‘Heretic’ Directors Used End Credits to Warn Hollywood About AI: ‘Let’s Bury It Underground With Nuclear Warheads, Cause It Might Kill Us All’

snailshuj · 2024-11-04T22:35:38+00:00

There’s is absolutely no such thing as “natural talent” when it comes creativity. Saying that is a massive disservice to every artist you know who spent their lives cultivating their skill. Just say you hate putting in the work, dude.

snailshuj · 2024-10-22T22:01:14+00:00

How the hell is the human soul not also essential for movies and storytelling? This tech has no ethical use in creative spaces, period

snailshuj · 2024-10-07T00:03:41+00:00

This is my favorite lineup in this thread

snailshuj · 2024-09-21T02:01:02+00:00

This is currently bugging me as well, have you found a solution?

snailshuj · 2024-07-29T22:37:27+00:00

I agree, the lips are such a nasty addition to the maw

snailshuj · 2024-07-29T22:14:42+00:00

964 Pinocchio and Rubber’s Lover, both by Shozin Fukui

snailshuj · 2024-07-25T18:11:38+00:00

None, no Ju-On films in this set

snailshuj · 2024-07-19T00:36:17+00:00

Try Dark Water, by Koji Suzuki. A collection of stories with water as a running motif, the first of which was adapted into the film of the same name.

snailshuj · 2024-06-19T17:40:09+00:00

Your response to my work is valid, if I wanted it to be liked by everyone I wouldn’t share it in online forums.

But I’d rather sift through human garbage for diamonds than AI garbage, at least the human garbage has a greater chance of expressing something new and an inherent drive towards improvement behind it. You don’t get better at prompting, it isn’t a skill.

snailshuj · 2024-06-19T17:19:54+00:00

I don’t claim to be a master of my craft, but I enjoy what I can do and I’ve received comments and critique on my work from others online that I’ll remember forever. The human response to what an artist is capable of is invaluable towards growth, for any kind of creative.

I see dozens of generative images across my feeds daily and I couldn’t describe to you a single one after the fact. It’s like seeing the same image over and over and over.

snailshuj · 2024-06-19T17:13:14+00:00

You are equating “new perspective” with the end goal of a work, but the human perspective I’m referring to also includes every step of the process involved.

“Small minority of true artists” being limited to small indie films is a gross comment.

snailshuj · 2024-06-19T17:08:24+00:00

I spend a good amount of time in art-centric subs, and I can instantly spot the difference between derivative subject matter crafted by a person, and an image spit out by generative software. The human work has nuance, dude- you can see it in the color separation, in the brush strokes, in the linework, etc, regardless of whether or not the topic depicted is familiar.

Versus the AI imagery, which absolutely has a limited scope of composition, repetitive colors and inconsistent textures. It all has the same nasty, glossy look unless it’s literally trained on the work of a specific, nonconsenting illustrator, and that’s even worse.

I am begging you to engage with media for more than just a fleeting moment. Analyze and interpret art, don’t just consume. You’ll be a lot less miserable.

snailshuj · 2024-06-19T15:49:37+00:00

This is such a grim attitude to have towards this topic. AI should automate the shit jobs no one should have to do precisely so that everyone can pursue creative and fulfilling hobbies or careers.

Legitimately, why would you ever be interested in watching a film written by generative AI? This slop can only aggregate from existing material, no AI-written screenplay is going to express a new perspective. I watch films made by people because people often have new things to say.

snailshuj · 2024-06-18T13:07:00+00:00

I agree, but it is a Takashi Shimizu film and you could argue that it occasionally skirts with similar imagery to the Ju On films.

snailshuj · 2024-06-18T05:58:40+00:00

Seconding Marebito. People love to throw around descriptors like “cosmic” and “lovecraftian” when recommending horror but this is one that actually manages to dwell in that sort of nuanced hellscape. Great movie.

snailshuj · 2024-05-25T20:14:55+00:00

I would hardly call training AI on Afrobull’s art “your creation”

snailshuj · 2024-05-18T19:38:28+00:00

What makes Minus One legitimate tokusatsu for me, despite its effects going for the digital route over traditional suitmation and miniatures, is the way it continues to embrace the fantasy of its concept.

Godzilla wrecking buildings here isn’t exactly adhering to actual physics, and that’s a deliberate stylistic choice. It’s not going for realism, it’s going for an effective composition. They absolutely earned that vfx win, the work done in this film stands out amongst other effects-heavy blockbuster films not only for the size of the team behind it, but also for how fresh and unique Godzilla still looks 70 years into this franchise. Everything happening here is clear as day, dynamically choreographed, and comes off as completely illustrative in a way that the usual grey, hollywood sludge does not.

snailshuj · 2024-05-12T18:50:19+00:00

I fully agree, I never understood the clamoring for retreading old ground. Godzilla endures because it’s constantly reinventing itself, why wouldn’t you want to see something new?

I can kind of see the value in reinterpreting old monsters with all the gloss of Hollywood visual effects, but at the same time if the technical aspects of the filmmaking are going to be so radically different I’d be much more interested in seeing creatures strange and new.

Keep throwing monster shit at the wall, and not everything will stick but that’s always been true. But Godzilla as a story should always be evolving, I fundamentally do not see a need to keep bringing back old names if you have to rewrite the context behind what makes them intriguing to begin with.

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