Video Games as 1980s Dark Fantasy Films

[@dantaverasmusic]

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[@zawatsky]

Джеймс Юджин Рейнор особенно доставил.😁👍

[@WheatleyCrab440]

No.

[@gregoryszatmari5996]

Which ai program are you using? I've tried to do Mario as live action and it always comes out animated 😔

[@zawatsky]

@@gregoryszatmari5996 есть же фильм про них, тебе мало?😏

[@tonycezar1645]

holy shit, they went really far with Tetris, made a whole lore with two images

[@kosmalaanimations2864]

Yeah Tetris is Russian but it had to be sold in other countries because it was Communist back then and I clearly see the Russian culture seeping through

[@setsers1]

I love it

[@dantaverasmusic]

Agree, Tetris was my favorite! I wanna see that movie so badly.

[@johndexterzarate6663]

....Movie name would probably be like Hell Raiser: Gates of Babel

[@rygar8bit2]

Kinda looks like the Gameboy game Megalit box art.

[@CinderBlockCuisine]

I like how Duke Nukem just stays Duke Nukem. His story is an 80s action scifi at its core.

[@OmniGSage]

same with Metal Gear

[@setsers1]

That's a really good touch.

[@forregom]

It really just looks like ancient rome if they had guns

[@argelisplanchart9438]

And it looks like Arnie

[@DzNuttz_710]

“Hail to the kind baby”
- ash williams
- duke nukem
-any other action hero

[@Demonslayer232]

'80s fantasy films really were a genre all their own...

[@coutou5302]

Agreed

[@handsomeDRAC]

Yes they were

[@setsers1]

I like that

[@adam.n-steve]

Kind oflike PS1 survival horror.

[@bikerboy3k]

They were a product of their time. Like everything else.

[@Odrikah]

Man, seeing Chief's face through the visor like that adds a cool element of body horror to the Spartan program. Like he almost looks like a kid peering through there, just slightly too small for the helmet. It really serves as a reminder for what they did to him.

[@madcowkiller10]

For him

[@Sujamma_Enjoyer]

@@madcowkiller10 To*

[@dir-gk]

for/two.

[@____________838]

@The Nerdy Barbarian alien and Space Balls.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

It is unbelievable how real this images look.

[@leolizard3152]

The super mario bros one is almost perfect.

[@bmanbassguitar]

No fr we really do live in sci-fi now

[@atomictraveller]

plus there's no one left who can tell the difference

[@SirContent]

bow to AI surpremay

[@mikeoakeshart3823]

Because it took real life object, cut it into several pieces dan match those cut into a coherent picture according to the given input/instruction.

[@uberfeel]

The Tetris one looks phenomenal. It gives me a Attack on titan mixed with russian medieval dark fantasy vibe.

[@WindiChilliwack]

I just thought of The maze runner

[@Tony_Baloney_69420]

@@WindiChilliwack Yeah, a great movie it was.

[@The5T4LK3R]

The russian medieval vibes makes sense since the game was made by russians.

[@skootergirl22]

It would go well with the epic tetris theme

[@TheMimiSard]

@skootergirl22 ...Which if I understand right, is a classic Russian folk song. I have also heard a music option in a Tetris game I have that allowed one to have Swan Lake play.

[@ben-chan420]

I love how the AI made mega man into a space marine lmao

[@killrodx]

Takes "Super fighting robot" to a whole new level.

[@irmaosmatos4026]

Space RoboCop

[@AgentTex-]

It reminds me of first edition Warhammer 40k.

[@ben-chan420]

@@AgentTex- my thoughts exactly

[@reginlief1]

This mega man looks like he fights “chaos androids” on the reg.

[@CurryFeatures]

I sometimes worry that AI is getting too smart... and then I see it try to draw hands and I sigh in relief.

[@eltioed5149]

For now

[@nexusprime2487]

If anything imagine film makers or even the company's that own these games see these and might get ideas from the A.I arts.

[@vitaleriof]

Even human can't get hands right for the most part so i wouldn't really consider that especially when people will improve drawing hands this will indirectly help the ai because they will have more sample to use to create better looking hands

[@roseCatcher_]

It's just like me fr fr.

[@static2223]

Don't blame em. Hands are not easy to draw

[@milkmanmcgee3657]

Imagine an alternate universe where a majority of video game concepts were originally movies, and stories that are originally movies from our world are video games...

