird)
CASSIE:9, MM4 (progression)
MARCO: MM3, MM4 (progression)
AX: only in my mind does he look right
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Marco in the absolute just looks odd. There is about zero intensity or few traces of emotion in the model.
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i wonder are the cover models really exist... someone told me that they are just david's illustration. yeah, and they're way too young on #54 cover
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I picture them all looking like how they looked on Megamorphs 3(Well I actually picture Rachel looking how she did in The Solution and I picture Cassie with braids tht at least touch her shoulders or in a ponytail. I never liked how they gave her ridiculously short hair)
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I've found my perfect Cassie now. On andalites gift. I have allways thougth her to be more... sweet than she is on the rest of the books.
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i wonder are the cover models really exist... someone told me that they are just david's illustration. yeah, and they're way too young on #54 cover
i read that they're real people, and they were replaced in the later books because they looked too old. i've been obsessed with finding out who they are! if anyone knows, please let it out!
i honestly despised the new covers; they all looked OFF, except Cassie, who stayed.
i love these covers for the characters:
Jake: 26- he looked handsome. to me, that's jake! Also MM#3
Rachel: 2, 32 (cool smile) MM#3
Tobias: 3 (this is tobias, i don't care about the hair!!!)
Ax: All
Cassie: All, but mostly 4 and 29- the best covers for her.
Marco: 5- I love that smug look. i think of this cover when i read his books.
i started reading the series in 6th grade, with #1. the new covers are so unnatural to me.
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Back to Before is good, except that Marco should be shorter, and possibly Tobias too. They shouldn't all be of equal height. Other than the height thing, I think it's fine.
edit: And marco's animal should be a Gorilla. Not sure why they chose the cobra for him.
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I always pictured them by their most recent cover appearance.
Has anyone ever find out who the models were??? ???
Yeah, poor kids got kind of famous yet no mention of their names whatsoever :-\ Or maybe it's the norm for cover models?
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I"m pretty sure it's the norm. No idea who the kids were, only that Cassie was the only one that stayed the same the whole way through. Likely it was just a side job so that they could make some money before going off to college.
It would be interesting to see if they actually read any of the books that they were on the cover of, though.
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Actually, Jake is supposed to be "blah" looking. In the earlier books, he often described himself as "I get average grades, average in sports, average... if you saw me you'd think there was nothing absolutely special.."
He didn't seem to look all responsible and all. But once he spoke, he did give a strong image.