Re:Tim Burton: The internet makes me quite depressed
by sseagull on Thursday October 24, 2024 @02:57PM
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Not a super amount of detail, but it’s subtle:
“It was very clear from King Kong to Frankenstein to Creature from the Black Lagoon that all the monsters were the most emotional. The humans were the ones that scared me,” he said.
“They were the angry villagers in Frankenstein - like the internet - these nameless faces…
He touches on one small part - AI generators making "Tim Burton" style transformations of people/characters/whatever, and feeling down about that. He doesn't really say why. I assume because he feels less special that his trademark style can be generated by computers instantly?
Not trying to be a dick here though maybe I am. He's allowed to feel sad. The AI thing from his perspective makes sense. I'm just annoyed that the BBC thought this was worth an article. This is, at best, a tweet that I don't really have any empathy for.