[@themadtitan7603]

People in that universe complaining about bad movie adaptations in video games.

[@justagreekguywithaspacesui9084]

@@themadtitan7603 i can see that .

[@lucifermagne7458]

It's what Kojima would want

[@segismundosaulalex3065]

Charlie Chaplin and Mario Bros switching places.

[@unspeakableflame292]

​@@segismundosaulalex3065 who's Charlie Chapman

[@Clint_Yeetwood]

I feel like most of these could have actually been a thing. I really hope they will be some day.

[@Toripusutashi]

Future of A.I generated anything looks great. I long for a future where we can feed a book of plot into a.i. fine tune the visuals and stuff to our liking and it generates full blown movies for us. No more Hollywood drivel and sequels no fucking she hulk twerking

[@Clint_Yeetwood]

@@Toripusutashi I literally agree with every word you just said lol. Nothing but hot dumpster fires coming out of Hollywood these days.

[@thecommunistloli1042]

@@Clint_Yeetwood agreed

[@rakijr9176]

They're already working on AI generate text to video. For anyone who doesn't know, text to image wasn't created until 2015 and the first version of it could only take a prompt and spit out a vague blob of what it was trying to generate. Just 7 years later and we already have photo-realistic images. By the 2030's, we'll probably be able to produces entire films from a single prompt.

[@oompalumpus699]

@@Toripusutashi At first, I hated AI art tools. But like you said, since mainstream media has produced nothing but crap and expect us to give them our money... I realized that having the ability to create whatever you want with the help of AI would be great.
I just hope they don't put the AI behind an unreasonable paywall.

[@theuniverselovesme1529]

It's amazing how an AI can recognize and imitate an aesthetic so well

[@Balloonbot]

Trained by the work of many talented humans

[@theoriginaldemiurge]

@@Balloonbot trained with the work of talented artists, it was train by an algorithm.

[@Balloonbot]

@@theoriginaldemiurge Which took its information from....?

[@theoriginaldemiurge]

@@Balloonbot what's the point of trying to start an argument with me? I didn't even disagree with the sentiment of your statement really, I just reworded it so it's more accurate to how the tech actually works.
Also, what do you mean by information? Perhaps you mean visual data?

[@Balloonbot]

@@theoriginaldemiurge No ones trying to start an argument, chill out.

[@coltonthorpe7812]

I love that Mario and Luigi are essentially just two Tom Sellecks wearing read and green hats.

[@jeffyoung3756]

Or Burt Reynolds.

[@frosty2975]

@@jeffyoung3756 I definitely gotten Burt Reynolds vibes from that.

[@DelcoAirsoft]

Jesus Christ I'm not even a Metroid fan but having an 80's movie about blonde Samus in that sick ass helmet would have been epic!

[@crawlingboy]

I mean Samus is always blonde but man she is beautiful in that and the concept sounds awesome

[@Blufferb00r]

It's Kaley Cuoco

[@GuyMcPherson69]

Yeah, I know

[@pablochaves1942]

I read "Thicc ass" 😭

[@DelcoAirsoft]

@@pablochaves1942 Ahahahahaha

[@brocksamson212]

The mario bros look bad ass.

[@SiriProject]

The Mario Bros and Mega Man ain't taking shit from no one lmao

[@inkchariot6147]

@@SiriProject meanwhile, here's toddler Link.

[@jl-fy3zj]

They look like they're headed to a gay bar.

[@uuamenator]

It looks like a bollywood action movie. I'd love to watch that.

[@sloppenheimer420]

Mario n Luigi but the cast is the Village People

[@1ShepardCZ]

Interesting...
1:00 Antonio Banderas as Nathan Drake
2:00 Rob Halford as Ken Masters
2:15 Bruce Willis / Dolph Lundgren as Duke Nukem
2:20 Amanda Tapping as Samus Aren

[@WaterVolt1917]

The fact that Duke Nukem was literally made in homage to action heroes of that era makes it that much better

[@kenjikune2565]

"The good ending" reality had these movies made (aside from changing Banderas to Nathan Fillion) before everyone got too old. And it was, beautiful.

[@handsomeDRAC]

Will Ferrel as F Zero driver

[@farbsworth526]

They also cast Kurt Russel as Joel, or at least someone who looks similar.

