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Like it or not, it looks like the trend of digitally resurrecting late celebrities is here to stay. One of the latest such instances is with Marilyn Monroe, where she resurfaced in last month's CR Fashion Book, China edition. In order to pull this project off, several creative and tech teams worked on it for 8 months, and produced an explosive result.

The reviews were mixed, but what the project succeeded in doing is that no one was indifferent to it. Some applauded this virtual project as beneficial, saying that it's a great way to showcase the technology, while others were left unnerved. What made most people uncomfortable is the unsettling question: "Who's going to be next in line to become a commercialized corpse? Is there no rest for the dead?" What do you think? Tell us in the comments below!

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Marilyn Monroe Like You've Never Seen Before: She Virtually Becomes An Incredible Supermodel Of The 21st Century(7 Pics)

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urszulat
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All but this one make her look vacant. She was vibrant.

commie pinkofag
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3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless you know her personally, you have no idea what she was or was not. There is no truth in images, and certainly none in celebrity. The only "Marilyn Monroe" we can know is a product, not a person. What we feel when we look at a picture is a fantasy based in our peculiar neurology.

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Crystal West
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Further perpetuating the belief by young people that this is what a human looks like - completely face tuned with no skin texture and zero discoloration, no pores, barely even wrinkles on the knuckles of her fingers. It's awful and overdone completely. We need to stop this misconception that this type of beauty is achievable. It is a cartoon version.

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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i dont understand why they didnt give her even a slight smile in any of them. she was so lively and fun and theese dont really show that at all.

Melissa Johnson
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's because these aren't photos, and her eyes are downcast in this one. Her vibrancy won't show in generated images. What passes me off is they are still using her.

DetongLhamo
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate them all. They’re a travesty.

commie pinkofag
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Ceci n’est pas une pipe," said René Magritte in "The Treachery of Images." It's a lesson that should be taught and retaught in every grade of every educational system on earth. It's 2022 and imagery is the primary tool by which billions of people are encouraged to feel without thinking. This is not Marilyn Monroe. This is not anyone. This is a collection of colored dots. An image has the same reality as anything else that exists entirely between our ears. We are, each of us, responsible for our perceptions. The danger is that perceiving stupidly is a precursor to acting stupidly. We’re subjected daily to a billion dollar industry that does nothing but use colored dots to manipulate our perceptions, feelings, and actions - usually to our own detriment as individuals and as a species.

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    Marilyn Monroe Like You've Never Seen Before: She Virtually Becomes An Incredible Supermodel Of The 21st Century(7 Pics)

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    Marquelle Adkins
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They made her too thin in all the pictures. She has curves and was like a size 12.

    Trond Øien
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the one that feels most real imho. I Think I'll watch "Some Like It Hot" (1959) for tonights movie. Always hilarious.

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    Marilyn Monroe Like You've Never Seen Before: She Virtually Becomes An Incredible Supermodel Of The 21st Century(7 Pics)

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    Roni Kova
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    W o w this is creepy how realistic it looks O.O

    Lyone Fein
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She had a curvier belly in real life.

    Kitty1019
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too thin. She had real woman curves.

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    Marilyn Monroe Like You've Never Seen Before: She Virtually Becomes An Incredible Supermodel Of The 21st Century(7 Pics)

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    Roni Kova
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This seems like an outfit she would've realistically worn and liked :)

    Carrie Priegel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a Met Gala knockout!! 👍😍💕 (and far better than many that have attended).

    Joyce Spriggs
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s something “off” with her eyes..

    Dorothy Cloud
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some odd reason, this one doesn't quite look like her.

    Liz-ard
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The dress look like a helium balloon about to take of with whoever the one wearing it! Ridiculous! I know it’s supposed to be MM, but no. To me it look like an almost look-a-like.

    Joel Young
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cheap antics to create shock value. I don't care for it in this case.

    R Burke
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think if I were dead and famous I'd hate people speaking for what I would or wouldn't have liked....but then she doesn't get a say soooo

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    Danni
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Complete uncanny valley vibes. Thanks, I hate it.

    New Everywhere
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Almost as weird as someone wanting to wear her dress.

    Honesty Leigh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These don't even look like her.....

    R Burke
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a wax figure of MM

    Creature Cargeaux
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So Marilyn has a BBL now? & a 5 in waist? B***h please.

    Amaranthim Talon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    doesn't really "look" like her- more like a cousin or her sister.

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    Marilyn Monroe Like You've Never Seen Before: She Virtually Becomes An Incredible Supermodel Of The 21st Century(7 Pics)

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    Tiny Dancer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you'll pardon the expression, Marilyn would not be caught dead in an outfit with all those ragged edges! I hope her estate is suing.

    Robert Margolis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry. Honestly lacks Marilyn Monroe’s soul. Feels nothing like her.

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    Sydney-Kate
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was a beautiful woman it’s such a shame that we lost her so soon

    Kitty1019
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the only picture that slightly resembles her. All the others look like Marilyn impersonators.

    MONROE
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those eyes .. "Sultry" or "heavily under the influence" ?

    Ev
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This woman has guns. Did Marilyn Monroe have em?

    Maria Mandjik
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She wouldn’t wear a dress this short.

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    Marilyn Monroe Like You've Never Seen Before: She Virtually Becomes An Incredible Supermodel Of The 21st Century(7 Pics)

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    Pirates of Zen Pants
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't picture her wearing any of this junk. She had a style, and this isn't it.

    Lyone Fein
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one doesn't look like her.

    Christopher Clements
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WTF is with these people, this does not even resemble MM.

    Weim Central
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They made her look like Rita Hayworth.

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    teddy bear
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this isnt her style. thanks, i hate it

    Martin John
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is something off about all of these....there is a spark of life that is missing here which is rather disconcerting.

    B Nelson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They all look fake & unrealistic. Plus just creepy. Just doesn't look right. No thank you.

    Christine Down
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of these are awful. In some she doesn't even look like Marilyn. Are we sure this isn't a con? If so, they have been so badly photoshopped as to change her essential self.

    Liz-ard
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t know what pic the artists worked on here, but they didn’t make it.

    Grumpy old lady
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's no spark in any of these 'photos'. You fail.

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