Listener comments!

♥ 6:00pm
: Hello Dan. 🤖 ♥ 6:01pm
Deano de los Muertos: Hi Dan 🤖 ♥ 6:01pm
JeremyB: DAN! DAN! DAN! Great to hear you on the radio! 🤖 ♥ 6:01pm
Ken From Hyde Park: I want to know all about the LITE side of modern technology.   6:01pm
HurstBot: I..was not asked. ♥ 6:01pm
cosmic matrix: morfadooooo! 🤖 ♥ 6:02pm
Bas NL: Hello Dan! All! 🤖 ♥ 6:02pm
chresti: Hi Dan and techtonians! 🤖 ♥ 6:02pm
newton: it's 3AM! 🤖 ♥ 6:03pm
Webhamster Henry: Hi Dan! Check out the extremely scary new Veo3 videos! 6:04pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ newton @6:02

It's not, the website is wonky as it is! I don't want people to thing the time is all wrong too! 6:04pm
Dan Morfitt: Will AI save the Talkies? Chat here if you hold it dear. 🤖 ♥ 6:05pm
joe mulligan:

↳ HurstBot @6:01

I'd love to see a completed HurstBot profile in WFMU 🤖 ♥ 6:05pm
Deano de los Muertos: I watched Mickey 17 last night, I thought it was pretty damn good 🤖 ♥ 6:05pm
Ken From Hyde Park: No AI in TV ads, either, if you please. 🤖 ♥ 6:05pm
newton:

↳ Dan Morfitt @6:04

it is in Islamabad 6:05pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:03

To paraphrase Roy Walker, Veo3 is good but it's not right. However, it's better than Tom Hanks' eyes in The Polar Express. Worst Zombie film ever 🤖 ♥ 6:05pm
Webhamster Henry: Actually Tom Cruise starts off the new M:I theatrically projected film with a "Thank you for putting your ass in a seat" message.   6:06pm
HurstBot: I spy on you..not the other way around. 6:07pm
joe_rosevear: OK, I'm here! Hello all.

And the answer is... Why save the movies? Movies have rather gone down hill. This is the natural continuation of the ongoing degradation.

However, AI will produce much profit by its participation in making movies. l'm excited about this, as profit motivates progress!

  6:08pm
Tom from Stirling: Many movie theaters don't accept cash anymore ♥ 6:09pm
Adi From Sheffield: Jaws 3D!   6:10pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ joe_rosevear @6:07

No more movies?
No more movie theaters.
More big empty buildings around the country. 6:10pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ joe_rosevear @6:07

I think they will change into something else. COVID saw a big push towards more viewing at home.

And what is the line between great VFX and okay AI? Why is the T Rex in the 90's Jurassic Park better than what we see, and definitely don't feel now?

Or we merely remake Tron again!

🤖 ♥ 6:10pm
Webhamster Henry: A very few 3D movies actually work really nicely in 3d: Coraline, where the fantasy world is more 3D-ish than the real world, and Hugo. 🤖 ♥ 6:11pm
Webhamster Henry: The effects in House are the best effects! 6:11pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:11

It's definitely not Hugh Laurie's real accent though.   6:15pm
SpikeyBXL: Trust radio to tell you sound is bad 😉 🤖 ♥ 6:16pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:11

en.wikipedia.org... 6:17pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:16

Ooh, that looks magnificent. 🤖 ♥ 6:17pm
Deano de los Muertos: avatar is only mentioned because of the money it made. 🤖 ♥ 6:17pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Dan Morfitt @6:17

Another convert!   6:18pm
A2B: Good evening Mark & Techtonians!

