Comments on: Video: F/X wizards raise the dead http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:07:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Just Some Poor Schmuck http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-198733 Just Some Poor Schmuck Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:38:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-198733 <strong>This Could Be The Last Generation Of Hollywood Actors...</strong> Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: F/X wizards raise the dead Technology could make movie stars expendable. I'm not sure I want ot imagine what this will do to the porn industry....... This Could Be The Last Generation Of Hollywood Actors…

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: F/X wizards raise the dead Technology could make movie stars expendable. I’m not sure I want ot imagine what this will do to the porn industry…….

]]> By: Confederate http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-194859 Confederate Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:48:38 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-194859 Look at the bright side. Computer generated actors can’t be liberal idiots! Only the programmer can be that! Look at the bright side. Computer generated actors can’t be liberal idiots! Only the programmer can be that!

]]> By: Tzetzes http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-194369 Tzetzes Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:25:46 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-194369 I don't usually use the word <em>awesome</em>... but that's <em>awesome</em><em>!</em> I don’t usually use the word awesome…

but that’s awesome!

]]> By: Kralizec http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-194316 Kralizec Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:17:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-194316 * I wonder if "Mona Lisa" is Niccolo Machiavelli, feminized. * Image certification--by means unknown to me--will become an important new industry. Some will make millions investing in successful companies, and others will lose their savings investing in flops and also-rans. * I wonder if “Mona Lisa” is Niccolo Machiavelli, feminized.

* Image certification–by means unknown to me–will become an important new industry. Some will make millions investing in successful companies, and others will lose their savings investing in flops and also-rans.

]]> By: frankj http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-194132 frankj Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:02:00 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-194132 Yeah, there's that creepy zone where the closer a digital face looks to a real face without quite being there, the creepier the appearance. Until this is perfected, it's just off-putting. Yeah, there’s that creepy zone where the closer a digital face looks to a real face without quite being there, the creepier the appearance. Until this is perfected, it’s just off-putting.

]]> By: Rusty Bill http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-194122 Rusty Bill Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:44:40 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-194122 <blockquote>I was thinking the same thing! I know I read a small article a while back they were planning to do a remake. I can’t find the bleedin’ article! kiakjones on January 21, 2007 at 3:16 PM</blockquote> One of my favorite films - lots of eye candy, and the title song* is... haunting. The <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082677/dvd" rel="nofollow">DVD</a> is scheduled for release later this month. "Looker" at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looker" rel="nofollow">WikiPedia</a> * Written by Barry DeVorzon and performed by Sue Saad

I was thinking the same thing! I know I read a small article a while back they were planning to do a remake. I can’t find the bleedin’ article!

kiakjones on January 21, 2007 at 3:16 PM

One of my favorite films – lots of eye candy, and the title song* is… haunting.

The DVD is scheduled for release later this month.

“Looker” at WikiPedia

* Written by Barry DeVorzon and performed by Sue Saad

]]> By: kiakjones http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-194108 kiakjones Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:16:14 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-194108 Hollywood itself predicted this years ago. Looker, 1981, Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey Rusty Bill on January 20, 2007 at 8:12 PM I was thinking the same thing! I know I read a small article a while back they were planning to do a remake. I can't find the bleedin' article! Hollywood itself predicted this years ago.

Looker, 1981, Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey

Rusty Bill on January 20, 2007 at 8:12 PM

I was thinking the same thing! I know I read a small article a while back they were planning to do a remake. I can’t find the bleedin’ article!

]]> By: Blacklake http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193968 Blacklake Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:05:51 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193968 The still images look great, but once you apply animation, there's still extremely subtle but equally important things missing. As with that creepy Orville Redenbocker ad, we're extremely sensitive to the most miniscule cues in the movements of facial muscles, the stressing of skin, etc; missing even a bit of it makes the difference between watching grandpa and watching his reanimated corpse. (For non-humans, though, we aren't nearly as easily offended; hence, Gollum leaves us amazed where Orville leaves us uneasy.) But that just means we aren't there yet. There are armies of animators and programmers working on these details, and you can see the progress being made on a regular basis. In 10 years, it might well be impossible to tell the difference. The still images look great, but once you apply animation, there’s still extremely subtle but equally important things missing. As with that creepy Orville Redenbocker ad, we’re extremely sensitive to the most miniscule cues in the movements of facial muscles, the stressing of skin, etc; missing even a bit of it makes the difference between watching grandpa and watching his reanimated corpse. (For non-humans, though, we aren’t nearly as easily offended; hence, Gollum leaves us amazed where Orville leaves us uneasy.)

But that just means we aren’t there yet. There are armies of animators and programmers working on these details, and you can see the progress being made on a regular basis. In 10 years, it might well be impossible to tell the difference.

]]> By: Fandango http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193818 Fandango Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:53:49 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193818 <blockquote>Look, within 20 years, you’ll be able to order Casbalanca on cable and pick it starring anyone you want. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, for example. And you’ll be able to see Bette Davis starring as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind, too. It’s coming. ahem on January 20, 2007 at 7:59 PM</blockquote> I like that Idea....Frankinstien starting John Kerry as the Monster...John Edwards as the little Girl he throws down the well. Dennis Kusinich as Igor. and Howard Dean as Doctor Frankinstien. I can just picture him screaming It's Alive It's Alive EEEEeaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwww.

