Before diving into Hammer, a quick note on the format.
I am a storyteller first.
My background is writing fiction. I have previously published novels, and my influences probably sit somewhere between Tom Clancy's technical realism and James Michener's love of place, atmosphere and historical context.
Hammer is a work of fiction.
While AI video technology has reached an extraordinary level, I still struggle with something essential to long-form storytelling: consistent characters, environments, and visual assets across an entire narrative. Producing a feature-length AI adaptation that maintains continuity from scene to scene remains technically challenging, computationally expensive, and, in my opinion, often comes at the expense of the story itself.
For a character-driven story like Hammer, poor character continuity can break immersion far more quickly than an imperfect visual effect.
So rather than attempting to create a traditional AI movie, I have chosen a different approach.
Each chapter will be presented as a series of visual intelligence briefings, character dossiers, location cards, asset sheets, environmental sequences, and short cinematic scene reconstructions.
Think of it as a classified briefing file assembled by an intelligence analyst rather than a conventional film adaptation. The focus remains where it belongs:
- The story.
- The characters.
- The journey.
As AI technology improves, these visualisations will evolve and may be updated over time. The underlying story, however, remains unchanged.
This project is not an apology for the current limitations of AI. It is a deliberate creative choice.
Welcome to Hammer. #MilitaryThriller #SAS #SpecialForces
The wreckage of a WW2 Junkers Ju-52 on Mount Sikiram has waited fifty years for someone to trip over it. What was it carrying that was capable of changing human history? Read the full excerpt here: https://t.co/qVmgC7shuT
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What were the Germans doing during World War Two? Conspiring with local tribal chieftains? Afghanistan was supposed to be neutral. Ancient ruins thousands of years old were plundered. Equally old maps and notes drawn on parchment. And a recurring theme. Read the full excerpt here:
https://t.co/2c2a4HmxlU
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Madison remembered something Boot had said in the MMU. Why, when he was near death, would Hammer insist on carrying that oleo strut all the way back? Unless it wasn't an oleo strut... #MilitaryThriller#SAS#SpecialForces
Funny you should mention this. Last night, as I worked on my book with an episode dating back to the original migration (72,000YA), I was looking at cave paintings, it struck me that when sea levels were 162 meters below today in Australia, the land mass was much larger (called Sahul). There must be all sorts of artifacts miles out on the continental shelf. This now forms part of my book.
@savefilmer The tool has changed, but to create something that stands out or works as a story telling film-like outcome, IS HARD. I’m not even close. Hard work, talent and skill.