Today on the 5: You may have heard about Funko deciding to destroy $30 million dollars worth of Pop figures after finding out the hard way that they oversaturated the market. Video of the end result of that decision is making the rounds, and it's sickening in terms of waste.

Today on the 5: In the endless debates over machine generated content being good or evil, I often hear people say that some day these machine models will be indistinguishable from human beings. I find this laughable, because no machine intelligence will ever be the equal of a person. Also, that's a good thing!

Today on the 5: After the twin garbage fires that made up Picard seasons 1 and 2, I swore off bothering with the 3rd season. After it debuted, I started seeing positive reviews for it even among those who hate everything Trek right now. Based on that, I figured why not watch a few episodes.

Today on the 5: Here in the Unites States, most sports fans are probably going bonkers over something called March Madness. Basketball is utterly boring to me, but I happened to hear about March Mammal Madness, and this competition is one I can very much get behind!

This week we're talking about Midjourney, the uncanny valley, and Hell Of The Living Dead. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: There's been a steady stream of back and forth from various actors involved in the "legacy" DCEU over who is to blame for the many failures in recent years. The latest spat revolves around a potential meeting of the movie versions Shazam and Black Adam, which I'm honestly not sure would have worked for those iterations of these characters.

Today on the 5: In 2007 Amazon acquired a very popular camera review site called DPReview. It was beloved by fans as a source of quality camera reviews, buying guides and photography articles. Would you like to take a guess what Amazon is about to do with it?

Today on the 5: Over the weekend I watched a movie from 1980 titled Hell Of The Living Dead. I can't really recommend it to most people because it spends far too much time being either dull or gross. I almost wouldn't even mention it, but it does have one story element that is absolutely worth talking about.

Today on the 5: A Financial Times story about tension between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple designers has been making the rounds in the last few weeks. Whether it came from legitimate concerns or disgruntled whining, I see it as a #positive one for Apple as a company.

This week we're talking about Moon Knight, Alien From The Deep, and Phantom Of The Mall: Eric's Revenge. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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