[@chaoticneutral9903]

1:08 Mario - Burt Reynolds, Luigi - Danny Trejo

[@DanteoSparda]

2:38
"You've succesfully assassinated Tywin Lannister. Good job, 47"

[@mohithrai5696]

wow, tetris looks fascinating

[@RockyVegaTV]

That 80's Cloud for FF7 is pretty sick!!!

[@brandonbaka1375]

The first Super Mario Bros image really took me back to the live action Mario Bros movie.

[@AegisAuras]

1:51 ryu’s famous 7 finger punch

[@mr.nobodymc9741]

I can’t remember his name from the last of us it’s been a long time since I played that game but he looks like Kurt Russell and I love that.

[@AL-ey9fx]

Joel 😂 not a bad idea

[@AL-ey9fx]

Uncharted looks like Bradley Cooper

[@ErectusEnormous]

Joel? Daddy Joel? Father Joel? Papa Joel? Padre Joel? *MOTHER JOEL?!?!?!* 😳😳

[@dukenukem8381]

2:12 hey! thats me!

[@ProfSir1]

2:24 Samus looks so beautiful!

[@Shadders2010]

I love how Tetris is just an old Russian man overseeing the building of a wall.

[@cucabeludo9342]

Someone gotta do one of these AI videos with Shadow of The Colossus, i really want to see how the AI will interpret the colossi, especially the bigger ones like Phalanx and Malus

[@christianzilla]

Oh hell yeah!

[@Popcultureguy3000]

They better be made to look like those excellent stop-motion puppets from movies like the title villain from Robocop 2, the dragon from Dragonslayer, the original Rancor special effects, and the super impressive Dark Overlord from the otherwise awful Howard the Duck movie.

[@Tony_Baloney_69420]

Shadow of the Colossus? That game's a fcking classic.

[@twistedspike69]

That would be so cool

[@user-eo2zl9ck8w]

It doesn't quite compare to this video, but I think I did okay
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[@bigboss4178]

1:10 LMFAO that's so manly that my beard grew while watching it
3:02 the earrings on BB lol

[@JellpySpark]

Jesus that Metroid one looks sick. The less fancy looking suit makes me think the movie would really focus on the exploration part of a Metroid. Getting lost on a planet you don't know and the dangers the lurk there

[@lefishe129]

Dark Souls already looks like a 80's dark fantasy movie

[@nonyodambiz]

I think what really captures that 80s look is the cinematography looks like it has faded colors, an abundance of lighting, things look a lot "glowier" and an abundance of close up shots.

[@novusparadium9430]

That f-zero one is actual meme gold.

[@VoltaGhost]

1:52 Dang Ryu’s got like 3 extra fingers on each hand 😂

[@greenwizard7592]

It’s a secret martial arts technique

[@owllymannstein7113]

Duke Nukem's thumb has a thumb

[@roseCatcher_]

If I make fun of this AI's finger drawing skills now, will it resurrect me 5000 years later to torture and mock me by adding extra fingers to my hands?

[@Battleguild]

The F-Zero one completely caught me off guard and ended up laughing quite a bit.

[@BlueZeroZeroOne]

Same, I was like "That dude has no legs."

[@AA-es8vy]

All these videos are coming out suddenly and I'm for it

[@23forestgump]

I wanna see Gears of war as an 80s dark fantasy

[@SuPeRNinJaRed]

1:45 This version of Cloud Strife is giving me some young Dolph Lundgren vibes here and i never knew how much I NEED THAT IN MY LIFE lol

[@marywinchester1322]

0:34 WHAT IS THSI!? 🤣 Pikachu is still too cute!

[@MichalKaczorowski]

1:08 Super Mario Bros starring McNamara brothers xD

[@hyliannerd4541]

More like Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck

[@piotrpelc5214]

Imagine Avatar as 80's sci-fi film

[@lazerfrogstudios]

Which one?

[@satansjihad6353]

It would suck.

[@bucknasty69]

@@satansjihad6353James Cameron actually made good movies in the 80s, so it would probably be alright.

[@originaleagle2684]

@@satansjihad6353 Why.

[@piotrpelc5214]

@@lazerfrogstudios The first one. Directed by J.Cameron .

[@karlahwash8563]

Dante lookin like prince charming💀

[@Rolfhn]

Bob Hoskins got jacked for his role as Mario.

