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What If Jason and the Argonauts Had Smoother Stop-Motion?
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Posted on 04/14/2021 8:03:46 AM PDT by mylife

What if the 1963 movie Jason of the Argonauts had smoother stop-motion animation for its effects scenes made by the famous Ray Harryhausen? I used an AI program to interpolate the scene to a higher frame rate to see what that would look like.

You liked a similar video I did about 1933's King Kong, so I thought I'd do a sequel of sorts. What do you think of the results?

✨ Programs used: -I used Flowframes with RIFE to interpolate the framerate from 23.98 fps to 191.74 fps and then used FFMPEG to reduce that back to 60 fps. Flowframes is free and you can find it here: https://nmkd.itch.io/flowframes​

I'm #captrobau​ and I like to make interesting videos about AI. Don't forget to like this video and subscribe to my channel if you want to see more videos like this. I regularly upload AI upscaling examples, reviews/tutorials for AI software and more.


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To: Seruzawa

Um, aren’t you forgetting Mary Sue?


41 posted on 04/14/2021 8:48:55 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: mylife

The ruins of the acropolis looked just as bad in that intended time period of the movie as they do today.


42 posted on 04/14/2021 8:49:03 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Harpotoo

That’s right—you can’t have a strong male role model anymore. It needs to be an 85 lb. lesbian woman who could eat Superman for breakfast.


43 posted on 04/14/2021 8:51:36 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: a fool in paradise

Josie and the Argonauts?


44 posted on 04/14/2021 8:54:10 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: mylife

Coolest scene in motion picture history.


45 posted on 04/14/2021 8:54:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: mylife

I definitely notice the difference.
When I recall seeing those kinds of films for the first time, I noticed the jerkiness too. We all did. I actually think that stiff, jerky quality makes the beasts look that much creepier. It adds to the bizarre fantasy of seeing such creatures in motion.

That uncertain, birdlike shakiness is often seen in Zombies. One does not expect Zombies or dangerous beasts bourne of mad incantations to move with grace and fluidity. Think Elsa Lancaster in the scene where she awakens as Bride of Frankenstein.
Shorter response: I don’t consider the original stop motions to be “Broke”.


46 posted on 04/14/2021 8:58:30 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: toast

First thing to go is the pistol in Yukon Cornelius’s belt....and I don’t even want to think about the scene where Yukon,Hermie, and Rudolf are in bed together.


47 posted on 04/14/2021 8:59:24 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: mware
Oh, come on...


48 posted on 04/14/2021 9:01:46 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: PLMerite

LOL, those were the days!


49 posted on 04/14/2021 9:02:07 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: dfwgator
I figure maybe in about 10-20 years the technology will be such that they can literally make those movies look like they were filmed today on a modern camera.

...and written / directed by SJWs and "Woke Allies."

Regards,

50 posted on 04/14/2021 9:09:37 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: PGR88
They’re Greeks.

The Greeks like to think that they invented sex - but it was the Romans who finally introduced it to women.

Regards,

51 posted on 04/14/2021 9:11:17 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Red Badger

Me either


52 posted on 04/14/2021 9:28:18 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: gymbeau

While they are at it, they can do a favor to a great British actor, Laurence Naismith, and air-brush out Argus’ +!+$.


53 posted on 04/14/2021 9:31:25 AM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon ("Carthago Delenda Est")
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To: BenLurkin

very cool...


54 posted on 04/14/2021 9:33:12 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Rurudyne

Good one! Lol!


55 posted on 04/14/2021 9:37:48 AM PDT by gymbeau (I refuse to be anonymous. I am THEnonymous.)
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To: mywholebodyisaweapon

I liked him in Jason. Gwangi, too.


56 posted on 04/14/2021 9:40:40 AM PDT by gymbeau (I refuse to be anonymous. I am THEnonymous.)
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To: All

It looked the same and IT LOOKED AWESOME!


57 posted on 04/14/2021 9:43:56 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: alexander_busek

Okay, THAT got me to laugh out loud!


58 posted on 04/14/2021 10:05:33 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: dfwgator

Many of the WWII b&w actual battle films have been colorized and are great. Imagine colorization of some of the great old movies from the 1930-40s...


59 posted on 04/15/2021 1:38:59 AM PDT by octex (word tag.)
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