Present-day Animorphs

[SkyMorpher]

I tried searching, but can't find any previous threads for this.

How much harder WOULD Animorph business be today? I know the biggest issue would be everyone having camera phones, way too easy to get video'd or photographed morphing. Attach to that Youtube, Facebook walls...

I can imagine The Sharing on Facebook or the Yeerks trying to create some kind of fancy DNA scanner with smartphones.

What else would they have to watch for?

[MoppingBear]

I tried searching, but can't find any previous threads for this.

How much harder WOULD Animorph business be today? I know the biggest issue would be everyone having camera phones, way too easy to get video'd or photographed morphing. Attach to that Youtube, Facebook walls...

I can imagine The Sharing on Facebook or the Yeerks trying to create some kind of fancy DNA scanner with smartphones.

What else would they have to watch for?

not just camera phones, security cameras are far more ubiquitous now than they were back then.  the animorphs themselves would likely own cellphones, and their parents would expect them to check in or answer calls, which is hard to do in morph.  sci fi has also become more mainstream (probably in part due to animorphs's popularity) so that would make people a little more likely to believe in an alien invasion.

[SkyMorpher]

The guy in the other thread did have a point about the level of video and photo editing...for every so called morpher pic, there'd be a ton of "it's photoshopped" replies.

[yunyun]

the sharing can be alot more popular. With their money they can advertise on thousands of websites and there'd be lot more people in the sharing most likely. And maybe also advertise on sci-fi websites and forums so they won't thy and convince people aliens are real or something. The animorphs would have lass chance, probably

[Funky Poacher]

The guy in the other thread did have a point about the level of video and photo editing...for every so called morpher pic, there'd be a ton of "it's photoshopped" replies.

Yes, there's photots. And then there is footage. It's hard to fake that stuff if the quality is good; good CGI is expensive, and a lot different than photoshopping. Plus anything remotely public would be all over everyone's Facebook and Twitters. Example: when Tobias tries to kill himself by smashing into the mall ceiling, and all the crap that followed, that would be all over the place.

[NateSean]

Yes, there's photots. And then there is footage.

Back when they were filming the New York chase scenes for the Bourne Ultimatum people were filming it with their cellphones. Parts of the movie were on Youtube before it was even in theaters.

[AniDragon]

Maybe it could be set in a small, backwater town with no 3G service or something. I mean, after all, they already only have one carwash.

[Funky Poacher]

Yes, there's photots. And then there is footage.

Back when they were filming the New York chase scenes for the Bourne Ultimatum people were filming it with their cellphones. Parts of the movie were on Youtube before it was even in theaters.

Uh-huh. Well, to properly counter your statement, I guess I'd need a list of the times any of the Animorph/Yeerk activities could be concidered 'public', and frankly I'm a bit rusty so I really can't reply. But how about every time an animal completely out of its habitat showed up somewhere?

[NateSean]

There's nothing to counter. I was agreeing with your statement by providing an example.

[Funky Poacher]

Aaaah... I see. I thought you were making the point that people can record something that is entirely fabricated, IE the chase scene.

[NateSean]

Well, no. You made the point that there's a difference between photos, still images that can be altered and footage that is essentially filmed in real time.

Yes, the chase scenes were fabricated, but people still got footage of them on dinky little cellphone cameras. And given this is New York, it's possible people thought there was an actual chase going on between police and some criminal.

Ergo, if you had Visser Three in Kafitt bird morph chasing Ax around in 2011, people might think it's a movie set, or they might think it's some undiscovered animal or mutation. It would be all over Youtube and in the news on CCV tapes.

It's the reason why Transformers Revenge of the Fallen loses a lot of it's credibility just ten minutes into the movie. A battle between Transformers in the middle of a major Chinese city and all the Internet has are static images on crappy cameras? Wouldn't happen.

[MoppingBear]

there was that book with visser 3's twin, whatever footage is caught can be rolled into that book.

[Tim Bruening]

Yes, there's photots. And then there is footage.

Back when they were filming the New York chase scenes for the Bourne Ultimatum people were filming it with their cellphones. Parts of the movie were on Youtube before it was even in theaters.

Uh-huh. Well, to properly counter your statement, I guess I'd need a list of the times any of the Animorph/Yeerk activities could be concidered 'public', and frankly I'm a bit rusty so I really can't reply. But how about every time an animal completely out of its habitat showed up somewhere?

How about the Kafit bird incident (The Decision)?