Just-a-Mandrew

Just-a-Mandrew t1_je9pvm1 wrote

Is art good if it needs an explanation? Is this type of art a visual form? In my personal opinion, I think the best art is the one that is communicated well. Not necessarily instantly, maybe it takes a bit of exploration, but if I have to read an explanation of it, I feel like it fails as a visual medium. You shouldn’t have to read an essay about a piece of music in order to know it moves you.

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Just-a-Mandrew t1_jd8bhbg wrote

I think aliens do exist but they’re certainly not concerned with us. If interstellar travel is possible, it would have to be done beyond the confines of matter. Not to get too metaphysical but since we’re talking about aliens, I think they’d travel in ways we cannot comprehend and most definitely not in some kind of human-perspective space car.

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Just-a-Mandrew t1_j6ocaef wrote

I had this fantasy that big blockbuster movies would have certain generative elements. The essential story parts would be the same but background elements or details could be generative or programmatically targeted to specific audiences. Imagine watching Avatar 3 and each time the forest looks different or different animals are seen. That’s a bad example but you get the point.

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Just-a-Mandrew t1_j1vls0f wrote

People who think “woke culture” is something a media giant like Disney is incorporating into their content out of the kindness of their heart are misguided.

Disney spends millions of dollars in market research, focus groups, profit projections, data mining, etc. it’s all a choice they’re making based on what the market looks like. The market is a good indication as to what is popular in society and more likely to profit them.

That being said, woke content doesn’t immediately mean it’s going to be good content.

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