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11 August 2023 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

W-AI-ZARDS OF THE COAST: With the publishing of Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants! people noticed that some of the art looked…suspicious. It was revealed that the artist in question had used AI-engines to “enhance” the art they created for the book. Our hosts dive into this discussion and branch out from there.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Codega, Linda. “New Dungeons & Dragons Sourcebook Features AI Generated Art.” Gizmodo, G/O Media, 5 August 2023.
Welk, Brian. “Marvel VFX Workers Vote to Unionize with IATSE.” IndieWire, Penske Media, 7 August 2023.
Check out the Kickstarter for Kyrun Silva’s new issue of Xob the Lightning Wielder!

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“Don’t Pull Out Your Deck” (14 July 2023): Where our hosts cite the tweet from a VFX artist on Flash who discusses the extreme conditions they are forced to work within.
“Mama Knight” (21 July 2023): Where our hosts cover the details of the various entertainment strikes.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
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Mama Knight

21 July 2023 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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ON STRIKE: Despite the heat, our hosts discuss all the striking that’s hitting Hollywood (and more!) quite hard right now. From the WGA to SAG-AFTRA (to UPS?!), it seems that the folks who are just trying to do their job and earn an honest living can’t get an inch from the studio heads, so far.

RELEVANT LINKS:

John Rogers’ Twitter thread about the UPS/Teamster union rally:

1) A moment at the Teamsters/UPS rally this morning clarified our current struggle with the studio CEO's (among other bosses). Teamsters got a lot of wins, but one of the main sticking points is the pay for the 65% of local UPS workers who are part-time …
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) July 19, 2023

Tyler Evans’ devastating tweet that D. Bethel references in the episode:

Hollywood writers, on average, are paid $69,510 a year.

Bob Iger is paid $74,175 a DAY.

That is "very disturbing" to me, Bob. https://t.co/ISS8pqSBdt
— Tyler Evans (@tylerevansokay) July 13, 2023

Fran Drescher’s, president of SAG-AFTRA, powerful speech at a recent rally:

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“Space Man From Pluto” (30 June 2023): Where our hosts worried about how entertainment executives would find AI-created work enticing (and cheap) alternatives to hiring actual creative people.
“Don’t Pull Out Your Deck” (14 July 2023): Where our hosts discuss the rising costs (and continuing failures) of movies.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/