Sid Anand Kumar

Watching Gary Oldman crack up at fart sounds dubbed into his own scenes and laughing until he’s in tears might just be the purest joy you’ll see all day.

What is the single funniest line Wodehouse ever wrote? No wrong answers, only joy.

The film industry’s strong reaction against Seedance 2.0 regarding “copyright infringements” and also the threat to the very existence of the film industry is just a knee jerk reaction and once they get over that , they will stare at the much bigger picture A bunch of viral clips like Tom Cruise vs Brad Pitt rooftop fight, Spider Man swinging through complex cities, Baahubali level war sequences made in minutes have exposed one naked truth that the entire multi thousand crore, years long in making etc are going to become ancient myths which future generations might not even believe they happened The real earthquake is not the copyright noise. The real earthquake is the realisation for all investors and makers regarding the drastic reduction in time and cost of making films. Right now, a big Bollywood or Hollywood “tentpole” will have gigantic sets or some thousands of VFX shots, 1 to 2 years of shooting, and then forever post production overall costing 300 to 1500 crores and then , if the likes of Seedance 2.0 (and advanced versions of whatever will come in the next 3 to 6 months) can generate theatrical quality visuals from a few detailed prompts , won’t all the investors stop dead in their tracks ? Once the A I models reach consistent theatrical resolution + full length feature capability (which could be months, or a year away), the old way of making films will becomes pre historic . Why spend hundreds of crores and years in building a massive ancient kingdom set when a prompter can type” Epic war sequence, 5000 warriors clashing on a rain soaked mountain fortress at golden hour, camera sweeping like in Bahubali , ultra realistic, cinematic lighting, Dolby Atmos sound design” etc and Bingo ! It’s ready The films and productions that will be thrown into total chaos right now will be any big VFX heavy films currently in production or pre production (think upcoming Avatar sequels, Marvel/DCU phases, various Indian biggies etc.). Their entire pipeline will become obsolete overnight This is exactly like the Industrial Revolution where physical muscle became irrelevant ..Works like pulling, pushing, lifting etc have been taken over by the machine . Now the AI video generators have done the same to the “creative class”. All those highly paid, union protected “creative minds” with their years of craft, their “vision”, their “experience” are about to become irrelevant The only people who will remain essential are the prompters and they are not even a part of the film industry. A 18 year old student, Reddit idle chatters, gaming kids, YouTubers, or random bored guys sitting in their bedrooms or bathrooms , even in some tier 2 town will be the ones who will be making the next mega block busters .This is not “the end of cinema”. This is the end of cinema as an elitist, gate kept, insanely expensive industry. This is the birth of true democratization. A 19 year old with talent and killer prompting skills who doesn’t have money to even come to Mumbai to try for access to the film industry , can now make a film that looks better than 90% of the multi crore costing films released in the last decade with his pocket change. The industry screamed when cameras went digital. They screamed when editing went non linear. They screamed when VFX replaced practical effects. They will scream now. But screaming won’t stop any in coming technology . The likes of SEE DANCE 2.0 just handed a god like power to anyone with imagination Great prompters will be the new movie moguls . Welcome to the Industrial Revolution of cinema, where instead of labour becoming irrelevant creators will become irrelevant The challenge of cinema is no longer about how to make , but it’s about what to make ? That’s because from among the thousands of the films that will be made , only the best will survive and that’s the only truth which will remain The water is just drawing in now .. and it’s just a matter of time before the Tsunami hits

Luckily, yesterday, before CapCut shut down Seedance 2.0, I was able to create this 15-second continuous single-shot action sequence with a hard noir aesthetic. And what can I say… This is the most mind-blowing action sequence I’ve ever seen generated with AI 🤯 It doesn’t fall short of Sin City at all. I’m sure Frank Miller would love it. Big words.

It’s so over.

It is extremely hard to tell this is AI, and we are not even halfway through 2026. This is going to be a crazy year.

