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Excellent! Thanks for checking it out and for the laugh, that right there is the funniest thing I've heard all week! Super appreciated.

Thank you for watching and for the useful input as well! Glad you saw it.

Awesome. Thank you for that! -Skyward

Very glad you liked them! Thanks for letting me know.

Appreciate the specific details and the great review! Such a good question. The AI unfolds itself in such strange ways, I feel sure 3D is probably just a brief matter of time away. I'm thoroughly enjoying each moment, though. Glad you are too! Thanks for bringing this up.

@@TheA.I.ArtAppreciationCh-qf7wu Thanks. Just to be clear, I am not referring to 3D as what is seen through special glasses at the cineplex. I mean something much more like what Neo preceives as the underlying structure of the Matrix, when his abilities come to full fruition.

@@charlesmartin1121 The whole thing is just fascinating. Appreciate your insights a lot.

Thanks for watching and for mentioning it!

Thank you! I'm glad you appreciated it, and thanks for letting me know! -Skyward

Good question! The first two shots are simulations of 'movie trailer posters in 2D'. I especially like the pulp sci fi novel cover art style, so I get a lot of practice with that. Maybe check out PULP SCI FI. Everybody hates the music, but the whole film is done in that style. They are pretty static as far as motion goes. I've done this a few times since the GALATEA series. That's a pretty fine detail to notice, thanks for the question!

Thanks for the enthusiasm and the comment. It's getting more and more interesting as we go forward!!

Glad you enjoyed it!! Useful feedback. Thanks for putting your eye on this one, Inspector!

New favorite!!! This one had me rolling on the floor the whole way. Pure gold. The seat belt...the Chief engineers accent!! Extremely good, great sense of wit, humor and storytelling! Thanks for doing that, I'm glad it will accompany this milestone episode!!

@@TheA.I.ArtAppreciationCh-qf7wu Thanks! It was a fun little 'trek'!😉

Cheers! Thanks for celebrating it with me!

One of the finer details! That experiment worked well and as of this very second is already about 10x more impressive! I think you will enjoy this month. Greatly appreciated!

It's Classic. I had no idea what you might do for this one. The 'documentary' angle is Awesome!! That was a hilarious way to start this. I'm still laughing. Terrific. Going to air in 45 minutes...Hope you can check it out, and Thanks!!!

@@TheA.I.ArtAppreciationCh-qf7wu I plugged the text into one of those online AI voice generators with Sir David's voice. It sounded as I imagined it would and made me giggle!🤭

@@maccody8022 So fun! I also have to say the "sharp looks" part was really great.

Love that era! Very grateful for the positivity and the compliment..

Thanks for the shout out! Another awesome weekend. Hope you're doing great!

Hilarious comment! Good advice. Thanks for the laugh and for checking this one out!

@@TheA.I.ArtAppreciationCh-qf7wu I know. I was there…

Thank you so much! This project evolves so quickly, it's totally out of control! Of course I agree about the music. Glad you're into it. Hope to see you Saturday! -Skyward

14? Thanks for the funny comment and for watching! -Skyward

Awesome. Thanks for checking it out! -Skyward

Thank you for mentioning that you saw and enjoyed it. Also for the great review!

@@TheA.I.ArtAppreciationCh-qf7wu You are very welcome, and it's true, the artistry of your work is there for all to see.

@@rocketjb57 WOW!! Definitely appreciated! (good timing, too) Thanks! -Skyward

Awesome. I'm glad you saw this one!

It's going to be another great week! Thanks for the support!

I believe this happens on every storm cloud. I'm not completely sure. Thanks again!

100,000% agreement! Thank you!

All the detail! Reading these feels like getting into a good graphic novel. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Totally creative. Excellent.

Fantastic! Thanks for that!

Very glad you saw it and appreciate it. Sincerely, I'm eternally grateful for your support. Thank you, Inspector, and I think you are really going to like this next week!!

REALLY appreciate that. Thanks for the great review! That meant a lot.

YES!!!! It's perfect. The footwear thing! What a riot! Another challenging literary triumph. These are kind of their own art form. Well done. Thanks!

Loud and clear. That's exactly what I was hoping to hear! Thanks!!

