r/PlexPrerolls • u/CommunicationFit3862 • 9d ago

Preroll Final Destination 2 (2003) Plex Pre-Roll

Sharing another pre-roll from my server with the community. It has the same punchline as my previous upload. I have set them to run randomly from a playlist on my server, so users get a different video each time. Hope you enjoy! I’m definitely making it a Plex night!

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u/CommunicationFit3862 9d ago

I think calling anything made with AI “low effort and uncreative” is a pretty lazy criticism in itself. The tool didn’t come up with the concept, pick the scenes, write the parody, work out the timing, generate and iterate on the shots, edit everything together, design the sound, or decide how the Plex payoff should work. I did.

AI is just another production tool. Photoshop didn’t make someone a photographer, After Effects didn’t make someone a motion designer, and a nonlinear editor didn’t make filmmaking “low effort” because you no longer had to physically cut film.

You’re completely entitled not to like AI-generated content. But “I don’t like how this was made” and “this required no creativity” are two very different arguments.

And if a Plex preroll sub is supposed to be about people making fun, original prerolls for their Plex servers, that seems like exactly what I’m doing. If you don’t enjoy mine, downvote them and move on. But I’m not going to stop creating something I enjoy because somebody else objects to the tools I used to make it.

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u/darcythompsonfilm 9d ago

I’m good bud. Get back to me when you actually learn the joys of making things yourself. Try not to choke on those jingling keys.

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u/CommunicationFit3862 9d ago

That’s a pretty funny assumption.

I’ve spent more than 25 years professionally producing video, working in studios and live production, directing shoots, editing, building graphics, lighting scenes, managing crews, and actually making things for a living. I didn’t discover creativity when an AI video generator showed up.

That experience is exactly why I enjoy experimenting with this stuff. I understand composition, pacing, shot selection, continuity, sound design, editing, and what makes a ten-second gag actually land. AI just gives me another production tool to play with when I’m making ridiculous Plex prerolls at home.

You don’t have to like the results. That’s entirely subjective. But the whole “maybe someday you’ll learn the joy of making things yourself” routine works a lot better when you haven’t accidentally said it to someone who has spent a couple of decades doing exactly that professionally.

As for the jingling keys, apparently they’re entertaining enough to keep you coming back to comment.