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Those old movies with old visual effects are watchable and still enjoyable. This is never good, interesting or enjoyable.

by claaams 2mo ago

KronisLV 2mo ago
> Those old movies with old visual effects are watchable and still enjoyable. Id say it’s definitely possible to get spoiled by high production quality - if I went back to the old Star Trek or even the first seasons of the Doctor Who reboot, I’d mostly have to try to enjoy it for the story (then again, Doctor Who has never been overly concerned with presentation, the most fearsome aliens in the galaxy being metal boxes with plungers sticking out of them is quite silly). Same with most CGI in the older movies or even the style of older anime, it can all be a bit hard to watch. I guess I also experience the same with video games, though to a lesser degree - some like Hidden & Dangerous 2 can still be enjoyed whereas something like Operation Flashpoint would be quite frustrating, though more often due to controls rather than graphics. Ehh, they did what they could at the time.
- KronisLV 2mo ago
  Also, just to be clear, the AI generated videos are quite trash. However, you could imagine that maybe with a decade of refinement they'll get better - the existing prompting and composition were okay, it's just that they were plain bad technically. Then again, so was Will Smith eating spaghetti.
pennomi 2mo ago
Survivorship bias. Not disagreeing with you that these are unwatchable, but it’s a little rose-tinted to think that (non-AI) slop didn’t exist a long time ago.
- galleywest200 2mo ago
  At least non-AI slop had a human behind it.
  - userbinator 2mo ago
    The AI slop isn't making itself either.
    - Jtarii 2mo ago
      Yes it is.
      - userbinator 2mo ago
        Care to elaborate? Or are you just parroting some ideological belief with no basis in fact? All AI-generated content is the result of one or more humans who decided to use AI to create it.
- coldtea 2mo ago
  It's logical for slop to exist. It's bad when slop production is automated.

Those old movies with old visual effects are watchable and still enjoyable. This is never good, interesting or enjoyable.

by claaams 2mo ago

Those old movies with old visual effects are watchable and still enjoyable. This is never good, interesting or enjoyable.

KronisLV 2mo ago

> Those old movies with old visual effects are watchable and still enjoyable. Id say it’s definitely possible to get spoiled by high production quality - if I went back to the old Star Trek or even the first seasons of the Doctor Who reboot, I’d mostly have to try to enjoy it for the story (then again, Doctor Who has never been overly concerned with presentation, the most fearsome aliens in the galaxy being metal boxes with plungers sticking out of them is quite silly). Same with most CGI in the older movies or even the style of older anime, it can all be a bit hard to watch. I guess I also experience the same with video games, though to a lesser degree - some like Hidden & Dangerous 2 can still be enjoyed whereas something like Operation Flashpoint would be quite frustrating, though more often due to controls rather than graphics. Ehh, they did what they could at the time.

KronisLV 2mo ago
Also, just to be clear, the AI generated videos are quite trash. However, you could imagine that maybe with a decade of refinement they'll get better - the existing prompting and composition were okay, it's just that they were plain bad technically. Then again, so was Will Smith eating spaghetti.

pennomi 2mo ago

Survivorship bias. Not disagreeing with you that these are unwatchable, but it’s a little rose-tinted to think that (non-AI) slop didn’t exist a long time ago.

galleywest200 2mo ago
At least non-AI slop had a human behind it.
- userbinator 2mo ago
  The AI slop isn't making itself either.
  - Jtarii 2mo ago
    Yes it is.
    - userbinator 2mo ago
      Care to elaborate? Or are you just parroting some ideological belief with no basis in fact? All AI-generated content is the result of one or more humans who decided to use AI to create it.
coldtea 2mo ago
It's logical for slop to exist. It's bad when slop production is automated.