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First All-Artificial Feature Film Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-takes-some-work dept.

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock writes "Machinima.com have just released the DVD version of Killer Robot, award-winning filmmaker Peter Rasmussen's buddy movie about two mining robots who set out to protect their "meat-sack" masters from a master mining robot gone insane. The twist here is not only that it's Machinima, made in 3D Game Studio, but that even the actor's voices are computer-generated using programs like Festival, making this possibly the world's first all-artificial movie."

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  1. What about pr0n? by The+UberDork · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing real in that .. both genres are done purely by silicon.

  2. Oh, No . . . by Dausha · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, celebrity actors are on the way out? RIAA, Save us!

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    1. Re:Oh, No . . . by wankledot · · Score: 5, Funny

      That would be the MPAA... gotta keep your fascist "AA"s straight.

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  3. Sounds similar to I, Robot by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this the one with Will Smith, and is Will Smith computer generated? If so, that's a great achievement! I hope that the sound is better than the national weather service's Mac plus (i'm assuming) that reads those weather alerts on channel 26.

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    1. Re:Sounds similar to I, Robot by weeboo0104 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is this the one with Will Smith, and is Will Smith computer generated?

      No, Will Smith makes his acting appear mechanical and artificial on his own.

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  4. Prior..."art". by Shoten · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, the first all-artificial movie was Gigli I believe. :)

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  5. Re:What about the textures? by shadowcabbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first all-artificial movie will be made by an AI that has no access to any outside materials.

    And it will suck. "An AI [with] no access to any outside materials" will by definition also have no reference as to what makes a good movie or not, and thus will probably wind up making a movie that only it thinks is good. ...which, come to think of it, isn't all that different from what happens in Hollywood now anyway.

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  6. Re:All-artificial? by Throtex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which presumably would mean only robots would go see the movie. :)

    Also, these robots created by other robots... would the other robots also have to have been created by robots, created by robots, created by robots, created by robots... (ad infinitum)? :)

  7. Re:it will be really artificial by happyfrogcow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Valued Movie Executive,

    You have been replaced by a very small shell script. Good day.

    Sincerely,
    C. Ron Tab

  8. Re:All-artificial? by TheTimoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think after that, we can now safely say we'll never get to see an all-artificial move.
    And here I was getting all excited. Thanks for spoiling it!

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  9. Re:Silicon by wcrowe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see.

    So...

    San Jose = Silicon Valley.
    Hollywood = Silicone Valley.

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