there's a context for realism with nude girl in bathroom, as we can look at one in real life, so we know what it should look like.  we can't look at a robot firing a plasma rifle, but we can see if the render incorporates as many optical/physical properties as we know about.  maybe what athan is saying is in re: the fact that FFRender currrently lacks the ability to do a number of well-known optical effects.  maybe athan has noticed, in the "realism" gallery here, the tendency of users to post poser renders with nostril glow, no shadows, blank background, no expression - basically poser 4 renders.  the only context for realism there is that the renders are more realistic than what the users usually create.

p.s. some of these parisian idioms don't translate well.  :lol:
same with english: try translating "grab yer egg-n-fours" or "bob's yer uncle" into french :lol: