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Post by sherlock on Jun 1, 2023 8:27:51 GMT
They were using AI art? I live in the darkest dark ages. What is AI art? Is it not computer enhanced artwork? And what's the problem in using it? Thanks in advance. It’s putting in prompts into a bit of AI and it churning out a digital image. It’s rightly controversial among artists, and also has a tendency to look godawful.
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Post by Kestrel on Jun 1, 2023 9:59:23 GMT
They were using AI art? I live in the darkest dark ages. What is AI art? Is it not computer enhanced artwork? And what's the problem in using it? Thanks in advance. Man, where do I even begin. It's a nightmare. AI-generation essentially scans existing media with tags, and then uses that database to synthesize a "new" piece of media. Users direct the "AI" with keywords, which determine what tags the AI uses for reference and which are prioritized. This applies not just to 2D images but all forms of AI-generated media. You might read, "Scans existing media," and wonder what that means, exactly. It means everything on the Internet. Everything. Media taken without permission from the creators (which is sometimes illegal but always unethical). And the media output by this generative process is often extremely derivative trash. It's a mess. And you can be sure that the biggest advocates for AI media are the same techbros that spent the last 5 years eagerly proselytizing the gospel of the blockchain and cryptocurrency -- in other words, deeply unserious people. People who view artists as a "privileged elite" on one hand, while desperately trying to make a quick buck off their stolen artwork in the other. The whole label of "AI" here is, itself, a misnomer -- mere marketing -- and what we're actually talking about is procedural generation. There's no "intelligence" to be found anywhere in this equation, artificial or no. And when companies use AI-generated media? It's 100% so they can avoid paying artists anything -- and those artists were, universally, pitifully underpaid in the first place. I say this with no hyperbole: if Big Finish starts using AI art -- of any kind, to any extent -- then I am done with this hobby. There would be no surer way to make me permanently divorce myself from this hobby. AI generation and everything associated with it is a profoundly unethical mess that I refuse to tolerate it absolutely. EDIT: J. Michael Stracynsky just posted an essay on AI-generated art (text, specifically, in this case) that might prove more enlightening than anything I can say: post.news/@/straczynski/2Org4xKLZiODO1CS26juuPuSXB0
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Post by bonehead on Jun 1, 2023 12:31:27 GMT
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Post by fitzoliverj on Jun 1, 2023 21:18:27 GMT
OK, I'm going to take a stab at predicting the Doctors for the remaining episodes {Spoiler}Two's Company - The presumed Eccleston & Warner episode The Martian Invasion - Colin Baker (because he's left over after I considered the other episodes) Time Lord Immemorial - Jo Martin (because I looked up what 'Immemorial' means) The Union - Paul McGann (who will be confirmed as the present incarnation, with this episode seeing the Doctor cured) Coda - David Tennant (probably as 10, possibly as 14) Will be interesting to see if any of these is right!
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Post by kipperserver on Jun 2, 2023 8:35:19 GMT
I live in the darkest dark ages. What is AI art? Is it not computer enhanced artwork? And what's the problem in using it? Thanks in advance. It’s putting in prompts into a bit of AI and it churning out a digital image. It’s rightly controversial among artists, and also has a tendency to look godawful. I thnk it's pretty obvious no one at Big Finish knmew/cared that there was AI art on their covers and, once it was pointed out to them, they go thte artist to change the cover.
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Post by dukealoops on Jun 2, 2023 12:31:16 GMT
OK, I'm going to take a stab at predicting the Doctors for the remaining episodes {Spoiler}Two's Company - The presumed Eccleston & Warner episode The Martian Invasion - Colin Baker (because he's left over after I considered the other episodes) Time Lord Immemorial - Jo Martin (because I looked up what 'Immemorial' means) The Union - Paul McGann (who will be confirmed as the present incarnation, with this episode seeing the Doctor cured) Coda - David Tennant (probably as 10, possibly as 14) Will be interesting to see if any of these is right! I've had a feeling a possible reason for Coda being scheduled the way it is, is to because that certain possibility would appear.
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Post by sherlock on Aug 25, 2023 15:08:37 GMT
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Post by fitzoliverj on Aug 25, 2023 17:42:56 GMT
OK, I'm going to take a stab at predicting the Doctors for the remaining episodes {Spoiler}Two's Company - The presumed Eccleston & Warner episode The Martian Invasion - Colin Baker (because he's left over after I considered the other episodes) Time Lord Immemorial - Jo Martin (because I looked up what 'Immemorial' means) The Union - Paul McGann (who will be confirmed as the present incarnation, with this episode seeing the Doctor cured) Coda - David Tennant (probably as 10, possibly as 14) Will be interesting to see if any of these is right!
