this is so awesome how did you do dat

I cant wait for this

I have been debating this topic for years with film-industry friends.

No matter how realistic a cgi character may be, it will never replace the commanding performance of a great actor, or particurally the interaction between two great actors. It can be replicated to a degree... but not created.

I agree with you rambozo that it will not replace movies as we know them today, we will always be interested in seeing "real" actors. However, I believe the makers of these animated films will learn by time and eventually you will not be able to tell the difference.

i think that they shouldn't make movies using animation(life-like humans) because then maybe all animators may start firing actors and actors/actresses may become unwealthy!!!!!

I have 12 now.. and I'll survive to see that..

Yes they will be changed by cgi's, unfortuntely
I know you are thinkin I'm wrong.. but I know so many things about the future..
I born in 2030.

I don't believe that CGI will totally replace human actors because movie studios are "using" real actors (through publicity) even if they're not in a movie (ads, public appearances, etc). Except that, the actor must be a human in order to became a "Star". Star means that he will have fans, etc. This is not possible with a CGI actor.

I saw tickle 5 years ago, the internet 2 told us who the fake characters were.

I think this is incredible. woot woot

I think Antonios doesn't have a good argument there. Also CGI actors can become stars, even if they can't be photographed by paparazzi.

I guess there will be always need of real actors, at least for motion capturing.
So I agree with rambozo and Pontus.

being born in 1991, i have sure seen the beginning of movie animation and boy has it improved so much, god knows what it will be like in another 35 - 40 yeara!!

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Wow! This is awesome. Just think how cheap movies could get with this. It will explode the industry.

they already did that, the movie beowulf is a full-length animated movie with realistic-looking humans

Mohammed, I agree with you that Beowulf is very well made, but you can still see that it is done through motion capture (recording the action of human actors). Tickle will not need motion capture, it will be 100% animated.

I think that actors and actresses could still be rich with the producers paying their faces for a price. I for one would think this is cool, but boring. I would rather see something that is truelly magnificent as far as acting goes. CGI's would be man-made and you can't replace real actors.

interesting discussions so far,i'm currently looking at the synthespian as an actor.the fact that there are doubts that these cgi actors will be famous or not,whether real actors will be needed anymore or that cgi relies on motion capture is following a pattern, like the doubts that man will never be able to fly...i believe cgi actors will work alongside real actors, and the money in the industry will sore.

hi ppl lol i like movies...... thats all i got to say. i think its impossible to totally 100% replicate real movie stars and stuff like that.

You need a farm of a million computers housed in an area 100 times the current size of Skywalker Ranch to render a resolution of more than a zillion pixels to make the actor look real.

The real question is not whether this is doable. I think it's technically doable right now. It's been doable as long as there have been cartoons. It's just presently impractical. The question is whether it will ever truly be cheaper and/or easier than using real actors. Unless you cheat by using actors behind the scenes to get motions and expressiveness, i think it will not be. You could totally change the way people look in the movies tho. This could mean a clean separation between models who provide the pretty faces and actors who provide realistic personality and behavior.

i want to have one of these!

I am so mad. I thought this was for real... ERG. x-(

The technology to support this is arguably the one to support a second digital life. We'll just have to "extract" our own psychological profile/character and upload it to an AI player which will perform (according to AI definition) at a level where our friends won't distinguish the original from the copy. Think about all these opportunities - and start archive your "souls" today if you think this is going to happen in the future. Aren't you courious about living in a digital heaven?

This could actually be the reality of today. We can probably already do this, and who knows, it might have already been done. Lets get a story that sounds more futuristic that this!

yo i think they def already gots that kind of technology. They just don't want to put entertainers out of they jobs. They could probably trick alot of people.

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I highly doubt that animation would pass REAL films, especially within the next 20-100 years.

The film industry thrives on media and celebrity gossip/image...Of course animations can have an image, Toy story and Shrek are very successful but still won't pass real films.

Think of what non animated films will look like in this time too, probably just as improved as any animation.

I agree, but if movie directors hold auditions and they can't find the right person, they MIGHT use animation, subsituting real actors.

This is very true. Future of film indutsry lies in it.Actors can perform serious complcated tasks. You can create whole movie from your PC. The best movie will be released in theatres. What elst that then everyone will get a chance to exprss its ideas in the form o movies. I think 2020 is far off date. It will be done by 2015

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Computer graphics is growing fast so it will replace real actors soon.they will be only contributing sample of their voice so it can be sampled that way.

has anyone here seen Avatar its in movies now it is amazingly realistic and the 3.5D images are amazing i think Avatar has surpassed this already at first i thought the blue dude WAS real

Avatar

this is a stupid idea cuz if we have animated movies then its like watching cartoons and that sucks

I think that this will be most likely for a second choice in the movies if they can't get certain actors. We would probaly outlaw it because everything would be run by robots and we would have nothing to do

it will happen

QUOTE: (I don't believe that CGI will totally replace human actors because movie studios are "using" real actors (through publicity) even if they're not in a movie (ads, public appearances, etc). Except that, the actor must be a human in order to became a "Star". Star means that he will have fans, etc. This is not possible with a CGI actor.

Posted by: Antonios Dimopoulos)

What about the Gorillaz? The characters used to portray the band The Gorillaz are in fact drawings and 3d characters yet most people know them in some way or another. I think making cgi characters into starts is not only a reality, but an inevitability and a massive opportunity for marketing. We can already see that in cereal comercials, cartoons, etc. CGI stars are the way to go for future marketing, the have no rights and a face the public can love, because something that isn't real couldn't possibly have anything to gain from you.

Really hope Twilight reads this then for Breaking Dawn they can have a realistic looking baby who walks and talks and is beautiful.

The future is here now and the better our technology gets the better the movie/entertainment industry is going to be. Tickle is just a taste of things to come.

Avatar was the beginning - we will see more of this.

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Currently, celebrity is very important. What will replace it when studios are using non-real people?

.It is so cool. I love this

The movie Tron: Legacy uses Clu, a fully animated realistic character.

The movie Tron: Legacy uses Clu, a fully animated realistic character.

People who do not think it's possible for human actors to be replaced have a very human centric view. I can see it being very possible for computers to download old movies from actors and replicate how they would play a scene. some strange movies could be made that way, Pauly Shore and John Wayne in a buddy flick?

I'd love to see that type of movie because that'll be the next revolutionary animated movie since Toy Story pt.1 in 1995

there is no need of animated movie at all.It 's better to see the real characters than animated one.One cant enjoy animation for long time/

what about andy serkis? he is making a career for himself and the only roles i have seen hime play is Golem and the Ceaser

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