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!

Today on the 5: I recently came across a Macedonian film titled Goodbye, 20th Century from 1998. I got some strong Apocalypse Tetralogy vibes off the poster and synopsis, so I decided to go ahead and watch it.

Today on the 5: While I've been a fan of the film version of The Warriors for many years, I've never made the time to read the book the movie was adapted from. I finally corrected that oversight, and what I read was not what I expected in so many ways.

This week we're talking about Paul Verhoeven, Krull, anime in the US, Ghost In The Shell, and The Deadly Spawn. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: While listening to the most recent episode of TWiT, the subject of social media came up. That discussion reminded me of some comments I've seen from creators lately in terms of social media promotion declining. It's pretty depressing since i'm not sure if there's any real replacement to those avenues for independent creators to use for advertising themselves.

Today on the 5: Etsy started off as a fantastic place to find vintage and handmade pieces, and it found a lot of success doing so. Sadly, those days are long past and it feels like the company is outright admitting as much with their recent label reclassifications.

Today on the 5: Emma Roberts recently did an interview about an upcoming film, and during that conversation she attempted to pin the failure of Madame Web on a meme from the trailer. While I admire the gall of that attempt to offset the problem with the film, it's nonsense.