Comment on Netflix’s first show with generative AI is a sign of what’s to come in TV, film
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 6 days agoVFX 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.
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Exactly so. But the “creatives” in mass media are interested in money, not magic.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 6 days ago
Made today, Falk would have cut in with “Westley doesn’t fall at this time.”