Look, within 20 years, you’ll be able to order Casbalanca on cable and pick it starring anyone you want. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, for example. And you’ll be able to see Bette Davis starring as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind, too. It’s coming.

ahem on January 20, 2007 at 7:59 PM

I like that Idea….Frankinstien starting John Kerry as the Monster…John Edwards as the little Girl he throws down the well. Dennis Kusinich as Igor. and Howard Dean as Doctor Frankinstien. I can just picture him screaming It’s Alive It’s Alive EEEEeaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwww.

]]> By: paranoid http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193653 paranoid Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:25:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193653 i call shenanigans i call shenanigans

]]> By: emmaline1138 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193622 emmaline1138 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:37:33 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193622 omg amazing. omg amazing.

]]> By: Militant Bibliophile http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193590 Militant Bibliophile Sun, 21 Jan 2007 07:51:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193590 That whole male to female thing gives a whole new perspective on animus vs anima... That whole male to female thing gives a whole new perspective on animus vs anima…

]]> By: Karl http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193587 Karl Sun, 21 Jan 2007 07:46:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193587 Actually, what they are doing here is far more cutting-edge and more robust in application than what was done with the Brando stuff in Superman Returns. And they have been working on it for years (I had the Hepburn clip for years, for example). You can see the published work goes back a <a href="http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~blanz/" rel="nofollow">decade or so.</a> Unlike the Brando stuff, the underlying tech here has application to fields like facial recongition and such. A little Google action for those involved will tell you these guys are also getting DARPA money as part of the HumanID project. Actually, what they are doing here is far more cutting-edge and more robust in application than what was done with the Brando stuff in Superman Returns. And they have been working on it for years (I had the Hepburn clip for years, for example). You can see the published work goes back a decade or so.

Unlike the Brando stuff, the underlying tech here has application to fields like facial recongition and such. A little Google action for those involved will tell you these guys are also getting DARPA money as part of the HumanID project.

]]> By: Buck Turgidson http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193501 Buck Turgidson Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:02:50 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193501 <blockquote>Cant find Jamil Hussien ? Just make him up ! William Amos on January 20, 2007 at 6:23 PM</blockquote> Jamil who?

Cant find Jamil Hussien ? Just make him up !

William Amos on January 20, 2007 at 6:23 PM

Jamil who?

]]> By: JinxMcHue http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193472 JinxMcHue Sun, 21 Jan 2007 05:28:16 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193472 Is it just me, or does the "frown" look really hokey? Is it just me, or does the “frown” look really hokey?

]]> By: GT http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193363 GT Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:38:58 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193363 Hmmmmm....maybe now they can bring back the original Star Trek series complete with Kirk, McCoy and Spock. . Hmmmmm….maybe now they can bring back the original Star Trek series complete with Kirk, McCoy and Spock.

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]]> By: Jim Treacher http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193362 Jim Treacher Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:37:11 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193362 <blockquote>Was this how they brought Brando back for his performance in “Superman Returns?”</blockquote> <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=-K_x-HE_ya8" rel="nofollow">Yep.</a>

Was this how they brought Brando back for his performance in “Superman Returns?”

Yep.

]]> By: lorien1973 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193297 lorien1973 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:32:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193297 Wait. How does this translate into my sex robot. If it doesn't, I'm not interested. Wait. How does this translate into my sex robot. If it doesn’t, I’m not interested.

]]> By: x95b10 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193282 x95b10 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:18:44 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193282 <blockquote>(a) I can’t wait for that Beatles reunion concert.</blockquote> I'm wondering if they can remove Yoko from our collective minds. Best band ever! I think this is awesome and I can't wait to see Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart and Rita Hayworth.

(a) I can’t wait for that Beatles reunion concert.

I’m wondering if they can remove Yoko from our collective minds. Best band ever!

I think this is awesome and I can’t wait to see Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart and Rita Hayworth.

]]> By: CliffHanger http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193275 CliffHanger Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:10:12 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193275 Run Forrest, Run!! Run Forrest, Run!!

]]> By: a4g http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193248 a4g Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:24:29 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193248 Fake is the new real. Fake is the new real.

]]> By: Rusty Bill http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193239 Rusty Bill Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:12:44 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193239 Hollywood itself predicted this years ago. <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0082677/" rel="nofollow">Looker</a>, 1981, Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey Hollywood itself predicted this years ago.

Looker, 1981, Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey

]]> By: ahem http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193233 ahem Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:59:34 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193233 Look, within 20 years, you'll be able to order <em>Casbalanca </em>on cable and pick it starring anyone you want. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, for example. And you'll be able to see Bette Davis starring as Scarlett O'Hara in <em>Gone With the Wind</em>, too. It's coming. Look, within 20 years, you’ll be able to order Casbalanca on cable and pick it starring anyone you want. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, for example. And you’ll be able to see Bette Davis starring as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind, too. It’s coming.

]]> By: Mazztek http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193230 Mazztek Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:54:33 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193230 Well, there goes Internet Dating... Well, there goes Internet Dating…

]]> By: bbz123 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-193206 bbz123 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:30:06 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/20/video-fx-wizards-raise-the-dead/#comment-193206 The price to digitally reproduce Sean Penn, George Clooney and Cameron Dias: $200,000,000. TO be able to turn them off after their performance: priceless. The price to digitally reproduce Sean Penn, George Clooney and Cameron Dias:
$200,000,000.
TO be able to turn them off after their performance:
priceless.

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