Digital Schwarzenegger Set For New 'Terminator' 309
Hugh Pickens writes "The Governator revealed this week that he may appear in the upcoming 'Terminator Salvation,' but when he said he didn't want to act, he left many fans scratching their heads. Turns out Schwarzenegger has been secretly working with helmer McG and the effects team to reprise his signature role ... without lifting a finger. 'I made it very clear that I don't have the time to do the movie,' says Schwarzenegger. 'I said that I would be willing to be in the movie if they get the technology together, and so they are working on that right now.' A body-cast mold of Schwarzenegger, created when he first appeared as the muscle-ripped cyborg, provided the basis for a digital-effects version of his famous character so the figure can appear in 'Terminator Salvation' as a living, breathing actor. Warner first screens the movie in early May, and opens it May 21. 'I think it's cool to continue on with the franchise ... in case I want to jump over again and get into the acting after I'm through here,' adds Schwarzenegger."
Oh the irony (Score:5, Funny)
He did not act in the first one either!
Even cooler is the voice actor (Score:2, Funny)
They tapped Henry Kissinger to do terminators voice.
Re:Oh the irony (Score:1, Funny)
Shwarzenrubber (Score:5, Funny)
Remember that the first terminators were made of rubber and could easily be identified as robots from close range. Arnie should totally reprise the role: old, wrinkly and saggy parts would make for an awesome first generation terminator.
-Matt
So, is there still time... (Score:5, Funny)
...to get a digital Shatner in the new STAR TREK film?
Why? (Score:4, Funny)
Why was a body-cast taken in the first place? Did the producers send someone back in time to get the mold so it would be available for 'Salvation'?
Re:Running Man anyone? (Score:2, Funny)
YES! Now we need a sci-fi in which Humphry Bogart and his sidekick Charlie Chaplin to investigate an evil cartel of cyberninjas headed by Bruce Lee and Toshiro Mifune. In the end it truns out the mastermind was Cary Grant and his minion Peter Lorre. Epic!
Re:Oh the irony (Score:5, Funny)
No, he's just afraid of walking into Christian Bale's eyeline.
Let it go (Score:3, Funny)
You know, when your main actors are getting so old they have to be digitally reproduced - that might just maybe possibly be a sign that you should let it drop already.
It's aliiive! (Score:5, Funny)
... so the figure can appear in "Terminator Salvation" as a living, breathing actor.
To recap, we will have a CGI farm pretending to be an actor pretending to be a robot pretending to be a man.
Imagine if we could get a Beowulf cluster of these things.
Re:Running Man anyone? (Score:1, Funny)
I still want to see a movie done that actually reflects the book. The only thing that the book and the movie have in common are the same names of the characters and the name of the game. NOTHING else is the same.
The Running Man book predicted the prevalence of reality TV, unfortunately the reality of reality TV is no where as good as the reality in the book.
Re:Duh! (Score:3, Funny)
Soon we no longer need actors and we just need digitized versions of them.
Computers can't act. Until Dr. Soong comes along and perfects a 'positronic' brain, this still statement cannot be true. Even animators need reference.
Re:Duh! (Score:3, Funny)
"Additionally, digital actors have less of an impact (episodes IV, V, and VI vs. episodes I, II, and II for example). "
Ahhhhh... so it WAS a robotic reproduction of Natalie Portman in the new Star Wars movies?
Finally something explains that performance...
Re:It's aliiive! (Score:5, Funny)
Imagine if we could get a Beowulf cluster of these things.
Judgement day?
Re:Duh! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How long (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Duh! (Score:3, Funny)
Not to mention Fatty Arbuckle...
Fixed that for you.
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
And somebody probably got a ultra-realistic blow-up doll of him at home. ^^
Oblig Futurama (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Duh! (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, wouldn't Keanu Reeves have made the perfect Data... or Spock?
I mean, no visible emotions at all... Even Nimoy couldn't do that.
They would have had to skip that episode where he got a emotion chip though...
Re:Duh! (Score:3, Funny)
If someone can do this, he's hired: :)
http://eeuauaughhhuauaahh.ytmnd.com/ [ytmnd.com]
(No crap, I promise. But turn on the sound.
Re:Duh! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Duh! (Score:2, Funny)
Not necessarily. Total(ly) Recall that (at least in the movie) ...
Sorry couldn't help myself.
Schwartzeneggar as terminator != acting (Score:4, Funny)
The Governator revealed this week that he may appear in the upcoming 'Terminator Salvation,' but when he said he didn't want to act, he left many fans scratching their heads.
I don't see why, that's perfectly lucid if you ask me.
Re:Good news, but not great (Score:5, Funny)
"It's not a too-muh!"
It has begun! (Score:3, Funny)
They will have to build a server farm code named "Sky Net" in order to reproduce Arnie!
Re:Duh! (Score:5, Funny)
Not to mention Keanu Reeves...
Fixed that for you.
I thought he was already a robot?
Re:Good news, but not great (Score:1, Funny)
... Junior
Re:Duh! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This opens up a whole can of worms (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Duh! (Score:3, Funny)
Corporations are immortal.
You can't even cut their heads off with a sword.
Re:Duh! (Score:3, Funny)
Bill Pullman's presidential speech in Independence Day is better than any speech our last five presidents have given, just putting that out there.
That's because it was written by a professional writer and rehearsed dozens of times.
Oh, wait...