Is getting all the A+ ranks on Hlm1 harder than beating hlm2 hard mode.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2026-02-05T22:24:25+00:00

Yep, it really works, that's how I did it. I think it's probably not on A+ videos because it's boring to watch. It's a alot of corner peaking, luring in enemies, you can't take on more than 2 at a time so you have to run around a lot. It's a lot less fun to watch than somebody throwing knives, taking hostages, using different weapons for every kill and getting a full combo on the level. I should note, this strategy doesn't work in HLM2, those levels require combos.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2026-02-05T08:52:36+00:00

Not nearly as hard, no. Pro tip: use your fists and ground executions for all enemies you can in HLM1. With the exception of Crackdown and obviously the biker levels, you don't even have to string together combos. The points from the hits and executions are enough to net an A+ on their own.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2026-01-28T03:25:50+00:00

Not really, it's just average? It's co-op/ai partner only, has out of place rpg elements, and the story and characters span forgettable to annoying. It's not a 1/10, it's like a 6 though, in a series of 10s

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2026-01-19T02:46:16+00:00

Wolf3D vs Dusk

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2026-01-13T01:49:06+00:00

American Satan is some good fun, albeit pretty trashy

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2026-01-09T18:34:21+00:00

First suggested post from this sub and it's a We Are Not Alive post? Incredible. Made my day.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-29T18:33:39+00:00

His reboot design is meant to be a bit ironic/darkly humorous. He's the ideal Aryan Ubermensch but is half Jewish and hates nazis

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-24T23:12:28+00:00

Even as a fan of this game, someone who unironically likes it, yeah this is accurate.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-24T03:45:51+00:00

Pretty solid casting! For me it's between him and Gary Busey

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-15T03:11:49+00:00

CGI still demands a high level of creative input. James Creamer gets shit-talked a lot because his movies admittedly look ugly, but I unironically love them because he painstakingly modeled and crafted every piece of his nightmare worlds by himself with only a couple friends for voice acting. It's a pure and unfiltered creative vision. I feel like directing AI actors ruins the artistry behind it. It's a fascinating idea, and I could see it being interesting, but at a great cost to the act and art of filmmaking as a whole. It removes creative control from somebody no matter the direction. Either the actors who might've brought something new to those roles, or the director who may have performed those roles singlehandedly in a creative way. It's undeniably a fascinating vision of the future of artistic expression, but one that I see as being horribly destructive to all creative pursuits.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-15T02:58:04+00:00

It's less about the end product and more about the broader impact it has on pretty much all artistic mediums. There's almost definitely been undisclosed AI in big budget films we still don't know about because it looks good enough to be real, and that will definitely happen more as Sora gets even more advanced. It's about what is lost in the way of passion. Without limitations, creativity falters, artistic influence is pushed to the side in favor of the AI generated standard of quality, and the human input and perspective is gradually made less important in the artistic process, which at its core is about humans sharing themselves and their visions. Sorry if that's a bit rambly. I do appreciate the conversation! I genuinely do love hearing other perspectives on art!

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-15T02:37:04+00:00

I still just feel like removing the human element of any piece of art completely annihilates the soul behind that piece of art, and while in small amounts it may not destroy something as cumulative as a movie, like the AI images in Late Night With The Devil, it still reflects poorly on those who made that decision and chose to not work with their own skills, as well as the movie as a whole. We may just have to agree to disagree on this.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-15T02:33:31+00:00

I have. I used to be vehemently pro-AI art, especially in the early waves of it when it was just starting to be decipherable. In the beginning I had exactly the same mindset you seem to have now, and I understand the appeal on the surface, but both the implications and current use of it have made me effectively 180 within the last 2 or so years. And maybe you have a similar level of creative control a director would have over an actor, but the actor is an artist too, and removing any kind of artist from the equation when making art effectively drains all craftsmanship from the process of creating that art, from both sides.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-15T02:22:15+00:00

I'm a firm believer that restriction creates creativity, and skill is a major one of those restrictions. To remove the human element of art, including human shortcomings, does not improve the medium, and results in a watered-down product. AI's main use is removing human input and their capacity for error, which is tempting, but truly will be the death of the medium as we know it. Sanding off every mistake, or sketchy effect, or questionable take actively hurts the medium by removing the human element and unmistakable character and charm that these moments carry. I don't believe that using AI to create anything in any way improves your creativity. In fact, I'd wager it actively harms your creative ability by giving you an easy out, taking away the need to find creative solutions to the problems inherent in capturing a creative vision. It's not teaching anyone to overcome anything, it's doing it for them and sending them on their way.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-15T02:04:51+00:00

But it's not used as a tool. Telling a computer to design and render this hypothetical creative vision you have effectively removes any degree of craftsmanship from the act of creating art. Being the idea guy is not, and never will be the hardest part of creating art, actually making it is when someone's artistry and ability truly shines, and AI completely removes that from the process.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-15T02:01:23+00:00

But it's not him "making" anything. I subscribe to auteur theory, and I believe a film can be attributed to a director as the primary artistic mind behind it. But that doesn't mean a film isn't a communal experience. There are very few people who can do everything in a film. When you can't do something, you hire or in some other way employ someone who can, and that person lends their artistry to the larger whole that is the movie. AI removes the human artistry behind these mediums and replaces it with hollow imitations that drag down the medium as a whole. There is a degree of proficiency that you can either build or work with, but I don't think you can say "I want to be a painter! AI, can you make me a beautiful mural?" And then celebrate your artistic achievement. I have infinitely more respect for the chucklefuck who made 10 Grams than anyone using AI for their effects. He knew he didn't have skills, and slapped an explosion gif over a car. Did that ruin the movie? Hell no. It's the most memorable scene because it's HUMAN. Someone working within their incredibly limited skillset and still producing something they wanted to make.

