COVID-19 has changed many things in the world of entertainment, up to and including the need to replace good old ones.a fashion spike that should have appeared in the Walker, Texas Ranger restart with computer-fax generated.
In a move that is sure to disappoint the spittoon-dinging herdsmen we assume a basic demographic make-up for the CW’s Walker, a USA today article about the impact of the pandemic on TV including details that the show needed to “use computer graphics to spray.” This comes as part of broader changes in how “close scenes,” salty or not, are killed when productions need to pay attention to social distance.
While we sympathize with the temporary loss of manipulative effects – from drool to snot rockets – that CGI spit appears, WalkerThe digital slobber is just one part of television that has been adapted thanks to COVID. Season orders were shortened, and calls updated for GLOW and Stumptown they were taken back directly. The article also identifies that series as SWAT the appearance of “love scenes” and “hand-to-hand fights had to be stopped because of the physicality of their intimacy,” while other shows had to reconsider its use of expensive outdoor photos due to safety measures.
However, it is the spit that really sticks in our craw. How should we believe that anything we see on screen is real now that we know to be skeptical of every sloppy kiss and projectile-based personal insult? How are we ever going to buy into the plot details or the emotions that were expressed on the face of an actor again when all the loogie on TV could do with computers? Truly, it’s a strange time when we can no longer even trust the wet, shiny beaks of our favorite celebrities anymore.
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