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A comment on Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please Stop Using It.

Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by bdcravens on Saturday May 20, 2023 @01:54PM (#36014048)
Suspension of disbelief is a critical component of storytelling. Whether it's aliens, laser swords, or a basketball player being guarded by a cartoon character, previous efforts look silly by today's standards, yet the audience fell in love with the story. It need only be "good enough" for a person to make that conversion in their mind.
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Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by SantalBlush on Saturday May 20, 2023 @02:09PM (#36014195)
Some special effects just look bad, regardless of the time period. The lightsabers from Star Wars: A New Hope (the un-remastered version) still look pretty decent. Gollum from the Lord of the Rings trilogy looks ridiculous, and he always did.
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Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by samtho on Saturday May 20, 2023 @02:19PM (#36014287)
I will argue that Gollum looked better than the goblins in The Hobbit trilogy, however. It helped that Andy Serkis played both the mo-cap portion and provided the voice and subsequent acting.
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Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by bombcar on Saturday May 20, 2023 @03:30PM (#36014834)
He certainly looked better than Legolas trying to be Mario.
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Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by emodendroket on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:10PM (#36017697)
But in this case there’s a rather simple alternative of just getting a young actor to play a young person.
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Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by watwut on Sunday May 21, 2023 @02:45AM (#36018569)
Many people go to movies to see specific actors.
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Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by emodendroket on Monday May 22, 2023 @07:05PM (#36037831)
Seems like kind of a breakdown of the whole Hollywood system if the only stars that will get people to see a movie are approaching or in old age, yet they want to see movies about young people.
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