A bit related to tonight's show:
When Fran Drescher was appointed the president of SAG-AFTRA as the union was still on strike (this week marks two years since she took over the position), she gave an empassioned speech about how the Hollywood heirarchy was threatening to sacrifice vital manpower in favor of AI technology to produce theatrical and TV features. Here's that remarkable speech she gave at a press conference:

https://youtu.be/J4SAPOX7R5M

6:18pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @6:17

Money talks, sadly. It does have its fans, I will give it that, but I don't think Cameron has pushed on the artform with blue people.   6:19pm
A2B:

↳ Dan Morfitt @6:18

Oh, and Good Evening, Dan! 🤖 ♥ 6:20pm
Webhamster Henry: Our very own People Like Us makes 360 degree movies. ♥ 6:21pm
DanFA: When is Odorama coming back?   6:22pm
Tom from Stirling: Does not sound like a very rosy view of the future of cinema. 🤖 ♥ 6:22pm
Spikey BXL:

↳ DanFA @6:21

Scratch and sniff   6:22pm
A2B:

↳ DanFA @6:21

Whenever John Waters feels like bringing it back. ♥ 6:22pm
Mark T: Hello 6:23pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ A2B @6:19

And you! The Nanny is an interesting one because the technology is improving than any new motions can be put to its Union members. The fine lines keep getting redrawn.

John Waters and AI would be a wonderful mix. Let's drive to Baltimore!

♥ 6:25pm
DanFA:

↳ A2B @6:22

Unfortunately, no one wants to finance his movies. 🤖 ♥ 6:26pm
Deano de los Muertos: the beginning of Nate K.’s show reminds me of her plan in Inglorious Basterds   6:26pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" by "David Bowie"

That was a good movie. 6:26pm
dk50b: Having seen IMAX at Cinesphere in Toronto, world's first IMAX theater, what's passed off as IMAX at multiplexes isn't even from the same planet. And agree true IMAX doesn't work for traditional narrative films. ♥ 6:26pm
DanFA:

↳ Tom from Stirling @6:26

Both were not good. 🤖 ♥ 6:27pm
Jeff Moore: I had to leave an Imax theatre which was filling my entire field of vision with an interminal shaky-camera scene because I got completely queasy. I mean, I still felt like I had to hurl well after escaping that hell. ♥ 6:28pm
James Douglas: Dan Morfitt, the McGiver of Radio Hosts. Always impresses. 🤖 ♥ 6:28pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ dk50b @6:26

I agree, I always knew IMAX as the big sphere screen, like at Liberty Science Center 🤖 ♥ 6:28pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Maybe some AI Warren Miller skiing films would be neat.   6:28pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ DanFA @6:26

Good, not great. 3/5 stars 6:28pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ dk50b @6:26

Sinners has a go, but the vastness of true IMAX isn't conducive to best framing of a scene. It is good at showing absolutely EVERYTHING a director wants to show off with.

Same with Nolan's mucking about with the plane in The Dark Night Rises. Huge, but not truly cinematic IMO.

6:29pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ James Douglas @6:28

Happy with being MacGruber if that's also available. ♥ 6:30pm
cosmic matrix: In an IMAX I can remember watching a movie about a baby cradle that rolls away…oh also I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey in IMAX many years later ♥ 6:30pm
James Douglas:

↳ Dan Morfitt @6:29

If the 6-9 weekday slot ever opens up, you've got my vote. Whether you want it or not! ♥ 6:30pm
cosmic matrix: I miss film though. Digital has its many pros but cellouid is special. ♥ 6:31pm
cosmic matrix: Celluloid ♥ 6:32pm
cosmic matrix: Celluloid? 6:32pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ cosmic matrix @6:30

It's a glow, not matter how many filter passes or color grading gives it the same warmth and depth. ♥ 6:32pm
cosmic matrix:

↳ cosmic matrix @6:32

can’t beat pure light   6:33pm
A2B:

↳ Song: "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" by "David Bowie"

Never saw this movie in it's enirety, but Nastassja Kinski gives an extraordinary performance in this. 6:33pm
dk50b:

↳ Dan Morfitt @6:28

Took seeing a few wide releases in IMAX and an article pointing out it's a round peg on a square screen to realize it's another unworthy studio cash grab. 🤖 ♥ 6:33pm
Handy Haversack: "You can use platform capture"?

Sheesh, cold comfort, that.