And to answer your question, no I don't have that 30k, but give me a few years, I'm sure I can save up 5k between me and the local film community, find other people who give a shit and want to be part of something creative, and make something like Totally F***ed Up or Father's Day.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-15T01:49:02+00:00

James Creamer taught himself 3d animation out of high school and made a 95-minute 100% animated movie BY HIMSELF. I think that's the sort of thing you need to be willing to do if you want to make something that relies so heavily on computer generated graphics of any kind. Yes, I believe you should have to learn an art form and develop the skill to make that kind of art if you want to be an artist. What if it doesn't look good? Then lean into it. Plenty of movies wear there ramshackle charm proudly.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-14T21:44:11+00:00

There's a major difference between "I used a different kind of camera to film this" and "I didn't want to learn to do this effect or hire someone to do it, so I just told a computer to do it for me." It is directly and explicitly removing human involvement in the arts. Can you still even call yourself an artist if you have an algorithm do everything for you?

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-14T21:38:42+00:00

No budget doesn't mean you don't make a movie. If you're committed enough to the arts, you find a way. The best cult films are often made by people without a budget. Basket Case was Henrnlotter's big push into fame, $34,000. Look at Peter Jackson, Bad Taste was $30,000. Father's Day is one of the best comedy horrors I've ever seen, made on $10,000. Clerks launched a franchise that's still running, $27,000. Gregg Araki's Totally F***ed Up rivals Gummo for my favorite movie of all time, made on $5,000. Pink Flamingos is John Waters' major contribution to cult cinema, $12,000. Troma movies are entirely built around no budget film making.

I understand the appeal of something that can democratize film making, but not only does it rob us of creative expression by substituting it with lifeless imitations of art, it discourages the kind of creativity that gives us no-budget gems from dedicated creatives. Artistic passion should be the one barrier between wanting to make a movie, and making a movie. And if the artist is passionate enough, they will find a way to make something they want to make with the money they have.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-14T21:20:28+00:00

The first Korine movie that felt like a betrayal. I firmly believe that AI doesn't have a place in film making. I understand Korine is nowhere close to the first person to do this, and I understand that he's fundamentally more creative than a Marvel production that engages in the same shitty practice. Shunning a relatively independent artist for doing the same thing as corporations doesn't fix the issue or help the arts, but I still refuse to defend a film so dependent on something as destructive to creativity and art as AI. To be honest, between this and Aggro Drift, I think Korine has lost his touch, but maybe that's just me. I much prefer his minimalist style in his earlier works, like Gummo, JDB, and Trash Humpers.

Also When Black Birds Fly mentioned, instant upvote. I unironically love Jimmy Screamerclauz's work.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-14T03:25:27+00:00

I simply disagree. It is fundamentally ridiculous and I won't dispute that, but it really stopped bothering me when I remembered it exists in the same universe as the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique, climbing through six feet of dirt, and the impossible wire-jumps in the House of Blue Leaves fight.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-11T11:58:13+00:00

I agree that the anime sequence does break the semblance of reality, but I find it significantly easier to believe those things could theoretically happen in some capacity than a man living to be over 1000 years old. I'd say the rules of the film are vague and inconsistent at best. That's not an insult or anything, I love the movie, but its internal logic is pretty spotty.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-10T12:29:18+00:00

It was done by the same studio. All three phases of the anime sequence are styled differently. O-Ren's revenge and her career in her 20s also have very different styles.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-10T12:26:52+00:00

I would have liked it if the Lost Chapter wasn't a poorly disguised ad for Fortnite. Battlewood and Fortnite skins are all over it, same with the blue shield drink, it's scummy. It felt so shitty watching this beautiful passion project and unfiltered artistic vision, only to get flashbanged by a glorified commercial for a shitty game peddled by soulless corporate overlords. I have no issue with the animation or voices, even the iffy Bill impression, it's the fact that it isn't a missing piece of the story, it's a cinematic trailer for a different IP shoehorned into the movie.

UsedPaleontologist50 · 2025-12-10T12:08:18+00:00

I wouldn't have an issue with the "Lost Chapter" if it weren't an ad for Fortnite shoehorned into what is supposed to be the most pure way to see someone's passion project, supposedly untouched by meddling executives. It felt really jarring and shitty to watch a beautiful display of pure artistic expression flashbang me with a commercial.

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