When will CGI completely replace human actors in movies?

[Swagnificent]

After seeing Life of Pi, I couldn't believe how far CGI has come. Its incredible to know that the tiger and much of the wildlife was entirely CGI. I was also surprised to learn that the destruction of NYC in the Avengers was largely shot in a sound studio. CGI has gotten to the point now that its hard to tell what is CGI and what isn't.

I guess it isn't hard to fathom that we'll probably reach a day when digital actors can be rendered in a computer that are indistinguishable from human actors. When that happens, do you see Hollywood moving away from using actual humans when making movies and just using computer generated characters?

I personally don't think its far-fetched because unlike the salaries of actors, the costs of computing keep going down. We're probably a couple of decades away from seeing the cost of creating movies equivalent to the $100 million blockbusters of today in a $1,000 laptop. When that happens, why would any studio in Hollywood pay Jaden Smith $20 million to be the star of a movie when they can create digital doppelganger for almost nothing?

I can see the day when human actors will be a thing of the past and all movies are entirely CGI.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Theyll create digital actors you never see in real life and only appear on television via sattelite or via hologram. Creating personality cults around cartoons.

Its so demonic, friends.

 

[Prodigital]

At some point it might end up being cheaper to use cgi actors, but not more convenient. As long as i can take a camera and record a person talking in front of me it'll never need to be fully replaced.

Not to mention its more authentic and people in the future will prolly appreciate "vintage" acting.

 

[Big Blue]

Never. You can't under estimate star power. Would you see a CG James bond movie?

 

[Swagnificent]

Never. You can't under estimate star power. Would you see a CG James bond movie?

the most successful box office hit ever was Avatar and that movie was almost entirely CGI....most of the actors were CGI rendered

You telling me James Cameron can't make Avatar 10 entirely on a laptop without having to waste time with all that motion capture shyt. You guys are really underestimating the power of technology. We're right on the cusp of this being possible right now. To say in 50 years it won't be mainstream is ludacris.

I think human actors in movies in 2050 will be equivalent to black/white movies today. Sure there will be some cause people like vintage shyt but it won't be whats mainstream.

Imagine a live action DBZ movie made entirely from CGI.

 

[Big Blue]

the most successful box office hit ever was Avatar and that movie was almost entirely CGI....most of the actors were CGI rendered

You telling me James Cameron can't make Avatar 10 entirely on a laptop without having to waste time with all that motion capture shyt. You guys are really underestimating the power of technology. We're right on the cusp of this being possible right now. To say in 50 years it won't be mainstream is ludacris.

I think human actors in movies in 2050 will be equivalent to black/white movies today. Sure there will be some cause people like vintage shyt but it won't be whats mainstream.

Imagine a live action DBZ movie made entirely from CGI.

You know how long it took them to make Avatar? And how expensive it was? It took them 4 years just to film it and it cost $237 million. Movie studios won't be dropping dough like that for a regular movie. CGI is very, very expensive for the hours worked alone.

 

[Swagnificent]

You know how long it took them to make Avatar? And how expensive it was? It took them 4 years just to film it and it cost $237 million. Movie studios won't be dropping dough like that for a regular movie. CGI is very, very expensive for the hours worked alone.

true.....but for how long?

the power of computing is continually increasing....we're only two decades away from photorealistic video rendering being done in real time......once that happens the cost of making a movie like Avatar will be thousands of dollars rather than millions

just look at special effects from movies in the 80s......that sort of shyt can be done your laptop right now.......the sort of CGI that takes up farms of computers and months of rendering will be possible on a $1,000 laptop in real time in 20 years

thats simply the power of Moore's law

 

[lamont614]

Member in the newest terminator whith Bale

AND ARNOLD SHOWED UP


It's already been done

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[Swagnificent]

its already happening breh...

the woman is completley cgi.. its audrey hepburn and she been dead for years
Audrey Hepburn Starring in Galaxy Chocolate UK TV Advertisement - YouTube

I think this will be the first application of the tech. It'll be used to bring back movie stars that have been dead for years and have them star in new movies. Or turn back the clock on actors who have aged so that they can play their old roles again. Imagine Arnold coming back in a new Terminator looking like he did in the 80s. That will be possible.

They might also do this to bring back musicians who have died like we saw in the 2pac hologram and have them perform concerts and shyt.

 

[VladTheImpaler]

After seeing Life of Pi, I couldn't believe how far CGI has come. Its incredible to know that the tiger and much of the wildlife was entirely CGI. I was also surprised to learn that the destruction of NYC in the Avengers was largely shot in a sound studio. CGI has gotten to the point now that its hard to tell what is CGI and what isn't.

I guess it isn't hard to fathom that we'll probably reach a day when digital actors can be rendered in a computer that are indistinguishable from human actors. When that happens, do you see Hollywood moving away from using actual humans when making movies and just using computer generated characters?

I personally don't think its far-fetched because unlike the salaries of actors, the costs of computing keep going down. We're probably a couple of decades away from seeing the cost of creating movies equivalent to the $100 million blockbusters of today in a $1,000 laptop. When that happens, why would any studio in Hollywood pay Jaden Smith $20 million to be the star of a movie when they can create digital doppelganger for almost nothing?

I can see the day when human actors will be a thing of the past and all movies are entirely CGI.

Never. CGI movies are awful as they are. The more realistic looking...the crappier.

 

[Swagnificent]

Never. CGI movies are awful as they are. The more realistic looking...the crappier.

There have always been bad movies. Just because its CGI doesn't automatically make it bad. Your just mad cause most big budget movies right now are all about action and not much on plot or character development. Thats a result of bad movie making not because of CGI.

 

[VladTheImpaler]

There have always been bad movies. Just because its CGI doesn't automatically make it bad. Your just mad cause most big budget movies right now are all about action and not much on plot or character development. Thats a result of bad movie making not because of CGI.

thanks breh.

 

[CTech83]

If this shyt ever becomes the norm, i'm throwing female nude scenes in the bushes. That's not a world I wanna live in.

Imagine Halle in Monsters Ball in full CGI.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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