I just finished watching the Two Towers again. I saw it at christmas, but I'd almost forgotten just how amazing Smeagol/Gollum actually was for a CG character. So I was thinking "Well, how long will it be before they can do human characters that are TOTALLY convincing?" 10 years? I'd say even less. Think how far they've come in the last 10 years. So, how long before they don't even NEED actors? OK, for most stuff it'll always be cheaper to use humans. But the day when Nicole Kidman (or whoever) asks for $10 million for a movie and they say "Hmm... we could do a CG char for less than that". That'll be the day actors start to become extinct. Is this OT? I don't think so. What will WE be doing with Poser in 10 years time? Ten years ago, Poser was called 'Mannequin' and (by all reports - I never saw it), was about as primitive as they come. So, as CG in movies progresses, the technology will trickle down to us 'cheapies' at the 'low' end of the CG market. Oooh! Gimme MASSIVE for Poser scenes! That would be fun! And what about copyright of a human being? If we can do Nicole Kidman in, say, 20 years time, how do actors stop us using their image? I heard a rumor a couple of years back that some Hollywood people had taken out copyright on their facial and body features, but I don't know if this was true. Well, it may be pure speculation, but it's good to look up from the keyboard every now and again. No? mac