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'The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace situation with Disney+ positive views on AI generated content (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 188 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Lemme share the tea for anyone who isn’t aware:

  • Owl house is a show by Dana Terrace that ran on Disney
  • It slowly developed into big pro-LGBTQ themes
  • Disney panicked, cancelled the show, claimed it was unpopular despite excellent ratings
  • Dana Terrace left with a bunch of others to form an independent studio
  • Their first show (Knights of Guinevere) features a floating amusement park that rains garbage all over the workers below, and robots that have orbs on their heads that produce a silhouette strikingly similar to that of Mickey Mouse
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  • [–] 43 points 11 months ago

    I liked that although Knights of Guinevere was clearly ragging on Disney, it felt like it wasn't just a cathartic trauma dump from Dana Terrace and crew — it was actually being used to say something meaningful. It's a good sign when the pilot episode of a show has such a strong sense of themes.

    I'd heard a lot of hype when the pilot was released, but didn't get around to watching it until I randomly thought "I wonder what Dana Terrace is up to nowadays? Hopefully she's working somewhere better than Disney, because surely there must be someone with power out there who recognised how Disney was squandering her potential". When I saw that it was her and some of the Owl House team who made Knights of Guinevere, that caused me to immediately go watch it. The only disappointment was that we don't know when new episodes will be available, but hopefully things will be regular once we do start getting episodes.

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  • [+] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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  • [–] 77 points 11 months ago

    It absolutely is not. The swearing alone would make it inappropriate for kids, but one of the scenes literally has someone using another person's intestines as a leash. It's an excellent pilot, but not for kids like The Owl House was.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago*

    We only have one episode but so far it's not exactly young kid appropriate... but it's not fully adult animation either. The limited gore is slightly disturbing but technically from something comparable to a robot and while it does have some swearing it's not often.

    From my individual perspective as a parent, mine watched it and I'd say around 10 or so, you'd probably be okay. Best practice in my opinion though is always going to be to watch it yourself first and see how you feel.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Their first show (Knights of Guinevere) features a floating amusement park that rains garbage all over the workers below, and robots that have orbs on their heads that produce a silhouette strikingly similar to that of Mickey Mouse

    Oh shit is Knights of Guinevere out?

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    • [–] 61 points 11 months ago (11 children)

    What's the context to this?

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  • [–] 83 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    My guess is this:

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney-plus-gen-ai-user-generated-content-1236426135/

    Seems they're adding games and some kind of AI TikTok to the service.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Who the fuck is asking for that?

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    People are using AI to create videos of Disney properties or in the style of Disney properties, and corporations other than Disney are making money off that. They want people doing that behavior on their platform, making them money.

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    • [–] 39 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    Knights of Guinevere

    https://youtu.be/MCAdbUaMlAE

    This pilot is sooo fucking good!

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    • [–] 25 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I don't know what The Owl House is. But from what I can gather I can now watch season one for free?

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    • [–] 13 points 11 months ago

    Massive capitalist media conglomerate is pro ai?? Shocked Pikachu

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    • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    White cis male attesting Owl House rocks, and yes, I did pirate it. Much Love.

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    reminds me i need to finish getting s2 and 3 <3

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    [–] 25 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Keep circulating the tapes!

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    • [–] 23 points 11 months ago

    Gotta figure out how to get the creator off of twitter.

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    [–] 22 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Anyone know if there's a way to directly support Dana? Obviously, boycotting Disney is joining in solidarity, but it doesn't directly support their art.

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    • [–] 11 points 11 months ago

    I'm getting so tired of companies doing things to boycott them over that I can't follow because, as someone who didn't live under a rock, I'm already boycotting them.

    It's 2025 bitches you were allowed to watch Andor and everything else is on you.

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    [–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    What happened with Disney?

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    • [–] 8 points 11 months ago*

    Yeah…

    I mean, I’m practically a local AI acolyte on Lemmy, as I always say.

    But “AI Generated TikTok style Sora shorts?”

    I cannot think of a grosser service. The sad thing is people may even use it, kinda like bored doomscrolling, which makes me even sicker.

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    [–] 15 points 11 months ago

    You don't have to be gay to do crime! Crime all you want! I would definitely steal a car if I could get away with it and you should too!

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