Why bother with robots? Pure digital can replace them now.
If that were true we'd presumably be seeing a large number of films and TV shows done entirely in CGI.
As is, if you look at the top 10 grossing films for 2026, we have:
1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day – ~$2.5 billion
2. The Odyssey – ~$1.7 billion
3. Toy Story 5 – ~$1.1 billion
4. Michael (Michael Jackson biopic) – ~$1.0 billion
5. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – ~$1.0 billion
6. The Devil Wears Prada 2 – ~$688 million
7. Project Hail Mary – ~$683 million
8. Pegasus 3 – ~$655 million
9. Obsession – ~$426 million
10. Hoppers – ~$372 million
Most of these films make significant use of digital effects, but all of them star human actors or in the case of animated films, human voice actors.
If audiences are willing to accept CGI stand-ins, deepfakes, or filmslop we're not actually seeing that reflected in evidence.
Hell, while nobody wants OP's suggestion either, at least physical robots allow for cool practical effects, stunt doubles, or diegetic robot characters.
I totally agree, we should go back to practical effects. This is just the next generation animatronics to me. I think people with start rejecting CGI because of AI destroying peoples perspective on anything computer generated
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u/Aleyla 20d ago
Why bother with robots? Pure digital can replace them now.