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VikingCoderyesterday at 8:41 PM5 repliesview on HN

I have an absolutely bizarre desire to download all of these, and then rip them apart, scene by scene, and then estimate pose, facial pose, gender, etc. Do facial recognition, so I know where the same actor is in all of the scenes...

And then to take a movie like The Matrix, or Star Wars, and then recreate it, shot for shot, as closely as I can, using clips from Public Domain movies.

Especially if I can pick, like, "this actor in this public domain movie, or movies, would be a good Neo, or Luke." And it turns out that he's in enough shots, and poses, that I'm able to remake all of that character's scenes, from Public Domain footage of this other actor.


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toomuchtodoyesterday at 10:19 PM

Is this helpful?

Qwen3-VL can scan two-hour videos and pinpoint nearly every detail - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46094606 - December 2025

addledyesterday at 8:56 PM

I feel like you should check out https://youtu.be/5GFW-eEWXlc?si=w3KTUkIprSeBYH3f

Enjoy.

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razkarcyyesterday at 8:51 PM

This feels just a few steps removed from bringing the technology from the 1990 film "Total Recall" to life. Clients are able to purchase completely custom memories, choosing the exact characters that will appear in their "vacations", their ages, and appearances.

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LelouBilyesterday at 8:48 PM

That would be really interesting if you have enough ML knowledge to do it !

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kwanbixyesterday at 8:46 PM

Please do, and let us know when it is finished so that we can all watch it.