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Disney to Stop Using CGI for Carrie Fisher, aka Princess Leia Organa

posted by martyb on Tuesday January 24 2017, @03:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the contains-no-artificial-organas dept.

edIII writes:

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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 24 2017, @05:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 24 2017, @05:00PM (#458144)

    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

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday January 24 2017, @05:45PM (#458166)

    Indeed, episode VII shows the utmost respect for the ideals, plots, and subplots of episode IV.

    Hans Gruber definitely shot first.