The AI-Generated 1776 Series Is Terrible

What a shock, the Revolutionary War series made with generative AI is really bad. Was it really Darren Aronofsky's fault for making On This Day... 1776 terrible? Or was it just his and Time Studios' fault for thinking this was a good idea in the first place? Subscribe for more film review and movie analysis videos! Patreon:   / danielgoldhorn   BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/danielgoldho... Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/DanielGoldhorn/ Avatar by Rhydian Kroft at   / rhydian_kroft   In 2026, Aronofsky announced the first project from his AI film studio Primordial Soup, titled On This Day... 1776. The series recreates moments from the American revolution by combining voice acting from unionized SAG-AFTRA actors with synthetic visuals produced with AI from Google DeepMind. The series is licensed by Time Studios and was released on YouTube on January 29, 2026. The series received overwhelmingly negative reception, with critics calling it AI slop. 0:00 Intro 2:11 January 1: The Flag 4:04 January 10: Common Sense 6:14 January 26: The Guns of Ticonderoga 7:57 The Series And Its Reception 12:07 Daniel Rants About AI #darrenaronofsky #timemagazine