@ophoelia i truly believe that the two episodes written and filmed during COVID have the series’ strongest writing and captured the core themes of addiction, identity, and disillusionment the best
@terrishabailey it’s the way that even in rue’s hallucination of her final day’s events, ali is disappointed to find the bottle of pills on his coffee table 😭 like the real ali wasted no time testing those pills once he actually found them
@user2cozy i think she kinda becomes a martyr in the way she’s directly responsible for laurie’s group getting shut down, and her death is the catalyst for ali to kill alamo, which frees the women he trafficked and avenges angel. she betters the world, which to me counts as redemption
as long as major filmmakers keep softening up to AI, it’ll be "he’s only using it for storyboards," "he’s only using it to enhance the script," "he’s only using it for this one scene." it’s a boundary that will keep being pushed constantly, but okay
Out of respect for Scorsese, I will be civil in my thoughts here. This is so, so misguided. He's using 'cinematic intelligence' as a term that somehow overrides every other talent. You are not entitled to free-talent; hire concept artists or learn the skill. This is stealing.
James Cameron, George Miller, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott and more veteran filmmakers have sadly gave in to AI. It’s a bleak time for the industry and even more reason why younger filmmakers must break through to resist what the older generations have accepted as inevitable when it doesn’t need to be.
(1/7) I’m the reviewer who started the speculation that Stop! That! Train! used genAI. While many repeating this claim haven’t seen the film, I have and can point out what I’m talking about. I know what I saw, no matter how the film’s director or PR team try to spin it
@filmedpasta i genuinely feel like a large portion of the viewer base didn’t watch “trouble don’t last always” when they say euphoria has no core message bc that episode quite plainly calls nihilism a crutch used to justify continuing destructive behaviors instead of seeking redemption 😭
See but I saw this movie and know it’s not true. The lead VFX firm credited is “ACME AI,” there’s some shots in this that straight up look like Sora. I keep thinking about it
LGBTQ+ films don’t get a pass on basic criticism just bc they’re less likely to get picked up by studios. they want you to blame the individual rather than the industry execs and producers who realistically don’t give a shit about us unless they can make a profit
“this AI witch hunt is sabotaging queer media” is an anti-intellectual argument studios are using to normalize AI. if the movie fails, they can blame it on queer films not getting butts in seats. if it succeeds, it shows that virtue signaling works. it’s manipulative
they’re guilting you into accepting this as the new industry norm by holding queer creators hostage and it’s disgusting. i refuse to engage with folks leaning into this talking point or making excuses for AI usage bc they’re seriously throwing us under the bus rn