Today on the 5: As part of Len Kabasinskis's Forgotten Movie Den series, we recently watched 1986's Hands Of Steel. The movie is a low budget cyborg action film which takes some inspiration from The Terminator, at least with the main character. It's definitely a fun way to spend 90 minutes, but it also left me wishing the film had gotten a bit more money to play with.

Tonight I'm joined again by Doug Bielmeier, teaching professor, musician, and host of The Process. This is another in a continuing series where Doug and I do deep dives into films of all types. In this episode, we're talking about 1987's Near Dark and 1996's From Dusk Till Dawn. Show music by OGRE. Support the show!

This week we're talking about 1984, and Sole Survivor. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: It's tough to listen to any tech shows right now without hearing some degree of evangelization about how great AI tools are. As I've paid attention to the hottest thing in tech blow up, what's becoming clear is that cost and utility is what may keep these tools from being truly transformative, at least for most people.

Today on the 5: I've had my complaints over the years about how people are generally apathetic and selfish. I still do, but recently there have been some signs that maybe some people are less self-absorbed than they got credit for. 

Today on the 5: Over the weekend I watched a horror film from 1984 titled Sole Survivor. I'd never heard about it beyond some comparisons to the later Final Destination films, so I wasn't expecting much. Once I got to the end of it, I was actually very pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

Today on the 5: I found a bit of irony in the fact that only a few weeks after I started trying to use TikTok, the United States passed a law that will try to ban it. I can't I agree with the potential ban, but I can tell you for sure the platform itself is sure trying to ban me from using it!

This week we're talking about TikTok, 1984, hyperphantasia, and Operation Ganymed. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: As tends to happen every 5 or 10 years, I've heard a bunch of discussion around the idea of whether we're all trapped in a monoculture. I understand where this concern comes from, but I think it's a problem that is solving itself over time.

Today on the 5: I came across another movie that had some wildly divisive reviews titled Operation Ganymed. Love it or hate it movies are always interesting to me, so I had to give this one a watch. While it's not necessarily a bad movie, it's also not a very well made movie.