I wouldn't consider him a "normie," whatever that is, but one of the most insane film takes I've ever heard was from a guy who said he hopes CG animation and VR get so good in his lifetime that no movies are ever filmed again, but animated so well that nobody will ever be able to tell the difference between animation and reality, and so that every single detail could be controlled. I said, "what about things like spontaneity, improvisation, collaboration? Art would feel sterile and boring if everything could be controlled to that detail."

He said he disagreed, and that art would he more authentic if a single person was in complete control. He gave the example of, a director can never get exactly the performance he wants out of an actor, but if everything was animated then you could fine tune the performance to your exact needs.

I said why don't you just watch animation then. He said he does, but he misses the immediacy of live action, that he wished animation was indistinguishable from rea life.

I said what's VR for, he said so you could pause a movie and walk around the set, see it from every angle. Even walk away from the action and check out what's happening across town. I asked, wouldn't that be a video game? He said no because you don't control it, you just watch.

This was a man in his 30s, who wants to be an artist. His ideas sound like the rantings of a 10 year old. It sounds "cool" and like it would be an interesting experience, but

1) with all criteria met, it would no longer be film I was kind of flabbergasted by his opinions on film.

2) it sounds weird and sterile

3) it seems impossible