First All-Artificial Feature Film Released

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."

What about pr0n?

[The UberDork]

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

Oh, No . . .

[Dausha]

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

Sounds similar to I, Robot

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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.

Prior..."art".

[Shoten]

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

Re:For More Machinima goodness...

[(startx)]

I dunno, looks more like a puma jumping contest to me.

It better be good...

[bennomatic]

If the reviews aren't there, then the novelty aspect won't get my ticket dollars; they might need to make a virtual audience, too.

Re:What about the textures?

[shadowcabbit]

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.

My trusty Electrolux Trilobite protects me

[Timesprout]

I set it to robot guard mode when I go to bed. God help any intruder it encounters its frightening suction power, unless of course the intruder is a pervert and enjoys that sort of thing.

Anyway it was just telling me it cant wait to see this movie, apparently one of the actors is a real hell raiser, sort of the Colin Farrell of the robot entertainment industry and the other one is quite cute (purely from an engineering perspective so it tells me).

Re:All-artificial?

[Throtex]

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)? :)

Re:All-artificial?

[Dizzle]

Oh shit, my head asplode.

Luckily

[Strange Ranger]

> ...making this possibly the world's first all-artificial movie.

As luck would have it, there's already series of all-artificial [oscars.org] awards they can earn.

Re:good

[Anonymous Coward]

Excellent. With actors now obsolete, Natalie Portman will be desperate for cash. I shall make her my crack whore.

Re:I am waiting

[Anonymous Coward]

I am waiting till AI's write the script and decide stuffs.

Truly a sophisticated insight.

Re:Oh, No . . .

[wankledot]

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

Re:it will be really artificial

[happyfrogcow]

Dear Valued Movie Executive,

You have been replaced by a very small shell script.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

Sincerely,
C. Ron Tab

Re:All-artificial?

[TheTimoo]

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!

Re:Sounds similar to I, Robot

[weeboo0104]

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.

Re:All-artificial?

[nelsonal]

After that it's pretty much turtles all the way down.

Re:Silicon

[wcrowe]

I see.

So...

San Jose = Silicon Valley.
Hollywood = Silicone Valley.

Are slashdot readers all-artifical too?

[codemachine]

Judging by the amount of times "people" have posted "it isn't all-artificial until AI writes the screenplay", I'm wondering whether the slashdot comments system may consist of all artifical postings.

I swear the whole comments system here could be replaced by a small shell script. A cron job that posts "Microsoft sucks" and "BSD is dying" would take care of a good chunk of the system right there. What else am I missing?

And why am I talking to a small shell script?

Re:jessica rabbit

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you left out the part where Jessica and Roger pull off their masks to reveal that they are actually each other and you are banging Roger, and you still like it.

The Falicy of All Digital

[kenp2002]

Alas It is not all computer, nor 100% digital. Only when the machine conceives, writes, directs, plans, and develops the movie from concept to finished product will it truly be a fully computer generated movie. Even then a human had programmed the machine. Perhaps we'll have to wait till a machine makes a machine and the subsequent machine creates a movie....