I'm not saying Avatar didn't have actors, or that the actors didn't act. I'm saying that the technology that came out of Avatar has made it so that you don't necessarily need actors. Once you have the basic structure and movements mapped, then you could conceivably make a movie without having to pay any actors to star in it. Example: James Cameron could make 'Adventures in Pandora' with the exact same characters, but without having to use the actors. (Granted, it wouldn't be anywhere near the same as what Avatar showed, but then a lot of movies aren't so concerned with decent performances from their stars, or even writing.)
This is technology that has actors in Hollywood worried, because right now SAG has no rules about attaching rights to the actors identities, leaving the field open for exploitation of the actors in just this manner.
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Date: 2010-04-09 02:02 am (UTC)From:This is technology that has actors in Hollywood worried, because right now SAG has no rules about attaching rights to the actors identities, leaving the field open for exploitation of the actors in just this manner.