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CG Idols - Human Not Required

Posted by michael on from the worshipping-rendered-images dept.

greymond sent in a blurb about computer-generated celebrities in Japan. I'm sure a fair number of you have read Idoru... The Final Fantasy movie didn't do well, but I think it's safe to predict that eventually, computer-generated celebrities will be as numerous as live ones. There are so many advantages for the purveyors of pop culture, ranging from "never gets arrested for drunk driving" to "never demands salary increases", that I think it's inevitable.

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  1. Re:How about Max Headroom? by 32xts · · Score: 3, Informative

    Max Headroom was a guy(Matt Frewer) wearing makeup.

  2. Terai Yuki Home Page by viking099 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here it is. Mostly in Japanese, but the important stuff is in English and Japanese.

  3. no human required? by kaisyain · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except the voice isn't synthesized. They hire a real person to do it. Who can ask for a raise.

  4. Re:Animated celebs... by Scott+Lockwood · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you think they're making only a few hundred dollars, you're kidding yourself. Top models, in the 80's (sorry, that's the most recient data I have, I don't hang with those people anymore) were making $1500 a day, in feature films. Even the men in straight movies were making "a few hundred a day". You can bet that the payscale hasn't decreased. You should read RAME (rec.arts.movies.erotica). That's a good place for information about these things.

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  5. Real Dolls, anyone? by Kozz · · Score: 3, Informative

    Heh. I saw this photo and couldn't help but think, "Hmm, Real Dolls?"

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  6. Bruce Lee! by zmokhtar · · Score: 3, Informative

    Speaking of digital actors, there is a Bruce Lee movie coming out. The new movie will star a digitized Bruce Lee. They even have people impersonating his voice!

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  7. Re:Animated celebs... by Gannoc · · Score: 4, Informative
    That's a *very* good point. I wonder if we'll start seeing legislation about stuff like that?

    There already is legislation making kiddie porn illegal even if it is just given the appearance of kiddie porn. That is, a young looking 18 year old wearing a junior high school shirt and pigtails in a pornographic act could be considered kiddie porn. I'd imagine that CG kiddie porn would fall under that.

    However, not to be grotesque, but as of now, there isn't any legislation banning other kinds of CG porn. There's no reason why CG characters couldn't participate in a sexual snuff film, extreme mutilation, etc.