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= June 14 =

Multi-modal entertainment
In the late 1980s, there was talk of having computer-generated screenplays, but I don't believe it was ever used. In the 1990s, people at MIT were actively working on this and had some success with good results. In the 2000s, there were rumors that some aspects of this were being used in scripting process, but it was being kept on the down low, but again, was mostly a rumor. Which brings me to today. I was watching Star Trek: Prodigy last night, when it occurred to me, it would be great if I could toggle a setting for maturity mode, and turn off the default "kid-friendly" writing and voices, and turn on a "mature audiences" mode, allowing me to watch the same show, but as Star Trek for adults. And if you think about this, it makes perfect sense, since none of the characters depicted on the show are limited by age or age-related situations. Is this kind of thing doable, where one show is made, but can be viewed in different ways like a video game? Has it already been done in film and television? I'm not referring to interactive film (which is pretty bad and still needs work), but rather the ability to change various elements of the specific work. This is also something I would like to see when it comes to recorded live shows like concerts and performances by comedians and musicians. I would like to be able to change the viewing angles, such that I can toggle through different vantage points (such as watching a comedian or musician perform from the stage, orchestra, audience, loge, box seat, etc.) Is anyone working on this? Viriditas (talk) 19:42, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The question would be whether the extra production work would be cost-effective. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:11, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hence generative AI. Would it be that much extra work if it was AI-assisted and generated? Prompt: create an alternative, parallel narrative, that increases the maturity level of the character dialogue by ten years. Viriditas (talk) 02:02, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Are you talking about customizing it for each viewer? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:09, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No, but that’s a great idea. Viriditas (talk) 04:31, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * If you wait a bit, you will be able to use generative AI not only for generating the screenplay, but the whole video, with the content fine-tuned to your personal predilections. --Lambiam 05:15, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I saw that demo on Reddit. Pretty cool. Viriditas (talk) 06:18, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Relatedly, see the scenes in Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film) where Linda Montag watches interactive soap operas.
 * (In the novel, she was called Linda Mildred, in the 2018 remake the character apparently does not appear [I haven't seen it], so the interactive media may not either.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 188.220.136.217 (talk) 09:32, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I feel bad for Michael Shannon.  Is he always cast as a villain?  Poor guy.  Can someone give him a break? Viriditas (talk) 21:17, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * He could choose not to accept such roles. -- Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  22:07, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It's funny you just wrote that, because I just spent some time thinking about it. If I was Michael Shannon, and I was in demand as an actor, and I could make a living playing villains, then I suppose I would do so.  But there would always be a part of me that would think, could I play a hero instead?  I think what bothers me the most, is that for some reason, people think he looks like a villain, as if there is a kind of look.  I wonder what that's all about.  That's what I'm getting at.  Do villains look a certain way? Or rather, do people think villains look a certain way? Viriditas (talk) 23:01, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Character actors may not make the kind of money stars do, but they often find steady employment. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:27, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Shannon will portray a distinguished person, Chief United States Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials and later US Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson, in the upcoming file Nuremberg. --Lambiam 07:58, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * He kind of looks like him! Viriditas (talk) 20:20, 16 June 2024 (UTC)