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Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by DrScump » Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 9:56 AM UTC

BerislavLopac wrote: post #13

Oh, let's play the game of "who would be the best actor to play each emperor"! A few obvious ones: * Gallienus: Pedro Pascal * Decius: Clive Owen * Maximinus Thrax: George Clooney * Augustus: Daniel Craig How about the others?

Maximinus Thrax: Tchéky Karyo

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by OJFord » Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 2:20 PM UTC

ddalex wrote: post #5

Igelau wrote: post #4

I really want to believe that that's what Nero looked like. I'm pretty sure he tried to get me to prop him up for a keg stand at a college party.

Augustus looks likes Daniel Craig, a bit.

Not a coincidence, this article doesn't seem to mention it, but in the Times (London) write-up it states the training data was similar-looking celebrities, and names Craig for Augustus.

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by OJFord » Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 2:22 PM UTC

BerislavLopac wrote: post #13

Oh, let's play the game of "who would be the best actor to play each emperor"! A few obvious ones: * Gallienus: Pedro Pascal * Decius: Clive Owen * Maximinus Thrax: George Clooney * Augustus: Daniel Craig How about the others?

That is essentially the game the author played, and then used those faces as the training data for the render - this article doesn't seem to mention it though. You're right with Craig.

Re: Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

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Post by dskrvk » Tue, Sep 01, 2020, 1:50 AM UTC

pluto9 wrote: post #18

There's a conspicuous number of young dudes who were emperor for a few years or less and stopped being emperor because they died. It seems that emperorhood is bad for one's health.

Also, many of them were killed by praetorian guards. Obvious fix: disband the praetorians. Oh wait, actually we need those to protect against assassins!