Re: Ford's not too old...

Posted by Lao Che from 144.new-york-16-17rs.ny.dial-access.att.net on August 11, 1999 at 07:40:37:

In Reply to: Ford's not too old... posted by ROB T. on August 11, 1999 at 01:44:35:

: Harrison can still play Indy. Not only does he not look all that old, he still is physically capable enough to handle the action scenes.

: As far as using a digital Ford for Indy IV. I don't think we have to worry. The CGI technology isn't quite good enough to do that convincingly yet. Plus I don't think Harrison would okay something like that.
: But in the next few years I think we will see a little of that. Not used to replace actors with CGI like in "Phantom Menace" but for scenes where they show a flashback. Like in "Forrest Gump." Instead of hiring a child actor to play Forrest as a kid they'll use childhood photos of the adult actor and create a CGI version of their childhood self. So we'd see an eight year old Tom Hanks based on a third grade photo of himself and he'd essentially play both roles. They'd have to hire a voice actor for the flashback.

: A CGI Indy is ridiculous - the technology is no where near that yet, and it won't be for quite a while, QUITE. Ford could return as an older, beard garnished Indy and make it work like he did before the days of Tom Clancy based films. LC is a fantastic finale to the series, but a new Indy movie is always welcome ( as long as it doesn't go the way of the Phantom Menace ).

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: : Harrison can still play Indy. Not only does he not look all that old, he still is physically capable enough to handle the action scenes.

: : As far as using a digital Ford for Indy IV. I don't think we have to worry. The CGI technology isn't quite good enough to do that convincingly yet. Plus I don't think Harrison would okay something like that.
: : But in the next few years I think we will see a little of that. Not used to replace actors with CGI like in "Phantom Menace" but for scenes where they show a flashback. Like in "Forrest Gump." Instead of hiring a child actor to play Forrest as a kid they'll use childhood photos of the adult actor and create a CGI version of their childhood self. So we'd see an eight year old Tom Hanks based on a third grade photo of himself and he'd essentially play both roles. They'd have to hire a voice actor for the flashback.

: : A CGI Indy is ridiculous - the technology is no where near that yet, and it won't be for quite a while, QUITE. Ford could return as an older, beard garnished Indy and make it work like he did before the days of Tom Clancy based films. LC is a fantastic finale to the series, but a new Indy movie is always welcome ( as long as it doesn't go the way of the Phantom Menace ).

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