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MrSlongDong said:
Making AI videos is really difficult. It's like saying using CGI is easier than practical effects. Both require completely different sets of skills. I tried learning to use an UI to generate AI work (just out of intellectual curiosity) and it's basically like learning to code or learning to play an instrument or a foreign language. It's not as simple as writing a prompt and waiting for the computer to miraculously implement your vision.
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you can’t blame them a lot of it is just typing words for some coom and dopamine. slop is the appropriate term for a lot of it.

I’m not gonna be surprised at these companies being cheap and creating shitty ai movies since they hate putting effort into anything or spending anything. What the hell is the point in watching corpo ai generated slop and it being the same as their other slop? Same shit with proompters.

I’m not gonna sit here and pay to watch your retarded fake sequel. Especially when you can just get another llm to write the words for you to make said movie. The bar has been in hell but now we’re somehow reaching even lower. Your product is not any better than corpo slop because you relied on a computer to do everything for you.

I can’t wait for Disney to get my internet shut off because I pirated the 33rd dumbo film that they got 3 jeets and Koreans to do. The future is wonderful. :)
 
Kind of strange here, is the person in the article someone they've talked about or anything?
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After watching their video about AI, I asked ChatGPT to script an episode of Half in the Bag about The Batman (2022) and this was the result.

[INT. LIGHTLY FILTHY VCR REPAIR SHOP – NIGHT]

MIKE: So, Jay, we watched The Batman. Or should I say The Bat-man, because this is the most serious, noir-soaked Batman movie since, well… ever?

JAY: Yeah, if you were hoping for fun superhero action, forget it. This is Batman as a slow-burn detective story. It's like Se7en had a goth baby with Zodiac and it was raised by The Crow.

MIKE: And that baby became a brooding weirdo who journals his feelings in cursive.

[CLIP: ROBERT PATTINSON’S BATMAN – “I’m vengeance.”]

JAY: I actually really liked that. Robert Pattinson plays Batman as this anti-social, greasy-haired emo shut-in. He spends the whole movie either punching people or avoiding eye contact. I respect the commitment.

MIKE: It's the first Batman who actually seems like he *sleeps upside down*. And he’s doing actual detective work! He’s in the crime scenes, figuring stuff out, talking to Gordon like they’re in an episode of True Detective.

[CLIP: JEFFREY WRIGHT’S GORDON – “What do you think this means?”]

JAY: Jeffrey Wright is great as Gordon. He’s doing that gravelly whisper, but unlike Christian Bale, he doesn’t sound like he swallowed a blender.

MIKE: You mean this isn’t a Batman Begins prequel?

JAY: No, but the movie really wants to be grounded. Everything’s wet, dark, and miserable. Gotham looks like if someone dumped New York into a bucket of sewage and then filmed it with a fog machine on full blast.

MIKE: Oh, yeah. Every scene looks like it was shot through a jar of cigarette water. It’s mood, Jay.

[CLIP: PAUL DANO’S RIDDLER – “This is not just a call… it’s a warning.”]

JAY: Let’s talk villains. Paul Dano as the Riddler is… basically a Zodiac killer Reddit mod.

MIKE: He’s terrifying. I mean, sure, he looks like he runs a My Chemical Romance fan page, but he’s actually dangerous. He’s not leaving riddles like, “What has four legs and can’t walk?” He’s livestreaming murders and doxxing corrupt officials.

JAY: Finally, a Batman villain who understands SEO.

[CLIP: COLIN FARRELL’S PENGUIN – “What are you, blind?!”]

MIKE: And then there’s Colin Farrell as the Penguin, who is unrecognizable under a mountain of prosthetics. He’s basically doing a low-rent De Niro impression and honestly? I loved every second.

JAY: He’s hilarious. He adds a bit of levity without turning it into a Marvel movie.

MIKE: Speaking of which — no quips. No wink-wink. This movie plays it completely straight. And I kinda admire that?

JAY: Yeah, Matt Reeves committed to the tone. It’s three hours long and takes itself very seriously… maybe *too* seriously sometimes.

