Random Thoughts

[leifastagsweed]

My random thought today...

How appropriate is it to use promotional images of Carrie Fisher?

I was watching the latest trailer for The Last Jedi and obviously, since she's in the movie, she's in the promo. Cool. However, I feel like things go weird when they splashed Billie Lourd looking pensive and then immediately Carrie's soundbyte, "It's about family." I experienced an actual pang to the chest and then waves of sadness. Star Wars pretty much permeated my entire childhood and Princess Leia was my first human hero. I mean, I know she is in the film and that she's dead and I probably just need to deal with that either way so they might as well throw it at me now.

It made me wonder if this is just my experience or if there are others that feel that this is maybe exploitative?

[Back]

Give a woman a bloody mary, and she drinks for a day. Teach a woman to make a bloody mary, and she is drunk for a lifetime.

[everan]

Give a woman a bloody mary, and she drinks for a day. Teach a woman to make a bloody mary, and she is drunk for a lifetime.

Be nice Back, it's tough growing up in Hollywood!

In any event, no exploit here yet, in my opinion. If they start doing endless flashbacks in future movies, I would take exception.

[Taernath]

How appropriate is it to use promotional images of Carrie Fisher?

It made me wonder if this is just my experience or if there are others that feel that this is maybe exploitative?

It definitely made me feel a little weird. We live in an age where we can turn older actors into their younger selves through special effects, and even bring long-dead actors back in a form of digital necromancy. Presumably they got permission from Fisher's estate.

Interesting article on it:
http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rogue...-likeness.html

[Gelston]

It definitely made me feel a little weird. We live in an age where we can turn older actors into their younger selves through special effects, and even bring long-dead actors back in a form of digital necromancy. Presumably they got permission from Fisher's estate.

Interesting article on it:
http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rogue...-likeness.html

I imagine they were made before she died. The movie was completely finished before she died.

[Tisket]

My random thought today...

How appropriate is it to use promotional images of Carrie Fisher?

I was watching the latest trailer for The Last Jedi and obviously, since she's in the movie, she's in the promo. Cool. However, I feel like things go weird when they splashed Billie Lourd looking pensive and then immediately Carrie's soundbyte, "It's about family." I experienced an actual pang to the chest and then waves of sadness. Star Wars pretty much permeated my entire childhood and Princess Leia was my first human hero. I mean, I know she is in the film and that she's dead and I probably just need to deal with that either way so they might as well throw it at me now.

It made me wonder if this is just my experience or if there are others that feel that this is maybe exploitative?

It was a little emotionally manipulative but, I don't think Carrie would have cared. She had a pretty good sense of humor.

[leifastagsweed]

Give a woman a bloody mary, and she drinks for a day. Teach a woman to make a bloody mary, and she is drunk for a lifetime.

It was a little emotionally manipulative but, I don't think Carrie would have cared. She had a pretty good sense of humor.

Actually, she was pretty peeved about a lot of Star Wars related promotionals, but she most definitely had a sense of humor! Prozac, anyone? She would just publicly snark amusingly then move on...and drink a bloody mary