Her family was never really supportive of her before her death nor did they care. They just tried to sue to grab some cash with a sympathetic justification that was just bogus behind the scenes.
With Tarkin in Rogue One, if you already knew it was CGI then you'd notice. But I knew people who didn't know who Tarkin was or that the actor died decades ago, who just thought he was any other actor. I pointed it out to my brother afterwards and he had no idea he was CGI.
Batman Jr. there are details like the face looking somewhat rubbery and the moments of the cheeks and mouth are just a bit excessive, but I think it's cool they actually thought about how the skin on the face pushes and pulls when a person is talking or making an expression
The editing is literally the third character, James and Mason are great, but without Ben these videos would just be their Podcast (not saying that's a bad thing, but this is TH-cam not Spotify). His editing skills are legend and I wish I could hire him for my "channel".
I also want to add , because they seem to have forgotten, Heath Ledger, but not "The Dark Knight" because that was completed before his death, I am talking about " The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" in which Ledger completed most of his scenes, but after his death, Johnny Deep , Jude Law and Colin Farrell stepped in and acted in the scenes in which Ledger character enters the Imaginarium.
+James Henstridge Not enough of the movie had been shot for that to work. I think Heath Ledger was not very good in the role. They should have reshot it using Jude Law, who showed himself to be perfect for that part.
James Henstridge that wasn't the point though, they did it that way to add to the dream like aspect of the movie, it adds instead of detracts from the movie
James Henstridge no, I am saying there wasn't even a remotely possible chance of the film being salvageable with what they had, so they did a passionate homage to him using close friends
The weird thing about those Star Wars examples is they hired stand-in actors that they put the CGI over the top of. These actors looked pretty close even without the CGI. Probably would have been less distracting if they'd just used those other actors and not done the CGI stuff. With Leia, they could've just shown the back of her head and you'd still know who she was supposed to be.
I knew that Tarkin was CGI, and it's not hard to tell in the movie, but I still really liked that he was in the movie simply because of the effort they put into it and the fact that I love the character.
Mr Sunday Movies seems to know about all media ever. That's why I feel so proud that I know about The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus over James. Its on of the most creative ways they dealt with an actors death, you would think that switching the actor from heath ledger to Jude law was the original intentional.
I can't believe they didn't mention how the Han Solo Goat has been replaced by some Australian man. The graphics on the man are amazing for a TH-cam video but it creeps me out to see the Goat's voice associated with a human
Proves what now ? that you think having the original old actor play the part with a de-aging overlay IS how it works, but then you realized Arnold proves that your claim from first half of your sentence is wrong ? You proved yourself wrong. congrats. Whatever effects team the MCU is employing, that team of effects artists are how it works, and without them, it does NOT work yet. To clarify, In My Opinion, the ONLY cgi face recreations that were "good" were MCU, Specifically in Ant-Man and in GotG2, and I can't think of a third example of a "good" job of CGI face of a person we already know and have already seen at the age they are being shown. That Rogue One CGI young Leia was creepy bad, and Tarkin looked like he was about to pull his chin up to reveal Ethan Hunt. Terminator is not MCU. I never implied that they were dead, nor did I imply that terminator or ANYONE else has EVER done a good job with their CGI faces. I felt the the Genysys cgi looked like a video game, A pretty good game, but fell short of looking "real".
Russell is apparently all practical make-up and lighting. Imho RDJ younger self is amazing! They had to make rdj younger than he actually was in 1991! Thats attention to detail. Honestly im fine with cgi rdj im 4eva!
What I find interesting is to me Grand Moff Tarkin was obvious but I thought Leia may have been archived footage. Most other people I know experienced the complete opposite, they thought Peter Cushing was immortal but were freaked out by the Leia CGI. And while I haven't watched the Fast and the Furious movie seeing CGI Paul Walker turn his head at 9:34 gave me motion sickness but James and Mason like that one. It's as if there are different facial aspects people pick up so whether one works is really individualised.
I know Jeff Bridges isn't dead, but when CLU 2.0 made his appearance in Tron: Legacy, I always thought it looked great for the time. Now I realize it didn't age that well.
The scene in the Crow where he comes back to his apartment for the first time after he is brought back from the dead and puts together his Crow outfit and Crow makeup, was done entirely by a body double. To me you can’t tell that Brandon Lee was not in that scene. The film makers did a fantastic job finishing the film.
