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AI-generated Odysseus film panned for technical glitches and disjointed storytelling

Fountain 0's 2.5-hour Odysseus: The Fall showcases current AI filmmaking limitations through visual inconsistencies and narrative incoherence.

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What to know

  • Fountain 0's Odysseus: The Fall fails to deliver on promises of Hollywood-quality AI filmmaking, plagued by visual inconsistencies and narrative incoherence across 2.5 hours.
  • Current AI models generate only seconds-long scenes, forcing filmmakers to stitch fragments together without coherent story flow.
  • Technical failures include morphing character heights, mismatched dialogue, impossible physics, and incomprehensible voice-overs, making the film's errors its most entertaining aspect.

“Because current AI models are really only capable of generating scenes that last a few seconds, the movie feels like a disjointed collection of moments from the odyssey that have been stitched together with little rhyme or reason.”

Andrew Webster, Verge film critic · The Verge ↗

Ash Koosha Fountain 0 cofounder, writer, directorFountain 0 AI production companyAndrew Webster Verge film critic

AI-generated Odysseus film panned for technical glitches and disjointed storytelling
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    Social media users react with skepticism to AI film ambitions

    Mastodon user Kristofferabild shared the review with a dismissive comment, suggesting the film's failures were predictable given the state of AI technology.

    “Huge surprise! Not. 😆…”
    — Kristofferabild

    • Huge surprise! Not. 😆 https://www. theverge.com/entertainment/996 499/ai-odyssey-movie-review

      Kristofferabild@hachyderm.ioMastodon10d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    Andrew Webster reviews The Fall, finds critical flaws throughout

    Verge critic Andrew Webster provided a negative review after watching the entire 2.5-hour production, identifying two main problems: inconsistency in the film's world (changing character heights, mouths mismatched to dialogue, oars bending illogically) and dullness stemming from AI's inability to generate scenes longer than a few seconds, resulting in a disjointed collection of moments.

    “The Fall is the opposite of a glimpse at the future of AI filmmaking — it'll make you wonder if there's really any future in it at all.”
    — Andrew Webster
  3. background

    Fountain 0 releases Odysseus: The Fall, AI-generated film — Fountain 0 released Odysseus: The Fall, a 2.5-hour film written and directed by cofounder Ash Koosha, billed as "the first completely AI generated film produced at the level of a Hollywood blockbuster." The film is available to rent for $9.99 via web browser.

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  1. 2 outlets The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long

    first by Mastodon, 11d ago · also The Verge