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    One obstacle to replacing actors with CGI- their voices. Whoever voiced Tarkin did a good job, but I can't recall how closely he matches Cushing. Some actors have such inimitable voices that no one could do them justice. I've never heard anyone do Bugs Bunny like Mel Blanc did. There was an animated Batman movie where the actor did a really good impression of Mark Hamill's Joker, but you could still tell it wasn't him. Good thing he's still with us!

    Read a rumor that Disney is creating a "phonetic library" of James Earl Jones' voice, so they can have him play Darth Vader long after he's gone.

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    One obstacle to replacing actors with CGI- their voices. Whoever voiced Tarkin did a good job, but I can't recall how closely he matches Cushing. Some actors have such inimitable voices that no one could do them justice. I've never heard anyone do Bugs Bunny like Mel Blanc did. There was an animated Batman movie where the actor did a really good impression of Mark Hamill's Joker, but you could still tell it wasn't him. Good thing he's still with us!

    Read a rumor that Disney is creating a "phonetic library" of James Earl Jones' voice, so they can have him play Darth Vader long after he's gone.
    Speaking of the expanse, there's a scene where Miller uses a voice modulator to copy Julie Mao's voice. I bet we have that in 30 years.
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    Has anyone seen "The Santa Clarita Diet" on Netflix? After seeing the latest "American Gods" trailer with Ian McShane, I had to wonder what Timothy Olyphant was up to. Later, while randomly browsing YouTube, I found a clip of him on Conan promoting this show, which started the very next day.

    It's fun and quick- each episode is only half an hour. Drew Berrymore costars. I watched the first episode without the slightest clue as to what it was about, which made it more fun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elektra Luxx View Post
    I suspect that as technologies get better, Disney will edit in a better Tarkin and Leia.
    Probably. There's precedent for it. Maybe they can get rid of the stupid musical number in Jedi and get Greedo back to shooting first.


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    .IMHO Tron. Watch it in 3D - CLU sometimes looks real, where you can forget him, I.e. Uncanny valley crossed.
    It helps that Clu is supposed to be artificial, and kind of old.
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    Probably. There's precedent for it. Maybe they can get rid of the stupid musical number in Jedi and get Greedo back to shooting first.




    It helps that Clu is supposed to be artificial, and kind of old.
    In the scene on the grid he's the same age as Flynn was when he entered. The point being, in some scenes you don't notice he's not real. Tarkin has close ups and his skin, which admittedly is very very difficult, looks a little artificial. Others he's good. But the real UNcanny Valley is Leia. This is Star Wars. The pinnacle of effects. This is my opinion, of course, I'm only a well informed layman in these matters.
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    I wouldn't be surprised at all if they improved Leia for the home release; at least I hope they will.

    Something else they need to get rid of is Jabba in Ep. 4. They replaced him with a less horrible model, but it still looks bad. Plus it's just an unnecessary scene. And they even kept the original dialogue from the script, which doesn't match up to the Jabba we know from Ep. 6.

    Although Han's "You're a wonderful human being" line is now accidentally funny.

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    ^^IMHO that Jabba scene is like adding a mustache on the Venus de Milo. As someone said the other day ::cringe::
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    I forgot about the tail stomp! Sure, they couldn't find another way to maneuver Harrison Ford around where the stand-in actor was, but maybe that should have told them it was a bad idea in the first place. Jabba would have had Han killed on the spot for that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R-209 View Post
    Something else they need to get rid of is Jabba in Ep. 4. They replaced him with a less horrible model, but it still looks bad. Plus it's just an unnecessary scene. And they even kept the original dialogue from the script, which doesn't match up to the Jabba we know from Ep. 6.
    Not to mention that the inserted scene repeats the dialogue from the Greedo scene, just a couple minutes before. We get it, even Han gets boarded sometimes.
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    I have a comic question:

    Did Doomsday ever really versus Galactus? Or is that just a fan theory?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DonaDiabla View Post
    I have a comic question:

    Did Doomsday ever really versus Galactus? Or is that just a fan theory?
    I don't think so. I'm pretty versed in comic lore and i don't recall any Marvel/DC crossovers where Galactus fought anyone. Probably just a fan theory.
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    though interesting robin did sort of date jubilee for a time when the universes were crossed
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    Galactus faced off against Darkseid in a story called "The Hunger."

    I suspect Disney/Marvel will buy DC in a few years. How much money would "Batman vs. Wolverine" make? Lots of possibilities before they get to "Avengers vs. The Justice League" in 2055 or so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R-209 View Post
    Galactus faced off against Darkseid in a story called "The Hunger."

    I stand corrected.

    i doubt Warner Brothers will let DC go. Disney might have piles of money, but Time/Warner has a few of its own.
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    I am so looking forward to American Gods. Can't wait to see the scene with Bilquis and her client.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elektra Luxx View Post
    I am so looking forward to American Gods. Can't wait to see the scene with Bilquis and her client.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elektra Luxx View Post
    I am so looking forward to American Gods. Can't wait to see the scene with Bilquis and her client.
    Early reviews have been very positive. We're lucky this is on Starz and not... however the SciFi Channel is spelled now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slowpoke View Post
    Where have you been hiding? We have not seen you in a month!
    It's only been a month, it seemed longer. Anywhoo, I needed a break from fantasy for a while.

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    Early reviews have been very positive. We're lucky this is on Starz and not... however the SciFi Channel is spelled now.
    I just saw it and I thought it was very well done. I imagined the Bilquis scene as a more graphic way. As this giant (v-blank) swallowing the guy, the way a python swallows a mouse.

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    I have an nerd question:

    Is Supergirl older than her cousin, Superman?
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    Can Superman hover?

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    ^^Yes - he does it fairly frequently.

    ELuxx I thought that Bilquis scene was kind of weird but maybe it gets explained more later. The scene with Anansi was fantastic. I really geeked out when Odin named himself Wednesday, because Wednesday is actually "Odin's Tag" or Odin's Day. I caught myself looking at the TV and saying that. Geek Power = Maximum!
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    Quote Originally Posted by DonaDiabla View Post
    Is Supergirl older than her cousin, Superman?
    When they leave Krypton, Kara is older than Kal and is sent to protect him. But Kara's pod (in which she doesn't age) gets diverted and she lands on Earth when Kal is fully grown and already Superman.

    Unless that all got changed with the reboot they just did in the comics.

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    Thank you, R-209 I was always curious about that.

    Quote Originally Posted by R-209 View Post
    When they leave Krypton, Kara is older than Kal and is sent to protect him. But Kara's pod (in which she doesn't age) gets diverted and she lands on Earth when Kal is fully grown and already Superman.

    Unless that all got changed with the reboot they just did in the comics.
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