With the future version of this you could theoretically prototype movies way faster and try ideas with test audiences without requiring to actually film them
In the future version of this, the end user asks for a movie and gets a custom movie generated just for them.
You want a thought-provoking Bourne-style action thriller with hints of Jane Austen and a bollywood dance sequence? How about a Matrix sequel that lives up to the first one, but ends just the way you like it? Just ask.
Xenomorph cop. It's a Dirty Harry style movie except the lead is a xenomorph. The other characters are only vaguely aware that he's a xenomorph.
Or how about the movie Clue with the three endings except an infinite sequence of "or maybe it happened this way" sequences. I mean how else are we going to get a sequence where Darth Vader and Tim Curry reenact the "No I am your father" scene while Martin Mull dies in the background due to a heart attack.
This could certainly be entertaining. The trick will be for the studios to continue to brand it as recognizable, yet have it be unique. It begs to ask what part of the experience will be a shared experience since it could be radically different for all of us. Would we then share the story created for us with friends? Will there be an Oscar for best mind to have a video created for them?
I think it would be great for people who write scripts for a movie they imagined.
You could conceivably write a script and feed it into a machine and have a decent 1080p rendition of the movie with consistent characters and voice acting which you could use to better pitch your movie idea to people, or get to watch a movie you created between you and your friends even if no one else ever gets to see it.
Having written several feature length scripts, I'm certainly looking forward to trying this. But with an explosion of cheaply produced content, people will probably spend less time watching movies and TV shows. I'm a lot more selective now than I used to be because there's just too much stuff to watch even if I spent the rest of my life on the couch.
The current trend of remaking movies as 10 hour miniseries (and then making more and more seasons) is Not Great. Whereas I could be fascinated by a quirky-but-compelling original movie, I'm less attracted to 10+ hours of hyper-polished content. Sometimes I've watched a series and thought 'that was good, but it could have been a better movie.'
