Secret Invasion's Opening Credits Scene is AI-Made (polygon.com) 50
An anonymous reader shares a report: The world of Secret Invasion is decidedly sketchy. With thousands of shapeshifting Skrulls on Earth, you can't trust what you think you're seeing. One second, you're looking at Nick Fury or an esteemed world leader; the next, you see their face morph into something (or someone) else entirely. This is a description of the plot of the new Marvel Cinematic Universe show on Disney Plus (as well as its comic book counterpart), which follows Nick Fury as he uncovers -- what else? -- a secret invasion by the Skrull population on Earth. But the concept of shape-shifting is also seen in the series' very different approach to its opening credits, which look like a sort of watercolor rendering of the key players and themes of Secret Invasion.
As we see a sort of jittery and ominous sequence of the Skrull green taking over more and more of the world, it looks a lot like if an AI was prompted with the concept of "Skrull cubism" -- which, actually, isn't that far off of what it is. As director and executive producer Ali Selim tells Polygon, the intro sequence was designed by Method Studios using artificial intelligence, something he thinks plays with the very themes of the show. "When we reached out to the AI vendors, that was part of it -- it just came right out of the shape-shifting, Skrull world identity, you know? Who did this? Who is this?" Selim says. Like many people, Selim says he doesn't "really understand" how the artificial intelligence works, but was fascinated with the ways in which the AI could translate the sense of foreboding he wanted for the series. "We would talk to them about ideas and themes and words, and then the computer would go off and do something. And then we could change it a little bit by using words, and it would change."
As we see a sort of jittery and ominous sequence of the Skrull green taking over more and more of the world, it looks a lot like if an AI was prompted with the concept of "Skrull cubism" -- which, actually, isn't that far off of what it is. As director and executive producer Ali Selim tells Polygon, the intro sequence was designed by Method Studios using artificial intelligence, something he thinks plays with the very themes of the show. "When we reached out to the AI vendors, that was part of it -- it just came right out of the shape-shifting, Skrull world identity, you know? Who did this? Who is this?" Selim says. Like many people, Selim says he doesn't "really understand" how the artificial intelligence works, but was fascinated with the ways in which the AI could translate the sense of foreboding he wanted for the series. "We would talk to them about ideas and themes and words, and then the computer would go off and do something. And then we could change it a little bit by using words, and it would change."
Seems on-brand (Score:2)
Frankly I thought it was pretty on-band of a show about humans being secretly replaced, to have an intro generated by AI replacing artists behind the scene that you never think about...
Perhaps even just as an awareness thing the show has done the world a service, so we can decide what mixture of people and AI is acceptable, and in what circumstances...
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Re:Stop. There is no "AI". (Score:5, Funny)
It's just how language works. Words start out like a nice sharp wood chisel but it gets stored in a toolbox everyone shares. Then one day you need to cut a mortise-and-tenon joint only find the chisel's ruined because people have been using it to pry the lids of paint cans.
Re: Stop. There is no "AI". (Score:2)
Is the implied scarcity actually just psychological because you can coin a new word? Is the "chisel" actually just blunt in an arbitrary beholder's idiosyncratic eye?
Re: Stop. There is no "AI". (Score:2)
Atheists have to consider humans some kind of machine.
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Soulless corporation having mindless machines generating random trash for mass delusion, not realizing that value of their merch, if any, is in HUMAN experience?
Very on-brand.
Also, even more a "hard pass" for anyone with half a brain.
Can we just have all the mouse minions moved to Florida and have it all done and over with by a hurricane?
It's a small price to pay and I for one am willing to live without Disney products and people if that means no more Disney products.
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Can we just have all the mouse minions moved to Florida and have it all done and over with by a hurricane?
Disney dropped moving them all out to Florida, so you're going to have to settle for whatever the next major earthquake does.
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The issue is not (or at least shouldn't be) that it's AI The issue is that it's bad AI. Just like how we were flooded with bad CGI when it first came out.
Re: impressive? (Score:2)
The bigger issue I would argue is the very real possibility that Marvel/Disney and the like will decide they want to cut costs using this tech.
And by cut costs I mean cut out jobs and/or wages. They already laid off a ton of employees recently, so having tech that justifies it is a no-brainer. And honestly I really do not see any of the new jobs replacing the ones that are/will be lost.
Re: impressive? (Score:2)
How on earth can large language models replace human writers?