I had some documentary about cinematography running in the background and I caught that a scene in STAR WARS uses a matte painting. I always thought the scene was a massive composite! What I saw was the artist painting several rows of stormtroopers. Now, every time I notice the paintings, it’s kind of like a stereogram, it emerges from the background! I really had no idea. It was awesome. Thanks for the explanation of the sinking ICARUS scene. It simply goes to show what an exceptional work it really is. The whole thing was a great experience. I began reading about ROD SERLING which has been very interesting, and will continue soon, as I have to strictly ration time under these new present circumstances. I was going to ask you about sequelae, because suddenly I became aware of ESCAPE FROM and BENEATH THE etc., etc. That is, until you said, “the various, countless, and sub-par-subsequent APES 'products’. That may say all I need to know. As I often run something in the background just sort of as passive noise, I ended up seeing this one movie 4 times! I feel like it may not belong in the discussion of max quality artistry here, but something about it charmed me. It may have been DOLORES FAITH.. Anyhow, it is THE PHANTOM PLANET, 1961. I am glad I got to see the colorized version first. Sets are not impressive, they look like spray painted foam stucco. If you ever happen to see it for some random reason, you should notice juror number three from the left (should be right about at 27:15 CCC ver.). Always interested in what you’re up to, so please do catch me up when you can. The AI system report this week would sound something like this: Finally gaining traction with proper/relatively accurate period fashions. I started with a certain type of sequined dress and it ended up being as stubborn a thing as nose rings have turned out to be. I spoke too soon earlier about influencing the nose rings. I’m using a more direct kind of instruction than usual that amounts to my directing the AI’s attention back to the specificity of the prompts as repeatedly as necessary. Our new muses are 7-8x more difficult, but are turning out to be well worth the efforts. Thus concludes the ‘nerd report’ for the moment. Sincere thanks for the great compliment! The metaphors are fantastic!! Your insight is the really valuable part. I very humbly accept the compliment. I did not notice the ANSA patches, thanks for pointing that out. Also, the ET M&Ms thing is so ironic. I’m not ashamed to admit I loved that movie! The rundown on Taylor was especially enjoyable to read, and you brought up SPACE:1999. This is going to require some viewing just to refresh my memory. I remember I love the style and it’s look. I will have to take some time with the musical scores, but yet again, I can’t believe you can do that right off the top of your head! A Fascinating history with ALL the details! I hope everyone likes my work this week. I’m doing my best to direct the Wildebeest. It continues to be the challenge of a lifetime. In a great mood this week, brimming with boundless energy as usual! I hope things are as well for you. Great round! Thanks!

I really love that part! Thanks for watching and for mentioning it.

Thanks for watching. I feel very compelled to say I am a very wholesome Texas woodsman "fun dad" of three very accomplished children. Must be the AI!

Thank you for this great review and question! No, I'm not going there for now. I credit all the Human musicians in the write up. That stuff is unbelievable, though. I am watching it closely as it develops. Thanks again for watching as well! -Skyward

Thanks for coming by to see it! Appreciate it Very much. Good luck over there as well.

Glad to see this! Before I even read this entry, I must announce we just concluded watching PLANET OF THE APES 68 about ten minutes ago. Watched it on a huge projection. INCREDIBLE!!!!! OK, now, I will take my time with this....