MIKE: The third act kind of drags. There’s a point where you think the movie’s over, and then suddenly Gotham floods and it becomes The Day After Tomorrow.

JAY: It does feel like two movies stitched together. But overall, I liked it. It’s a stylish, moody, well-acted take on Batman that feels fresh even after we’ve had, like, fifteen Batmen in the last two decades.

MIKE: Yeah, it's definitely better than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Gritty Garbage.

JAY: And unlike Zack Snyder’s Batman, Pattinson’s Batman doesn’t murder people with a tank.

MIKE: Baby steps!

[CLIP: BATMOBILE CHASE – ENGINE REVVING, PENGUIN FLIPPING]

JAY: And can we talk about that Batmobile chase? The sound design on that engine could make a grown man cry.

MIKE: It was like a demon straight out of Mad Max. And when it finally starts up, it’s like Godzilla burped fire.

JAY: The Batman isn’t for everyone. It’s slow, grim, and has a very specific tone. But if you're into noir, serial killer thrillers, and Robert Pattinson in eyeliner, this is the Batman for you.

MIKE: Yeah. He may be emo, but at least he’s not Ben Affleck killing twenty people per scene while sipping a Starbucks.

JAY: Final verdict?

MIKE: I liked it. It's not my favorite Batman movie, but it's one of the most interesting ones. And it actually tried something different.

JAY: Same. It’s not fun, but it’s *good*. Maybe give it a second watch if you felt exhausted the first time.

MIKE: Or just wait for the sequel: The Batman II: Even More Sad.

[FADE TO BLACK, CUE HALF IN THE BAG OUTRO MUSIC]

It was missing Rich Evans so I asked for a skit where Mr. Plinkett threatens the mayor of Milwaukee, WI.

[INT. VCR REPAIR SHOP – LATER IN THE REVIEW]

MIKE: So, Gotham is corrupt to the core. The mayor, the DA, the police—all tangled in this web of lies and hush money. It’s like The Wire, but everyone’s wearing Halloween costumes.

JAY: Yeah, and it’s kind of depressing how Gotham’s fictional politics feel more functional than Milwaukee’s.

[SMASH CUT: INT. PLINKETT’S HOUSE – DARK, DINGY BASEMENT – NIGHT]

[Rich Evans as Mr. Plinkett sits in his recliner, breathing heavily, lit only by the glow of a CRT TV playing The Batman.]

MR. PLINKETT (Rich Evans): Corruption in Gotham?! Pfft. I once bribed the Mayor of Milwaukee with a bucket of chicken and an unopened LaserDisc copy of Timecop. He still owes me six parking tickets and a kidney.

[He slowly turns his head toward the camera.]

MR. PLINKETT: You think I’m jokin’? You think this is a game? You don’t understand what Gotham is. Gotham is real. And it’s HERE.

[Plinkett creaks up out of his chair and grabs a VHS tape labeled "BLACKMAIL MATERIAL – MKE CITY HALL." He shuffles to a dusty landline phone, dialling a number one digit at a time.]

MR. PLINKETT (into phone): Yeah. Mayor Johnson? It’s me. Plinkett. I saw The Batman. And I got ideas.

[CUT TO: STOCK FOOTAGE OF CITY HALL – THUNDER CRACKS]

MR. PLINKETT (V.O.): I'm gonna dress up like a rat, crawl through the sewer system, and expose the whole city council’s browser history.

[CUT BACK: MIKE AND JAY stare at the camera in stunned silence.]

MIKE: ...Was that a scene from The Batman, or...?

JAY: I think Rich Evans just threatened the local government live on camera.

MIKE: Well, it wouldn’t be the first time.

[They both shrug and continue drinking.]

JAY: Anyway, what’d you think of Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman?
 
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Mola Ram said:
It's a Milwaukee crime.
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I assumed it was local. That changes nothing.

