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dreamer7 | 3 years ago

At some point, AI will replace stuntmen with completely synthesized action scenes. Contrast that with the money that was poured into one scene in MI7 where Tom Cruise rides a bike off a cliff.

If AI could make us feel the same way as Tom Cruise himself jumping off a cliff, isn't it a no-brainer to use it?

If we stretch this scenario to the ultimate - Generating an entire movie using AI, it doesn't feel as fun, as real. But I wonder if it is the future

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ggambetta|3 years ago

I don't know. Part of the appeal of Tom Cruise doing it for real is that you know it's real. They emphasize that in the behind the scenes materials. The experience is vastly different to mostly-CGI movies like Marvel.

noduerme|3 years ago

Agreed; watching Marvel movies these days feels like watching someone else play a video game. Less interesting, actually.

dmonitor|3 years ago

Yep. They absolutely could have done that stunt for much much cheaper by using a stand in. Tom Cruise does his own stunts because its marketing for the movie, and he enjoys it

yuy910616|3 years ago

This generative AI stuff always makes me feel like my world is just a dynamically generated RPG or MMORPG.

suby|3 years ago

Same. I don't actually believe this to be true, but I have had the thought that as I get older there's been a clear progression of tech being created which could convincingly create a fake reality. The thought being that at the culmination of my life will be the perfection of this tech followed by the universe revealing that my existence has been an elaborate generative hallucination all along.

rqtwteye|3 years ago

" Contrast that with the money that was poured into one scene in MI7 where Tom Cruise rides a bike off a cliff."

I don't know much about stunt stuff but I don't really understand the fuzz about this. Taking a bike down a ramp and then pulling a parachute doesn't seem to be that crazy compared to a lot of other stuff people are doing.

croes|3 years ago

But not today.

I still prefer the practical effects of films like Mad Max Fury Road over most full CGI FX movies.

GiorgioG|3 years ago

Or even further back in time: I watched "The Thing" (1982) the other day and the practical effects were far more frightening than any CGI monsters I've ever seen.

CatWChainsaw|3 years ago

This is the new "you will own nothing and be happy."

Your world is synthetic and you will like it.

luxuryballs|3 years ago

Maybe once it can also make Tom Cruise feel like he rode that bike off a cliff.