WGA, SAG-AFTRA Strike Thread

[Filmfreak]

Aliens is an A+ example of how not to transfer an older film to 4K. What a ****ing mess.

Is that the case with the other Cameron 4K releases this year as well?

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

Is that the case with the other Cameron 4K releases this year as well?

Far as I know, no. So it seems nobody wants to use AI for anything other than video games as we already were. Fine by me.

 

[Venom 1988]

Far as I know, no. So it seems nobody wants to use AI for anything other than video games as we already were. Fine by me.

No he was plenty criticised for the others as well. A lot of people thought they did a pretty was a pretty bad job with them, including the use of A.I.

A.I. Made These Movies Sharper. Critics Say It Ruined Them.

Machine-learning technologies are being used in film restoration for new home video releases. But some viewers strongly dislike the results.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Arachnerd]

I'd like to thank everyone involved with this movie for letting everyone know to skip it entirely. Holy effing crap.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

Oh sweet Jesus WHY?

**** Millennium and their ****ty behavior. Between this, the Red Sonya/Bryan Singer debacle and how Expendables 4 turned out, I hope that company goes under.

 

[Arachnerd]

It's just an AI-generated retro poster in the background of a horror movie, they said. It's just four AI-generated posters advertising a movie, they said. Nothing to fret over.

Things like this are just gonna worse. It's even more insulting considering how fantastic Mignola's art is in general. I can't imagine he'd be okay with this.

 

[Venom 1988]

Does Mike Mignola own the film rights to Hellboy? I would be surprised he'd be ok with this.

 

[Pennywise]

I admit, I was originally intrigued, especially with Mignola co-writing the script…. Not anymore!

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

I admit, I was originally intrigued, especially with Mignola co-writing the script…. Not anymore!

Betting Mignola's privately disowned this movie. I went to bat for the 2019 movie. I won't with this.

 

[Pennywise]

Betting Mignola's privately disowned this movie. I went to bat for the 2019 movie. I won't with this.

 

[Venom 1988]

Oh sweet Jesus WHY?

**** Millennium and their ****ty behavior. Between this, the Red Sonya/Bryan Singer debacle and how Expendables 4 turned out, I hope that company goes under.

It's hard to take your responses seriously when you were complaining about the strike taking forever and saying things like it will be years before AI is an issue.

 

[Arachnerd]

Figured. I look forward to him s***-talking the hell out of this movie and how it's disrespecting his craft.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

Was just about to share this. Glad to see Mignola's on our side. Bear in mind, he both wrote and drew the original run of the comics, so he has every right to be upset!

It's hard to take your responses seriously when you were complaining about the strike taking forever and saying things like it will be years before AI is an issue.

I already apologized earlier in this thread about that first bit and about THIS? I was wrong! Horribly, horribly wrong! But again, it's Millennium and I know from what happened on Expendables last year how f-ing cheap they are.

 

[Arachnerd]

To play devil's advocate here, if Arnold's finally realized the gravity of how AI in the media industry can take jobs away from artists either trying to make ends meet or just wanting to be involved in a project they're interested in, as well as generate all-around slop, then I think we could give him the benefit of the doubt here.

All that being said, I'm starting to wonder if we should have a separate thread regarding how AI is affecting Hollywood and art in general or if we just keep the discussion in this thread even though it's just tangentially related to the strikes now.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

To play devil's advocate here, if Arnold's finally realized the gravity of how AI in the media industry can take jobs away from artists either trying to make ends meet or just wanting to be involved in a project they're interested in, as well as generate all-around slop, then I think we could give him the benefit of the doubt here.

All that being said, I'm starting to wonder if we should have a separate thread regarding how AI is affecting Hollywood and art in general or if we just keep the discussion in this thread even though it's just tangentially related to the strikes now.

Thanks.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Venom 1988]

To play devil's advocate here, if Arnold's finally realized the gravity of how AI in the media industry can take jobs away from artists either trying to make ends meet or just wanting to be involved in a project they're interested in, as well as generate all-around slop, then I think we could give him the benefit of the doubt here.

All that being said, I'm starting to wonder if we should have a separate thread regarding how AI is affecting Hollywood and art in general or if we just keep the discussion in this thread even though it's just tangentially related to the strikes now.

Fair enough.

 

[Pennywise]

The director for the film chimed in:

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

The director for the film chimed in:

Oh thank God.

 

[Filmfreak]

Good, we didn't need any more reasons that this film was going to suck.

 

[BeserkerHilf]

Got a question for you guys: we're all agreed that using AI for scripts and actors is a big 'NO', but what about just using it for upscaling older video to a small extent? It's been used for videos on old theme park attractions like Back to the Future and other stuff by people on Youtube and supposedly the recent Aliens 4K reissue did a smidge of it. Thoughts?

Example:

All YouTube Restoration AI-ists are doing without the original film elements is akin to this:



It sucks, serves no purpose, and looks like unhealthy dog**** when they attempt to make it 60FPS as well.

 

[dhandler01]

I don't even get the point to rebooting Hellboy anyways. It isn't like it is a super beloved property everyone is pining for. The comic is cool, the Ron Perlman films were awesome because of who directed them but I dont think many people really care all that much. Hell I didn't even know about it until it was posted in here...

 

[Arachnerd]

The director for the film chimed in:

Split on whether this might be damage control or not.

That being said, it's still wrong even if it's for another project.

 

[Venom 1988]

I don't even get the point to rebooting Hellboy anyways. It isn't like it is a super beloved property everyone is pining for. The comic is cool, the Ron Perlman films were awesome because of who directed them but I dont think many people really care all that much. Hell I didn't even know about it until it was posted in here...

While I have a fondess for the 2 Del Toro movies, Hellboy as a concept I think would work better as a TV show anyway. There are so many good 1-2 issue stories that would work well as a episodic tv show.