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James Cameron On How Avatar Technology Could Keep Actors Young

Posted by Soulskill on from the hollywood-can't-wait-to-abuse-this dept.

Suki I writes "An article at EW discusses another use for Avatar's sophisticated motion-capture technology: 'Sure, it's terrific for turning human actors into big blue alien Na'vis. But the photorealistic CGI technology James Cameron perfected for Avatar could easily be used for other, even more mind-blowing purposes — like, say, bringing Humphrey Bogart back to life, or making Clint Eastwood look 35 again. "How about another Dirty Harry movie where Clint looks the way he looked in 1975?" Cameron suggests. "Or a James Bond movie where Sean Connery looks the way he did in Doctor No? How cool would that be?"' The article goes on to quote Cameron as saying you would still need actors to play the roles, and that an ethical line needs to be drawn somewhere."

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  1. Input-Output... by denzacar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Input part - the facial-capture tech is obviously ready. At most it may need some tweaking.

    The output part... Like you said. Uncanny valley effect may still be present with humans. BUT..
    Considering that Battle Angel*, which Cameron plans to do as (one of) his next project(s) is based around exactly that kind of implementation of the technology - I'd say that he is more than "just talking".

    *The main character is a 200+ year old cyborg girl that changes several bodies throughout the story while keeping the same face and similar body size)

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  2. Re:Schwarzenegger inTerminator Salvation by glrotate · · Score: 4, Informative

    Video clip (may spoil the movie)

    Don't worry. The plot, screenplay, direction and acting take care of that nicely.

  3. Re:Here comes the bootleg porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Chinese alternative history movies where well known US actors find themselves on the losing side of World War 2.

    How about US alternative history movies where the US takes credit for the capture of an Enigma machine even though in reality the British did it? Oh, wait...

  4. Re:Here comes the bootleg porn by AdamHaun · · Score: 5, Informative

    Chinese alternative history movies where well known US actors find themselves on the losing side of World War 2.

    That would be rather odd given that China and the US were on the same side in World War 2.

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