Movie that went viral for terrible animation becomes China box office hit

Posted by mefengl on Monday August 17, 2026 @04:14PM
from the bbc.com dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4r0mrmlpo

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Re:Movie that went viral for terrible animation becomes Chin... by mefengl on Monday August 17, 2026 @04:14PM (#49336938)

Maybe the first meme movie...

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Re:Movie that went viral for terrible animation becomes Chin... by thisislife2 on Monday August 17, 2026 @04:57PM (#49337532)

> They are sharing clips praising Niu Lai's "hand-crafted" method - a reference to the poor animation quality - as "proof" that its creators did not use AI.

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Re:Movie that went viral for terrible animation becomes Chin... by fspeech on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:31AM (#49342561)

Well it was made at least two years ago. It only just surfaced now.

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