Spike Prime [Art Comms Open]

The story behind the absolutely manic and insane Battlefield Earth is utterly, UTTERLY MAD! A complete shambles which almost everyone on the cast and crew knew was a disaster, pushed by a ridiculously egotistical Travolta who was seemingly the only one on the project who actually believed in it --

I ask that same question of anything shat out by an Ai. What right does anyone have to sell their GenAi slop for money, when they didn't actually do anything? This isn't a matter of opinion, objectively speaking you are NOT an artist if all you did was tell a software to do all the work for you.

I have developed pretty solid relationships with the folks who've commissioned art for me. I doubt any of them would consider anything I said as any kind of insult. Some of those commissioners were artists themselves who wished to see my execution for their ideas, and that's cool too.

I ask that same question of anything shat out by an Ai. What right does anyone have to sell their GenAi slop for money, when they didn't actually do anything? This isn't a matter of opinion, objectively speaking you are NOT an artist if all you did was tell a software to do all the work for you.

I've worked on commission lots of times, usually for someone who themselves wanted to see art of their character but couldn't draw. They'd tell me what they wanted, I'd send a sketch, and they'd ask for amendments, which I happily provide. They NEVER claimed to be artists, just the commissioner.

I ask that same question of anything shat out by an Ai. What right does anyone have to sell their GenAi slop for money, when they didn't actually do anything? This isn't a matter of opinion, objectively speaking you are NOT an artist if all you did was tell a software to do all the work for you.

I'm currently watching the direct-to-VHS film "Batman & Mr Freeze: Subzero." Sadly it is NOT a Mortal Kombat crossover. What strikes me about this movie the most is how, uhh... well, it's REALLY BORING. Good lord it's dull as hell. It feels like nobody working on it had any energy or care for it.

Sub-Zero is really limp and lame with MUCH worse animation, slapping you in the face with TERRIBLE early 90s CGI for some insane reason, when we know these animators can do so much better than that. MotP also had early CGI for its intro but it looked much better thanks to how its textured overlay.

I'm currently watching the direct-to-VHS film "Batman & Mr Freeze: Subzero." Sadly it is NOT a Mortal Kombat crossover. What strikes me about this movie the most is how, uhh... well, it's REALLY BORING. Good lord it's dull as hell. It feels like nobody working on it had any energy or care for it.

Obviously the main comparison for most folks is to the first BTAS movie, Mask of the Phantasm. You might think it's unfair to compare a cinematic release with a direct-to-video one but bear in mind MotP was also gonna be a VHS release before some exec saw it and thought it was too good for that.

I'm currently watching the direct-to-VHS film "Batman & Mr Freeze: Subzero." Sadly it is NOT a Mortal Kombat crossover. What strikes me about this movie the most is how, uhh... well, it's REALLY BORING. Good lord it's dull as hell. It feels like nobody working on it had any energy or care for it.

So, I am firmly of the opinion that Heart of Ice is the single best episode of BTAS, and I'm far from alone in that assessment. From the writing to the music to the animation to the beautiful performances, it's an absolute masterclass. It put Mr Freeze on the map as one of Batman's biggest rogues.

I'm currently watching the direct-to-VHS film "Batman & Mr Freeze: Subzero." Sadly it is NOT a Mortal Kombat crossover. What strikes me about this movie the most is how, uhh... well, it's REALLY BORING. Good lord it's dull as hell. It feels like nobody working on it had any energy or care for it.

I just wanna state for the record: I would much rather watch literally ANY crappy Dingo Pictures movie with their hilariously badly animated nonsense and terrible two-person voiceover team than anything shat out by an LLM. I mean this unironically: Lion and the King is better than ANY Ai "film."