I don't see any need to do the Thing with CGI or mo-cap.
Easy for
YOU to say, because you're not the one working under 20 lbs. of latex and spirit gum.
But Chiklis is, and that wears on a person after a while. And what the other poster said about your hatred of CGI is right on the money-you're sounding like a old fogey who can't live without their precious silent films because that's all you know. Time to put up, or shut up.
I've just re-read my original post, to see if I insulted your mother or girlfriend. Couldn't figure out another reason why my comments have provoked such a disproportionate (not to mention incorrect) response. Perhaps you're simply unable to hold an opposing point of view from someone else without resorting to insults and challenges, cos I can't find anywhere where I did so.
What I did do was praise CGI efforts such as Gollum, King Kong and Iron Man and say that I didn't mind CGI where it was done well. But obviously that didn't suit your argument that I'm an old fogey, so you've elected not to quote it. obviously, I'm just a CGI-hating fogey for not liking bad CGI a la The Mummy Returns, Van Helsing and Hulk. Let's have more of that, please!
In my opinion - assuming I'm entitled to one - FF's Thing or Hellboy looked way more convincing than the recent CGI-d Hulk. If a time comes when a CGI Thing looks better than latex etc, then go for it. But why go CGI for the sake of it? Should we get CGI actors instead of real ones, because they'd be cheaper and less likely to throw Christian Bale-eque hissy fits? Or do we stick with what works best, even if it's as old-fashioned as, dare I say, silent movies?
As for Chiklis' suffering, it's perhaps worth pointing out that when the original movie was made, he was quite insistent that the Thing be 'real', not a CGI creation. He wanted to play the role, not have a computer do so.
“I sort of gave myself my own sentence to this. I was very insistent. I really wanted it to be a costume because I felt that if it was just a CGI that you’d lose the humanity. But the other question was can we make it so that it looks and feels like the original character, a sort of real manifestation of this character, and that I wouldn’t be completely lost in it? And that’s the extraordinary thing that these guys have accomplished is that even when I’m in 60 pounds of prosthetic makeup, I’m in there. You see it’s my eyes, it’s my face and it moves with every nuance of my face and I think it’s a pretty extraordinary accomplishment to marry the technical with the emotional and the human. And hopefully, that’ll translate onto the screen.”
http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEeqwlhg9nT3he
I'm sure he's delighted that you're so concerned about his welfare of course ...
Frankly, if you're incapable of replying civilly to an innocuous one paragraph post - not to mention actually understanding what it says - it isn't me who needs to put up or shut up.
