Cochella: Tupac resurrection

[viranimus]

So at the recent Cochella music festival it seems that another musical hologram was on stage, This time the hologram was the visual resurrection of Tupac Shakur on stage with Snoop Dogg.


So my question is, Is he actually dead, or is this just his way of getting back on stage after the fabled cover up? If he is dead would this not be incredibly offensive to the family? Is this a good use of the potential technology ?

 

[DoPo]

So that's why there was an upsurge of people realising Tupac was dead now. At least I assume so.

OT: I think he's dead. As dead as Elvis. At least I see no point for him to hide. I've heard of the theories that explain he's still alive (I had a couple of friend who were quite into it. I've heard a lot, is what I'm trying to say) but...well, nobody managed to explain adequately why would Tupac fake his own death and just hide for...is it 15 years now?

EDIT:

If he is dead would this not be incredibly offensive to the family?

Oh, forgot about this - I don't know. It really depends on his family - they have the final say here. On one hand, they might be happy, or they might really get offended. Ideally, I'd assume somebody asked them if it's OK to project their dead relative on stage.

 

[Lionsfan]

Tupac is deader than a doornail. Some of his songs were just ahead of his time though:
But seriously, that's kind of creepy, and I wonder if there has been any reaction from the family

 

[DugMachine]

Its pretty neat but kind of creepy at the same time. While not 100% life like this is def going in the right direction.

As for the family... I wouldn't be upset. More creeped out

 

[HardkorSB]

But seriously, that's kind of creepy, and I wonder if there has been any reaction from the family

From what I know, his mother has the rights to his music, so all the "new songs", collaborations with current pop stars and now this, is her doing.

She's been selling out her dead son like crazy.

 

[Lionsfan]

But seriously, that's kind of creepy, and I wonder if there has been any reaction from the family

From what I know, his mother has the rights to his music, so all the "new songs", collaborations with current pop stars and now this, is her doing.

She's been selling out her dead son like crazy.

I guess that doesn't surprise me too much. It's still really depressing when you think about how the vultures always circle whenever a successful musician goes down.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I really only had one thought when I heard about this: the technology has finally made it to the US, so can we please have a vocaloid concert now? I'm not even into J-pop, it just looks like the best rave in history.

 

[Heaven's Guardian]

I hate this. The Vocaloid stuff is cool, and I have a strong suspicion that Ho-kago Teatime is going to get "live" concerts soon considering how much money could be made from that, but using a dead person who could never have consented to this use of their likeness is unbelievably offensive to me. It's even worse than Elvis impersonators, because at least it's obvious that those are actors. Trying to reconstruct a dead person this way, though, is something that I feel crosses the line of decency.

 

[Pb Zeppelin]

This is really cool, really creepy, and really sad at the same time.

I wonder how they were able to get his voice accurate to how he would have actually sounded.

 

[viranimus]

I hate this. The Vocaloid stuff is cool, and I have a strong suspicion that Ho-kago Teatime is going to get "live" concerts soon considering how much money could be made from that, but using a dead person who could never have consented to this use of their likeness is unbelievably offensive to me. It's even worse than Elvis impersonators, because at least it's obvious that those are actors. Trying to reconstruct a dead person this way, though, is something that I feel crosses the line of decency.

See I kinda thought the same thing. I seem to recall things like the commercial that featured Vincent Price after his death right before the film Forrest Gump came out using essentially the same technology (as the gump film). Then more recently there was the John Lennon commercial


It really seems in bad taste to me. The technology is great, but you know what.. Id much rather see it used as a 3 dimensional model for internal organs scanned real time so doctors can get a clearer image and do their job better or something that is at least worth while and valid. Resurrecting a rapper is NOT going to actually help anyone anywhere, ever.

 

[malestrithe]

Tupac's been dead for 16 years. This hologram is not as offensive his family still cashing in on his leftover recordings.