[@AgarthianTrapstar]

I can't believe no one's done Red Dead Redemption 2 as an 80s spaghetti western.

[@nodeberiaestaraqui93]

Now you imagine Robert Redford as Arthur Morgan

[@AgarthianTrapstar]

@@nodeberiaestaraqui93 oh my god he'd be PERFECT

[@Mr.HotDogShirtGuy]

Spaghetti Westerns weren’t made in the 80’s. The majority (and most iconic ones) were made in the 60’s.

[@TheLurker1647]

The main thing these videos remind me of is how amazing everyone's hair was in the 80's.

[@LesMetalleux321]

First off: I wanna see ALL these films.
Secondly: I have a feeling that the popularity of these videos will probably lead to a resurgence of the genre relatively soon.

[@bloodpuke4146]

Sonic directed by Tim Burton

[@jamilskannal]

hahaha never though i would see Pikachu in medieval armour

[@phil5037]

1:20 LMAO it was lookin smooth right up until this point, which lives up to the forever meme existence of sonic.

[@bileygr1116]

02:50 Beloved Resident Evil character Chris 'Magnum' Redfield

[@argelisplanchart9438]

Joel played by Kris Kristofferson an Ellie played by Jodie Foster

[@johnnyflinn2662]

seeing 1:02 just reinforces in my mind that Henry Caville should have played Drake instead of Tom fucking Holland

[@theladylexa4136]

The Ratchet and Clank one looks adorable 😍

[@oompalumpus699]

The Starcraft, Metroid, and Devil May Cry ones looked very stylish.

[@JackBradley07]

I wanna see Half-Life so bad for some reason

[@redpie2002]

There's already Half Life videos of this type

[@setsers1]

We just need to put Pac-Man through the Ai Machine and see what happens.

[@JackBradley07]

@@redpie2002 I found them like right after making this comment lmao

[@djamtz]

@@JackBradley07 Is there one with Portal?

[@chocolategingerbreadman871]

Mario and Luigi in this looked more accurate than the 1993 movie (that classic is now 30 years old!).
The F-Zero part looked really funny.

[@nickolaskech5846]

3:05 LOL

[@zabananzoan]

damn that sonic image really felt like a dark fantasy world

[@hilstrom-tjc2826]

2:59 Hideo Kojima's dream

[@thehammurabichode7994]

0:29 How you be lookin at your -foes- obstacles

[@kazuhiramiller7013]

That sub zero pic goes unfathomably hard

[@HAZARDOUS88]

FFVII, Duke Nukem, Metroid and Resident Evil are perfectly done!

[@danielawesome36]

How about 80's Dark Fantasy Films as 80's Dark Fantasy Films?

[@seanturner1197]

DooM as an 80s dark fantasy film.
Onimusha as an 80s dark fantasy film.
Final fantasy VI as an 80s post apocalyptic film.
Wipeout as an 80s cyberpunk film.
MGR as an 80s cyberpunk film.
Bayonetta as an 80s horror film.

[@josephb.4640]

Final Fantasy VI would be SICK. Final Fantasy VII already has some epic treatment recently.

[@Tony_Baloney_69420]

I hope the Wipeout that you've mentioned is the racing game one and not that stupid pun-laden shitshow with idiotic announcers.

[@seanturner1197]

@@Tony_Baloney_69420 The racing game. I don't even know anythgin about that shitshow.

[@Tony_Baloney_69420]

@@seanturner1197 Ah thank God 👍

[@SaadNabil]

@@seanturner1197 It could've been better if DooM as an 80s horror film and Bayonetta as an 80s dark fantasy action horror film! But ok!

[@brockgadao415]

1:58 Kurt Russell as Ken

[@dantaverasmusic]

Hey everyone thanks for watching! This was really fun to make. I plan on making more and have a few ideas of images to pair with soundtracks. I'd love to hear more suggestions as well.

[@sanctum2fan]

God of War? Counter-Strike? Wolfenstein? Elden Ring?

[@Tung--]

Silent Hill 1, 2, or 3. I know that there’s already two films but it should still be really interesting.

[@denielvarava8218]

Great video! I have a business offer, how can I contact you?

[@MrDream-zm1pw]

Please do a Castlevania as an 80s dark fantasy/horror film with Arnold as Simon Belmont.

