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Neill Blomkamp's new zombie AI 'film' is just slop warmed over
Neill Blomkamp's new short film Nightborne, generated by AI, is a disappointing watch despite its polished appearance. The film's lack of a clear tone and solid narrative makes it an unpleasant experience.
Neill Blomkamp's new short film Nightborne, generated by AI, is a disappointing watch despite its polished appearance. The film's lack of a clear tone and solid narrative makes it an unpleasant experience. The film's reliance on AI-generated content and lack of a clear creative voice make it feel like a collection of short video clips rather than a cohesive story.
Neill Blomkamp's new short film Nightborne, generated by AI, is a disappointing watch despite its polished appearance. The film's lack of a clear tone and solid narrative makes it an unpleasant experience.
- Neill Blomkamp's new short film Nightborne, based on Peter Watts' novel Echopraxia, was generated by ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 text-to-video generator.
- The 13-minute sci-fi short features characters with voices and faces modeled after human actors, but every shot was made using the AI generator.
- Blomkamp described Nightborne as a 'test start' to demonstrate the capabilities of generative AI, with the goal of tackling a full feature in this format in the future.
Miau Labs takeThe film's reliance on AI-generated content and lack of a clear creative voice make it feel like a collection of short video clips rather than a cohesive story.