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This week we're talking about Incog XL, IG-88, Q The Winged Serpent, and Pacific Rim. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: There's no shortage of coverage right now about computing component shortages and the impacts they're having throughout the technology landscape. One of the areas most under pressure is the video game industry, which was hardly in a great state even before the AI explosion happened.

Today on the 5: I read an article over on Aftermath covering the unexpected success of a game titled Forbidden Solitaire. Based on the premise, the very positive reviews and the cheap price, I picked it up. I've played it for a bit now, and I've been enjoying it immensely.

Today on the 5: Thanks to a YouTube channel titled Liminal Spaces, I read You're All Alone by Fritz Leiber. It's a wonderful novella that feels a lot like a Philip K. Dick story, except without the overwhelming doom and paranoia!

Today on the 5: For week 3 of "Kai-June", Lando and I watched the 1982 film Q The Winged Serpent. Much like 2016's Colossal, this movie is attempting to have at least 3 different genres happening at once, and it's just barely the monster movie the film artwork would have you believe. Unlike 2016's Colossal, this movie is very good.

This week we're talking about Sauron, Wolverine, This Is How The World Ends, The Host (2006), and Colossal. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: The most recent Red Letter Media episode is covering the recently released Masters Of The Universe movie. Before talking about the film itself, the hosts discuss whether the movie was timed correctly to capitalize on MOTU nostalgia. I wonder if He-Man as a property really requires nostlagia or name recognition to perform well.

Today on the 5: Apple made a whole avalanche of announcements during the keynote of this year's WWDC conference, almost all revolving around AI and Siri. They showed off a lot of fancy things, but I've got a very simple baseline test for whether any of this matters to me.

Today on the 5: We followed up our underwhelming experience with The Host by watching 2016's Colossal. Neither of us knew anything about this one, so we weren't sure what to expect. What we got was a movie that wasn't really about giant monsters, and also was so bad we didn't really finish it.

Today on the 5: As part of "Kai-June", Lando and I watched the 2066 Korean film The Host. The movie has one of the more impressive opening segments you could hope for in a monster movie, but unfortunately the rest of the film never quite returned to that level of quality.