The official account for the Kickstarter project to digitally erase the rat from the end of The Departed.
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Because Kickstarter had to take down the project, I've uploaded the pitch video to YouTube. youtube.com/watch?v=Ul-aswQQ…
Warner Bros lawyers may have shut down the Kickstarter campaign, but no one can shut down an idea. Chris is the fourth person to digitally erase the rat at the end of The Departed. We will not be stopped!
And people said I was running a scam? pagesix.com/2019/05/25/cathe…
Do NOT digitally erase the coffee cup from that one shot in Game of Thrones. It would violate the director’s artistic vision.
If any of you jokesters try to be clever and erase that brilliant symbolism, I swear that I will take your video, track the footage and reinsert the Starbucks cups. 3/3
Infuriating. teapawt.org/adobeae/status/1125452…
Starbucks Cup? What Starbucks Cup? Problem solved. 👍 #GameofThrones
@HBO | @Starbucks | edit by @Beatlejase
A lot of people were mad at my Kickstarter to digitally erase the rat from the end of The Departed because it went against Scorsese's vision, so I hired a guy off Reddit to make a deepfake of my pitch video with Scorsese's face on my face. Hopefully this assuages their concerns.
And if anyone wants to get a deepfake of their own, here's the guy I hired. reddit.com/user/caiporadomat…
For those keeping track at least three (3) people with a basic understanding of planar tracking have independently erased the rat at the end of The Departed. Thanks for your help but talk to me when you’ve printed it on 35mm film.
It’s the FULL movie with the rat erased at the end, let’s see how long this lasts.
Someone made a burner email to send me a link. Zero chance I’m going to click on it, but here’s a screenshot if any of you want to give it a shot. Best case scenario they deepfaked Scorsese’s face on my face. Worst case, I can’t even imagine. Most boring case, they erased the rat
This is in no way Kickstarter’s fault. The DMCA requires them to freeze the project. I have 30 days to challenge Warner Bros, but I think they have better lawyers than the ones I could afford.
LMAO…but also, honestly…I hope @kickstarter takes a stand here and tells Warner Bros. / pedantic lawyers to go fuck themselves.
While this may be of questionable legality, going after tiny projects, especially w/ a strong fair use case e.g. parody, is an idiot move.
