The Bearded Trio

Deepfake video shows Chris Pratt as Indiana Jones Chris Pratt is Indiana Jones.  Well, he is for two minutes and nine seconds in this deepfake video.  The folks over at Shamook have put together various clips from the Indiana Jones movies with Chris Pratt's face instead of the familiar Harrison Ford. What does Chris Pratt think of all this?  Well, he did respond to a Tweet with simply "There’s nothing like the original. But damn. This is pretty cool."  It's not the first time he's been associated with taking over as the man in the hat.  Back in 2015, he said at a press event that playing Indiana Jones would be an "awesome opportunity." There’s nothing like the original. But damn. This is pretty cool. https://t.co/ch8xTeG19d — chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) May 2, 2020 Back last year in an interview for USA Today , Harrison Ford was asked who would he like to see replace him as the role of Indiana Jones. His response was, "Nobody is gon...

A CGI George Lucas?  Have We Gone Too Far? How far is too far?  That's the question I've heard and seen recently being asked regarding CGI versions of real people.  Whether it's a CGI version of James Dean, actors in a Star Wars movie or the latest YouTube craze called Deepfake. What is Deepfake?  Well Wikipedia tells us "media that takes a person in an existing image or video and replace them with someone else's likeness using artificial neural networks. They often combine and superimpose existing media onto source media using machine learning techniques." In short, it's using CGI to make it look like someone you know is on screen.  Here's an example.  In the video below you can watch an interview conducted by Mark Ellis (he is real.)  The other celebrities in the room are not.  Jeff Goldblum, Tom Cruise, Ewan McGregor, Robert Downey, Jr. and George Lucas all appear to be talking about the status of streaming and what it means to them. ...