This week we're talking about Roy Batty's Trench Coat, Volante Design, Pilot Pirx's Inquest, Dreaming The Reality, and Predator: Badlands. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: I came across an excellent opinion piece over on The Verge about how the CEOs of Apple and Google have done nothing about the Grok image generation problem. It's absolutely worth reading, and further evidence that these companies and their leadership only really care about keeping the money flowing.

Today on the 5: For our final commentary film this week, we did something unusual and watched a new movie, 2025's Predator Badlands. I wasn't really that interested in this movie as it seemed like it was aiming for a different audience, and I would have been just fine passing it by. Then I saw how divisive a lot of reviews were, and at point I knew we had to watch it.

Today on the 5: One of our other commentary films this week was 1991's Dreaming The Reality, a Hong Kong "Girls With Guns" movie featuring several actors we've seen recently. This one is another magnificent entry for anyone who considers themselves an action film fan.

Today on the 5: For one of our commentary films this week, we watched a 1979 science fiction film titled Pilot Pirx's Inquest, based on a story by Stanisaw Lem. If you enjoy classic storytelling in the vein of The Twilight Zone, this is a good one to check out!

This week we're talking about Razer, The Creator, Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus, Blade, Bloody New Year, and Dream Demon. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: After watching this video about a video game studio closing after admitting to their use of AI, I started thinking about what it means to see these stories popping up fairly regularly. If companies keep trying to deflect customer reaction to their use of AI, what should that tell them?

Today on the 5: For one of our commentary films this week, we watched a 1987 film titled Bloody New Year. This one tries to create a sci-fi horror movie somewhat based around New Year's Ever, and it almost works! There are a few problems holding it back from being an overlooked gem, but even so we were never bored and ended up having a good time with it.

Today on the 5: Late last week I saw a documentary on The Crtierion Channel titled Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus that looked interesting, so I decided to take a chance on it. It turned out to be a truly moving story about an artist that deserved a bigger spotlight in life.

Today on the 5: Over the holidays I came across this Verge article making the case that the term "podcast" should be retired. Not only do I think the argument the author is making is weak to beign with, but the second half of the piece contradicts the entire idea!