I already gave a thumbs-up to this post:
Fartificial Insmelligence said:
Someone on the RLM team meant to post this from their alt account, oopsie!
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--which I know you saw, bc you gave it a drink sticker, so what crawled up your ass and told you it was a good idea to reply:
Mola Ram said:
You autists need to do some extremely basic research before going off on these screeching flights of fancy.
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Quit being weird.
 
𖦹Junkpop𖦹 said:
you can’t blame them a lot of it is just typing words for some coom and dopamine. slop is the appropriate term for a lot of it.
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Ok but coomers are just coomers. That's not the fault of the technology. If you want to use that technology to coom, that's your problem. I can't personally imagine anything more pathetic than generating AI porn. When I was a kid I was very good at drawing and I had a bunch of classmates who always asked me to draw them boobs and titties and I wouldn't because it made me uncomfortable to think they'd jack off to something I drew. Just to say, that's the human nature. It's sad but what can you do. When you look at AI models, it's clear a lot of it is geared towards generating coom but that has more to do with the fact that people are obsess with masturbating. If they stopped smoking weed all the time (and I genuinely think that's the number one problem) then they'd be less horny and they'd do something more productive with their time and with this technology. If we shamed people for that and we took away the weed, all this shit would be gone.

As for your other point, the interesting thing is that: if you don't want to watch the mega-corpo slop, then it will get to a point where you will be able to generate your own version of the things you like. I think we have all played a different version of the sequels in our heads, which would have been better than what we got. Not to mention the most recent star wars slop that Disney put out. Imagine being able to just make your own stuff and not having to watch this disney-approved garbage for once.
 
King Dead said:
Thus, if Mike were correct in his assessment, then the Disney movies should have been a slam dunk, thus validating his critique.
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That doesn't really follow. As someone said, just because the Disney movies were shit doesn't mean the criticisms of the prequels are suddenly invalidated.

And even if some of the missing or 'good' elements were found in the Disney films, there were also a lot of things that weren't. It wasn't helped that you had people who seemingly hated Star Wars making top level decisions on the direction of the franchise and it led to criticisms that were found in the prequel reviews: bizarre decisions (like political bullshit in a supposed children's movie, that second half there is important) that make for a boring story.

I think they've mellowed a bit with age and are trying to be 'fairer', but IMO, shit like that Obi Wan show didn't deserve an open mind. It was pretty shit, period.
 
MrSlongDong said:
Not to mention the most recent star wars slop that Disney put out. Imagine being able to just make your own stuff and not having to watch this disney-approved garbage for once
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Ah yes I can’t wait for the further erosion of culture and the concept of shared experiences/community. The technology doesn’t come out of nowhere and doesn’t get funded out of nowhere. There’s a clear purpose to this shit and there’s a reason why Google, meta, OpenAI, and every other evil corpo you can think of is pushing this hard. It’s not anything to be optimistic about. I’m not going to sit here and fall for this malicious optimism these companies are pushing.

We’re not going to get the death of copyright since the entertainment companies like Disney have their claws sunken deep. These niggas are going to sell you ai generated slop and then copyright claim you for ai generated slop. If you want to go the blindly optimistic route you could say that this could empower smaller teams of animators and artists, but these companies will probably find a way to squash that type of competition through artificial means.

Why go to a movie theater or go to YouTube to watch an indie project when you have a bunch of goyslop that will coddle you and bend to your whim? Slop again is the appropriate term and I’m kind of tired of people acting like the AI is a pwoor innocent little pwuppy dog that didn’t du nuffin. It’s a thing that is being funded and pushed for a reason.

The reason for the coom shit is social media and the isolation that has came from the smart phone era. Both things brought upon us by these same corpos deceiving you and telling you that you’re gonna reach nirvana through AI. Pushing people further into their own bubbles through their algorithms. Own nothing, create no identity, have no culture, eat the bugs and live in your pod. Just like with the lgbt acceptance shit that was not long ago pushed by these corpos this is yet another slippery slope. A further slip into a world with no merit, no work ethic, retards who can’t read, write, or think.
 
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