@umesh_ai Your prompt is nicer and more detailed than the render

Prompt : A realistic cinematic scene opens high in the Swiss Alps at midnight. A dense web of rail lines glows under pale blue moonlight reflecting off endless snowfields. A high-speed express train tears through a mountain junction, sparks flying from the tracks against walls of packed ice. The camera drops from above and latches onto the frost-covered roof of the train, racing forward along the length of the carriages, freezing wind tearing at the lens, snow crystals streaking past like tiny stars. It reaches a ventilation grate and punches downward through the metal seamlessly into a first-class cabin warm with amber light. Inside, quiet warmth. A couple sits shoulder to shoulder, each wearing one earbud from the same pair of wired headphones. Neither speaks. She stares out the frosted window. He stares at her reflection in it. A faint smile sits on his face that he doesn't know is there. The white cord hangs between them in a gentle arc, swaying with the train's rhythm like a lifeline neither wants to unplug. The camera pushes forward past their tangled silhouette, along the fogged window where her fingertip has traced a small lopsided heart in the condensation, past the swaying wine bottle, through the cabin wall, through the next cabin where passengers sleep bundled in coats and scarves, breath barely visible in the cooler air, and continues through the far exterior wall — emerging outside in one unbroken motion, the full train now revealed stretching behind the camera, every window a different shade of warmth and darkness against the blue-black alpine night. The camera rises and pulls far back to reveal the train crossing a moonlit viaduct, a frozen glacial valley shimmering below, jagged peaks dusted in ice glowing on the horizon like ancient teeth of the earth. End on a wide aerial shot, the train now a ribbon of golden light threading between glacier and stone. Silence except for the distant rhythmic clatter of wheels on rail joints, fading like a heartbeat slowing to sleep.

Ennio Morricone and “Gabriel’s Oboe” from The Mission, one of the most magical musical moments in cinema history.

ok, this is pretty some pretty good us of AI: 👏

MJ getting robbed at the 1988 Grammys, despite delivering one of the greatest performances in Grammy history and being the first artist to score FIVE #1 singles from a single album, didn't win a single Grammy for Bad

🚨 GLOBALISM JUST DIED IN DAVOS Howard Lutnick just walked into the lion’s den — and told the World Economic Forum exactly what they didn’t want to hear. “Globalism has failed.” Not whispered. Not softened. Declared — on their own stage. He dismantled the entire WEF doctrine in minutes: • Offshoring hollowed out the West • Cheap labor destroyed innovation • Net Zero made Europe dependent on China • Sovereignty begins with borders • Nations must control their industry, energy, and medicine Then came the line that shook the room: “Why would Europe agree to Net Zero when they don’t even make a battery?” That’s the truth globalists can’t answer. Green agendas without industry. Climate pledges without sovereignty. Moral posturing while outsourcing power to Beijing. America First isn’t isolation. It’s independence. And Lutnick made it crystal clear: The old model is finished. The globalist experiment has failed. And the future belongs to nations that put their people first. Davos just heard the obituary — live.

2.67 years of AI progress

Amadeus has such a powerful opening because it makes clear the following: Mozart transcended music. Like the priest in this scene, if you knew nothing about music, you still knew Mozart. This sets the stage for the next 2.5 hours of perfection. I thank God this film exists.

Hajime Miura just clinched his 8th 3A World Yo-Yo Championship title at the World Yo-Yo Contest in Prague—cementing his legacy as one of the most dominant players ever.

Charlie Munger’s 1998 Harvard speech is the ultimate cheat code for life. He compressed 74 years of billionaire wisdom into just 30 minutes. Most people spend 4 years in college and learn less than what’s in this video. Save this video, you will come back to this.

Xiaoma, a polyglot, was invited to give a speech at a high school for Language Week, and he delivered the entire speech in Gen Alpha slang.

Even though I knew his death was coming, as he told us it would, I still can’t believe he has died. Rest in peace, good and great man, rest in peace.

A speed reading training video starts at 300 words per minute and ends at 900 words per minute. I was able to understand this entire video the first time it was present. Could you?

✨️Neil Diamond who retired from touring because of Parkinson's disease surprised the audience at the opening night of a Broadway show which chronicles his life and features his music with a rendition of his old classic 'Sweet Caroline'. Audience members were blown away. Pass the tissues 🥺❤ . . 📷: Twitter . . #NeilDiamond #SweetCaroline