[@fiftymk_fox4914]

is this AI art? if so dang

[@crafter6862]

Imagine The Last of Us as an 80s apocolypse film. With how the zombies are, it would be interesting to see the 80's style scifi take on it...

[@marendur]

Curious fact: the greatest challenge to AI's is to draw hands - "AI cant draw hands or feet because unlike a face - which is symmetrical and has standard lines… the hand does not. It is asymmetrical, has a left and right variant, and can be posed in a multitude of ways -be it singly, OR together."

[@ismaelhall3990]

This channel is gonna blow up. Keep it coming.

[@LazyPirate8]

Its scary how the last of us fits in this 80s asthetic ai vibe and holy shit final fantasy fits that vibe so well.

[@bucknasty69]

Luigi looks like Tom Selleck haha

[@geddistopholes6785]

Honestly, both Mario brothers look like Tom Selleck. It's a little... disconcerting.

[@NatiKore]

Well Mario and Luigi even look like twins

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

That Duke Nukem looks SO PERFECT! I Iove it!

[@Mopgonpblr]

1:14 Did it really turn Anya Taylor-Joy into Peach? :D

[@MrRoland47]

0:13 AI makes better casting than HBO

[@Totalvermin51]

Megaman looks like he waked up in the 41st millenium...

[@madagreement]

OMG the Super Mario Bros... Not sure if Village People or else LMFAO

[@kyoryusaur9538]

I love movies from the 80s,
For me this images are like Door to an alternate dimension.
The image with máster chief really got me

[@nolanmerchan5095]

Hauntingly beautiful images and your music creates so much atmosphere. It almost makes me nostalgic for a past which we could have had but were denied. Great job, hooked on these now. Thank you.

[@VeteranAlpha]

Ok now I really badly want to see someone take a crack at making Bioshock and Gears of War in this style.
So far everything has been just absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Jazzpandragon]

Tetris xD

[@SerbianSpark19]

Duke nukem is just 80's action movies made into a fps

[@AlexandrOdessa]

Thank you so much Dan for introducing us to this visual art style! Bro I really like it

[@BugboandRegretevatorfan05]

1:28 I think that's supposed to be Link and Zelda when they were kids

[@Nonamearisto]

Final Fantasy VII wouldn't need to change very much. In fact, its dark aesthetic fits that of a dark fantasy 80s movie very well.

[@thejonaskuromada]

Dude, it was amazing. I would love to see more footage from The Last of Us in this format and vibe. Congratulations on the job!

[@loslakers530]

Duke Nukem and Nathan from uncharted looked amazing! Loved the Aesthetic feel to it

[@Ant7860]

i love the music bro

[@dantaverasmusic]

Thanks!

[@butterybarns8838]

This looks better than anything in theaters.

[@Astartes-6969]

The Last Of Us just makes them look like Husband & Wife.

[@semenhydenko9502]

At this point i think AI deserves an award for this, it’s awesome.

[@arthurluna6189]

0:41 Clank looks bigger than Ratchet now.

[@thebigredwagon]

It makes me nostalgic for a movie that doesn’t exist an angry it doesn’t exist at the same time.

[@johnnyutah1001]

This is awesome. I now need an AI Golden Axe movie.

[@chancedavis6216]

I miss Golden Axe. Hands down one of my favorite arcade games of all time next to Altered Beast.

[@seatspud]

Gauntlet says hi.

[@Legionary219]

Just one look at the Legend of Zelda one had me convinced it was a still from a direct to VHS movie

[@mikemccarthy6719]

I love the lighting and this whole aesthetic.

[@arkfounder7056]

Hitman looks like it could work for both the 1980s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s

[@Esthrian]

No one's talking about how Shovel Knight looks intimidating and badass with that amazing design?

[@audreymaize]

In 1980’s Last of Us, Ellie would be ten years younger than Joel (and secretly attracted to him). Clickers would be both satan and robots combined and the only child character would have a 30 minute dance number before they’re leapt underarms from the violence and you don’t see them until the end of the movie with happy ending music.

[@charleskema2009]

Its amazing how you can tell who the characters are. This is dope.

[@liammccbyrne4184]

3:24 when you don't get the memo the Halloween party is zombie themed.

[@rakijr9176]

Kurt Russell would've been a perfect casting choice for an 80's Last of Us film.

[@schkoopdawhoop7885]

0:09 This is the cover of the all time greatest folk album to never exist.