So, let's see how I've done so far
Bah
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Aug 31, 2023 15:10:25 GMT
Still waiting on the second release to be delivered lol
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Post by jbatty8 on Sept 1, 2023 17:26:07 GMT
The fifth release is due out shortly, why can't they put something up to set an expectation as to when the physical editions will arrive? Its ridiculous.
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Post by cwm on Sept 1, 2023 17:38:35 GMT
BF don't know when the physical editions are going to arrive. I agree something has clearly gone wrong with Once & Future specifically and a little more communication would be nice, if only as a reminder that those of us who ordered the LE CDs haven't been forgotten about, but this is largely out of their hands.
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Post by sherlock on Sept 2, 2023 9:59:16 GMT
Not sure if anyone’s picked up on this already, but the DWM preview for The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 explicitly says it was the Eighth Doctor who got hit by the degeneration weapon. I can’t recall seeing that explicitly clarified anywhere else before.
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Post by jbatty8 on Sept 4, 2023 17:54:00 GMT
I don't think it would do any harm for them to state where they are with them. I accept they may not know exact dates, but they should know from their supplier a likely month to expect something and give us an estimate, such as we expect to be delivering x during October. It can't be a complete unknown.
Maybe they would have been better to have just sold it as a complete bundle later on, based on what has happened. I'm very surprised they are struggling so badly with this release and its a real shame.
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Post by mark687 on Sept 4, 2023 20:21:00 GMT
Just Noticed that Coda (Due Nov 2024) has a new subtitle The Final Act
Regards
mark687
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Post by tyler steele on Sept 5, 2023 20:42:08 GMT
The coda has always been called the Final Act. Even back when they announced the project.
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Post by Ian McArdell on Sept 7, 2023 14:30:59 GMT
Not sure if anyone’s picked up on this already, but the DWM preview for The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 explicitly says it was the Eighth Doctor who got hit by the degeneration weapon. I can’t recall seeing that explicitly clarified anywhere else before. This makes me wonder if the War Doctor will get a look in during Once and Future at all? I have a hunch that there's a specific rights situation with the character... but can't remember where I saw/read that?
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Post by martinw8686 on Sept 7, 2023 18:03:05 GMT
Not sure if anyone’s picked up on this already, but the DWM preview for The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 explicitly says it was the Eighth Doctor who got hit by the degeneration weapon. I can’t recall seeing that explicitly clarified anywhere else before. This makes me wonder if the War Doctor will get a look in during Once and Future at all? I have a hunch that there's a specific rights situation with the character... but can't remember where I saw/read that? I'd be interested to hear more about rights issues with The War Doctor, as he does seem to be one of the least x meets y ranges. That could be because he's a tricky charecter to mix and match, but I wonder? I can only remember The War Doctor meeting Leela in terms of charecters outside of his range regulars.
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Post by grinch on Sept 7, 2023 18:21:03 GMT
This makes me wonder if the War Doctor will get a look in during Once and Future at all? I have a hunch that there's a specific rights situation with the character... but can't remember where I saw/read that? I'd be interested to hear more about rights issues with The War Doctor, as he does seem to be one of the least x meets y ranges. That could be because he's a tricky charecter to mix and match, but I wonder? I can only remember The War Doctor meeting Leela in terms of charecters outside of his range regulars. Considering Earth has apparently been sheltered from the effects of the Time War, I suppose it would be hard to have the War Doctor regularly meeting a lot of the Earthbound characters.
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Post by martinw8686 on Sept 7, 2023 21:09:37 GMT
I'd be interested to hear more about rights issues with The War Doctor, as he does seem to be one of the least x meets y ranges. That could be because he's a tricky charecter to mix and match, but I wonder? I can only remember The War Doctor meeting Leela in terms of charecters outside of his range regulars. Considering Earth has apparently been sheltered from the effects of the Time War, I suppose it would be hard to have the War Doctor regularly meeting a lot of the Earthbound characters. That's a fair point with Earth based charecters, although the Time War era 8th Doctor has had some run ins with other returning characters, The Twelve, The Valeyard, Davros, River Song, Bernice Summerfield and The War Master. I think TW 8s also met the 6th Doctor and Vashta Narada in CDNM. I'm not complaining about the War Doctor having lessons returning characters, it's a preference for me that we see less x meets y as soon as possible for all Doctors.
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Post by kipperserver on Sept 8, 2023 12:49:30 GMT
Taada
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