Fuck them. Val was a treasure, don’t besmirch him with this capitalist bullshit!
Fuck this movie, whatever it is, I’ll rather rewatch The Salton Sea, instead.
Also, watch The Salton Sea, it’s so under appreciated.
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He isn't staring in it. He's dead.
Well, being dead of course he's not going to be staring at much. Maybe the twinkly ether of the afterlife?
Now what his AI generated likeness can be starring in, is another issue.
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Guess you haven't seen Steven Seagal's performances in the past decade or so
Seagal's not dead. He’s just fat, lazy, incompetent, and stupid. I look forward to Space Ice shitting on the "movie" he's supposed to release this year.
God forbid, a new and talented actor is discovered...
They take him because his face is known and loved. What reason would there be to take someone nobody knows? You can make up a new, imaginary actor and not pay anyone, not even family. What a wonderful world that'll be, without the need for pesky humans!
What?
replace the with /s and read again.
only that /s doesn't really fit, because it's a mix of sarcasm and hate and it's getting harder to cope.
it was pretty clear to me, don't overthink it
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My headcanon is that everything after 2008 was all reboots and remakes and now revived actors, and that’s why all the Star Trek references end there.
I thought the Actors' Strikes were supposed to prevent this bullshit? What the actual fuck.
I think that only applies to companies that employ unionized workers.
Well I guess this is how I found out that Val Kilmer died.
Yo tambien. I have sadness now.
Here is what I find funny, there was years in the early 2000's where he was alive and healthy and he was not getting great roles or as much attention.
Now he is dead and they are trying to revive him. Like it feels so silly to try to bring back someone with AI to make it like he is alive and healthy again. Those days are gone. Executives are using AI to live in denial.
My recollection may be flawed, but I think he had a reputation for being difficult to work with, and that's why the roles dried up.
Ghoulish
Essentially grave robbing memory instead of rings and jewelry. The rot grows.
This is utterly disgusting.
will star in the drama As Deep As the Grave.
Though at least the irony isn’t missed.
Reminds me of when some famous porn actress died and somebody set up a live cam for her that just showed dirt, bugs, and worms.
So a cartoon character is copyrighted for 75 years after the author dies, but someone's actual visual clone can just be brought back from the dead and made to do whatever?
The Kilmer estate is signing off on it because they feel it's an important film Val wanted to contribute to. Doesn't make it any less gross for me, but at least there's some oversight to his image I guess.
That just means someone is getting paid and doesn't give a fuck about Val Kilmer
The Kilmer estate is signing off on it because they feel it's an ~~important film Val wanted to contribute to~~ opportunity to make money out of the memory of a cherished actor.
Then they should have insisted that they mupify his corpse
Nice. I'm putting that in my will.
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This is absolutely bullshit, but also half-assed cowardice. Like if you're going to put dead people who cannot consent to the use of their image in your project, why not make Martin Luther King Jr the next T'challa in the MCU? Why not make Pope Benedict fight the mandelorian?
Or macho man randy savage.
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Has anyone thought this through to its logical conclusion? If we're constantly resurrecting old talent using AI, or whatever the tech du jour is, then won't we stagnate culturally?
Culturally, scientifically, intelligently, you name it we’ve reached the peak. AI is just recycling what humans have thought and said, According to our new ai overlords we just coast from here
Then why doesn't life feel like coasting?
You must not be a billionaire.
That's a problem for next quarter, kiddo.
Answering for Capitalism – follow the money.
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More weaponization of nostalgia.
It’s coming for their pop culture, one of the few things that sets them apart from the rest.
No.
We're reaching levels of "torture John Candy in the metaverse" that we were only beginning to imagine a couple years ago.
You will never be allowed to die. You will dance for the cameras until history forgets your name and you're just a reflection of a reflection in an endless hall of mirrors, with no relation to who you might have ever been in reality. No more actors, pure simulacrum.
The low just keeps getting lower doesn’t it?
Not even worth pirating.
I really liked his portrayal of Jim Morrison.
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