#gunfight

[princetonpike]

So I was persuaded by a friend to reconsider Grok AI--and to try it out on the Grok site, rather than in Grok Imagine via some other service. Well, it is easier to try things out there, and you don't get the character drift or misattributed dialogue you get when you use Grok Imagine via some other service. But Grok is still pretty straitlaced as far as violence is concerned. Here is a showdown I generated at Grok:

Compare with the same showdown as generated by Seedance 2.0 via Venice AI:

This isn't to say that Grok won't permit a certain perversity. Here is the alternate ending to the above Grok showdown:

[princetonpike]

I was just working with HappyHorse 1.1 through Venice AI. HappyHorse 1.1 generates videos as well as Seedance 2.0 (see below). It has an even better sense of visual and aural style than Seedance 2.0, but it is more expensive, and you have to specify movements and gestures much more precisely. I generated these seven videos using the same prompt except for stylistic instructions:

[princetonpike]

More from that army of lovers, up against a greedy, tyrannical town boss and his ruffians...

(generated via AI on different days--thus the inconsistencies--the stills on Seedream 5.0 through Pixel Bunny, the video on Seedance 2.0 Enhanced through Venice AI)

[princetonpike]

67K views · 1.5K reactions | Just Another Day On The Job — For Iconic Superstar U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon —💥 #JamesArness On #Gunsmoke #Clip

Just Another Day On The Job — For Iconic Superstar U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon —💥 #JamesArness On #Gunsmoke #Clip

40K views · 1.2K reactions | “Let’s See How Good You Really Are Marshal”-Dever —- #willardsage #quotes #JamesArness #Gunsmoke — FAST BY #CLI

“Let’s See How Good You Really Are Marshal”-Dever —- #willardsage #quotes #JamesArness #Gunsmoke — FAST BY #CLIP

I've posted enough AI pastiches; here's the real thing. I found these clips on the "Everything Gunsmoke" Facebook group. And I jerked off to the second clip.

Of course if you like my AI pastiches, here's one more for the road:

[starnews24live]

महिला, बेटी घायल; जातीय हिंसा प्रभावित मणिपुर में 3 घरों में आग लगा दी गई

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महिला, बेटी घायल; जातीय हिंसा प्रभावित मणिपुर में 3 घरों में आग लगा दी गई

[princetonpike]

More AI-generated stills from showdowns in the manner of old Hollywood B-Westerns! For the truly jaded among you, or at least for those who want to know how a bad guy makes a reputation, here are some in which evil triumphs over good:

[princetonpike]

(More AI-generated (through Venice AI and Seedance 2.0) showdowns in the manner of old black and white Hollywood B-Westerns)

And once again!

And again!!

And yet again...

(Damn, can't help feeling sorry for a man with those eyes when his hat has been shot off. Still, he's a bad guy, and justice is justice.)

[princetonpike]

It's a violent town. The county sheriff guns down the evil town boss, only to be gunned down in turn by a bespectacled psycho desperado. The psycho desperado who gunned him down is then gunned down, along with two of his relatives, by the town marshal. The town marshal, having become corrupt, is gunned down alongside two of his cronies by the new county sheriff, who himself is then gunned down by a masked bandit. So much for law and order! This is all AI-generated with the help of Venice AI and Pixel Bunny, but some of the characters are based on photos of me.