After Dark: John Woo in Vulture, David Zaslav in GQ, Art That Causes a Rift, De-Aging Technology
Added 2023-07-06 11:00:05 +0000 UTCDavid, Devindra, and Jeff discuss Bilge Ebiri's John Woo interview and David Zaslav's profile in GQ (UPDATE: Washington Post has a post-mortem about this). Then it's time to talk about movies that have caused rifts and when movies should use de-aging.
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Re: De-aging va recasting. I think a perfect example of what Dave is talking about is X Men: First Class. Even though those recast actors got some films with worse scripts later in the franchise, I think the recasting worked really well and gave the franchise fresh life. There seems to be a place for all available tools and I’m exciting for de-aging to improve (and visual effects artists to be less overworked so they can fully utilize the tools that already exist), but I truly believe nothing can beat a real flesh and blood person and wish blockbuster franchises were doing more to give the next generation of actors a shot at an entry into the zeitgeist of iconic roles and give legacy actors an easier off-ramp from the same.
Lawson S
2023-07-11 11:02:24 +0000 UTCI don’t understand Devindra’s love for Matrix: Resurrections
Ryan
2023-07-10 15:52:17 +0000 UTC
