For example, Humphrey Bogart as Indiana Jones in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Or say Gregory Peck in Saving Private Ryan. Or how about James Dean as Luke Skywalker!
George C. Scott in “Man Getting Hit by Football”
Margaret Hamilton (witch) in a sci-fi Wizard of Oz remake. Oh hell, let’s throw Burt Lahr (lion) in there too.
Do your own work Hollywood executives.
I’d happily watch some clips of all of your suggestions. But I don’t think it’s a great idea in reality. There’s a lot more to acting that just having a specific appearance. Watching Humphery Bogart’s take on the character of Indiana Jones would be awesome, but watching his face deepfaked over Harrison Ford would be meh, and watching a team of graphic artists attempt to recreate what they think would be an interesting Bogart performance might work, but also might be dull, or unimaginative.
What they’d probably need to do, is hire an actor to create the performance then cover his face up with cgi. In which case, I’d rather just watch the actual actor.
But a future where it’s easy for fans to create mash ups and fan fiction episodes sounds fun. And I’d happily watch those for fun.
they’re dead, let them them stay dead and give the living a chance to make their mark on the world
Remember that time they used CG to bring back Peter Cushing in Rogue One? Remember how bad it looked? Remember how disrespectful it was? Maybe we shouldn’t do it again.
Remember how bad it looked?
Technology improves. It won’t always look that bad.
Remember how disrespectful it was?
As I recall his family was on board with the choice. It didn’t seem disrespectful to me, I was excited to see the character Tarkin show up when I hadn’t expected him to.
Maybe we shouldn’t do it again.
Ah yes, as the old adage says, “If at first you don’t succeed, never try again.”
I don’t think “if at first you don’t succeed” applies here. Like, I’m annoyed they tried once. I think a more applicable adage is “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
With Disney capital to pay for high-end technology that looked amazing, we found the result was passable at best. Peter Cushing’s estate, run by his former secretary, said it was okay, but the overwhelming response from audiences was that it was disrespectful.
We know we couldn’t, and we know we shouldn’t. So let’s not.
“Learn? From our moments of failure? I think you overestimate our audience!”
Ronald Regan in a gay porno would be pretty tight
Jimmy Stewart as Les Grossman from Tropic Thunder