The guy who did the voice for Tarkin in Rogue One has a regular role on a British TV drama called Holby City, kinda looks like him too, creepy dude but a good actor.
considering that i don't know what the original actors looked like for some of these, they actually look fine, like regular people. It's only when i'm familiar with the actor that it seems like an uncanny valley situation
The only part of the crow that they didn't get was the opening scene. That's why your really don't see his face much. Then when the lighting flashes when he's standing in the round window his face was put in with cgi.
He's not dead (...as of August 2018...) but I was always really impressed by the de-age-ification (real word) of Michael Douglas in Ant-man, and no-one talked about it much at the time. I thought they did a really good job there! So yeah I've no doubt they'll eventually nail this technology eventually - and do it so convincingly, we'll never be able to tell...
One interesting one is Peter Sellers in the Trail of the Pink Panther; he never actually filmed a single scene for it and they exclusively used obscured doubles or unseen footage.
I've never really seen them side by side and when I watch Rogue One I have to pay a bit of attention to take note of Tarkins movements and such rather than just staring at the screen braindead. But seeing the clips showing Tarkin in New Hope and cutting immediately to Tarkin in Rogue One prompted a visceral reaction that actually made me recoil.
For The Crow, they didn't use a CG Brandon Lee, they just took some footage of him and super-imposed it onto a different set for scenes that hadn't been shot yet, and used a body-double. They also broke his image up for a smashed mirror scene. There was an episode of Movie Magic on it.
With fast and furious I honestly thought it was only the last scene that they CGId his face on... pretty impressed that I didn’t notice throughout the rest of the movie
7:48 The Crow is my number one favorite film, and yes they did do a wonderful job with what they had. It's said that the studio already had budget restraints, but they were very fortunate that most scenes were finished with Brandon Lee, they just had to use a stunt double and CGI to finish any last bits needed, which obviously raised the cost of the film. Anyway the make-up also helps and the Brandon's double is only really noticeable in the club, when Eric comes and kills almost everyone, and he does a flip over the table, that is his double. I only know this because of the behind the scenes on the DVD, I think it's on that.
Even the most lifelike still images of the absolute best CGI will fail to fool people in a lot of circumstances, especially now that people are wise to what ai images can do. The uncanny valley is very shallow now, but it still kind of exists.
Heath ledger died during filming of imaginarium of dr parnassus. The character was brought back using many actors to replace him in few imaginarium scenes (jude law, johnny depp, etc) and actually making the story richer
I actually think they might use the digital scan of Chadwick Boseman to help send the character off. My theory is that they might make his sister (Shuri) into the Black Panther, and maybe T'Challa will retire and just be the king. They could get somebody to do a voice, even edit it to sound more like him, and have him past the mantle down to her. That's what I think I would do, so it's respectful and not just killing the character off or replacing him with another actor. If they do decide to recast him though, that's their choice, but I don't think they will.
You guys are awesome if I am having a bad day all I need do is watch one of your videos the Daniel Craig Russet potato head in a Tuxedo still makes me laugh and will always make me laugh!
The only part I thought looked a bit fake was when he was in the white car at the end. The lighting didn't really match up. For the rest, I didn't notice anything wrong.
There was a pink panther movie where Peter Sellers had died before production so instead of doing something like cancelling the film or recasting they used archive footage of him or had a body double with his face wrapped in bandages.
You forgot Heath Ledger in the Dr Parnasus movie. Where he was teleporting and each time he'd be replaced by a different actor.Johnny Depp,Orlando Bloom etc
Tarkin looks like something out of an absolutely amazing video game cutscene. Just doesn't fit in a live action movie but looks amazing in its own right.
Oh, great vid.... If this one was not only about ressurected people, and instead be about this great technology, you may put Anthony Stark younger on Civi War as his parents too, Michael Douglas on Ant Man , and if i`m correct, T`chaka on Black Panther
I was really impressed by Grand Moff Tarkin in theaters, but every single time I watch Rogue One at home, I can't help but feel he's from a PS4 cutscene
You can thank 2010 Tron Legacy for starting CGI actors, with old & young Jeff Bridges. Then we got Michael Douglas in the Ant Man movies, and Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Soon, there won't be elderly characters in movies anymore, since they will all be de-aged for the silver screen.
