We are NOT meant to be seeing this! Lol. MJs estate used an impersonator to puppet MJ as if he was alive to a song he never heard.
That is up there with the Michael controversy. What a daft idea.
I'm not sure why fans don't understand that the hologram wouldn't BE Michael and couldn't BE Michael, dancing to a previously unreleased and unperformed song.
Exactly. Michael was a uniquely talented artist, who worked tirelessly on his music and performance. To me it is just incredibly tacky and tasteless to have an impersonator dance to a remix of one of his old demos and market it as a Michael Jackson performance. It shows no respect for his artistry.dam2040;4227070 said:They shouldn't have done it then. Flying has nothing to do with parading and puppeting a dead man around as if he were alive. 'Michael Jackson like you've never seen him before' was the exact wording used in the promotional material. It was a CGI impersonator. The idea was absolutely ridiculous and should never be done again.
“This is way, way beyond a hologram. It is way, way beyond what you know as 3D. This isn’t even digital. It is far more advanced and a totally new process.”
“They will be in a state of disbelief. It’s as if he’s still alive at the height of his career.”
“I cannot tell you what he does, but his fans from this point on will never believe that he died. It will be four minutes they will remember forever.”
Well, this was what was being mentioned in that same Las Vegas Sun article ahead of the performance:Mikky Dee;4227054 said:I'm not sure why fans don't understand that the hologram wouldn't BE Michael and couldn't BE Michael, dancing to a previously unreleased and unperformed song.
Although most of us were sceptical given the Estate's track record up to that point, you really cannot blame some fans for expecting more than what was provided - a projection of Earnest Valentino and a bunch of dancers onto a quivering screen.I learned that Michael’s estate trustees came across undiscovered L.A. Reid recorded footage of Michael that they didn’t know existed. The lawsuit says the music will be a new song, “Slave to the Rhythm.”
“They didn’t know what they originally wanted to do with it or make with it except just wanting to capture him alive forever. That became the background format for this new technology. It might have gone to Cirque du Soleil. They might have found a way to complete the This Is It tour.
“This has never been done before. It is 100 steps beyond anything anybody has ever thought you’d experienced as a hologram. It is so real, it is so lifelike, there is no way an audience would know the artist is not there in front of them. So real an artist would actually never have to go out on tour again or need makeup for an appearance. The artist is there without being there. You cannot tell the difference.
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Exactly. Michael was a uniquely talented artist, who worked tirelessly on his music and performance. To me it is just incredibly tacky and tasteless to have an impersonator dance to a remix of one of his old demos and market it as a Michael Jackson performance. It shows no respect for his artistry.
And you're right, it was hyped up to be much more than what it was. Robin Leach from the Las Vegas Sun newspaper spoke to insiders prior to the performance. Some quotes from the article he wrote a few days ahead of the performance:
Well, this was what was being mentioned in that same Las Vegas Sun article ahead of the performance:
Although most of us were sceptical given the Estate's track record up to that point, you really cannot blame some fans for expecting more than what was provided - a projection of Earnest Valentino and a bunch of dancers onto a quivering screen.
lounisp;4227082 said:I thought people were offended because it didn’t look like MJ rather than they used a doublure
Everyone know that it’s not really MJ and that is the point of an hologram.
Did you guys really think that 2pac performed at coachella in 2012??
Of course they also used a doublure and nobody is crying about it.
An hologram is to pay tribute to a deceased artist not to insult them. You obviously have the wrong interpretation.
lounisp;4227082 said:I thought people were offended because it didn’t look like MJ rather than they used a doublure
Everyone know that it’s not really MJ and that is the point of an hologram.
Did you guys really think that 2pac performed at coachella in 2012??
Of course they also used a doublure and nobody is crying about it.
An hologram is to pay tribute to a deceased artist not to insult them. You obviously have the wrong interpretation.
What fans, me included, were expecting was Michael's face. That is the biggest problem that people have. Take Michael's face, generate lip and face movements. There is enough data for that to be done.Of course a tribute artist needed to be used for the dance movements and as a template, for MJ's face to be superimposed onto! Michael never danced to "Slave to the Rhythm", so there was no dance footage that could be used for that. Michael-esque movements were choreographed for the song and for the entire performance piece.
I'm not sure why fans don't understand that the hologram wouldn't BE Michael and couldn't BE Michael, dancing to a previously unreleased and unperformed song.
Personally, I never expected it to actually be Michael.....not for that song. I always expected that it would be a facsimile of him. I actually think the face was done quite well, under the circumstances....after all, it had to lip-synch with the lyrics, etc. I prefer to look at the performance piece as a whole and watch how the holographic image interacted with the LIVE dancers on stage. That was really interesting....the image had a shadow on stage and it synched well with the other performers. I have a feeling that perhaps the entire piece translated much better when viewing it in person, than it did through a TV screen.
If nothing else, I appreciate that executives, entrepreneurs and forward-thinkers were willing to experiment with new technology, to promote an MJ song. Michael always did like to try new things and to be the first one to do it. This technology is in its infancy and no doubt will improve greatly over time. The fact that some people didn't like it, or thought the idea was stupid, is not a good enough reason to discontinue working on something like this. People thought flying was a stupid idea, too and look where we are now.
MJ waited years for technologies to advance before he could complete his vision. Very clear during his lifetime MJ was the leader. Those involved now don't understand and don't care for it like MJ did.What fans, me included, were expecting was Michael's face. That is the biggest problem that people have. Take Michael's face, generate lip and face movements. There is enough data for that to be done.
It is, of course, far simpler, to just motion capture someone completely different. But that is not a Michael Jackson hologram. A hologram is a visual representation of a person. Not of a person who kinda looks like the person if you don't look to closely.
This comes around to something that people forget: Michael had a mindset of either do it very well or don't do it at all. If they didn't have the capability to make the "hologram" with Michael's face, they should not have done it at all.