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Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Post by nntwozz »

ModernMech wrote: post #12

The article is missing one of the best futurescape shots in the whole movie! http://i.imgur.com/6W5InkH.jpg That image is only on screen for like 2 seconds, but it tells a whole story and really pulled me into the film. The first half you're deep in the city, and then finally when you get to see it from afar, it seems like a whole real city instead of the few locales they shot. Also makes it feel like a continuity of…

That's amazing, you always see flooded cities in the future this is out of the box thinking.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Post by Cpoll »

QuantumNomad_ wrote: post #19
notachatbot123 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is zero history of her programming. This is a scam, using her name.

The Wikipedia article about her https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milla_Jovovich links to https://www.millaj.com/ which links to her Instagram http://instagram.com/millajovovich/ where the bio reads: > Mother/Actress/Architect of MemPalace free and open source on GitHub And the linktree from the Instagram profile links to https://github.com/milla-jovovich/mempalace

The parent post didn't say "unauthorized." Plenty of scams use celebrities' names/reputations and compensate then for it. See: just about every pump-and-dump cryptocoin.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Post by nixass »

notachatbot123 wrote: post #14
sschueller wrote: post #3

Off topic but Milla Jovovich just released an AI memory called mempalace: https://github.com/milla-jovovich/mempalace

There is zero history of her programming. This is a scam, using her name.

her partner "engineered" it while she "architected", whatever that means in this particular case

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Post by 0x3f »

prhn wrote: post #21

I'm just here to share my love for this film. I'm a big movie fan. I've been watching the Fifth Element since high school, and I've only grown to appreciate it more and more as a film as I get older. It's so full of life, creativity, color, humor, and themes we can all relate to (purpose, love, loss, etc). This is peek Bruce Willis, and the movie is filled with other exceptional actors including Gary Oldman and Ian H…

But I wonder at what point digital effects become 'good enough' in some sense that they never look aged beyond the containing film. At some point surely there's no more perceptible 'resolution' to be had.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Post by sixtyj »

nntwozz wrote: post #29
sixtyj wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He continued with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The Fifth Element has similar cinematic feeling as the first Blade Runner. And now it is clear. There is the same person behind it :)

The Fifth Element and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets are widely considered to share a thematic and stylistic universe, with similar aesthetic influences. There are shared elements (ha!) and aesthetics, with Valerian even featuring a shop called "Korbens" as an easter egg to The Fifth Element. Unfortunately the movie doesn't do it for me, the 90s were a better time. Once CGI became good storytelling and c…

Perfect CGI and no-grain 4K (?) flattened the feeling.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Post by throwa356262 »

jacquesm wrote: post #23

What I like most about the Fifth Element is that they didn't milk it through a bunch of sequels.

I think this one deserved at least one sequel.

Speaking of sequels, who in the star wars universe will get their own show next? Based on who is left, i put my money on Exogorth.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Post by throwa356262 »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #26
sixtyj wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He continued with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The Fifth Element has similar cinematic feeling as the first Blade Runner. And now it is clear. There is the same person behind it :)

Valerian missed the mark; I'm sure it's got great designs (although I also believe it's mostly CGI), but the story of the movie is disjointed (which is a risk when trying to merge multiple storylines into one) and the actors are lifeless.

I really liked Valerian. The story was fine and I expected Cara to be crap but she was actually fine.

I did however very much hated Dane DeHaan's annoying voice.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Post by diimdeep »

QuantumNomad_ wrote: post #19
notachatbot123 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is zero history of her programming. This is a scam, using her name.

The Wikipedia article about her https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milla_Jovovich links to https://www.millaj.com/ which links to her Instagram http://instagram.com/millajovovich/ where the bio reads: > Mother/Actress/Architect of MemPalace free and open source on GitHub And the linktree from the Instagram profile links to https://github.com/milla-jovovich/mempalace

This is what you get combining shameless bunch of famous B-rated movie star, crypto dudes and Automatic programming hype (Claude in contibs)

https://github.com/milla-jovovich/mempalace/graphs/contribut...

But it is so dumb that it doesn't even add to the drift towards greater Idiocracy clock values.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Post by throwa356262 »

notachatbot123 wrote: post #14
sschueller wrote: post #3

Off topic but Milla Jovovich just released an AI memory called mempalace: https://github.com/milla-jovovich/mempalace

There is zero history of her programming. This is a scam, using her name.

That is a very valid concern, but in this case she is actually "involved":

https://xcancel.com/BrianRoemmele/status/2041397710113435659...

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