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by Matt Goldberg Posted:December 6th, 2010 at 6:14 am
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George Lucas may be going a little Dr. Frankenstein and not just in the hubris department. Actor-director Mel Smith tells Mail Online [via AICN],
“He’s been buying up the film rights to dead movie stars in the hope of using computer trickery to put them all together in a movie, so you’d have Orson Welles and Barbara Stanwyck appear alongside today’s stars.’ Whether Lucas’ attempt to superimpose the golden-era stars on to today’s screens is doomed to failure or not, Smith will be too busy to be part of it.”
Lucas wrote the story and executive produced Smith’s 1994 film, Radioland Murders. Hit the jump for what Smith had to say about the experience and his thoughts on Lucas’ reliance on digital effects.
Here’s what Smith had to say about Radioland Murders:
“The film was a disaster. George doesn’t understand comedy, so the movie flopped. At least it taught me how to use CGI. George is obsessed with it and used too much in the last two Star Wars films — which I thought were ghastly.”
I would say that Lucas doesn’t understand intentional comedy. Having Darth Vader scream “Nooooo!” is unintentional-comedy gold.
As for Lucas’ digital necromancy, I think it’s a moot point as to whether it’s a good idea or not since Lucas is an awful writer and director. He’ll put so much effort into making the effect look convincing that he’ll forget little things like “story” and “character”. It won’t sully the memory of legendary actors. It will just make Lucas look even worse.
[Image above is animated deceased Orson Welles from The Critic]
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Hopefully these hijinks will keep him busy, so he doesn’t think of new ways to screw up Star Wars or Indiana Jones.
Its already happened/happening???! Look at TRON Legacy..they made a young Jeff Bridges to play along side himself.
Getting the characters to look photo real is almost not the problem anymore, and with Jim Camerons facial mocap technology which breaks the ‘uncanny valley’ that has plagued CG for a long time..its obvious this is gonna happen, whether its Lucas, Cameron or someone else. Its inevitable.
Not Cameron. He said this is exactly what SHOULD NOT happen. Performance capture should be driven by the actor. It’s OK with the Dude because he still plays himself, though de-aged. But with deceased actors it’s impossible.
Basically you can have Bridges playing his digital younger self, but you can’t (or shouldn’t) have Michelle Williams “puppeteering” a CG Marlin Monroe.
Jeff Bridges is not dead.
I think this explains Hayden Christensen’s performances in the prequels.
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George Lucas is an idiot.
A filthy miserable (and billionaire) idiot.
Quit while you still can Lucas
F**king Lucas.
Fuck You George Lucas!