| Cuprum2 | 07 Jun 2025 5:06 p.m. PST |
Trailer of a film shot in Russia exclusively with the help of artificial intelligence. An interesting experiment, although I'm not sure about its artistic qualities, to be honest.
The film is based on a poem by Viktor Slipenchuk.
Will be shown in Russia on June 26 in cinemas… link It is safe to say that in a certain amount of time, films created using neural networks will become commonplace. When the picture and animation are adjusted. And then, over time, uploading dead actors into films will become a simple, common thing. |
korsun0  | 07 Jun 2025 5:12 p.m. PST |
It doesn't look too bad, although the fires seem a bit OTT…
Mind you a preview only shows the best bits so the rest could be a bit suspect. |
| Cuprum2 | 07 Jun 2025 5:15 p.m. PST |
I wasn't even impressed by the trailer… But the fact of moving in this direction is more important. |
| JMcCarroll | 07 Jun 2025 5:33 p.m. PST |
As long as it doesn't have trench warfare, it will be better than Napoleon. |
| korsun0 | 07 Jun 2025 8:11 p.m. PST |
More important in what way do you mean? I find it scary, the potential for actual humans to become redundant. Smacks of "terminator" :) |
| Perris0707 | 07 Jun 2025 10:08 p.m. PST |
Looks like the intro to Attila: Total War. |
| nnascati | 08 Jun 2025 9:03 a.m. PST |
Certainly looks realistic. |
 Extra Crispy  | 08 Jun 2025 9:17 a.m. PST |
It looks a lot better than a lot of the content pumped out by Hollywood these days…. |
| robert piepenbrink | 08 Jun 2025 9:23 a.m. PST |
What's even more worrying to me, korsun0, is the way this guy Guttenberg is going to put all the copysists out of work with his cheap so-called "books." Is the stuff Hollywood's giving us these days so great I should be worried about lowering the cost of movie-making and bringing in some competition? |
| Frederick | 08 Jun 2025 3:14 p.m. PST |
Interesting – not only for the tech, but the fact that the Russians made a movie about the person who put the Yassa – the Mongol yoke – onto Russia |
 John the OFM | 08 Jun 2025 3:52 p.m. PST |
Now Genghis Khan, he could not keep
All his kings supplied with sheep
We'll climb that hill, no matter how steep
When we get up to it
Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh-ho, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair? For those who ain't going nowhere. I changed one word, because the Googled lyrics didn't match what I hear. |
| John the OFM | 08 Jun 2025 3:57 p.m. PST |
Pack up your money
Pick up your tent. |
| Cuprum2 | 08 Jun 2025 10:52 p.m. PST |
Frederick, the Mongol conquest was brutal, but their "yoke" itself was ambiguous…
Firstly, the Mongols went back to the steppe and all their pressure was reduced to a tribute of 10% of the income from Russian lands. Quite modest. Moreover, this tribute was collected by the Russian princes themselves. With their conquest, the long-standing scourge of the Russian lands ceased – internecine wars for the senior Kiev throne. Now the senior prince was appointed by the ruler of the empire. In addition, they conducted a census (to collect taxes, naturally), organized a postal service, influenced the change of the weapons complex…
Enormous opportunities for trade within the giant empire opened up.
The Mongols did not care about the religion of the conquered peoples, moreover, the Orthodox Church was exempted from payments and was protected by the laws of the Mongol Empire.
So the impressions of the "Mongol rule" were ambiguous. But everything quickly fell into decline when civil wars began within the Mongol Empire. Each of the opposing sides began to demand tribute for itself. I had to think about independence)))
Well, now most of Genghis Khan's empire has become part of Russia. But the current war is partly an echo of the Mongol conquest. It was then that the Russian principalities were divided into spheres of influence of neighboring countries and a single nation was split into three different peoples. |
| korsun0 | 09 Jun 2025 5:32 a.m. PST |
@Robert – well a Guttenberg ended up losing his Ph.D for academic plagiarism (copying entire pages) in 2011, revenge of the copyists. I'm not concerned about better quality twaddle than the tripe we get currently; I'm worried about Skynet. |
| robert piepenbrink | 09 Jun 2025 6:08 a.m. PST |
"I'm worried about Skynet." From the same Defense Department that created the USS Gerald Ford? Enhance your calm. |
| John the OFM | 09 Jun 2025 7:09 a.m. PST |
Considering the "historical accuracy" we get from movies currently, I don't think we have anything to worry about. |
| SBminisguy | 09 Jun 2025 7:53 a.m. PST |
Not ready for prime time -- maybe if they'd chosen an anime style it would be OK, but not realism style. |
| Cuprum2 | 09 Jun 2025 7:57 a.m. PST |
In fact, I think they were aiming for the laurels of pioneers… And nothing more. |
| mildbill | 10 Jun 2025 3:02 p.m. PST |
The mongols were talking about invading
China and heard that China had 'culture'. so they said lets steal it, and if is any good we will say we invented it. |
worries about not losing his rules stuff.