Digitally de-aging actors has improved a great deal in the last couple of years.The technology made its debut, I believe, in
X-Men: The Last Stand.
Sure, it wasn't really all that convincing in the days of
Tron: Legacy or
Terminator Salvation.
Two films this year, however, have improved upon the effect. First of all - the 'young' T-800 in several shots of
Terminator: Genisys looked rather good, even if other shots stayed within the uncanny valley.
Ant-Man , which came out this month, is responsible for bringing about some of the most convincing results, in its opening scene. Everywhere I've seen very very positive reactions to the execution of this effect. Many audience members I've read on various forums or seen in Youtube reviews say how they were legitimately fooled.
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The only real criticism I've heard regard slight proportional inaccuracies, and how the mouth was sometimes unconvincing. It's still a tremendous improvement for the last couple of years. And with a few more years before we can expect Neil Blomkamp's entry into the
Alien series, do you think it is possible that it is that movie that will finally perfect the technology?
Do you guys think they should use this technology? Or should they stick with how the actors look now?
