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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
05/09/09

In reply to A Peek Into the Future of Special Effects with "Ninja Assassin"
Is that a shirtless, digital moving Obama in that frame behind him?
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kagekiri
05/09/09

In reply to A Peek Into the Future of Special Effects with "Ninja Assassin"
"There's a misconception that actors can be replaced by CG, and that's never going to happen ever..."

Wait, I could have sworn there was this company called Pixar, who doesn't use real-life actors in its many hugely popular CG movies.

Huh WHAT?

Of course, there are voice actors, but I'm not sure this guy should make generalizations like that.
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kagekiri was starred kagekiri was unstarred

Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
05/09/09

@kagekiri: Pixar & CG didn't replace actors, they replaced Hand Drawn Animation. You'll never see an all digital "Sophie's Choice", you will see an all digital "Fantasia". That's what he meant because there are many who look at things like 'Beowulf' and some say "yay, we'll get to a point where we won't need live action/actors" or "Shit! They're going to replace live action/actors at some point".
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