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Re:Make-A-Video: AI system that generates videos from text by whoooooo123 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @12:14PM (#33022735)
I can't stand it either. CGI excess has ruined movies.

This video does a good job of explaining why, I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-zg8Oo8p4

Re:Make-A-Video: AI system that generates videos from text by mikepurvis on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:18PM (#33027347)
Haha, why did I know this was going to be a Critical Drinker video.

For real though, I think the best CGI has always been when it's a light touch, providing only slight enhancements to an otherwise mostly-practical scene. And that's also when it's most invisible— so while superhero movies are obvious CGI-fests and can be clearly said to have been "ruined" by it, I think the most interesting modern CGI use is in lower-budget productions like TV shows, enabling the insertion of fantasy- or period-themed backdrops that would never be possible if you had to actually come up with all those props and extras in real life.

And I think to the extent that this is already happening, it's a lot harder to track because it's so much more subtle than the bombastic in-your-face effects of a Marvel movie showdown.

It would be interesting to see a revival of a show like Drive [0] as that was pretty ambitious and expensive for its time, but might be a lot more possible to do now.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_(2007_TV_series)