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@@user-dh2qf5kd8c PLANET OF THE APES 68 I saw once as a child, I remember, of course, the final scene. It made a lifelong impression. However, I didn’t remember any of the opening scenes! Even the very first “lens flares in black starry space” scene is genius. The geometry, the angles, the instrumentation and very original spacecraft design were unbelievable. I immediately noticed the high end option, the Accordion File Dashboard Organizer!! The Color and color process! I will go on and on… The “spacecraft sinking scene”- As we were watching, someone called out that there were no drones at the time, and that the scene had to have been done by helicopter. I then noticed the water below the camera remained completely undisturbed by helicopter rotors. I began to suspect we may be looking at a matte painting (with one possible give away), giant water set, and customized purpose-invented camera rig situation. I still don’t get it!!! Dr. Zaius was a super character in evolution. I love how the dialogue illustrates his initial view of Taylor. Trying to understand how his initial paradigm would have only been so natural, the metamorphosis is very well exposed. Thanks a ton for urging me to watch this one and pointing out that dynamic in particular!! David, I have to express my gratitude for this entire exchange, since the ELECTRON days! It is so incredibly rare to have someone to jam with like this. Especially someone who contributes on the highest level of quality, wisdom, knowledge and true first hand experience. Having your writings on this channel is a real honor! Thank you. On this last article, I laughed during every paragraph, which is usually the case anyway. More appreciation, you have more than a good eye, it is precise. So many times as I’m creating I will think, “I hope somebody sees that” or “nobody’s going to catch that”, and pretty dependably, you have mentioned it. Yes, the twisting of the dials does lie ahead. I wonder if you caught this super strange thing that has been happening recently. In MELTDOWN 0:19, there is light escaping from the new accurate film frame to the upper left. I call it the breaking of the 9th wall, and it’s happened in many ways like weird alien letters in the black space and etc. Anyway, thanks for the rundown this week. Very sharp observations throughout. It helps me examine the work even more thoroughly with the outside opinion. The observations were extremely well written, meaningful and pertinent. Hope things are great, and please report back just on how things are going whenever convenient!