There's another Lee... Christopher. Okay The Hobbit 3 was finished, but I'd love to see him come back. Such an awesome actor. He made the Star Wars prequels watchable.
I think the part of the problem with CGI people is they give the skin too much detail more than a camera captures on a real person. For proof take a snap of Tarkin from Rogue One and blur out the finer details in his face. It will end up looking a lot more convincing.
I would have kept Tarkin’s face as just a reflection in the window, and just had Leia seen from the back. They were able to use old recordings of her to recreate her saying Hope.
Even through youtube's shitty compression that normally makes CGI look worse, the CGI Leia in Rogue One still looks perfect to me. Tarkin, yeah he looks a lot worse in this video than he did on a cinema screen, but Leia still looks like a real person to me
Have to say what they did with Heath Ledger in The imaginarium of Dr ponassus was really clever. All the scenes outside the imaginarium was Ledger and all the scenes inside went to Drpp, Farrell and Law, they explained this away with ledgers character being special
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus was Heath Ledger's final film. They go about it by having Jude Law and Johnny Depp play the same character at different times during the film. I thought it was an interesting approach
As someone who doesn't care for Star Wars or know that actor, that cgi was incredible. It's so good. It's totally plausible that in a few years you will no longer be able to tell what is real or cgi.
You didn't mention Peter Sellars in "Trail of the Pink Panther". He died before the movie started filming and they made his entire performance from deleted scenes.
It seems like they are reluctant to emulate the fast twitchy movements real people make with their heads or faces. I'm sure its challenging. Most of the CGI performances have a very slow-paced, gliding, gradual movements to expressions and head which makes them stick out.
I want a Joe Strummer hologram so the rest of the surviving members of The Clash could put on a big concert I could go to. This has nothing to do with the question you asked at the end, I just want it.
The thing I find off-putting about CGI people is they either have lifeless eyes or overly twitchy eyes. The skin is either overly shiny or plastic like. The mouth movements doesn't match the surrounding skin movements and come off as clayish. Tarkin was a good attempt, the eyes had enough movement, with the eyes looking real. The skin texture and blemishes made it look like a real person, the plastic look was missing, which was great, but it was too dark. I am sure they were using darkness to cover up more telltale signs and can be overlooked. However, the most tell-tale sign and made it obvious to me was the mouth movements. The connection between speaking and expression was missing, the more it spoke the less of a connection there was. Overall CGI faces are a 7/10 if you throw enough money at the project, they just need to nail the speaking and expression problem.
I find it weird that everytime I watch Rogue One, the Grand Moff Tarkin CGI get's more realistic as the movie progresses. I definitely detect the CGI when he was first introduced, but by his last scene he looks so real. I don't know if there is indeed a difference of quality or my brain adjusts, but yeah... Tarkin looks more real on the last scenes he was in.
I was surprised when they brought back the T-rex in Jurassic World. Especially since her family had been against it.
Amaranth Yeah, I heard they tried to sue.
Salebolen! Really? I heard her and the director had a "deal"
Her family was never really supportive of her before her death nor did they care. They just tried to sue to grab some cash with a sympathetic justification that was just bogus behind the scenes.
Idk when she flew through space an you could see that coke nail, pure cinema
RIP Marc Bolan
But internet celebrity Nick Mason can't die!!!
It's in his contract.
He's not allowed.
Nick Mason isn't a man hes a symbol an idea
I think there’s a loophole in the contract that he can die when the internet dies
If I remember right, they are both under a gypsy curse which forces them to keep doing the podcast for all time
And yet James is always plotting to kill him.
With Tarkin in Rogue One, if you already knew it was CGI then you'd notice. But I knew people who didn't know who Tarkin was or that the actor died decades ago, who just thought he was any other actor. I pointed it out to my brother afterwards and he had no idea he was CGI.
Batman Jr. I didn’t even know who Tarkin or Cushing were, and I figured it was CG.
Batman Jr. I’d say it depends how much CGI you’ve seen. I recognized it immediately.
Batman Jr. there are details like the face looking somewhat rubbery and the moments of the cheeks and mouth are just a bit excessive, but I think it's cool they actually thought about how the skin on the face pushes and pulls when a person is talking or making an expression
Same.. went to watch it with a bunch of friends and only the ones who knew who he was and that he was dead notice. I think knowing help a lot.
