“Among things that could potentially be used [искусственный интеллект]is clearly the construction and change of narrative. For example, let’s say you have an ever-evolving story, whether it’s a game, movie, or TV show. You can come to your home and download [искусственный интеллект] to your streaming platform. [И сказать ему:] “Hey, I want a movie with my photorealistic avatar and my Marilyn Monroe photorealistic avatar. I want it to be a romantic comedy because I had a rough day.” And it will present a neat story with dialogues that mimic your voice. It mimics your voice – and suddenly you have a 90-minute romantic comedy with your participation. And you can customize your story as your own,” says director, screenwriter and producer Joe Russo in a new interview. According to his predictions, in a few years we will see a full-fledged movie invented by a neural network. How will it be? Let’s wait and see, but it’s not really necessary to wait for an answer for two years: it will probably be something similar to the Citadel series the Russo brothers just released on Amazon Prime Video.
Officially, Russo is the only executive producer here, with The Citadel being written specifically by Josh Applebaum, according to newspapers. (“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”) and David Weil (“Hunters”, “Invasion”). But it was probably Russo who was responsible for all of this, because Amazon would hardly agree to allocate a dreadful $300 million for 6 episodes directly to Applebaum and Wale, and here, after all, the directors of the last two “Avengers.” ” – that is, up to two points in the top ten highest-grossing films in history.
Therefore, hardly anyone would be surprised if, after the release of the sixth episode of The Citadel, Joe Russo gives another interview, in which he admits that this series was invented by a neural network. Because it looks exactly like the outcome of the activities of the unfortunate “artificial intelligence” that fueled all 25 James Bond movies, the entire Mission Impossible series (6 units), and the entire Bourne (4+1). The result was a certain spy vinaigrette that, with the light filing of the Russo brothers, of course, won the appetite for the franchise: you can take people out of Marvel, but you can’t take Marvel out of people, so everything is in the way of the directors of the final and semi-final Avengers, apparently, in Midasian style. It seems that he was compelled to turn into gold, that is, into movie universes.
It is noteworthy that the Russians managed to sell and film an Amazon spy vinaigrette, while another (which is not very different actually) managed to sell and attract a Netflix spy vinaigrette – precipitation in the form of sequels and spin-offs is possible in this region. Gray Man with Ryan Gosling. But with the Citadel, the plans are even more megalomaniacal: it’s okay that it’s already extended for a second season, but spin-off plans for Italy, India, Spain and Mexico are really scary here.
“Fortress” is similar to the activity of the neural network, in that all genres tricks, paths, finds and even jokes are moved mechanically, but the lack of reason is acutely felt – what about the soul. It really is a vinaigrette: super-spy top secret organizations, amnesiac heroes, bloated action, biting (pseudo) expressions, a waterfall of surprises. The problem is, it’s all pretty mediocrely written and filmed. If “artificial intelligence” is really to blame here, Russo needs to be commended for his incredible ability to pull excess money from big corporations without lifting a finger. After all, if they themselves led the parade – well, then the “Castle” can be called successful only as proof of the theory that the Rousseaus as separate creative units are categorically untenable. In all of their most successful projects, from the “Community” and “Arrested Development” sitcoms to actually “The Avengers,” the brothers essentially served as the people on the vocals and were under the close production supervision of someone: from Dan Harmon to the eldest and the terrifying Kevin Feige.
decent people like Richard Madden (“Game of Thrones”), Priyanka Chopra (“The Matrix: Resurrection”) and Stanley Tucci (Let’s skip the explanations.), who are in the main roles here, are clearly not against playing, but this is bad luck – there is nothing to play and there is no need. After all, the dialogues seem to have been written on a bet to perfect the fawning skill, and the cameraman is noticeably more interested in shaking the camera as randomly as possible during the action sequences and turning the camera into an awkward corkscrew. flights at the beginning and end of each series (and even when something in between). In a word, you start to envy the Madden hero with his lauded amnesia – it would also be nice to forget The Citadel altogether. Fortunately, there is probably no need to be a member of an extremely mysterious organization or fall into a terrible disaster: the castle itself will be safely erased from memory, you only need to give it a few days.