Dude! You made my day with this! FIRSTLY, BUSINESS: Yes, the ICARUS (as it came to be called; the name is never actually mentioned in the movie) was the first truly modern Sci-Fi spaceship. Post real-world GEMINI CAPSULE, it lifts several design features (including the low-glare black surfaces around the windows/viewports) that would later be incorporated into Brian Johnson's EAGLE TRANSPORTER from SPACE: 1999. Loooove the Eagle; but Icarus was first. And, believe it or not, that's a FULL SIZED ICARUS actually floating in Lake Powell... they shot it from a chopper, but from a distance with a tight lens, which is why the shot is so quick. No one had ever seen anything like it before. This was the same year as 2001, so Sci-Fi film took a giant aesthetic leap that year. Even the bloody escape hatch feels practical and real. If you're interested, Dan Munroe has a kick-ass segment on the entire history of the Icarus, its development, and ultimate fate. Well worth it: ruclips.net/video/eZ5fB5FdrhM/видео.html BTW, did you notice that the astronaut's flight patches don't say NASA? They say ANSA. It turns out that NASA wanted nothing to do with the film (Sci-Fi was still considered 'silly') and turned down the production; this blunder would only be topped when MARS CANDY refused to allow Spielberg to feature M&M's in E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL because "they didn't want a goofy monster movie tainting their brand"... which is why the production went with the largely unknown REESES' PIECES instead. And the rest is history. Wow. Talk about a bad call... ;) In many ways I see Taylor as somewhat similar to ISHMAEL in MOBY-DICK; he's the witness to events, and our surrogate character in an unfamiliar world, but the real story is about Cornelius, Zira, Ursus and Zaius. God, Roddy McDowell and Kim Hunter are just so damn charming; Zira and Taylor's kiss at the end is just adorable. Off topic a bit, I include McDowell's greatest ape-soliloquy from CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. Hero or villain, he was truly a great actor: ruclips.net/video/h7zHqjDjdLA/видео.html John Chambers KICKED ASS on that makeup. He won the first ever 'special makeup' academy award (the Academy did its job, for once); he did most of the work in his garage, out of primitive materials that predated any of the high-tech silicone and gelatin makeups we have now. He let the actors performances come through all that shit. Amazing. THE SCORE. FORBIDDEN PLANET'S score (by Louis and Bebe Barron) was the first true electronic film score, and of course Delia Derbyshire's BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP rendition of Ron Grainer's DOCTOR WHO theme came out in '63 and is still BOSS today; but Goldsmith's APES is the first time electronic and symphonic music were combined in a film score. Talk about groundbreaking. Brutal. Savage. Sophisticated. Futuristic. Unlike anything else before or since. A dozen exotic instruments; synthesizers; I remember seeing APES at the age of six or seven; that incredible moment when we see that a field full of mute, running humans are being pursued by A GORRILLA ON HORSEBACK... the hunter's horns blaring over the impossible madness of it all. Goldsmith wrote this 52 years ago, and we are still listening to it. He wasn't even nominated for an Oscar that year. But... Franklin J. Shaftner brought him back for PATTON, another groundbreaking score that still matters... and he still lost. Not to mention '79, when he released both STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE and f!!!king ALIEN in the same year. Both lost to 'A LITTLE ROMANCE' by Georges DeLerue. The Oscars are bullshit. I'll stop ranting now... ;) Rod Serling was one of the great minds of the 20th century, and I'm not talking about TWILIGHT ZONE; he was a social critic, an outspoken critic of the accepted norms of the time, and truly understood human nature. While John Wayne was starring in THE GREEN BERETS, Serling was busy speaking out against the war. Wayne attacked him viciously in the press, calling Serling a traitor. Wayne should have done his research; Serling was a purple heart-decorated veteran of island hopping in the south Pacific, and everything Wayne was not. Serling's one-line rebuttal killed the controversy for good: "Ah, yes... John Wayne. That hero of three wars fought on the backlot at Universal." Mic drop. As we learned in the various, countless, and sub-par-subsequent APES 'products', the first movie isn't simply an action film; it's an in-depth examination of ourselves through the eyes of another species, just close enough to us to teeter on the edge of becoming human. It has nothing to do with Pierre Boulle's original novel, and thank god for that. It was pure satire, and little else. "I can say this of the departed... he never met an ape he didn't like!" Did you catch the toss-away when three Orangutans administrators hear the words of heresy? One covers his eyes; the second his ears; the third, his mouth. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. It took me years to catch that. The entire idea of the film seems so insane, and yet... in Serling's hands, it's profound. NOW, ON TO THE FEELS: I'm truly humbled by your comments as to our interactions... it has been one of the true joys of my life interacting with you over these last few months. I get as much out of this as you do, and it reminds me that there are people out there who push as hard to improve and evolve as I do. I follow many talented A.I. and VFX channels on RUclips; entire groups, like Byzantine monks, busy recreating all their favorite 80s effects sequences with modern CG. Sure STAR TREK 5 could benefit from this, but spending two years reworking WRATH OF KAHN seems a bit excessive, at least to me. Beautiful work... but minus the matte lines, they can only hope to match what the original FX teams did. I flit about, a tooth-fairy for A.I. artists, dropping well-deserved comments and encouragement where I can. Many channels full of dark imagery; the severed doll heads become more photoreal, the zombie's rotting flesh more pallid and bloody, Scarlett Johansson's ass gets better with every iteration. But nothing changes; nothing evolves. As Vincent in Michael Mann's COLLATERAL tells Max the cabbie, "You know... adapt... evolve... Darwin, I-Ching... all that shit!" Most of the content producers improve technically, but not in meaning. There is only one question an artist should ask themselves, "What do I have to say?". Right now I'm studying the world around us, both darkness and light, and learning about our condition. When I can answer that question once more, I will be an artist again. I never know what you will come up with. Each iteration is something new, better, and beyond what I expect. Not to mention your observations, humor, and technical skill. Sometimes I feel like the Guardian of Forever in Star Trek, "Since before your sun burned brightly in the heavens, I have awaited... a question." You are the only one that ever asks me questions. And you have answers that I don't posses. And that exchange means everything. As Roy Schieder's Dr. Heywood Floyd told the Leonov's Russian crew in 2010: "I'm supposed to ask you questions.... then you ask me questions... that's how it's supposed to work. I think I read that in a manual somewhere.".. ;) I'm checking out the breaking the 9th wall upper left frame light phenomenon now; until next time.

Burst out laughing. Thank you for that!

I couldn't possibly agree more! Appreciate it, glad you were here! -Skyward

Thank You!!!! So glad to hear you enjoyed it.

