Comments on: 13th Street: Last Call http://www.thecorch.com/film/13th-street-last-call The personal website of Keith Little. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keith Little http://www.thecorch.com/film/13th-street-last-call/comment-page-1#comment-137 Keith Little Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:23:06 +0000 http://www.thecorch.com/?p=326#comment-137 Ha ha. Leave it to the OT to suggest grief counselors. You're right about the logistics. I wonder how it would work if it couldn't recognize your commands, and how interesting it would be for the people not on the phone. In the clip, it looks like everyone in the audience is screaming things out, trying to sway the person on the phone to choose their option, so it seems like there is a lot of interaction even for those not on the phone themselves. But, it looks like a pretty big gimmick to me. Ha ha. Leave it to the OT to suggest grief counselors.

You’re right about the logistics. I wonder how it would work if it couldn’t recognize your commands, and how interesting it would be for the people not on the phone. In the clip, it looks like everyone in the audience is screaming things out, trying to sway the person on the phone to choose their option, so it seems like there is a lot of interaction even for those not on the phone themselves. But, it looks like a pretty big gimmick to me.

]]> By: Mants http://www.thecorch.com/film/13th-street-last-call/comment-page-1#comment-134 Mants Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:47:25 +0000 http://www.thecorch.com/?p=326#comment-134 Do you remember the computer game-Cross-country Canada? You got to be in control of a trucker who had to make long hauls across the Country. The character was controlled by typing in commands like: get into the truck; start the engine; drive north; and the ever popular command (at least in my 5th grade glass) fart. The problem was that the games would reply to the last command with something like: I don't understand your command. What would the movie do if the person on the phone didn't respond? What if they said something that the voice recognition didn't understand? At this point it seems more like an amusement park ride than the makings for a good film. I think the novelty would wear off pretty quick-especially for those not on the phone. Also, what if you ended up getting the protagonist killed? Would they have grief counsellors waiting to debrief with you? Do you remember the computer game-Cross-country Canada? You got to be in control of a trucker who had to make long hauls across the Country. The character was controlled by typing in commands like: get into the truck; start the engine; drive north; and the ever popular command (at least in my 5th grade glass) fart. The problem was that the games would reply to the last command with something like: I don’t understand your command.

What would the movie do if the person on the phone didn’t respond? What if they said something that the voice recognition didn’t understand?

At this point it seems more like an amusement park ride than the makings for a good film. I think the novelty would wear off pretty quick-especially for those not on the phone.

Also, what if you ended up getting the protagonist killed? Would they have grief counsellors waiting to debrief with you?

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