Althouse: "Hopefully, 'Jim Morrison' will be able to walk right up to you, look you in the eye, sing right at you and then turn around and walk away."

June 13, 2012

"Hopefully, 'Jim Morrison' will be able to walk right up to you, look you in the eye, sing right at you and then turn around and walk away."

Holograms need to up their game.

14 comments:

Dan from Madison said...: Of course, you know that the adult film industry will lead the way in this technology.; 6/13/12, 3:37 PM
Chip S. said...: As long as it doesn't expose itself when it walks up to me I'm ok with this.; 6/13/12, 3:37 PM
chickelit said...: I suspect they'll "recreate" what ever sells. This probably means no Bob Dylan holograms in the future.; 6/13/12, 3:38 PM
chickelit said...: Dan from Madison said...
Of course, you know that the adult film industry will lead the way in this technology.

Air guitar!; 6/13/12, 3:39 PM
chickelit said...: Morrison will taunt: "Come on, come on, come on, come on and now touch me, baby!"

Yeah, that will be a hit. Again.; 6/13/12, 3:45 PM
Wince said...: Will it be the bloated Jim Morrison?; 6/13/12, 4:01 PM
edutcher said...: This has been a technology that, if it lives up to the hype, has been a long time coming.

True 3-D.; 6/13/12, 4:06 PM
Jacques Cuze said...: It's 428 year old magical illusion known as Pepper's Ghost.

It's a fantastic illusion.

It's not a hologram!; 6/13/12, 4:39 PM
cassandra lite said...: As a veteran of at least one live Doors show (that I remember), I'd say the only way to make Jim Morrison authentic is to have the hologram emit a boozy vapor before it slurs some words and falls down screaming.; 6/13/12, 7:08 PM
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ampersand said...: In reality ‘Jim Morrison’ will be able to walk right up to you, look you in the eye, try to sell you credit card insurance and walk away only to return to try again.; 6/13/12, 11:29 PM
lastwordinwine said...: After reading Daveth Milton's recent book on Jim and the FBI, I doubt the hologram version will ever be quite as intelligent, interesting, edgy, creative, and, moribund and death-wishing - even if the music is almost the same. "... Turn out the light."; 6/24/12, 1:08 PM