Thanks for checking this one out! Another question that goes straight for the heart of the matter. I will try very hard to simplify this. The system currently in operation is like two separate brains in parallel. The brain on the left is the original text to video AI generation system. It generates our 'plasticine' muses. Although it began learning about a year and a half before the 'right brain', the system is robust and still developing at a very fast pace, notably in depth perception and rendering lately, as seen in the last couple of films. The brain on the right is an exponential quantum leap forward, it functions on a completely independent (virgin) prompting language, so it has required intensive instruction from the start. We humans are being dragged along a little trying to keep up with it right now, because it is so new. This change took place right before CHRONOSCOPE aired. As an artist I am a strict minimalist/purist, so I NEVER use any kind of 3D models or sculptures, never appeal to IP's, or use external pictures of any sort. I also reject any kind of automation or silly idea generation. Just purely descriptive input! WOW! That one put me through the paces. First time explaining that, hope I did ok! Great question!!

@@TheA.I.ArtAppreciationCh-qf7wu Thank you very much for such a thorough explanation. To be honest I am not sure I fully comprehend what you said. I did get the part about not using any external reference sources though. And quite frankly the level of detail and realism of the 'right handed' AI system is stunning. I still have difficulty understanding how it animates 2D images without some underlying 3D modeling. But don't feel you need to explain the process. There are some videos here on RUclips that can help me understand this brave new visual world. Cheers.

@@charlesmartin1121 Great exchange. really enjoyed it! Appreciate your sense of curiosity a LOT. Thank you.

Rest assured, Inspector. We are in some very capable hands!! Thank you for being here and seeing it. Have an incredible weekend!

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Love it!! This comment also paired well with the coffee today. I thank you very much for that! Glad you enjoyed it! -Skyward

I appreciate the recognition of the finer details very much. I also see that future up ahead. It's so fun being a part of these early days. What an experience! Glad we're all here to see it unfolding. Thank you!

Very interesting subject. I can share some observations about this. First, there's a thorough article in the community post about hands and arms, if you are interested. The eyes are really a fascinating balance. Early on (SAUCER CREW is a great example of this) I began to notice that the more detail I would try to pour into the background settings, the more resources were borrowed from the focal foreground subject. On a micro level, the AI has the same type of issue over the short distance between the eyes, especially as the profile angle increases (to the side). This 'resource disparity' will typically cause the proximal eye to appear close to perfect, while the distal eye shows some degradation or pre-formation effects. In my estimation, about 10% of the time, that pattern will be reversed, which indicates a solution is being explored. Some of the less stable anatomical issues will require a good bit more time. This may not completely answer your question, but this is what I'm observing right now. Please forgive the nerdy answer, Great subject, thank you for bringing it up! Very nice to meet a fellow artist! -Skyward

@@TheA.I.ArtAppreciationCh-qf7wu Cool, now try and reply without using ChatGPT.

@@TheA.I.ArtAppreciationCh-qf7wu Thank you for such a thorough answer. Actually I am pretty much clueless when it comes to AI rendering technology. For a while I thought these systems were creating and manipulating 3D wire mesh models, but apparently thats not right at all (even though to me it would make a lot more sense, especially in regard to doing biomechanics). The way these systems do operate is pretty perplexing, and produces startling dreamlike (or occassionally nightmarish) transitions within and between images. Such virtual worlds are fun to visit, but I don't know I would want to live there. Cheers.

@@charlesmartin1121 Charles, I'm going to overshare this with you. By profession, I am a psychotherapist that treats the most extreme traumas. Around the time that stable diffusion type models first emerged, I began to observe some of these systems very closely. I saw some absolute horrors I had to interpret as being very similar to a human 'intrusive thought' or occurrence, Basically, it was trying to manage an idea. It really is so strange! So, of course you don't need to answer this (Please don't feel obligated to respond at all), but I have become very curious about the type of art you practice or practiced, and thank you for your active participation around here!!!!

@@TheA.I.ArtAppreciationCh-qf7wu I graduated with a BFA from a liberal arts university. Afterwards I kind of sidestepped into paleontology and working at a natural history museum for 25 years. I have not done much publicly with my visual arts training, although that my change. I have always been fascinated by how things are put together and why. And the relationship between how things are and how things should be. I think thats saying enough for now.

Thank you for saying so. Appreciate it very much!

Thank you!! Glad you were here to see it.

Duly noted. Still, thank you for watching.

Appreciate that! Thanks for checking it out. -Skyward