This is legitimately the first i've heard of him dying, I didn't notice at all
Can we take a minute to appreciate James' editor. I actually really like the editing
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That would probably be Ben From Canada
The editing is literally the third character, James and Mason are great, but without Ben these videos would just be their Podcast (not saying that's a bad thing, but this is TH-cam not Spotify). His editing skills are legend and I wish I could hire him for my "channel".
Wait, James has travelled? Pretty sure he's never mentioned that before.
Mr Trick well he doesn’t like to mention it
That wasn’t him. They recreated a CGI james for the epic motorbike stunt.
He's a man of the world
Six Beer Math But he's still married bitch!!
He doesn’t brag about it
IM ON A BIKE IM RIDING A BIKE
I never rided a bike
I also want to add , because they seem to have forgotten, Heath Ledger, but not "The Dark Knight" because that was completed before his death, I am talking about " The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" in which Ledger completed most of his scenes, but after his death, Johnny Deep , Jude Law and Colin Farrell stepped in and acted in the scenes in which Ledger character enters the Imaginarium.
I think they could have found some stand-ins that looked a bit more like Heath Ledger though. It's like they weren't even trying.
+James Henstridge Not enough of the movie had been shot for that to work.
I think Heath Ledger was not very good in the role. They should have reshot it using Jude Law, who showed himself to be perfect for that part.
James Henstridge that wasn't the point though, they did it that way to add to the dream like aspect of the movie, it adds instead of detracts from the movie
So you agree that they weren't even trying? :-)
James Henstridge no, I am saying there wasn't even a remotely possible chance of the film being salvageable with what they had, so they did a passionate homage to him using close friends
0:08 Man, It been 4 years and I still miss him.
Austin Voelker 😔
The weird thing about those Star Wars examples is they hired stand-in actors that they put the CGI over the top of. These actors looked pretty close even without the CGI. Probably would have been less distracting if they'd just used those other actors and not done the CGI stuff. With Leia, they could've just shown the back of her head and you'd still know who she was supposed to be.
Stop making me think about death
I knew that Tarkin was CGI, and it's not hard to tell in the movie, but I still really liked that he was in the movie simply because of the effort they put into it and the fact that I love the character.
Mr Sunday Movies seems to know about all media ever. That's why I feel so proud that I know about The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus over James. Its on of the most creative ways they dealt with an actors death, you would think that switching the actor from heath ledger to Jude law was the original intentional.
"They should've obscured Tony Soprano's mother with a crystal" made me piss myself laughing, idk why just such good callback humor
I can't believe they didn't mention how the Han Solo Goat has been replaced by some Australian man.
The graphics on the man are amazing for a TH-cam video but it creeps me out to see the Goat's voice associated with a human
MCU has done the best cgi faces so far, with Ant-Man 1986 scene, and GotG2 young Kurt Russell. Young RDJ, not so much.
none of those guys are dead so that might be why, although young arnold in slavation and genisys proves that isnt always the case
Proves what now ? that you think having the original old actor play the part with a de-aging overlay IS how it works, but then you realized Arnold proves that your claim from first half of your sentence is wrong ? You proved yourself wrong. congrats.
Whatever effects team the MCU is employing, that team of effects artists are how it works, and without them, it does NOT work yet.
To clarify, In My Opinion, the ONLY cgi face recreations that were "good" were MCU, Specifically in Ant-Man and in GotG2, and I can't think of a third example of a "good" job of CGI face of a person we already know and have already seen at the age they are being shown.
That Rogue One CGI young Leia was creepy bad, and Tarkin looked like he was about to pull his chin up to reveal Ethan Hunt.
Terminator is not MCU.
I never implied that they were dead, nor did I imply that terminator or ANYONE else has EVER done a good job with their CGI faces. I felt the the Genysys cgi looked like a video game, A pretty good game, but fell short of looking "real".
no dude, all i was saying it was a case by case basis and that some are good CGI and some are bad CGI
It also helps that those guys are still alive and have dozens of films from the past to digitally record.
Russell is apparently all practical make-up and lighting. Imho RDJ younger self is amazing! They had to make rdj younger than he actually was in 1991! Thats attention to detail. Honestly im fine with cgi rdj im 4eva!
