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Disney has issued a statement regarding the rumors of CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery) being used to continue Carrie Fisher's roles in any upcoming movies:
We want to assure our fans that Lucasfilm has no plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher's performance as Princess or General Leia Organa.
Of course that would be after they already recreated her as young Princess Leia in Rogue One. I'm kinda torn because I found nothing funnier than her CGI face in that movie. Moff Tarkin was done quite well, but Leia looked like she had several strong psychedelic edibles and a glorious bowel movement just 2 minutes before.
Assuming that they could do it better, who is for recreating our favorite characters with CGI?
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Disney to Stop Using CGI for Carrie Fisher, aka Princess Leia Organa
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 24 2017, @03:56PM
Please do not recreate deceased actors using CGI. This is disrespectful.
Instead, do it using an "uncanny valley" sort of robot that reproduces the actor's motor performances to give the new performance in a new film project. That would be much less respectful, and thus more in the way Disney way of doing it.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 24 2017, @05:00PM
You say this, and it is an ongoing joke (with much historical truth) that Disney takes existing culture and completely bastardizes it. However, in the past 5-10 years, is that still the case?
More recent examples include "Tangled" and "Frozen." However, they have changed the name and only use the source material as inspiration. No child is going to think that the true story of "Rapunzel" is the Disney version (unlike movies like "Beauty and the Beast" and "Cinderella"), and they make no secret that this is the source of the inspiration.
While Disney may be a cultural leech, continually sucking profit from what should morally now be commons, in recent years they have definitely been respectful. Just compare "Force Awakens" against the "Hans only returned fire" of the Star Wars franchise.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday January 24 2017, @05:45PM
Indeed, episode VII shows the utmost respect for the ideals, plots, and subplots of episode IV.
Hans Gruber definitely shot first.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday January 24 2017, @06:24PM
So what you're saying is that we should dig her up and use the clearly superior technology of animatronics.
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 24 2017, @10:16PM
I hadn't thought of that, but it would be even MORE disrespectful than my idea was. So write a letter to Disney.
Young people won't believe you if you say you used to get Netflix by US Postal Mail.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday January 25 2017, @12:11AM
Wow, really? You think digging up Carrie Fisher's corpse, duct-taping her to some sort of animatronic robot, and operating her like a puppet is a MORE disrespectful option.
Huh! Well.....nevermind then. Please unsubscribe me from your newsletter.