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TCL's first original movie is an absurd-looking, AI-generated love story (www.engadget.com)
submitted 7 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/moviesandtv@lemm.ee
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[–] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago

TCL plans to make its original content shoppable and have AI-generated "characters in our shows that can be brand ambassadors and influencers for advertisers."

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[–] c10l@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

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β€œTo watch this crappy movie’s crappy trailer, give up on your privacy.” LOL no thanks.

[–] Tempo@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

i hope this stands as a lesson to the industry as to why you don't go all in with generative AI

not that it will, though. if anything, we'll have another 100 of these shows in 6 months at least

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 7 months ago

It will only be a lesson if millions of boomers don't watch it thinking it's real. Like they do with all those AI generated pictures on Facebook.

[–] dumbass@lemy.lol 12 points 7 months ago

That was the worst looking trailer for a broadcast network tv show I've ever seen...

Wtf is up with those blinks... God I hate everything about this.

[–] classic@fedia.io 11 points 7 months ago

I hate to say it - truly - but when I read how they want to muscle in on the Hallmark niche, I realized that this will likely work for a meaningful segment of people

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"The trailer looks like what might happen if The Hallmark Channel just stopped trying."

Wait, what, they are trying?!

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Watch the AI trailer and you'll realize how much they're still trying, by comparison.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Needing to do the very basic required to make a movie, before you could just write and AI prompt, does not mean they are actually trying.

[–] darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What is TCL?

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 8 points 7 months ago

A company that makes TVs

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Jesus; I had to nope out of that trailer after like 10 seconds. It's just too god damned creepy. Some uncanny valley lookin shit right there. It's even creepier than "The Polar Express". They actually paid money to produce this bullshit?

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Someone needs to intercut this with Will Smith eating spaghetti

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Direct link to trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhQnnISdDIU

It is absurdly bad but I'm sure 98% of the target audience won't notice.