02-02-2014, 08:22 AM
(02-02-2014, 04:58 AM)Wastelander Wrote:(02-02-2014, 04:56 AM)MidwayCJ Wrote: Though this doesn't annoy me as much as the Alf CGI/Live Action they're doing...
Excuse me?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vi...sco-360011
I don't see how this is better than using a puppet. A puppet that looks real in comparison to CGI and won't date the movie by it's animation.
I understand that you'd have to build sets full of trap doors like 6 feet off the floor, but I don't understand how it'd be cheaper.
I know Paul Fusco is an aging Puppeteer which can be hard on the joints for someone his age, and that some of his expression might require a Waldo for a movie, especially since ALF was extremely difficult to puppeteer, and filming it was apparently a nightmare...
But the thing is I don't think those are the reason's they're doing it. I could forgive all the technical reasons behind the puppeteering, but it's not like the TV show was the only time they ever had an ALF show with a puppet.
It just seems wrong to me. I loved ALF growing up.