Fun fact: the fucking loser that made this got bullied so hard he deleted everything related to this off his social media accounts.
Also I agree with the fella that says we need to being back tarring and feathering, exclusively for techbros
Article source: https://www.thewrap.com/ai-princess-mononoke-remake-trailer-slammed-online/
“I strongly feel that [artificial intelligence] is an insult to life itself,” the original’s legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki has previously said
A “Princess Mononoke” film created using so-called generative AI was slammed by fans on social media after its release earlier this week.
“One day we’ll wake up, and there won’t be any more Princess Mononoke, Gravity Falls, Avatar or animated films like Wolf Children or Arcane… just AI-generated soulless garbage,” wrote @goroweko on X, formerly Twitter. “I don’t want that so bad.”
The AI-generated remake goes up against the original “shot-for-shot” and was created by AI entrepreneur PJ Acetturo, combining AI-generated CGI shots that match the fim. The result is a “crime” that turns “a 15-year-old Japanese girl into a white woman with a smoky eye and bikini tan lines” and “‘is enough for me to think we should bring back tarring and feathering,” literary agent Roma Panganiban wrote on X.
Acetturo has made it clear he’s proud of his production, no matter what reaction it’s received. “I’ve wanted to make a live action version of Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke for 20+ years now. I spent $745 in Kling credits to show you a glimpse of the future of filmmaking,” he wrote on X.
The AI filmmaker added that he was “being interviewed on the BBC today about my films” and “Clients are reaching out like crazy.”
He was challenged in the BBC segment, with one of the British network’s contributors noting that it seemed that there was something lacking in AI-created content.
“I’m sure there will be some criticism of this. I’ve heard Miyazaki is anti-AI. That’s okay,” the filmmaker wrote online. “I made this adaptation mostly for myself, because his work makes me want to create new worlds. We should look for ethical ways to explore AI tools to help empower artists to create.”
He posted a side-by-side comparison of his trailer with the beautifully crafted original:
The Mononoke trailer is a shot-for-shot remake of the trailer. This film has been in my head for two decades. I love this world so much.
I hope this meager adaptation inspires others to further explore their favorite worlds. Here’s the side by side comparison: pic.twitter.com/eDu8ASOBU6
— PJ Ace (@PJaccetturo) October 3, 2024 His statements were called out as problematic by actor Swann Grey, who tweeted in response, “‘I’ve heard Miyazaki is anti-AI. That’s okay.’ … Excuse you? To say that in the same breath as the word ‘ethical’? And to call a shot-for-shot remake ‘creating a new world’? Zero creativity, zero respect, and zero concept of what art is. You’re not an artist — you’re a fraud.”
Miyazaki himself has stated, when presented with an example of the use of AI in animation, that “I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.”
This shit sucks no matter what but doing this to Miyazaki and Ghibli when Miyazaki has made it clear how disgusting he finds all this is beyond the pale. The man made a death threat to Harvey Weinstein if Weinstein cut anything from Mononoke Hime - Miyazaki sent him a sword and a note with two words; “No Cuts”.
I hope he never sees this trash.
It’s so very fitting that those giggling computer touchers that showed
that treat-printed zombie trash decided that a lifeless yet animated thing writhing in pain was their flagship example of their product to show a man known for his humanistic-until-it-hurts compassion and tenderness.
The video
Many of the comments were decent, but then…
There. The core of the proselytizers. Hatred of artists, and wanting to wear the hollowed-out husks of artists as fun costumes while jacking it to infinite cyberpunkerino waifu pictures.
Also shouldn’t it be the other way round? Let AI and robots do all the “boring” and “gross” tasks necessary for survival and modern civilization to exist like plumbing, so that people can spend their time being creative and learning new things?
One of the main sociopolitical problems is that the system that rules over most of us wants more drudgery for drudgery’s sake (so the ruling class can go play while the poors are too busy to notice what’s up), so of course the priority is stripping away creativity opportunities instead of drudgery.
This is what China is doing. Apparently, they’re already experimenting with AI in mining and port operations. Meanwhile, the US is using AI to proletarianize various members of artisans (artists) and the labor aristocracy (software developers).
And people who want to play devil’s advocate for the AI treat-bros wonder why us artists are so hostile to them.
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