Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on YouTube?

Re:Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on Yo... by cogman10 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @03:45PM (#42954845)

> I'll posit this: a two person team will make a better Star Wars, a better Lord of the Rings, a better Game of Thrones. An ensemble cast of actors piloting AI diffusion characters (or whatever future techniques emerge) will make a film as well acted as Glengarry Glen Ross. Perhaps even set in some fantasy or sci-fi landscape. I bet that we'll have a thousand Zach Hadels, Vivienne Medranos, and Joel Havers finding massive audiences with their small footprint studios, making anime, cartoons, lifelike fantasy, lifelike science fiction, period dramas, and more. And that AI tools will be the linchpin of this creative explosion.

If that happens in the next 10 years and we judge "as good as starwars" using my above criteria. You would win the bet.

We on?

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Re:Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on Yo... by echelon on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @04:03PM (#42955080)

I think so.

> we judge "as good as starwars" using my above criteria.

Just to clarify, this would be an AI film or "tv show" winning at traditional awards: Emmys (The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences), SAG Awards, Oscars (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), etc. Or traditional film festivals such as Sundance and Cannes, eg. winning the Palme d'Or. I would even be happy setting a threshold whereby a film or long-format show must win more than one award from several such institutions.

Maybe a preponderance of praise (20 or more) from major film and media critics like Roger Ebert (RIP), Leonard Maltin, Richard Brody, et al. could also be a criteria that must be met. Though perhaps that's a necessary condition anyway.

This all sounds good to me.

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Re:Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on Yo... by cogman10 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @04:45PM (#42955663)

Yup, with the small caveat that the category for the award isn't something silly like "best use of AI in a film". I'm fine if it's like best VFX or whatever, but I'd have a hard time if the awards committee created a new category specifically to give awards for AI.

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Re:Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on Yo... by echelon on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @04:52PM (#42955755)

Perfect. You're on! :)

No special category, and I'm even willing to bank on it being a category that isn't the moral equivalent of VFX.

Let's remember to check back.

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Re:Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on Yo... by cogman10 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @05:07PM (#42955966)

> Let's remember to check back.

:D Probably the hardest part of this wager.

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Re:Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on Yo... by echelon on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @05:21PM (#42956132)

Absolutely, haha :P

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