Today on the 5: As part of our "May-be It Won't Suck" month, we watched a movie neither had seen in a good 30+ years, 1986's Eliminators. This is story of a group of various warriors coming together to battle a mad scientist, or at least that's what it's trying to be. While the movie has a few flaws, it also does a few things that are remarkably better than other movies of the era.

Today on the 5: As part of "May-be It Won't Suck" month, we watched a 1983 science fiction film titled Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone. It had been a long time since either of us had seen it, and we were both delighted to find it holds up as a fantastic piece of practical filmmaking!

Today on the 5: Last week IndyCar posted and then quickly removed a shirt for sale in celebration of their upcoming "Freedom Race 250" event. Having looked at the shirt design and the company employees that had to be involved in approving it, it becomes hard not to make some concrete determinations about the motives behind it.  

Today on the 5: If you're a Patreon member, you may have noticed that our content changed pretty signifcantly last week. That was the result of finding out the scummy direction Patreon is going in regards to age verification.  

This week we're talking about age verification, Absolute Martian Manhunter Vol. 1: Martian Vision, Vampyros Lesbos, A Virgin Among The Living Dead, and Phantasm. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code OZONE

Today on the 5: The final film in our "April Sleaze" series ended up being 1973's A Virgin Among The Living Dead, aka Christina, Princess Of Eroticism. Another Jess Franco film, this one relies heavily on creating atmosphere and bizarre characters instead of presenting a coherent narrative. This decision results in a movie that manages to be entertaining through sheer force as long as you can do without really knowing what's supposed to be going on.

Today on the 5: For the first movie in our commentary set this week, we watched 1971's Vampyros Lesbos. This is a Jess Franco film, so I expected a movie with a lot of skin and not much else. There was definitely plenty of borderline silly nudity, but there was also a surprisingly competent attempt at a new interpretation of Bram Stoker's Dracula!

Today on the 5: I came across this Wired article about a DeepMind spinoff company preparing to enter human trials for drugs designed using AI. It reminded me once again that if this was the kind of story these large companies focused on marketing, the sentiment towards these tools would likely be a lot better.

Tonight Andy Last of the Beyond Synth podcast. In this episode we're talking about movies, video games, and the tension around using AI. Show music by OGRE. Support the show!

This week we're talking about April O'Neil, Dazzler, Saturnalia, Madness, Bugie Rosse, and The Phantom Of The Opera. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code OZONE