Seems like it'll be a fun show.
"Dropping names with Brent and Johny". New podcast from Spiner and Frakes
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Seems like it'll be a fun show.
Yeah I saw this yesterday and found the Ai stuff a real turn-off. The banner for sure, but I'm assuming the theme song too at this point.
When your show is two dudes sitting, why are you using Ai to show two dudes sitting? It's madness.
All that said, I'll listen to the first ep. Fingers crossed.
Edit: Hah! They must have been catching shit from all sides, they've partially changed the banner already. (Not done very well, but it's a start.)
When your show is two dudes sitting, why are you using Ai to show two dudes sitting? It's madness.
All that said, I'll listen to the first ep. Fingers crossed.
Edit: Hah! They must have been catching shit from all sides, they've partially changed the banner already. (Not done very well, but it's a start.)
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^ Interesting that they already changed the banner! And hopefully a sign that they will rethink the heavy AI use for the show. Looking at the YouTube comments under the trailer they indeed do get a lot of flak for the AI intro song and illustrations. My guess (hope?) would be that this was something done by whoever is producing the podcast for them and not the actors themselves (although one would think that they had a chance of looking at it before it went live). Would be pretty disheartening to learn that two actors who pride themselves on decades of creative work decide to go for AI slop, ripping off other creatives’ work, instead of hiring human artists to create this stuff for their show.
It sucks that this is what we talk about when a trailer for something like this drops, but I guess that’s where we are.
It sucks that this is what we talk about when a trailer for something like this drops, but I guess that’s where we are.
I agree, but pushback is essential to stop it from becoming the norm. If every new venture gets slapped around for Ai use, hopefully the next one will learn from their mistakes.It sucks that this is what we talk about when a trailer for something like this drops, but I guess that’s where we are.
Until it's indistinguishable of course. Soon we'll have lost the battle.
So is this what actors from Star Trek and Smallville do after their acting jobs dried up? How many podcast series from Trek dudes can there be? Well, it's Frakes and Spiner, so it'll be hilarious at least, so when I get a chance I'll tune in.
I like some of The D-Con Chamber, but get annoyed when Dominick won't let guests finish sentences. But their Bakula show was beautiful.
Talk Ville remains a gold standard for me. Michael Rosenbaum really is amazing at this stuff. But really, there are just so many of these things and I get that these guys need the work and extra scratch from paid subs. I just wish there were more Stargate shows to employ these guys. That franchise was the patron saint of ex-Trek actors.
I like some of The D-Con Chamber, but get annoyed when Dominick won't let guests finish sentences. But their Bakula show was beautiful.
Talk Ville remains a gold standard for me. Michael Rosenbaum really is amazing at this stuff. But really, there are just so many of these things and I get that these guys need the work and extra scratch from paid subs. I just wish there were more Stargate shows to employ these guys. That franchise was the patron saint of ex-Trek actors.
They've updated again already. Still not quite there (IMO) but getting closer. Maybe give Brent the rest of his hand and choose a shot that doesn't have to be horizontally flipped to face the right way.
And they're still technically between two ferns but at least it's not so obvious now.
Looks more like James Woods than Brent Spiner.
Won't let guests finish sentences and is completely unprepared.
