Today on the 5: Like friend of the show Ant Pruitt, I am generally not a person who enjoys musicals as a film genre. Up until now I had two exceptions to that rule, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Voyage Of The Rock Aliens. Today I add a third title to that list, the absolutely riotous and thoroughly fun Sons Of Steel.

This week we're talking about socket fans, no mercy Uno, Ghost Rider, Uzumaki, and Chime, and made for TV edits. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on rhe 5: The Joker sequel is out, and so far it's been getting a decidedly mixed reaction. I was happy the first movie made money since it signaled that experimentation in the comic book movie space could work! That message might be ignored if the sequel is considered a bomb.

Today on the 5: I know that the website Gizmodo has had a rocky past, but I still enjoyed visiting the site fairly often. That changed this week when I noticed that in the "Latest" feed ads had tipped the 50% point.

Today on the 5: The story behind the 2024 film Chime might be stranger and more convouted than the movie itself, but it was made by Kiyoshi Kurosawa so I wanted to see it however I coiuld. What I got was 45 minutes of intensely atmospheric and tense horror, which didn't provide any easy answers but certainly lingered for a while after it ended. 

Tonight I'm joined by Jason Howell, the host of Techsploder and AI Inside. Jason and I last talked just over a year ago, and in that time he has been working full time as an independent content creator. In this episode we're talking about the struggles of going solo, from the financial stress to fighting the urge to craft perfection. Show music by OGRE. Support the show!

This week we're talking about Fire Weather, Ghost Rider, Apple Intelligence, Shogun, and the Anbernic RG 40XXV. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: A few years ago a lot of people got upset when Jason M. Allen won a Colorado art competition with a Midjourney produced entry. Allen is back in the news again, only this time he seems to have changed his views on the importance of humans when it comes to the creation of art.

Today on the 5: I did a 5 not too long back where I talked about aiming the criticism over AI at the proper target. I don't typically give myself credit for being right, but occasionally

Today on the 5: Just under a month ago I got the newly released Anbernic RG 40XXV, one the many retro gaming devices this company makes. I've tried a lot of these devices over the last 5 or 6 years, and this one is the first time I felt like everything worked almost flawlessly out of the box.