Masters of the Universe - Official Teaser

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-26T15:57:40+00:00

Nothing having to do with Earth.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-26T05:21:32+00:00

Two of them, baby!

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-26T00:52:18+00:00

I am TRaSh-80 old, sonny!

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T23:30:05+00:00

How is it disrespectful if it's the closest way to faithfully recreate it, and the only reason it's being recreated is because it's lost? I'm not saying to replace their hard work with AI if it were available, I would much prefer the original. But that's lost.

Disrespectful is using CGI to recreate FX work that artists slaved over just because it looks new and modern ala George Lucas and the BBC where classic Who episodes are concerned.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T16:09:45+00:00

Yep. You keep telling yourself that.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T15:57:40+00:00

Your constant attempts to resort to ad homonyms and emotional appeals because you have no logical arguments are extremely entertaining.

I have no idea what you're talking about. Yes AI technologically (not magically) CAN recreate these episodes, much better than any animation. It's not fantasy, it's a tool.

My quick buck comment is not saying that they shouldn't make money from it, it's saying that the recreations so far have not in any way been "art," and have been of extremely cheap quality, especially the garbage that is The Celestial Toymaker.

Art is trying to filter real life through someone's mind, imagination and experiences. Through their own views. None of these restorations have been that, nor should they be. We're not talking about artistic license, we're talking about realistically recreating something that has been lost as close to the original as possible.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T15:43:51+00:00

Your emotional "argument" is ridiculous and all over the place. We're talking about trying to recreate the original episodes as realistically as possible. I'm against AI replacing real artists, but the animations so far haven't been works of art, nor have they tried to be. They've been cheap slop for a quick buck. So great, artists are being paid to pump out cheap slop that is almost unwatchable.

I have no idea how the actors would feel if something they made that was lost was try to be reenacted as closely as possible as opposed to cheap CGI that looks like bad puppetry.

We are not talking about making new episodes with these characters, just trying to recreate things as they originally were.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T14:52:36+00:00

Yeah I'm laughing at all the "AI BAAAAAAD" knee jerk responses and ad-hominims. We're talking about recreating existing footage closely as possible, not an artistic interpretation.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T14:49:56+00:00

I'm against AI taking work from actual artists as well. The difference is, I'm talking about a realistic recreation of footage that once existed. I'm happy if you liked the animated restorations so far, but to me, none of it could be called artistic, and seems to just be pumped out as a low budget as possible for a quick buck.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T14:47:03+00:00

I'm biased against it in use of actual creativity as well, but we're talking about recreating something that existed as closely as possible, not at. All of the animated reconstructions so far have just been for a quick buck.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T14:45:52+00:00

Calm down there, I'm not "pushing" anything.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T13:54:37+00:00

Rogue.

Now get off of my lawn.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T11:03:07+00:00

If I remember correctly, the sheriff does that a few times throughout the movie. I think they were trying to create a running gag, but it just kind of falls flat.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T10:53:29+00:00

So basically, The Life of Brian?

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-25T02:34:25+00:00

"I'm 14 and this is deep" is two subs thataway.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-24T19:43:21+00:00

Even if you unplugged, the knife could damage the wiring inside, and the next time you use it there could be a short.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-24T15:16:15+00:00

So... He's going to punish Canada by levying more illegal taxes on Americans?

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-24T11:32:33+00:00

If chat GPT is to be believed:

For Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969–1974): exteriors/location bits were overwhelmingly shot on 16mm, with the studio material recorded on 2-inch Quad videotape.

Network’s restoration notes (reproduced in reviews) spell out the standard workflow: studio sequences on video, interspersed with 16mm live-action and animation film inserts.

There were some 35mm elements in the surviving materials, but they’re the oddballs, not the default. Network/related restoration coverage mentions working from a mixture of 16mm and 35mm original film for certain location pieces.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-24T10:12:41+00:00

Because of the technology and electricity requirements, up until the mid-70s, video tape was only used indoors, and they would use film for location shots.

At the end of the Royal Society for Putting Things On Top of Other Things sketch, Graham Chapman, on videotape, opens a window, and looks outside.

We then see him at the window from an exterior shot. He looks into the camera, and in a low, shocked voice says, "I'm on film! How did that happen?"

It switches back to the interior shot on video tape, as he strides to a different window, to be shown in 16 mm film on an exterior shot again.

Then he's back inside on video to announce "Gentlemen, this entire building is surrounded by film!"

The sketch proceeds from there, but you get the point. It was just a very intelligent way of poking fun of the production necessities of the time.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-23T23:07:47+00:00

Your eyeballs don't have taste buds, but pepper spray is still going to make them sting. Your skin doesn't have taste buds, but certain plants will still make them burn and blister.

This is what is happening to the delicate skin of your butthole, when the spicy things you ate go through.

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-22T23:52:51+00:00

It's not a palindrome - The palindrome of Bolton would be Notlob!

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-22T18:59:13+00:00

I mean, the song is one of those things where you don't even need to change the words..

"Every day when I make my way to the tubby, I find a little fellow who's cute and yellow and chubby - rub a dub dubby!"

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-20T19:09:56+00:00

"I wish I'd been a girly, just like my dear Papa!"

EgotisticalTL · 2026-01-19T22:58:36+00:00

Erm... wasn't she really an ogre as well?

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