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[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 73 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Some more fun facts:

The tickets costed 40£ each

Not just the promotional images, but also the scripts for the actors were AI generated

The AI also created a whole new character called the unnamed (Edit: unknown, not unnamed), a shadowy chocolate-maker who became evil and lives inside the walls

Edit: Also they didn’t have any chocolate and each guest only got a single jelly bean and a 6cl shot of lemonade

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I actually wanted to post that character, but I wasn't sure anyone would know what it was. It's so bizarre.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Genuinely, The Unnamed is still a more logical extension of the Willy Wonka lore than the actual sequel book, which involves a plot by shapeshifting aliens to take over a space hotel, Willy Wonka being declared an enemy of the state by the president of the US, and confectionery that can alter time itself.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They are making a horror movie about the unnamed I read somewhere

Bound to be a masterpiece!

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think the evil chocolate maker that lives in the walls was called The Unknown

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago
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[–] twinnie 50 points 8 months ago (2 children)

BBC tracked down the guy behind it and found that he had 17 self-published books on Amazon. According to the reviews they’re total nonsense that’s clearly written by AI.

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 17 points 8 months ago

Yeah, there are some nice articles from the BBC on this, including one with the person playing that masked-character. The dialogue/story for actresses/actors was apparently LLM-gibberish as well.

[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Aceton05@feddit.de 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But did it have a ball pit?

That's immediately what I thought of

Same energy as dashcon

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 24 points 8 months ago

Come with me
And you'll see
A world of poorly executed, over-hyped, spent most of the money on marketing experience.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 23 points 8 months ago

The worst part is that they forgot the chocolate. At a chocolate factory event.

[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What? People using AI suck at making stuff irl? That's new, I didn't know that.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Probably asked AI to put together the shopping list for the event.

[–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

Heard about this on My Brother My Brother and Me - sounded like an Ai fever dream, lol