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I just saw the “Slave to the Rhythm” AI video. It makes me actually cry. Like someone punched me in the chest cry.

I am adding some new found data. The hologram is AI enhanced according to the creator. So I am still devastated.
 
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dam2040 said:
I remember the nerves before the curtain lifted evaporated in miliseconds. It looked so bad lol
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Come on that's a lil unfair. Everything was cool except the actual dance moves. I even like the ensemble HolograMJ had on.
 
Mister_Jay_Tee said:
Come on that's a lil unfair. Everything was cool except the actual dance moves. I even like the ensemble HolograMJ had on.
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It was just unacceptable that they would use an impersonator instead of doing something with the motion capture dance moves (ghosts) they did in 1996. what is the point of making a hologram of an impersonator.. they could have just let an impersonator perform.. waste of money.
 
I think the build up to the performance made it less impactful, it could never match the expectations.

I remember it being hinted at and then advertised as "Michael is basically back" then when the hologram started moving it looked so stiff and undeveloped.

Don't even get me started at that terrible attempt at a "Moonwalk"
 
kai said:
It was just unacceptable that they would use an impersonator instead of doing something with the motion capture dance moves (ghosts) they did in 1996. what is the point of making a hologram of an impersonator.. they could have just let an impersonator perform.. waste of money.
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I agree with you (for once) that'd be way better. Not sure if it's really possible or even a quality product.

Nowadays they'd probably feed it to AI along with other footage and then create a fully generated creation to actually do the dance.
 
Mister_Jay_Tee said:
I agree with you (for once) that'd be way better. Not sure if it's really possible or even a quality product.

Nowadays they'd probably feed it to AI along with other footage and then create a fully generated creation to actually do the dance.
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I absolutely don't want this (AI, blah blah) but ... ngl, I have sometimes wondered what could have been created if the Weta FX people and the technology they have access to had been around when Michael was in his 30's.
 
zinniabooklover said:
I absolutely don't want this (AI, blah blah) but ... ngl, I have sometimes wondered what could have been created if the Weta FX people and the technology they have access to had been around when Michael was in his 30's.
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A perfect replica of him in his prime of course. Then they could've killed him ages ago!
 
dam2040 said:
I remember the nerves before the curtain lifted evaporated in miliseconds. It looked so bad lol
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You made me remember something from that time. I hope you find it a funny and amusing anecdote.

At the time this hologram came out, I'd only been listening to Michael for four or five years and for three or four years "investigating" (among other aspects of his life) the possibility that his death was staged.

Back then, in 2013/2014... There was a YouTube channel called "BeLIEve (and something else)" and a Twitter account called FrontBack777. Does anyone else remember it?

They played with mystery and vague "evidence" that makes me laugh when I watch it again today, but at the time I wanted it all to be real.

Everything was fueled further when they announced his return at the Billboard Music Awards.

I was all deluded, believing that his return was 95% certain. I'd never heard of a hologram before; I'd only seen them in science fiction movies.

My expression of excitement, joy, and surprise remained throughout the introductory military parade, until the curtain rose and they showed a close-up. My face turned poker-faced, utterly disappointed. And from then on (in addition to other factors), my perspective on the subject of fake death and a possible return changed.

You can imagine me in this photo, first I was Nelson, and then Bart.


I was a kid, 13 years old, just discovering MJ, and I didn't know many of the things I know today.
 
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