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#11
Off-Topic Community / Re: The TV |OT|
Last post by the-pi-guy - Jan 20, 2026, 01:13 PM
https://www.sony.co.jp/en/news-release/202601/26-0120E/

TLC taking over Sony TV production. 
#12
Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by the-pi-guy - Jan 20, 2026, 05:09 AM
I was wrong, it is censored.  :'(

Quote from: Legend on Jan 19, 2026, 10:46 PMHow much vram does it need?
I'm using 10 GB.

Some people use 8. 
#13
Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread
Last post by nnodley - Jan 19, 2026, 11:41 PM
So I finally watched Superman yesterday. I liked it quite a bit. David Corenswet was a pretty good Superman 
#14
Off-Topic News Discussion / Re: Avatar Fire and Ash OT: no...
Last post by nnodley - Jan 19, 2026, 11:39 PM
Quote from: BananaKing on Jan 19, 2026, 06:50 PMYeah if they don't consider this a success then the studio heads are out of their minds. But of course you need to consider how much merch avatar sells. I don't feel like it's a merch machine as starwars or marvel. Probably no where even close too.

Also streaming now has iced things up. This will probably end up on Disney+ soon, and subs aren't directly linked to avatar.
Yeah I don't think they sell much merch. I'm expecting blu ray and digital in mid March or so. Probably not Disney+ till summer I'd bet. They definitely do well with avatar world at Disney world. 

The digital prime video version will likely sell really well
#15
Off-Topic Community / Re: General Politics Thread
Last post by kitler53 - Jan 19, 2026, 10:59 PM
reads the news.   jfc Donald.  you really are a moron and a piece of shame.   he really must be a Russian asset because killing our alliances with Europe is the dumb AF.  america has strength but with no alliances anywhere and with most of the world hating us we could be taken off the map easily. 
#16
Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by Legend - Jan 19, 2026, 10:46 PM
How much vram does it need?
#17
Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread
Last post by the-pi-guy - Jan 19, 2026, 10:36 PM
I'm not sure if I've watched Sleeping Beauty before. I feel like I started watching it before, but never really watched the whole thing.  

The movie isn't what I expected.  

Spoiler for Hidden:
Sleeping Beauty is barely in the movie for one.&nbsp;<br><br>Her being asleep also barely happens. It&#39;s something that happens towards the end of the movie, it&#39;s not the starting place.&nbsp;<br><br><br>
#18
Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by the-pi-guy - Jan 19, 2026, 09:44 PM
I generated a bunch of different videos.

To a big extent I was fighting with ComfyUI though. It would frequently not generate a new video. The template workflow also wouldn't update the randomizer seed, so you'd get mostly the same output anyways. 

I generated some videos where people were talking back and forth, yelling back and forth, whispering and having different emotions.
It was extremely cool.

The audio was expressive, but obviously robotic at times. But it matches reasonably with the actor's movements.


The model isn't censored from what I understand, but it's also not very good at uncensored stuff..... 
#19
Quote from: nnodley on Jan 19, 2026, 03:57 PMSo. 1.5 to 1.6 billion seems likely then for final totals.  Even if you consider the 2x box office for making money, and the reported 400 million budget, I still see this movie making anywhere from 300 to 500 million in profit. Obviously depending on other factors.  Then you consider way of water made 2.3 billion, that movie easily covered budgets from both movies.  There just can't be any world where a trilogy of movies making pretty much 7 billion in box office isn't a success and warrant the last 2 movies.

I think a longer gap from 3 to 4 than what 2 to 3 was will help tremendously in potentially driving box office back to 2 billion for 4.  I know Cameron is considering ways to cut budgets for the next ones.  I think removing 30 minutes of runtime from each and keeping them around 2hrs 45 minutes will work and won't be as big of a day for someone to go watch the movie.
Yeah if they don't consider this a success then the studio heads are out of their minds. But of course you need to consider how much merch avatar sells. I don't feel like it's a merch machine as starwars or marvel. Probably no where even close too. 

Also streaming now has iced things up. This will probably end up on Disney+ soon, and subs aren't directly linked to avatar. 
#20
Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by the-pi-guy - Jan 19, 2026, 05:38 PM
Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jan 08, 2026, 03:47 PMSeems like local video generation got a bump.

I see people buzzing about LTX-2 and Wan 2.2 both seem to be doing audio + video.
I feel like I've seen dreams. 

Takes me about 5 minutes to generate a 5 second video, and 9 minutes to generate a 10 second video.