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Newsletter editor at City Cast Madison. Movie writing on Substack at Not That Rob Thomas. He/him. "Mr. Minion Shorts Himself" -- John Hodgman
![Q: A couple years ago at IDFA, I saw this movie "About a Hero," which is this partly Al-generated hybrid documentary that tries to recreate the atmosphere of your films.
A: The intention of this young filmmaker was never to remake any [of my films], but making something in the spirit. And I immediately said, "You will fail. It is such a stupid idea. It's phenomenally, abysmally stupid. I will not take part in it." He wanted me to explain things and have my voice in it.
I said, "You are alone. There's such a thing as free speech, which I respect. So go ahead and fail." And it is a failure, period.
It's so standardized that Al can step in because there's not real storytelling. It's mimicry of something that has happened before. And I welcome Al to replace all the idiots who are into nothing but repeating, repeating, repeating until it's ad nauseam.
When it's ad nauseam, please, please, please let Al step in and do the job.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5vphilwcf6nunioeyrpxw6g/bafkreibeadpx66jtqlttglhgbgkew6g65haxqngz5yt6p3ybwyi5zney54)
![🚨 Deputy’s Spelling Error Sent the Wrong Man to Prison: An innocent Canadian man went to prison for 18 months because of a spelling mistake by a Dane County Sheriff’s deputy. The deputy was investigating a man targeting children online, but misspelled the suspect’s username when requesting records. The error led to a Halifax man being arrested and convicted by mistake. [Ars Technica]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3sxlok72nw4nrws7ngclywxn/bafkreicui6rajlb6v5v2ex6ltfxj6upkcmqy3zpomrytuuztbvix6ggb3e)
