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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. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    NO

  2. Avatar did not address the uncanny valley by shidarin'ou · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Those weren't humans, they were blue skinned aliens with very different facial features. The uncanny valley was not addressed, so we have no idea how this "photoreal" technology stands up to that close inspection.

    I'm far far FAR from unbiased on this, but if you wanted to speculate on making actors look younger, you'd still be better served looking at Benjamin Button.

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    1. Re:Avatar did not address the uncanny valley by weeboo0104 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ahhh, I see the grammar Na'vi's are out in force.

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  3. Schwarzenegger inTerminator Salvation by Kenz0r · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hasn't tech like this already been used to put a younger looking Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator Salvation?

    Video clip (may spoil the movie): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY57vJOQIlE

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  4. All bow to the Great Cameron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who single handedly invented, revolutionized and perfected 3D animation. This is the message I'm getting, what did he really do? He told some engineers he wanted a motion capture camera smacked on the forehead of the actors to capture their facial expressions better, he co-developed some camera system for 7 years (I doubt he did any coding).
    For crying out loud, he's a 'director' with lots of cash and a name with huge momentum. I don't flame him for making CG flicks, but taking glory for the whole franchise like some demigod, please, don't start calling motion-capture 'Avatar-technology'.

  5. 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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