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Despite making over $1.8 billion at the box office, the 2019 Lion King remake was not fully appreciated by all audiences. Many critics took aim at the lack of facial expressions. In response to the criticism artist Nikolay Mochkin and Instagram user @jonty_pressinger worked together to redo parts of the movie with deepfake style technology to give the characters more expressive range.
The result has been hailed by some as a success with people asking the duo to remake the entire movie in this style. Others have claimed the 2019 version was supposed to be live action and more realistic; that this attempt to add expression missed the point.
Yes, the original release of "The Lion King" was 25 years ago.
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The Lion King: Remake gets ‘DeepFake’ Makeover
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @04:44AM
The difference is that this costs $15 per person to view with the promise to be an entertaining and enrapturing experience, not a groundbreaking technology showcase. A tech demo is uploaded for free to YouTube or some other host, with the promise to be a groundbreaking technology showcase, not an entertainment or enrapturing experience.
Plus, this is a remake. No surprise that people who like the critically-acclaimed original will complain when your copy is crap. Same way they would when they see a copy of the Mona Lisa fingerpainted with leftover watercolors, especially if they have to pay to see it.