Bloody great work, James! It might even be your best work yet!
Matheus Martins tell that to Ben
What I find interesting is to me Grand Moff Tarkin was obvious but I thought Leia may have been archived footage. Most other people I know experienced the complete opposite, they thought Peter Cushing was immortal but were freaked out by the Leia CGI. And while I haven't watched the Fast and the Furious movie seeing CGI Paul Walker turn his head at 9:34 gave me motion sickness but James and Mason like that one. It's as if there are different facial aspects people pick up so whether one works is really individualised.
Man death does happen
Edit: the dinosaur clip at 8:31 is from nsp’s dinosaur laser fight , and since we will all die you should also watch that
Tryspark New game plus It's fucking science!
Yes! Animation credits go to Egoraptor, who, despite calling himself a dinosaur, is not dead.
Just ask Albert Einstein
The unprofessionals that's my favorite song if theirs, except for no reason boner.
BarryAllen84 He invented space.
The most impressive CGI face to either represent a dead or younger character was Young Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
I'm gonna live forever!
Kevin Farren sure you are...
*Dies*
I'm gonna learn how to fly!
I know Jeff Bridges isn't dead, but when CLU 2.0 made his appearance in Tron: Legacy, I always thought it looked great for the time. Now I realize it didn't age that well.
The scene in the Crow where he comes back to his apartment for the first time after he is brought back from the dead and puts together his Crow outfit and Crow makeup, was done entirely by a body double. To me you can’t tell that Brandon Lee was not in that scene. The film makers did a fantastic job finishing the film.
Peter Cushing already looked like a vampire anyway, so bringing him back into uncanny valley wasn't as unsettling as it could have been
The guy who did the voice for Tarkin in Rogue One has a regular role on a British TV drama called Holby City, kinda looks like him too, creepy dude but a good actor.
considering that i don't know what the original actors looked like for some of these, they actually look fine, like regular people. It's only when i'm familiar with the actor that it seems like an uncanny valley situation
Glad I got to see ur aquaman video before it got removed
It's back: th-cam.com/video/NL0twm1VPMI/w-d-xo.html
Love all your vids man. Why did you change the thumbnail? It tripped me out man, thought I was seeing things
I want a movie made entirely of scanned actors and none of them are voiced by themselves even if they're alive.
I love the "I'm riding a bike!" Video, we need more of that
Edititor is literally amazing finds the best references and graphics
The only part of the crow that they didn't get was the opening scene. That's why your really don't see his face much. Then when the lighting flashes when he's standing in the round window his face was put in with cgi.
The faces of them is just so goofy XD. I love it.
Natalie Wood in Brainstorm, James Dean in Giant, Marilyn Monroe in Something's Gotta Give, Heath Ledger in Dr.Parnassus
I have a lot of questions about that motorbike scene
5:50 that's Vancouver! With a crystal!
He's not dead (...as of August 2018...) but I was always really impressed by the de-age-ification (real word) of Michael Douglas in Ant-man, and no-one talked about it much at the time. I thought they did a really good job there! So yeah I've no doubt they'll eventually nail this technology eventually - and do it so convincingly, we'll never be able to tell...
Christopher Saunders Funny enough, he shared a scene with Hayley Atwell wearing make up to appear older.
Yeah and the other guy, whose name I can't remember. The digital effect they gave to her in Winter Soldier was really good too
The openings to these are fantastic.
I’m not even a huge fan really of the fast series/Paul walker, but I still weep everytime I see that last scene of him
One interesting one is Peter Sellers in the Trail of the Pink Panther; he never actually filmed a single scene for it and they exclusively used obscured doubles or unseen footage.
I love the Dom Fera cut in Footage at 10:35 oh my god
CGI James riding a bike!
I honestly didn't know that much of Fast7 was done that way, with his brother that is. Thanks!
I've never really seen them side by side and when I watch Rogue One I have to pay a bit of attention to take note of Tarkins movements and such rather than just staring at the screen braindead. But seeing the clips showing Tarkin in New Hope and cutting immediately to Tarkin in Rogue One prompted a visceral reaction that actually made me recoil.
For The Crow, they didn't use a CG Brandon Lee, they just took some footage of him and super-imposed it onto a different set for scenes that hadn't been shot yet, and used a body-double. They also broke his image up for a smashed mirror scene. There was an episode of Movie Magic on it.
