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And in fact, that VFX sequence was completed 10 times faster that it could have been completed with visual traditional VFX tools and workflows.
Yeah, generative AI model that is probably trained on some IP that they probably do not own, will do the job faster. Duh.
Not to mention they only had to spend billions to develop and train the model instead of paying people a living wage
This AI approach will go the same way as computer generated special effects went. The visuals will be "glorious" and the reliance on a true story will suffer. Mass entertainment will continue to become shallower than a toddler wading pool.
This is why I'm back to only reading books for imaginative fantasy. My imagination is the only generative intelligence I need. I refuse to hand over my intellectual sovereignty to the beast.
VFX can be amazing in bringing something to life that words alone can't convey.
The main issue here is that you need a cohesive story that would work without VFX, with the latter being additive instead of a replacement for plot. Whether it's CGI or anything else, the storyline still rules.
Let's go back some 40 years, to the Cliffs of Insanity scene in The Princess Bride (by S. Morganstern) -- the effects weren't great, but no one fucking noticed because the story itself was compelling.
Exactly so. But the "creatives" in mass media are interested in money, not magic.
Made today, Falk would have cut in with "Westley doesn't fall at this time."
Huh, Netflix found a way to make its shows even worse. Business as usual, even if the tech is different.