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!"

Is it correct ?

[dda]

Is that correct to put him in a film, without let him having the choice ? I think we should think about the respect of his memory ...

Gladiator and Olly Reed

[MisterPo]

Oliver Reed died during filming of Gladiator and apparantly they used some sort of pioneering CGI to finish his scences. Quite interesting as it was considered to be his finest role in years, so is this an indicator of how good Bruce's new movie could be?

Or will it be more like that dreadful Pepsi add a few years back with Bogart, Marilyn and Einstein??

Po

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. ;)

What does hollywood want?

[Alien54]

is developing software that will fool audiences into believing they're seeing Bruce Lee in the flesh.

I can just imagine that what Hollywood wants is to be able to by the rights to the images of famous actors from their estates, so that they can pump out endless movies with familiar faces on the cheap. Just think of those commercials from a few years ago where bogart and wayne were seen to be pushing coca cola.

If they had a chance, they would likely jump at the chance. Never mind someone who looks like some celebrity, but isn't quite. I can just see the law suits now!

I recall some story on slash a while back about the chance of thise sort of thing happening down the road with digital actors on your computer desktop. (I think this was about using a gaming system as a movie production tool) A movie file then would in some way be sort of similar to a MIDI file, specifying the actors actions. There are obvious applications for all varieties of "Home Entertainment" projects (quit leering!)

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

WAHKAAA! ..it's just not the same.

[Nijika]

You can't re-animate Bruce Lee, period. You can try in video games, you can try with CG, but you'll never get the essence. What hollywood should be doing is trying to find someone with the same charisma he had. Also, I think we're overlooking the Martial Arts stars we've already got on the market. Jackie Chan and the ever wired up Jet Li to name a few good ones.

They Did Get Permission, But...

[libertynews]

But I still don't think its right. I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan but it just doesn't seem right to resurrect him as a Digital Zombie. Are we going to see a film starring Bruce and his son Brandon (who was killed while filming The Crow)? I'd rather just enjoy the films he did make. There still isn't anyone who can move like he did.

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."

Has to be said...

[sharkey]

"I see dead senseis"

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

CG whiz-bang overkill

[option8]

Shin is looking for an actor whose voice resembles Lee's voice to read his lines; he says it's a relatively simple task to digitally doctor the voice to make it a near-exact replica of Lee's voice.

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Shin also has a short list of Asian martial arts performers who have learned to imitate Lee's moves very closely. He plans to film them using motion capture equipment that he can then incorporate into his digital Bruce Lee models -- giving fight sequences a natural flow.

so.. he's going to have a Lee talkalike and a Lee fightalike, and potentially a Lee lookalike (for wide shots and such). so why not just use them, and traditional photography, instead of trying to resurrect Bruce Himself through technology? Hell, Brandon Lee did an admirable job in his shot at it.

the result would likely be a better homage to Lee, and less the necropheliac masturbation that has been the result of similar efforts thus far.

let the dead stay dead, dammit. especially the dead guys we liked when they were alive.