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RE: Wonka, Willy rule (i.ibb.co)

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[-] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 73 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Some more fun facts:

The tickets costed 40£ each

Not just the promotional images, but also the scripts for the actors were AI generated

The AI also created a whole new character called the unnamed (Edit: unknown, not unnamed), a shadowy chocolate-maker who became evil and lives inside the walls

Edit: Also they didn’t have any chocolate and each guest only got a single jelly bean and a 6cl shot of lemonade

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 8 months ago

I actually wanted to post that character, but I wasn't sure anyone would know what it was. It's so bizarre.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Genuinely, The Unnamed is still a more logical extension of the Willy Wonka lore than the actual sequel book, which involves a plot by shapeshifting aliens to take over a space hotel, Willy Wonka being declared an enemy of the state by the president of the US, and confectionery that can alter time itself.

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 14 points 8 months ago

They are making a horror movie about the unnamed I read somewhere

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 8 months ago

Bound to be a masterpiece!

[-] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago

I think the evil chocolate maker that lives in the walls was called The Unknown

[-] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

My mistake

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[-] twinnie@feddit.uk 50 points 8 months ago

BBC tracked down the guy behind it and found that he had 17 self-published books on Amazon. According to the reviews they’re total nonsense that’s clearly written by AI.

[-] jlow@beehaw.org 17 points 8 months ago

Yeah, there are some nice articles from the BBC on this, including one with the person playing that masked-character. The dialogue/story for actresses/actors was apparently LLM-gibberish as well.