I remember hearing ages ago that the
surviving family of martial-arts icon Bruce Lee had officially
licensed his image for a full, photo-realistic CGI recreation. Thus
we would be seeing all-new `Bruce Lee' movies starring this
silicon-based celebrity resurrection. The thought gave me the creeps
at the time. But I had to reflect a bit and tell myself, well, Lee
died at 32, leaving his wife and children behind. I can't know what
that was like, and if that's one way for the guy to provide for them
from Beyond, carnie-exploitive as it sounds, I can't blame the Lees
for at least looking into it.
Still, one could well imagine it might
set a horrific precedent among showbiz's performing-arts vultures
(Coming Soon! BRUCE LEE VS. AMY WINEHOUSE IN DALE EARNHARDT SR.'S
CIRCLE OF DEATH, directed by Ingmar Bergman!). Don't ask me how
the digital revival of Bruce Lee panned out - especially since
computer-generated imagery wasn't anywhere near advanced as it is
today. But I like to think that cool heads and dignity prevailed in
the long run, and I AM BRUCE LEE appears now as a more
reasonable alternative.
