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klokwerk
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'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'
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Date created
28-Mar-2010, 2:26 AM

I saw the torrent go up ages ago on Demonoid and was interested but never did end up downloading it. Since the past week has left me rechecking the OT forums for the first time in a long time I've read through this thread out of curiosity.

I must say that this project is far more than I thought it was. I can understand why many people would be put off but I think the nature of it in itself is fascinating and I think it's worth watching the whole thing (... just maybe not all in one go).

So, I watched a single chapter streamed to see if I would actually be able to watch it - for despite now thinking I understood what it was, I wanted to make sure before downloading several gigs.

I watched the whole chapter and actually found that it had more thought put into the 'narrative' than I was expecting. I had expected a bunch of themed clips clumped together... but the chapter itself seemed to have a logical progression of content. This is why I'm keen to watch the whole thing rather than just sample it.

The idea itself is fascinating, the notion of searchable video by content and context, which could only work if copyright was not as restrictive as it is at the moment as you say. I pondered the idea for a while and even got so far as to thinking about the possible ramifications of its creation.

While not exactly what you are talking about, I recalled the following scenes from films in my thought process for various reasons:

  • The Fifth Element (1997): Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) using a computer system to study human culture. I think she was able to pick the word 'War' and it played through a series of clips and images relating to this specific subject (It's been a while since I watched the film, tbh). Similarly, I imagined an interface where such a video database would be possible, pulling content that related by identifying either by some advanced means or simple media-tagging.
  • The Final Cut (2004): There is a company that surgically implants these data chip/recording devices in people's brains after birth. These implants record everything that a person sees and hears throughout their life. Once these people die, Editors assemble video montages of their life as a tribute video to be played at their funeral, etc. Alan Hakman (Robin Williams) is one such Editor. Anyway, when putting these implants into the editing suite it reads through the footage and determines which footage is sleeping, which is eating, travel, awkward moments, bathroom time, bedroom time, etc. I love this movie purely for that concept. That system is an intriguing idea - determining what type of footage it is and then categorising it. If you haven't seen the film, watch it just for this bit.

 

Anyway, I'm rambling and I can't remember the third movie. I hope what I'm trying to say makes sense despite me feeling like I'm not getting my point across.

Bottom line? I think the idea behind this is fascinating and the execution seems to be much better than I expected - even if there is varying audio levels and low-quality footage, that's unavoidable given the nature of the project, I think. I'm slowly downloading the RARs and eventually I'll comment on the whole thing.

:)