if Oppenheimer was concerned with the final gasp of modern civilization, this is concerned with the rot at the core. self-destruction is only in our nature. the greatest, most emotionally potent anti-war statement of a generation hidden in an actual miracle of spectacle
the first two thirds of The Odyssey had me kinda going “I mean this is really good but it’s just…pretty much The Odyssey!” and then the third act hit and I was levitating into the ceiling and ready to watch again ASAP
The first few seasons of The X Files being filmed in Vancouver gave the show something truly special. Fog, rain, endless forest and that beautiful haunting atmosphere.
Those moody vibes are still impossible to replicate.
Christopher Nolan on AI:
“I’ve never seen a more rapid wholesale dismissal of a supposedly foundational jump in technology in my lifetime. So much energy has been expended on bringing in AI, but if you look at that generation’s reaction, they’re utterly rejecting it. [My children’s] judgment of AI slop has been immediate and harsh. They see it for what it is very quickly – and it’s much easier for them to identify it, because it grew out of an online world they know really well. And while that doesn’t mean that every aspect of the technology is useless or meaningless, in film-making it’s hitting at exactly the wrong time. After years of driving towards heavily virtual environments, we’re seeing a renewed interest in more tactile, more real forms of storytelling.”
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