So last night I was rewatching Percy Jackson stuff, right? Suddenly this wild idea hits me – what if Mark Hamill played one of the gods? Yeah, THE Luke Skywalker guy. Felt like messing around with some deepfake apps for funsies.
The Trainwreck Begins
Dragged my old laptop out around 9pm. Took freaking forever to install that face swap software. Realized I had like two decent Hamill photos total. Screenshotted some Poseidon scenes from the Disney+ show while muttering “c’mon you stupid wifi move faster”. Got that sinking feeling this might suck halfway through downloading.
Total Disaster Mode
Tried slapping Hamill’s face onto Poseidon first. Looked like a melted candle. My terrible lighting didn’t help either. Noticed three massive problems immediately:
- Software kept glitching with Hamill’s wrinkles mapping onto younger face
- Poseidon’s beard turned into this weird floating mess
- Made Hamill look like he had three chins somehow
My crappy laptop started sounding like a jet engine after twenty minutes. Had to stick it on the fridge so it wouldn’t shut down again. Could smell that weird hot-plastic smell computer make when dying.
Giving Up & Pizza
After two hours of swearing at pixels, got something that barely resembled a person. Showed my sister who just goes “why’s Darth Vader wet?”. Whole project crashed when I tried rendering it. Forgot to save AGAIN. Ended up rage-ordering pineapple pizza at midnight while thinking about how Hamill would actually crush a cranky Hephaestus cameo though. Might try again next weekend. Or not.