This intro alone deserves a million views
With fast and furious I honestly thought it was only the last scene that they CGId his face on... pretty impressed that I didn’t notice throughout the rest of the movie
That clip of the empty Iron Man mask popping open was perfect.
7:48 The Crow is my number one favorite film, and yes they did do a wonderful job with what they had. It's said that the studio already had budget restraints, but they were very fortunate that most scenes were finished with Brandon Lee, they just had to use a stunt double and CGI to finish any last bits needed, which obviously raised the cost of the film. Anyway the make-up also helps and the Brandon's double is only really noticeable in the club, when Eric comes and kills almost everyone, and he does a flip over the table, that is his double. I only know this because of the behind the scenes on the DVD, I think it's on that.
Even the most lifelike still images of the absolute best CGI will fail to fool people in a lot of circumstances, especially now that people are wise to what ai images can do. The uncanny valley is very shallow now, but it still kind of exists.
"[RDJ's] a faceless man."
-Mr. Sunday Movies, 2018
RDJ is Jaqen H'ghar Confirmed!!!
Heath ledger died during filming of imaginarium of dr parnassus. The character was brought back using many actors to replace him in few imaginarium scenes (jude law, johnny depp, etc) and actually making the story richer
This is weird. Chadwick Boseman died today, so I’m wondering about the future of the Black Panther franchise. Now this video shows up
I actually think they might use the digital scan of Chadwick Boseman to help send the character off. My theory is that they might make his sister (Shuri) into the Black Panther, and maybe T'Challa will retire and just be the king. They could get somebody to do a voice, even edit it to sound more like him, and have him past the mantle down to her. That's what I think I would do, so it's respectful and not just killing the character off or replacing him with another actor. If they do decide to recast him though, that's their choice, but I don't think they will.
Thank you, Ben, for using the bike video
You guys are awesome if I am having a bad day all I need do is watch one of your videos the Daniel Craig Russet potato head in a Tuxedo still makes me laugh and will always make me laugh!
I don't think Paul walkers looked that great but that could have been because I knew he had passed away
Same, I thought certain parts were alright but theres definitely a fair share that were not.
The only part I thought looked a bit fake was when he was in the white car at the end. The lighting didn't really match up. For the rest, I didn't notice anything wrong.
Yes, it was a really blend performence.
I think it would be cool if you guys did Easter egg videos for older superhero movies like the old spiderman franchise or blade
Chad Stahelski(John Wick 1 and 2 director) was Brandon Lees stuntman and body double for the Crow.
Someday every actor will be revived
Great video, you guys crack me up :)
There was a pink panther movie where Peter Sellers had died before production so instead of doing something like cancelling the film or recasting they used archive footage of him or had a body double with his face wrapped in bandages.
You forgot Heath Ledger in the Dr Parnasus movie. Where he was teleporting and each time he'd be replaced by a different actor.Johnny Depp,Orlando Bloom etc
Tarkin looks like something out of an absolutely amazing video game cutscene. Just doesn't fit in a live action movie but looks amazing in its own right.
They used quite a bit of first person stuff for The Crow too, especially in the flashback sequences
The Paul Walker scenes were mostly done with the hell of his two brothers because they look so much like him. And yeah did also have elements of CGI
Oh, great vid.... If this one was not only about ressurected people, and instead be about this great technology, you may put Anthony Stark younger on Civi War as his parents too, Michael Douglas on Ant Man , and if i`m correct, T`chaka on Black Panther
We all die it's either die or be died.
Lil Zimbabwe “be died”
What you gonna do?
8:30
Ya know, it’s just an old school dinosaur laser fight.
Robert Downey Jr owns the rights to his 3D scan.
"We all die" Jesus James bit heavy
Young Robert Downey Jr from Civil War may have been worth an honourable mention.
Wow it's almost as if it says DECEASED in the title
I was really impressed by Grand Moff Tarkin in theaters, but every single time I watch Rogue One at home, I can't help but feel he's from a PS4 cutscene
You can thank 2010 Tron Legacy for starting CGI actors, with old & young Jeff Bridges. Then we got Michael Douglas in the Ant Man movies, and Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Soon, there won't be elderly characters in movies anymore, since they will all be de-aged for the silver screen.
