ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
with studios refusing to pay residuals to the actors.
And using the COVID-19 pandemic to justify the residual refusal was a NOT OK excuse.
But the discourse wasn't just because of residuals but also due to issues relating to studios starting to develop an interest in AI and that got people concerned.
2 Years later, those concerns have all but been partially thrown out.
If you've been reading on the news, a startup(who's been around since 2015), announced their newest actor called TILLY NORWOOD.
Well apparently, The existence of TILLY has pissed off many actors who are registered members of SAG-AFTRA because this is what they've warned us about during their protests and picket lines.
And yet, XICOIA's latest achievement went heavily ignored.
...... Fortunately, no movies are announced for casting of this Machine-Generated abomination but here's what I think of this recent development.
Yeah, My Image of RJ MCREADY drinking pretty much sums up my reaction to the development because while I'm emotionally numbed, if this happened in 2023, my rage would've reached heights like never before imagined.