Ben deHoedt

Film maker, musician, social worker. Melbourne.

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@rarefilmsguy Hope yr bouncing back from whatever the universe unleashed upon you, man…

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@ShannonNutt @TheStingisBack The alien fingers looked pretty artificial to me as well. Thematically it looks pretty saccharine, too, and I've read / heard nothing that tells me this will be time well spent...

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@TheStingisBack It doesn’t bode well, because Spielberg gets quite a say in how his trailers are cut. So my expectations are pretty darned low for this one.

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@TheStingisBack To be fair, the trailer looks like garbage. Lots of obvious CG, endless and apparently meaningless camera movement etc.

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@DominicHailsto1 also, maybe the “anti-ai” people you speak of are just “pro cinema” or “pro creativity” or “pro humans at the helm of artistic expression”. Because prompts are not creative expression, they are the outsourcing of it.

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@DominicHailsto1 but even if we were - what does that have to do with the fact that generative AI is overwhelmingly sloppy or that outsourcing creative thought is categorically a foolishly dehumanising thing to do?

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@DominicHailsto1 You’re assuming that “anti-ai” people are all foolish enough to upload their own pictures to social media platforms

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@worldofreel @SightSoundmag Does his omission of PTA's beautifully shot but empty OBAA qualify as a snub? That at least would be reasonable...

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@worldofreel @SightSoundmag There's no better way to demonstrate how out of touch with your own craft you are than to be this wilfully, pitifully narrow in observance of contemporary cinema. I guess QT hasn't bothered with Nouvelle Vague, Holy Cow, Weapons, Lurker, Bugonia, Marty Supreme etc. How sad.

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@AVARY Yeah if it utilised AI, then the one good thing about it (beautiful production design and effects) would have been lost. Find me one example of AI generated production design in a SF film which looks beautiful, not-generic and invites a feeling of wonder. I'll wait.

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@TheFigen_ Yeah I’m not sure you know what the word “accidentally” means

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@filmstories “after last year’s Hereditary”…? (checks when Hereditary was released….)

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@sonnysehra Thanks for this. See if you can find an original LP rip? The official reissue *sucks* - DR9, it's been compressed to death

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@santodrives Further to my heartfelt thanks, just noting for Aussie viewers, I discovered this during yet another of the wonderful archival 1986-90's The Movie Show episodes that SBS are finally putting online

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@santodrives @santodrive2 Muchos gracias, amigo! You are a legend

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@asummersmusic Ah... @asummersmusic social media team - this is a clearly AI generated article which lists Andy's wife and Sting as "The Players". Other tell-tales, aside from the classic chatbot dot-points is seeing things like a quote from "Summers' child".

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@SUBMARINER1941 @benzostraydogs i thought the worst part of the literacy crisis was all of the boring hyperbole that has replaced cleverness and authenticity

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@DrewMcWeeny I mean - Weapons is excellent. It’ll be weakened by an origin story for its villain, though.

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@DrewMcWeeny If Cregger can jettison this need he seems to have to break the spell of the mysteries of his characters (entire 2nd half of Barbarian, needless Aunt Gladys Weapons prequel in apparent development), he’ll be a much better filmmaker and we’ll be a richer audience.

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@cavernadrive Can you please use the word CAM in your posts if that's what you are posting. This community appreciates transparency. One shouldn't have to read through comments to understand what you're sharing.