One of the most extraordinary picks we’ve made, probably ever, on the show! This week, we review an emergent absurdist talk show, focussing on the life of the Glurons – a post-human race of critters set in a future world, but most creatively uses generative AI tools. Its outstanding quality is, however, the writing. Check out our review and pick up the links mentioned on our show notes below.
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Unanswered Oddities by Neural Viz released on 9 Dec 2024, made using MidJourney, Runway Act One and ElevenLabs and Premiere for editing
This week we review a ‘golden age’ machinima, starring none other than Ricky Grove playing ‘Bogart’, and Ingrid Moon playing err, ‘Ingrid’, with Phil having created the score and Ricky having produced the sound design. Its a short by German-American creator, Andre Pesch aka @albi84 called The Days After, made in GTA San Andreas. Its a story that pre-2020 probably we’d have all said, simply, yep that was great, without any real appreciation for what is actually being portrayed in this 2006 film. However, there’s a sense in which this now brings back memories of lockdowns and isolation, and the fear of an unknown viral menace devastating our lives. It perfectly illustrates the narrow grip many had on reality, as Ricky observes in this “… war, crime, patriotism – you can name those things but you can never fix them.”
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The Days After by Andre Pesch, released 2006 – on his channel here
A once in a lifetime event in Elite Dangerous? Yup, that’s what fascinated us all too. This week we review a series of machinimas that approach the destruction of a Thargoid ship attacking planet Earth in different ways – a strange and unusual phenomenon in a game world that we reflect on, only possible in open world sims.
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Three films –
Coeneman02’s Elite Dangerous Cinematic – The Battle for Sol, released 22 December 2024 –
Squynt’s Reflection – Fall of the Final Titan – Elite Dangerous, released 21 December 2024 –
eLCy’s apparently thargoids don’t like it when you try to film titan’s final moments, released 18 December 2024 –
A packed news episode, with Tracy’s analysis of the AI art copyright ruling decision and a discussion with Damien about his hit fan series, Heir to the Empire – the Star Wars story that everyone always wanted to see made. Do comment on the discussion (on the YouTube channel or the Blog post).
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RunwayML’s third annual AI Film Festival is now open to submissions until 31st March
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