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Robots Debut In Japanese Theater Production
An anonymous reader writes "BBC News and CNET Cutting Edge are reporting on a new play starring at Osaka University, in which two Mitsubishi Wakamaru robots interact with human actors and move around the stage. Named 'Hataraku Watashi' ('I, Worker'), the play is authored by Oriza Hirata, a renowned playwright. It focuses on a robot who complains about his boring and demeaning jobs."
... like acting?
Two Rules For Success:
1) Never tell people everything you know.
to see Shatner can still find work.
Art imitates ... Art.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
I was all of history's great robot actors - Acting Unit 0.8; Thespomat; David Duchovny!
But does it have the production value of the singing bears at Chuck-ee Cheese? I am glad to see the Japanese are catching up, though. (I jest. I jest!!)
Aah, change is good. -- Rafiki
Yeah, but it ain't easy. -- Simba
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darfsteller
As good a read now as it was in 1955.
I am officially gone from
Perhaps robots are not yet ready for artsy european films, but I think you could stick a couple of RealDolls in the cast of a soap opera and no one would notice...
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Marvin the android is part of a comedy series, but if you want to see real tragedy, see the droids in the Star Wars Universe.
They are self-aware, capable of reasoning and emotion, and yet they are all slaves and no one pays more than cursory attention to them. ...maybe its because they don't rip people's arms out of their sockets when they lose at chess
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"Humor is tragedy plus time" - Mark Twain
And no, I don't know where I'm going with this.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
This is really just the same thing as using a puppet, except more expensive.
Of course, people say the same thing about Keanu Reeves...
(-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)
It's made to utilize gravity in a very efficient way for just such a problem.
That was a terrible post. I'll be sure to come back and re-read it in a few hours.
That always struck me as horrible about the droids as well. I was always surprised more people weren't bothered by it. They're constantly being killed, and nobody even cares.
Everything will be taken away from you.
Agreed! Personally, I value droid "life" more than I would Jar-Jar's.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Ever see "Victor, Victoria", where the title character (Julie Andrews) got rave reviews as a female impersonator because she actually _was_ a woman pretending to be a man? How long before some robot actor gets lauded for being "so lifelike, just like a human", and then we discover that it's really a human actor inside a robot suit? Weren't there actually people inside CP30 and R2D2 (at least in some shots)?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.