Object Oriented Teens

“They cloned my face, my voice… and then made a movie about my downfall. I hadn’t even started winning yet.”

Let Me Set the Scene

It’s 2 a.m. I’m on my laptop, supposedly debugging a Python script but actually deep inside the AI rabbit hole.

One moment I’m watching a cat do taxes in Gen‑3 Runway, the next I’m face-to-face with a video of... me. Talking. Blinking. Dramatically walking away from the finale of Supernatural S08 (where the angels fell — definitely worth watching).

And here’s the thing: I didn’t record that. I didn’t even do that.
But my face, my voice, and my bad posture were all there — starring in a fully AI-generated trailer titled:

“Rise. Code. Fall. The Deep Learning Tragedy of Deepankar.”

So What the Hell Is DreamReel?

Okay, I made up the name. But it fits.

DreamBooth used to be the rage — remember that?
You fine-tuned a model on 10 photos of your face and suddenly you were Batman, Spider-Man, or Shrek with a PhD.
It was cute. It was janky. It made you look like you’d been deep-fried in pixels.

But 2025 Brought Something New

Now with tools like:

Google Veo 3 – stunning, high-res, multi-shot videos
Meta’s Emu – voice + face + movement cloning
Runway Gen‑3 – realistic animation and editing
Animate Anyone – open-source motion + face modeling

You don’t just make avatars anymore. You make narratives. Timelines. Character arcs.

In other words: your AI twin now has lore.
And possibly more charisma than you.

What I Did (and Immediately Regretted)

Out of pure curiosity (and 1% vanity), I uploaded:

8 selfies
2 short voice clips
And typed the following prompt:

“A talented but reckless coder rises to global stardom by building an AI that understands memes. But it becomes self-aware, goes rogue, and cancels him on LinkedIn Live.”

I clicked Generate.

One coffee later:
3 scenes, cinematic music, and my voice narrating a slow-mo keyboard smash.
I even blinked dramatically like I’d rehearsed it. I hadn’t.

Why This Actually Blew My Mind

Because… it’s not just some filter anymore.

These models can:

Understand emotion in your tone
Match your actual movements from stills
Let you edit scene by scene — like a director of your own simulated Netflix special

Want to change your sad backstory into a villain arc? ✅
Want to add fire, rain, betrayal, or anime tears? ✅

It’s like ChatGPT with a movie budget.

Meme Potential: Unlimited

So obviously, I made my own trailers:

"Trailer for My Coding Burnout (2021–2025)"
"How I Lost Her to a Guy Who Used Vim" (yes, that would be Tanmaya Sahni)
"Startup Pitch Gone Wrong: The AI That Only Generates Motivational Quotes in Comic Sans"

The Internet didn’t ask for this.
I gave it anyway ~

But Also: Slightly Terrifying

Let’s be honest — this tech is amazing and nightmare fuel.

Who owns your voice in that trailer?
What if someone makes a fake video of you rage-quitting a hackathon?
And are we just gonna ignore that your AI twin might become more successful than you?

We need ethics. Watermarks. Boundaries.
But also... one more trailer. Just one.

Final Thoughts

I used to joke that I wanted to “star in a movie about my life.”
Now, a bunch of lines of code made it happen.

Only problem is — the AI thinks I peaked in 2023. Rude.

If you haven’t tried this stuff yet, do it.

Clone yourself.
Laugh.
Cringe.
Then maybe ask some real questions about what it means to “exist” online in 2025.

And if you see a trailer about me quitting tech to become a goat farmer in Uttarakhand...

Just know: I didn’t write that script. My AI did.
(Although I would lowkey prefer that 🐐)

– Object Oriented Teens
Merging memes, tech, and existential dread since day one.

DreamBooth Is Dead. Long Live DreamReel.