Today on the 5: Over the weekend I watched a delightful little horror film from 1983 titled The Deadly Spawn. It combines great practical effects with some surprisingly well written characters to deliver a fun little slice of early 80s horror. 

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Today on the 5: I'm a fan of Patrick (H) mWilems, and I generally think he makes great videos about film and opur relaituonship with movies. He recently made a video about his trip to Cannes, and towards the end he made a comment that I feel relfects an outdated way of thinking.

Today on the 5: I had somewhat forgotten that a new Hellboy movie was on the way until a new trailer debuted this week. While nothing in this latest entry seems aimed at recreating the magnficence that Guillermo del Toro achieved, I'm not as down on this as others seem to be. 

Today on the 5: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is finally available to rent or purchase digitally. My wife and I have been waiting to see the latest entry in the Mad Max film series, so we set aside the time and watched it this past weekend.

Today on the 5: Last week I talked about the real issue with generative AI in terms of one specific person and their views on creativity. I hate to sound like a broken record, but when story after story after story after story underlines what I was talking about, I can't keep my mouth shut.

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Today on the 5: Despite the justified doubt in the initial announcements about Microsoft and Qualcomm's new line of ARM laptops, it appears the new machines are actually pretty good! If nothing else, that's great news for anyone who values having options.

Today on the 5: I am currently almost through another rewatch of one of the greatest shows that ever graced the television landscape, MTV's Liquid Television. While this series deserves a much better quality release than it officially has, at least there are ways for people to enjoy this series either online or via bootleg collections.

Today on the 5: The CTO of OpenAI recently made some comments on the necessity of some creative jobs that got a lot of people upset. While I remain fairly neutral on AI as a tool, statements like these reinforce the reality that it is the people who control these tools that are the real threat to creative individuals.