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And Now, the Animated News

Posted by samzenpus on from the portions-of-this-report-have-been-re-enacted dept.

theodp writes "'You have a lot of missing images, in the TV, in the news reporting,' explains billionaire Jimmy Lai. It's a gap that Lai's Next Media intends to fill with its animated news service. Artists lift details from news photos while actors in motion sensor suits re-create action sequences of stories making headlines. Animators graft cartoon avatars to the live-motion action, and the stories hit the Web. When news agencies didn't have footage of scenes from the Tiger Woods car crash, Lai's team raced to put together animation dramatizing the incident that became a YouTube sensation. Thus far, Lai has been denied a television license, but with or without his own station, he thinks his animations are headed for televisions worldwide. His company is currently in talks with media organizations to churn out news animations on demand using Next Media's graphic artists and software tools."

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  1. Tiger woods played by Kermit the frog by syousef · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't you just see Elin as Miss Piggy? Haaaaayyyyaaaahhhh!

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  2. Just what modern news needs by OG · · Score: 4, Funny

    My first thought was that this is totally unnecessary and sensationalist use of technology. My second thought was that CNN is going to love this.

    1. Re:Just what modern news needs by paiute · · Score: 5, Funny

      Are you kidding? Fox will jump on this like an ugly centipede.

      Sean Hannity: Some people are saying that Mr. Obama makes obeisance to Mecca every night and kisses a picture of bin Laden. We are not saying that we agree with that, but here is a vivid recreation of what that would look like if it were true.

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    2. Re:Just what modern news needs by sorak · · Score: 4, Funny

      My first thought was that this is totally unnecessary and sensationalist use of technology. My second thought was that CNN is going to love this.

      "Today on CNN, teabaggers are alleging that the president is actually from Narnia, and that he killed the Lion, had sex with the Witch, and hid in the wardrobe. Here is a cgi rendering of that event, with a bad-ass dragon added in, and for some reason, Rush. Who the hell listens to Rush? Our CNN instapoll says that 15% of you listen to Rush, 80% do not, and 5% of you were just pressing buttons. Next, we're going to spend thirty minutes reading twitter"

  3. Finally! Just what we need! by happy_place · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't wait to see what my favorite cartoon characters are doing day to day, when they're not starring in films/television.

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    1. Re:Finally! Just what we need! by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can't wait to see what my favorite cartoon characters are doing day to day, when they're not starring in films/television.

      Apparently, making porn is the likely answer. :-P

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  4. Re-enactment Top 10 Wishlist: Slashdot by GPLDAN · · Score: 4, Funny

    Number 10. Carmack and Romero fist fight
    Number 9. Woz sex with Kathy Griffin
    Number 8. A series of tubes, not a big truck
    Number 7. Wesley Crusher sucked into a warp drive
    Number 6. Ballmer doing Dancing with the Stars to the 'Developers Developers Developers Developers' remix
    Number 5. Darl McBride being force fed into a wood chipper by the guys from Fargo
    Number 4. Stallman and Schneier as banjo dueling Santas
    Number 3. Cowboy Neal
    Number 2. 10,000 Anonymous Cowards hacked to bits by the 300 Spartans yelling "This is Slashdot!"

    And the Number one re-enactment wish for Slashdot: Duke Nukem Forever