2026年2月28日星期六

"Cue the pitchforks"."The company just announced a 50% price hike. Cue the pitchforks." ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Getting an A.I. Glow-Up. Cue the Pitchforks.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Getting an A.I. Glow-Up. Cue the Pitchforks.

The classic film was “enhanced” using A.I. tools so that it could be an immersive experience at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Getting an A.I. Glow-Up. Cue the Pitchforks.

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這部經典影片運用人工智慧工具進行了“增強”，使其能夠在拉斯維加斯的Sphere劇院帶來沉浸式體驗。

The classic film was “enhanced” using A.I. tools so that it could be an immersive experience at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Getting an A.I. Glow-Up. Cue the Pitchforks.

準備好迎接輿論風暴吧！

這部經典影片運用人工智慧工具進行了“增強”，使其能夠在拉斯維加斯的Sphere劇院帶來沉浸式體驗。The classic film was “enhanced” using A.I. tools so that it could be an immersive experience at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

The premiere will take place on Thursday evening. It is the first time that people are going to see what A.I. can really do with a movie.Credit...Video by Roger Kisby For The New York Times

By Brooks BarnesAug. 28, 2025

“Artistic butchery.”

“The death of cinema.”

“You should all be ashamed.”

Those are some of the printable comments from a frenzied online conversation among cinephiles that started last month when Ben Mankiewicz, the Turner Classic Movies host and “CBS News Sunday

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這部經典影片運用人工智慧工具進行了“增強”，使其能夠在拉斯維加斯的Sphere劇院帶來沉浸式體驗。

首映式將於週四晚間舉行。這將是人們首次親眼目睹人工智慧在電影製作上的真正實力。鳴謝…影片由《紐約時報》的羅傑‧基斯比拍攝

布魯克斯·巴恩斯

作者：布魯克斯·巴恩斯

2025年8月28日

“藝術的屠殺。”

“電影的末日。”

“你們都應該感到羞恥。”

以上僅是部分影迷在網路激烈討論中的評論。這場討論始於上個月，由特納經典電影頻道主持人、CBS週日新聞節目主持人本·曼凱維奇發起。

"Cue the pitchforks" is an idiomatic expression used to signal that

a group of people is becoming, or is about to becomeextremely angry, outraged, and ready to protest or take action against someone.

It implies that a mob mentality is forming, usually in response to a perceived wrongdoing, scandal, or unpopular decision.

Here is a breakdown of the meaning:

The Imagery: It derives from old horror films (like Frankenstein) or medieval scenes where enraged peasants gather with makeshift weapons—torches and pitchforks—to storm a castle or hunt down a villain.
The Metaphor: It is a hyperbolic way to say that people are furious and demand punishment or accountability.
Context: It is often used in political, social media, or corporate contexts to suggest that a PR nightmare or a "witch hunt" is starting.

Example Usage:

"The company just announced a 50% price hike. Cue the pitchforks." (Meaning: Expect immediate, angry backlash from customers.)
"If the senator doesn't resigncue the pitchforks." (Meaning: The public will revolt.)

It is closely related to the phrase "torches and pitchforks".

virile, traduce, treachery, depiction, irk, languo.r A virile new Britain cannot continue indefinitely to be traduced in the eyes or rather ears, of the world by the effete languors of Langham Place, brazenly masquerading as "standard English."

harking back to that postwar heyday when sculptors like Richard Serra and Mark di Suvero found inspiration in the virile spectacle of the United States’ infrastructure. 讓人不禁想起戰後雕塑的黃金時代，當時像理查德·塞拉和馬克·迪·蘇維羅這樣的雕塑家從美國雄偉的基礎設施中汲取靈感。

By Rupert Murdoch
Inheriting a legendary brand is both a burden and blessing. Bob Iger could have been haunted by the past, but he has instead created a powerhouse for the company’s future, diversifying the portfolio and yet not traducing the tradition.

Inheriting a legendary brand is both a burden and blessing. Bod Iger could have been haunted by the past, but he has instead created a powerhouse for the company’s future, diversifying the portfolio and yet not traducing the tradition.

Treachery becomes a principle with them, and mischief a conscience, that is, a livelihood. They not only damn the work in the lump, but vilify and traduce the author, and substitute lying abuse and sheer malignity for sense and satire.

Bavarians Irked About Ex-Leader's Depiction in Berlin

Bavarians are a friendly bunch -- as long as you don't question the
integrity of their late leaders, like one Berlin wax museum has.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evyz3pI44va89pIb

Walled in! - The inner German border

			For the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Deutsche Welle has developed a unique project in cooperation with the Berlin Wall Foundation: an animated depiction of the former German-German border. [more]

Monet, Flaubert and Sarah Bernhardt all loved Belle-Île-en-Mer in France. The island may have fallen out of fashion since the late 19th century—but it’s still the ideal place for a low-key holiday.

Our travel story from The Economist’s 1843 magazine

Belle-Île-en-Mer: good food, Breton cider and a languorous pace

There’s excellent sailing, diving and surfing to be had, too

ECON.ST

lean languorously

virile

traduced

effete

virile

/ˈvɪrʌɪl/

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adjective

having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive (typically used of a man).
"he was a powerful, virile man"
Similar:
manly
masculine
male
all-male
gallant
Opposite:
having or characterized by strength and energy.
"a strong, virile performance of the Mass"

languor

Pronunciation: /ˈlaŋɡə/

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

1Tiredness or inactivity, especially when pleasurable:her whole being was pervaded by a dreamy languor

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2An oppressive stillness of the air:the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor

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Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin, from languere (see languish). The original sense was 'illness, distress', later 'faintness, lassitude'; current senses date from the 18th century, when such lassitude became associated with a romantic yearning.

irk
verb [T] SLIGHTLY FORMAL
to annoy someone:
The negative reply to my complaint really irked me.

irksome
adjective SLIGHTLY FORMAL
The vibration can become irksome (= annoying) after a while.

depict
verb [T]
to represent or show something in a picture or story:
Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.
In the book, he depicts his father as a tyrant.
[+ ing form of verb] People were shocked by the advertisement which depicted a woman beating her husband.

depiction
The painter's depictions of the horror of war won her a worldwide reputation.
I disapprove of the depiction of violence on television.

treachery