Ok, maybe I am too comfortably nested in my confirmation bubble, but I can’t imagine the intersection of people being (still) interested in Orson Welles and those not offended by such a use of AI is very large.
Fuuuuuuck that, id be rolling over in my grave if id worked on it
You’re in the grave? Damn bro, hope you get better soon.
Nah for real though, that’s bullshit, AI shouldn’t ever touch anything from Orson Welles, if 43 minutes are missing, well they’re just missing, leave it be.
Even if the 43 minutes were what Orson wanted, but subsequently cut out by the studio?
How about using machine learning AI to remove the shit 3D garage from the re-released Star Wars Trilogy?
I’m not here to defend LLM AI slop, that shit can fuck rights off and stop wasting resources, but some machine learning tools used by talented creative humans can do usual good things.
Why not shoot the missing scenes with real actors and use modern day equipment. So like anastylosis but for movies. Like those ruins that have been restored but you can clearly see which parts are original and which are the modern fill ins.
Someone of a certain notoriety in the Doctor Who fandom has been spending the last few years trying to lobby the BBC to do the same with lost Doctor Who episodes. He’s even started doing it on his own and uploaded some of it on Youtube. It’s absolutely horrendous. Complete nightmare fuel. He is very proud of his work.
Do you have a link? It sounds hilarious
Huh. Can’t find them on YT anymore (good riddance) but, if you insist, there’s a bunch on archive.org, such as The Celestial Toymaker Part 1.
I just tried to watch that one, I can’t. Bill Hartnell deserved better.
Fucking disgusting
