Shrinking In The Media

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[twoods]

Yes the face fillers are distracting, and after someone on here mentioned the slurring I can’t unsee it. I usually like her on other shows, just disappointed she had to do that to her face. 

[juno]

3 minutes ago, twoods said:

Yes the face fillers are distracting, and after someone on here mentioned the slurring I can’t unsee it. I usually like her on other shows, just disappointed she had to do that to her face. 

She is a good actress but she does seem to get gigs based on her husband Bill Lawrence. Lawrence produces this, Scrubs and Cougar Town. I am guessing that is one reason she got the show.

[Trillium]

11 hours ago, ribboninthesky1 said:

Liz' husband is hilarious.  And yet, I feel kind of bad for him because he's trying to connect with her, but she's too caught up in in Jimmy and Alice's life. 

Yeah, I don't know if she recently had something done and it hadn't settled when they filmed the show.  Compared to Wendy Malick, who either has a better routine, great genes, or combo thereof.  

I prefer this over Ted Lasso so far.  The show isn't pulling any punches about Jimmy being a bad parent, friend, and therapist despite his grief.  

Her character on Frasier was very open she had work done, but I don’t know if Wendy actually has. She does look amazing either way. I’m not totally anti cosmetic enhancements, but most of them are done terribly. If done right, no one should be able to tell  

 

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Yeah, I don't know if she recently had something done and it hadn't settled when they filmed the show. 

She's had this face and slurring even when she appeared on SCRUBS.

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Slate Culture Gabfest talked about this show, very split opinion.

One of them was aghast about the things Jimmy did -- and apparently does more in coming episodes which wouldn't be condoned by any professional therapist.

They liked other characters more, like Harrison Ford, than Jimmy.

[Skyfall]

On 1/27/2023 at 7:58 AM, Tachi Rocinante said:

Gee, what a shock.  Christa Miller is in it.

It pays to be married to show creators!

[Domestic Assassin]

Shrinking season 2 has been confirmed!

https://www.indiewire.com/2023/03/shrinking-renewed-for-season-2-at-apple-tv-1234817849/

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On The Ringer Watch podcast, Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan briefly discussed the new Indiana Jones movie.

https://www.theringer.com/2023/7/5/23784934/movies-are-stuck-endless-ip-loop-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-the-idol-finale

Apparently for a good part of that movie, they use AI and digital effects to construct a digital Indiana Jones, from the first two movies timeline.

IOW, Indiana Jones as played by a Harrison  Ford in his early 40s.

But 81-year old Ford speaks the dialog mouthed by the digital avatar of his young self.

They talk about other implications of AI such as directors in post production making the actor smile in a scene when he or she did not when that scene was shot.  This is in the context of the fact that the actors guild could go on strike and the fact that the writers guild is already on strike and they've flagged use of AI as one of their important issues.

But the discussion made me think about Shrinking, because people remarked how good Ford looks for a 80 year old man.  Could Apple have splurged the money so they could use digital effects to de-age Ford's character?

Probably not, to do it for the whole series, every scene he's in.

However it's technically feasible.

 

[DEL901]

29 minutes ago, aghst said:

On The Ringer Watch podcast, Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan briefly discussed the new Indiana Jones movie.

https://www.theringer.com/2023/7/5/23784934/movies-are-stuck-endless-ip-loop-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-the-idol-finale

Apparently for a good part of that movie, they use AI and digital effects to construct a digital Indiana Jones, from the first two movies timeline.

IOW, Indiana Jones as played by a Harrison  Ford in his early 40s.

But 81-year old Ford speaks the dialog mouthed by the digital avatar of his young self.

They talk about other implications of AI such as directors in post production making the actor smile in a scene when he or she did not when that scene was shot.  This is in the context of the fact that the actors guild could go on strike and the fact that the writers guild is already on strike and they've flagged use of AI as one of their important issues.

But the discussion made me think about Shrinking, because people remarked how good Ford looks for a 80 year old man.  Could Apple have splurged the money so they could use digital effects to de-age Ford's character?

Probably not, to do it for the whole series, every scene he's in.

However it's technically feasible.

 

Technically feasible, yes.  But the budget for Indy 5 is rumoured to be $295,000,000, with a big chunk of that going towards de-aging Harrison Ford.  It is still too expensive for television, even with Apple’s deep pockets.  

Edited July 5, 2023 by DEL901

[aghst]

Yeah probably.

I think it may also slow down production, if the digital fx takes long rendering times.

But there have been commercials featuring presumably de-aged versions of some rather well-known celebrities.

[ML89]

The CGI in Indy 5 is a complete recreation and a long sequence, and there is a lot of other CGI. They were able to do it because they had all that footage from the other Indy films and from the Star Wars Original Trilogy, from what I’ve read. 

If they wanted to de-age Harrison a bit (doesn’t look like they are), it’s not budget breaking. Apple could fish that much money out of the executive suite’s couch cushions. They’re doing similar things to Indy with Hamill on Mandalorian, so it’s feasible. But there’s easier ways with makeup to make him look younger.

Edited July 6, 2023 by ML89

[Good Queen Jane]

Brett Goldstein to have a guest role in Season 2.

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‘Shrinking’ Renewed for Season 3 at Apple