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A lot has been made of a de-aged Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” After all, Ford, 80, first portrayed the whip-cracking hero in 1981. “We knew we would have to use all of the tools we already had and develop some new ones,” said Andrew Whitehurst, the film’s visual effects supervisor. Variety shares more: https://variety.com/2023/artisans/news/indiana-jones-5-deaging-harrison-ford-1235663264/#article-comments
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'Indiana Jones 5': How ILM's VFX Helped De-Age Harrison Ford

Before “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” even opened, the Disney adventure tentpole sparked intrigue with a de-aged Harrison Ford, who, in his fifth film playing the whip-cracking archaeologi…

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Jul 8, 2023 at 4:00pmWeb
Show threadNihl L'AmasJul 8, 2023
@CultureDesk I guess their tools do not include the ability to create new characters instead of recycling old ones.
Show threadDr.ImplausibleJul 8, 2023

@CultureDesk There's a #cyberpunk vibe to it; the notion that "stars", will be once again tied to a studio system, and upon signing the Contract, they realize that they've agreed to be filmed, continually, as they age, but that the images used for any film they are in may be drawn from any point along their life, algorithmically enhanced to suit the whims of the Director, the Studio, or :shudder: Test Audiences.

Or they'll just download all their selfies off of #threads and #tiktok. Same-same

Show threadJohn A. UnderwoodJul 9, 2023
@drimplausible @CultureDesk 2013's The Congress played with this idea. I didn't love the film, but I respect it for taking a pretty big swing.