Today on the 5: Once again, The Criterion Channel has put together another collection with a movie I'd never seen that caught my eye. The film is titled Cop, and it's a 1988 crime thriller which largely succeeds due to a powerful performance by James Woods.

Tonight Andy Last of the Beyond Synth podcast. In this episode we're talking about cars, technology, video games, pinball, and terrible songs.

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This week we're talking about Lifespan bikes, the 2024 CrowdStrike incident, run flats, and Surf Nazis Must Die. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: Marvel is apparently editing the trailer for Captain America: Brave New World to remove references to a plot point about an attempted presidential assasintaion in light of reent events. I thought this was misgudied when done in the past and I see this move the same way. There are rare cases where it makes sense, but this doesn't strike me as one of them.

Today on the 5: I happened to see that the series finale trailer for Superman & Lois was released this week. Superman & Lois is essentially the last remnant of the roster of superhero shows that CW started with Arrow. I wanted to take a few minutes to celebrate a period of time when CW was doing better work with DC's heroes than the parent companty was.

Today on the 5: I had never bothered to watch Surf Nazis Must Die because I had associated it with Troma films, which can be very hit or miss. After I read that Troma only distributed the movie, I decided to give it a watch and I'm really glad I'm did.

Today on the 5: You may have heard that there was a small outage across many different services last week. While there was a lot of pain for many people across the globe, there may be an upside in making ordinary people understand how dependent on technology we are in fundamental ways.

This week we're talking about The Ascent, Rainforest Cafe, EPCOT, The Warriors, and Goodbye, 20th Century. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: The Acolyte, Disney's latest entry in the Star Wars episodic catalogue, recently concluded what appears to be a first season of a potentially longer series. I've had a few people ask me if I've seen it, and my answer was the same as it is for any other streaming series.

Today on the 5: A few shows back I talked about getting a Live Edge case for my Pixel phone from a company named Carved. My case arrived last week, and it's absolutelty fantastic!