Sweet shot of Vancouver at 5:49 :)
There's another Lee...
Christopher.
Okay The Hobbit 3 was finished, but I'd love to see him come back. Such an awesome actor. He made the Star Wars prequels watchable.
I think the part of the problem with CGI people is they give the skin too much detail more than a camera captures on a real person. For proof take a snap of Tarkin from Rogue One and blur out the finer details in his face. It will end up looking a lot more convincing.
Robert Downey Jr owns all the rights to his own likeness, u even mentioned that in one of ur podcasts
Love the picture of an actual wheelhouse.
Fuck I love Ben from Canada's editing. Always so good
The next time I'm on a bike I plan to scream "I'm riding this bike! I'm riding a motorbike!"
I would have kept Tarkin’s face as just a reflection in the window, and just had Leia seen from the back. They were able to use old recordings of her to recreate her saying Hope.
Kevin Feige-“I haven’t seen a dinosaur in a while”
*DEVIL DINOSAUR RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED*
RDJ was one of the first actors that licensed the rights to his digital scan. He talks about this in a video where they tour one of his homes
Even through youtube's shitty compression that normally makes CGI look worse, the CGI Leia in Rogue One still looks perfect to me. Tarkin, yeah he looks a lot worse in this video than he did on a cinema screen, but Leia still looks like a real person to me
Have to say what they did with Heath Ledger in The imaginarium of Dr ponassus was really clever. All the scenes outside the imaginarium was Ledger and all the scenes inside went to Drpp, Farrell and Law, they explained this away with ledgers character being special
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus was Heath Ledger's final film. They go about it by having Jude Law and Johnny Depp play the same character at different times during the film. I thought it was an interesting approach
As someone who doesn't care for Star Wars or know that actor, that cgi was incredible. It's so good. It's totally plausible that in a few years you will no longer be able to tell what is real or cgi.
Wow, it's like you haven't seen a living human before.
7:38 Allegedly it's Brandon Lee's sparring partner, Chad Stahelski, stuntman and director of the John Wick films.
You didn't mention Peter Sellars in "Trail of the Pink Panther". He died before the movie started filming and they made his entire performance from deleted scenes.
That’s... interesting.
8:30 now your using NinjaSexParty footage from dinosaur laser fight? What’s with the sudden use of GameGrumps and NSP clips?
In regards to Paul Walker, I didn't realise that THAT much of it was CGI.
Sean Young (Rachel) isn't dead, but they made a terrific job to bring her back in Blade Runner 2049!
An early one that I think deserves mentioning was Humphrey Bogart in Tales from the Crypt.
It seems like they are reluctant to emulate the fast twitchy movements real people make with their heads or faces. I'm sure its challenging. Most of the CGI performances have a very slow-paced, gliding, gradual movements to expressions and head which makes them stick out.
I thought it woulda been ok after seeing Paul walker again but hearing mason sing the song still made me tear up a bit 😭
4:41 God damn the gun shots are loud
To a lesser extent, for Cars 3 they used dialogue Paul Newman recorded for the first Cars that went unused. And it’s not bad it just feels weird
I want a Joe Strummer hologram so the rest of the surviving members of The Clash could put on a big concert I could go to. This has nothing to do with the question you asked at the end, I just want it.
Semi-random fact. Marlon Brando was apparently not Italian.
The thing I find off-putting about CGI people is they either have lifeless eyes or overly twitchy eyes. The skin is either overly shiny or plastic like. The mouth movements doesn't match the surrounding skin movements and come off as clayish.
Tarkin was a good attempt, the eyes had enough movement, with the eyes looking real. The skin texture and blemishes made it look like a real person, the plastic look was missing, which was great, but it was too dark. I am sure they were using darkness to cover up more telltale signs and can be overlooked. However, the most tell-tale sign and made it obvious to me was the mouth movements. The connection between speaking and expression was missing, the more it spoke the less of a connection there was.
Overall CGI faces are a 7/10 if you throw enough money at the project, they just need to nail the speaking and expression problem.
I find it weird that everytime I watch Rogue One, the Grand Moff Tarkin CGI get's more realistic as the movie progresses. I definitely detect the CGI when he was first introduced, but by his last scene he looks so real. I don't know if there is indeed a difference of quality or my brain adjusts, but yeah... Tarkin looks more real on the last scenes he was in.