Large language models can only rehash existing plots and oh wait, I get it now.
Re: impressive? (Score:2)
Yeah, I got burned out on Marvel stuff years ago. The recent Spider-Man films have been pretty solid though.
But otherwise, a lot of people rely on Marvel/Disney for their main source of income. You and I might not like their stuff, but ours jobs are not (yet) on the line unlike a lot of writers and artists right now.
And on a bit of a personal note, I know plenty of artists and writers that have been struggling ever since gen AI came onto the scene. With gen AI outputs just flooding the internet, business ha
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AI tools do let you cut jobs by reducing labour, while yielding the same quality results - passing off the drudgery to a machine and letting the artist focus on the big picture and fine-detailing. And that's a good thing - efficiency is good.
Unfortunately they also give you the choice to cut even more jobs if you're willing to cut quality as well. And I'm hugely disappointed by how many companies seem to be choosing this latter choice.
Re: impressive? (Score:2)
I mean, if you understand how the US economy functions, the outcome should not surprise anyone unfortunately.
US culture encourages hustling and grifting to an obscene degree. I very much remember all the YouTube and twitter accounts shilling scams on how to make loads of money off of gen AI garbage. The point is not even to make it look good, but just overwhelm markets with so much garbage and cash out before it all crashes. All the proper creatives will be left picking up the pieces, assuming there even wi
Re: impressive? (Score:2)
Has the hu-man grunt the boss used to use words to tell what to do just been replaced?
Thanks for the spoilers, MSMash... (Score:1)
Is this going to be your new thing? Posting submissions right on the main page containing all of the spoilers and no warnings?
Awesome, dude.
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I’m trying to figure out what Secret Invasion even is.
Re:Thanks for the spoilers, MSMash... (Score:5, Insightful)
no youre not. youre too busy tracking the THOUSANDS of MASS SHOOTINGS that occur EVERYDAY!!!
If you capitalize a lie does that make it true?
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"You said this show about Nick Fury fighting an invasion of shapeshifters was a show about Nick Fury fighting an invasion of shapeshifters! SPOILERS!".
Do you get upset when your mom tucks you in at night and tells you the Sun will rise in the morning?
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To be fair the show is bad.
When you have 10 minutes of dialogue exposition followed by more dialogue exposition then you know the plot is going to suck.
Is this an ad? (Score:2)
What's Secret Invasion, some kind of television program?
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What's Secret Invasion, some kind of television program?
Good Lord, does nobody read a comic book anymore?
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The only comic I read as a child was Tales From The Crypt. Had zero interest in super heroes then and still zero today.
Re: Is this an ad? (Score:2)
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https://ondisneyplus.disney.co... [disney.com] & https://www.marvel.com/tv-show... [marvel.com]
mindless (Score:1)
Mindless or entertaining? (Score:4, Insightful)
The vast majority of TV and Movies are mindless, why does it matter that is being prompted by something mindless?
Is not being mindless the goal?
I thought making money was the goal, and as a sub-goal being entertaining so that they would make money is the goal.
I don't think mindless or mindfulness enters into it.
They Live ? (Score:1)
Right up AI's alley (Score:1)
If the show is about deformed zombies on LSD, then AI is perfect for that.
Absolute Cheapskates (Score:2)
Seriously, I felt like I was suffering from epilepsy with how the frames kept flickering. Did they really not even try to hire clean-up artists to at least make this look passable?
Guess it is on-brand for Marvel to cheap out considering their recent film outputs.
For those wondering - New MCU TV Show (Score:2)
For those not into Marvel comics, it's talking about a new show on Disney+ called Secret Invasion that's now a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
You would think there could be a short one line explanation. Not all of us keep up with the MCU or have been burned out by the endless superhero/comic book movies and shows (especially the last few years) that we've stopped caring about them.
Then at least people like me would skip to the next article.
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The fourth sentence in the snippet right here in front of you says:
"This is a description of the plot of the new Marvel Cinematic Universe show on Disney Plus (as well as its comic book counterpart), which..."
I mean, the editing here is famously crap, but you should really read the text before complaining about it.
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So after reading tons of crap about skrulls and other BS you bury the sentence in the middle of the paragraph where after reading the nonsense before it I was supposed to continue?
The very definit
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It would be clearer that way, yes, but, again, THE FOURTH SENTENCE. "Buried"!
AI-Made. (Score:1)
Hello all (Score:1)