"Barnabas Collins" <BarnabasCollinsonSF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 18 May 2006 08:11:13 GMT, "\(Harmony\) Watcher"
> <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Barnabas Collins" <BarnabasCollinsonSF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >news:vh9n62puiog30ksdona7hfjecj5bdrlkrj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> On Tue, 16 May 2006 23:26:27 GMT, "\(Harmony\) Watcher"
> >> <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >But he's wrong. CGI can do wonders these days. Aging and wrinkles
will
> >not
> >> >appear after the CGI people process the shots. The only question
would
be
> >> >whether he's paid enough to motivate him to reprise his role.
> >> Special effects/makeup/etc. wizards can do amazing stuff but
> >> there are limits to how much you can do to make an 85 year
> >> old Spike look like he is much younger.
> >>
> >> At some point JM will age out to the point where nobody will beleive
> >> for a second that he is the age he is supposed to be.
> >>
> >> The bottom line: William Shatner is in his 70s. Now matter how much
> >> makeup/speical effects magic they do Shatner will still look like a
> >> man in his 70s. JM will reach that point too.
> >>
> >>
> >Are you assuming that it is illegal to use CGI to trim Shatner's
waistline?
> >[Mmm, OK, what waistline? <g>]
> >
> >==Harmony Watcher==
> >
> But there is only so much the miracle workers in special effects can
> do. No matter what they do Shatner will still look like a 75 year old
> man. No matter what special effects they do you'll think Denny Crane
> when you look at 75 year old Shatner.
>
> No special effects wizard will ever make Shatner a convincing
> 18 year old. And JM will reach that point soon too.
>
> Spike doesn't age but JM does.
>
>
CGI techniques these days *can* make anybody--not just Shatner--look like
an
18-year old Shatner. They can make anybody look like anybody else (as long
as there are no legal ramifications). They can make good use of stock
images
of Shatner's face 30 years ago as a starting point to do any needed
modifications on Shatner's face today. "Disposable" actors are not that
far
away--legal issues aside. And "triming" fat away is a piece of cake with
computer imagery.
==Harmony Watcher==
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