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Ok between this and that animal farm adaptation, fuck andy serkis, he should go away forever

I think he ended up in mount doom

They could have written a good time travel movie instead.

There's also like, whole CENTURIES of stagecraft make-up the world over, and specifically movie make-up, and practical effects—but that all requires any interest in human craft and artistry, which are historically not compatible with genAI shills.

Wait, Ian Holm wasn't digitally de-aged into Martin Freeman? Well damn, that was the whole reason I put my life savings into AI.

Was a huge fan of the movies ... and the actors. Not anymore. I'm out. Dammit. This sucks. :-(

Not interested.

This is a joke right?

And there goes all my interest.

ian mckellan is 87 years old. let the man rest.

Just set 400 million dollars on fire. You'd get the same effect with less time and effort.

they propped him up with a newspaper and jetlagged wife for a photo op for proof of life.

AI? okaaaaaay come on!

Shit

No

THE GREATEST AI-VENTURE IS WHAT SMOOTHS ELIJAH'S HEAD

*Sigh* Andy, I Love you as an Actor, but.....This is so Shit.

like handing Mr. Magoo the keys to a Rolls Royce

what a strange and il-timed April fools joke

I am de-interested

Are there people who actually want to see any of this?! I can't believe there are 🤨

I'm starting to think that LoTR: The Hunt for More Money might not be good.

Chuck that shit straight into Mount doom I'm not interested and I won't watch it

Andy Serkis is a piece of shit

And it’ll look shit

Yeah, the headline sucks but he still called the de-aging tech and the tech used in the past to animate crowds of orcs "AI." He's got to be more definitive. I hope he isn't being imprecise on purpose.

God damnit

Some dev on the project made a rendering cache function called checkPocketses. Or just burn it all down.

Ummm that’s a no 🫤

As ghastly as this is, the silver lining is that Ian McKellen is still alive, so I’ll take the win

At least introduce new characters like in star wars, or get a new actor like James Bond, or just make the same thing over and over again like Spiderman,... or StarWars, or James Bond.

Or maybe, recognize that it doesnt need to get made and try something new instead?

God damn this is going to drop the average rating of a LOTR movie

And/or The Hobbit Trilogy.

Nah I'm good

No thank you.

How much more source material worth telling is there to make up this film? And then it says there'll be another film after

Eww ai

People hate Ai. They used to love cgi until Lucas ruined it.

Please, Andy! Don’t do this! You’re smarter than this!!!!

sounds like ass op

Just find new actors; it's not that hard.

Fuuuuuuuck all the way off.

No thanks

I shan't be seeing this

If they're dead set on using the same cast, Elijah Wood can play Gandalf, Ian McKellen can play Gollum and one of the production babies from the quarter-century-old first movie can play Frodo.

Right? Like is cgi too many characters for this generation?

I officially have more likes for this reply than the message I replied to

The Lord of the Rings is literally the story of Frodo Baggins inheriting a powerful, corrupting ring & embarks on a quest across the earth to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom before the evil Dark Lord Sauron can enslave the world...is now being made with AI. Destroy it now.

It wouldn't necessarily have to be AI to do that. They can use other techniques. The other techniques would probably work better and look less fake.

Oof. Hard pass

they really want to just ruin this entire brand i see

But why

Just give it a rest already, ffs.

Who wants this movie?

don't care 🙋‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Everyone is out here saying this is horrible and inhuman and also degrades the art, which is all true, but my primary question is who the hell decided giving LotR to Andy Serkis was a good idea.

I'm going to save my money to de-support this movie

Aaaand into the trash it goes.

This shit is why The Hobbit sucked.

great i fucking hate it

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