The pre-rendered cinematics are a relic of a prior era. We have no further use of such contrivances; the modern computer is capable of rendering far more detail than the eye can see.
Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.