Return of the Dragon

Lysander Luddite writes: "More CG actors, this time of Bruce Lee in a film tentatively titled "Dragon Warrior" by Korean filmmaker Chul Shin. Wired has the details. Compare to an older Wired article when this type of thing was just beginning." There's a Reuters article too.

Comments

Dragon Warrior?

[turbine216]

...if the title is any indicator, we'll be seeing a lot of 8-bit sprites running around fighting slimes and wraiths.

Re:Dragon Warrior?

[rikki_t]

And man, just think about how boring it will be to watch while they level up....

"Why are they running in circles, mommy?" "They need to gain a couple more levels, sweetie." "This sucks, mommy!"

Sloppy fellas, real sloppy

[Flakeloaf]

Instead of working to properly synchronize the actor's lips with the dialogue, just dig up an actor who couldn't do it when he was alive. Real clever :)

(Yes, yes, I know the sound was recorded separately from the video for cost-cutting reasons, and yet somehow most real Chinese martial arts movies still take longer to watch than they did to make)

Digital Slavery

[derrickh]

Thats what it is.

Here's a scenario: I want to make a porno starring Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin. I use computers to make a lifelike digital movie. Now theres a good chance that people won't associate these actors with the Little Dictator or Gentleman Prefer Blondes. Instead they'll be known for 'Charlie and Marilyns Hardcore Anal Fantasies (vol.1 - 25)'.

Or take it to a greater extreme:

Brad Pitt refuses to star in my next blockbuster. I kill him and have his digital copy star in it instead. (He's dead so he can't sue).

D

Re:Digital Slavery

[GISboy]

Dude, sick and twisted.

Which is why you might appreciate this:

Asia Carrera and the Bruce Lee cgi "clone" in a porno called:

Entering The Dragon.

Dragon Warriors, nah...

[GISboy]

Crouching Clones, Hidden Actors.

Article and Movie summation, but we'll see in 2004.

Re:Gladiator and Olly Reed

[Myddrin]

And of course there is Plan 9 From Outer Space and their pioneering work with using actors who died during filming. ;)

False

[BillyGoatThree]

http://www.fiktiv.com/crowe/articles/garticletf.ht ml

Lines of interest: "Totally false," says Penny. "What we did was very similar to the process used on The Crow after Brandon Lee died. We did not recreate a CG Oliver Reed and get him to walk. We just took him from one scene and placed him into another."

rather boring, i would think...

[Magius_AR]

Bruce hits Metal Slime for 1 damage.
Bruce misses Metal Slime.
Bruce misses Metal Slime.
Bruce misses Metal Slime.
Bruce misses Metal Slime.
Bruce misses Metal Slime.
Bruce misses Metal Slime.
Bruce hits Metal Slime for 1 damage.
Bruce misses Metal Slime.
Bruce misses Metal Slime.
Metal Slime runs away.

Awwwww :(

Has to be said...

[sharkey]

"I see dead senseis"

At least he's not dancing with a fucking vacuum cleaner.