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 Post subject: George Lucas is buying dead actors
PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:03 am 
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http://gizmodo.com/5707079/george-lucas ... ovie-stars

It's a rumor from a tabloid, but you all know it rings true.

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 Post subject: George Lucas is buying dead actors
PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:20 am 
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We need to band together as a small group of freedom fighter in a battle against this...man...or machine. It's hard to tell the two apart anymore.

The up side is that we get cool looking spaceships to fly around in and fight him. The down side is that there's a good chance he'll digitize us all before we can stop him.

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 Post subject: George Lucas is buying dead actors
PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:36 am 
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I'm in, do we get the "fastest hunk of junk" in the galaxy?

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:49 am 
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Maybe we'll finally get that Bruce Lee / Owen Wilson buddy film.


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:01 pm 
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 Post subject: George Lucas is buying dead actors
PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:23 pm 
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Makes sense, considering how lifeless he made most of the actors in the Prequel Trilogy.


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 Post subject: George Lucas is buying dead actors
PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:24 pm 
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Heh...

Good one.

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 Post subject: George Lucas is buying dead actors
PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:03 pm 
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Professor Plum wrote:
Makes sense, considering how lifeless he made most of the actors in the Prequel Trilogy.


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 Post subject: George Lucas is buying dead actors
PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:31 pm 
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Nearly 30 years ago Steve Martin starred in "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid," a parody of film noir pictures where his character was inserted into actual scenes with the likes of James Cagney, Veronica Lake, etc. It would be very easy to do more of this. I'm not sure what the point would be, though. The gag's already been done once, and that was probably enough.

Is this article is talking about creating some kind of CGI simulacra of deceased stars? THAT would be creepy! But yes, they'd probably be about as lifelike as most characters in the "Star Wars" prequels and most other recent blockbusters.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:34 pm 
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As far as "buying" the dead stars, there are licensing agencies that specialize in licensing the likenesses of deceased stars whose names and likenesses still have commercial value. I suppose it would be possible to make a deal with these rights holders to use the likenesses of the old stars for CGI projects. If I had a dead relative who had a valuable likeness I think I'd be far too creeped out by the idea, but a lot of the rights holders probably wouldn't feel that way.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:06 pm 
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How does one acquire the rights to the likeness of a dead person? How do I protect my likeness after I'm gone?


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:15 pm 
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Junkie Luv wrote:
How does one acquire the rights to the likeness of a dead person? How do I protect my likeness after I'm gone?

Your "estate" would handle that.


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 Post subject: George Lucas is buying dead actors
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Fraxon! wrote:
Junkie Luv wrote:
How does one acquire the rights to the likeness of a dead person? How do I protect my likeness after I'm gone?

Your "estate" would handle that.


I'm going to instruct my estate to tell Lucas to FUCK OFF!


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:38 pm 
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Fraxon! wrote:
Junkie Luv wrote:
How does one acquire the rights to the likeness of a dead person? How do I protect my likeness after I'm gone?

Your "estate" would handle that.


Fortunately most of us can count on our likenesses not actually being worth anything, so we shouldn't have to worry.

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