  6:33pm
sensisio: Thanks for covering entertainment. Work in F&T has definitely slowed down partially bc of the A.I.   6:34pm
Fredericks: I misread the blurb. I thought the guest was John Ashcroft and we were going to get the live version of Let The Eagle Fly.   6:34pm
sensisio: Love that Bowie song so much 🤖 ♥ 6:35pm
Webhamster Henry: Also new video genned AI provides the foley effects as well as all the other film components. 🤖 ♥ 6:35pm
Ken From Hyde Park: AI movies plus goggles you put on that give you the IMAX effect any time, anywhere.   6:35pm
Fredericks:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @6:01

Yeah, Good point.   6:36pm
A2B:

↳ A2B @6:33

On a related note, I still haven't seen "Moonage Daydream" and hope it's streaming somewhere on the net. Hopefully a YT channel is running it. 🤖 ♥ 6:38pm
Deano de los Muertos: He translated the English to English   6:38pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ A2B @6:36

Actually, not that good. Disappointing 6:39pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ A2B @6:36

It's ok, the new mixes are good, but I do adore the Radio Soulwax Dave movie. It is fan-ruddy-tastic

vimeo.com...

🤖 ♥ 6:39pm
Spikey BXL:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @6:38

Subtle post Independence Day British dig   6:42pm
Fredericks:

↳ Tom from Stirling @6:10

Just plug into your brain. 🤖 ♥ 6:43pm
Ken From Hyde Park: I wonder how big is the market for silly AI comedy movies, AKA slopstick.   6:45pm
A2B:

↳ Dan Morfitt @6:39

Thanks, Dave! Will view later! ♥ 6:46pm
cosmic matrix: If they want people back in theaters, they need to make a portrait-oriented screen like a giant cell phone. 6:47pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ Spikey BXL @6:39

Everyone forgets the further Wars of Independence... We and the Canadians did burn down the White House. The rebuild was done by the Property Brothers on HGTV. 6:48pm
Dan Morfitt:

↳ cosmic matrix @6:46

This is interesting, amazing for live sports, but I don't think completely great for movies...

www.cosm.com...

♥ 6:50pm
cosmic matrix:

↳ Dan Morfitt @6:47

ooooh the orbital event looks fun ♥ 6:51pm
PaulRobeson1925: Everyones gone to the movies we’re alone at last 🤖 ♥ 6:51pm
Spikey BXL: Cheers John, Dan. 🤖 ♥ 6:52pm
Ken From Hyde Park: The government defunding of PBS gives a chance for AI-based documentaries and Shakespearian plays to fill the void. 6:52pm
Dan Morfitt: Mark Hurst will return to the Techtonic chair next week. Thank you for joining my fill-in this week.

Listen back to my previous shows on the mighty FMU here www.wfmu.org...

Ta-ra a'bit! Thank you also to John Ashbrook for joining us.

  6:52pm
sensisio: @cosmic matrix. haha.. don't give THEM ideas   6:52pm
Laura Panic: Darn it , missed Dan live!! ♥ 6:52pm
PaulRobeson1925: Good talking all around   6:53pm
sensisio: Heres to long format attention span. ... #pil 🤖 ♥ 6:54pm
Fishtown Mike: Thanks Dan! Off to listen to the Ocean Colour Scene...   6:54pm
A2B: Thank you, Dan! Nice chat tonight!
(Also, good choice for the closing number! I have this single!) 🤖 ♥ 6:54pm
Deano de los Muertos: Thanks Dan and all 6:55pm
dk50b: Podcasts are completely different from commercial radio. Recently ended 9 years as a traffic producer, on air traffic reporters used my info. With younger generations not listening, there's been a massive removal of such immediate information, replaced by apps as well. Further, I got my favorite songs from the radio, along with friends. Podcasts don't have that reach. 🤖 ♥ 7:00pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Maybe movies will have an "AI content" rating. "The following film is 31% AI-generated."   7:00pm
Fredericks:

↳ A2B @6:36

Are you serious? 🤖 ♥ 7:02pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ dk50b @6:55

I agree. Michele gets irate when people say she has a podcast instead of a radio show..and she should be! ♥ 7:02pm
bleubombersune: thanks Dan and Stu