Andrew Todd
@andrewtodd.co.nz
NZ/Can writer/director, consultant, and recovering film/games critic (RIP BMD). 1/2 of Freak Development. NZ Writers Guild board member. Working on SPECTRUM, SO LONELY I COULD DIE, and others. Inspired by actual events.
GenAI is so bad at producing quality results that the sales spin is now literally "hey, just let your product be kinda crappy, who really cares how good it is anyway, the important thing is not paying people"
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
GenAI is so bad at producing quality results that the sales spin is now literally "hey, just let your product be kinda crappy, who really cares how good it is anyway, the important thing is not paying people"
This MARTY sequel doesn't seem very true to the character
December 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This MARTY sequel doesn't seem very true to the character
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I saw 34 movies in theaters this year, and I can't wait to do it again next year. Here's how the movies won Gen Z back. www.businessinsider.com/movies-in-th...
Gen Z moviegoing is back. I welcome my fellow movie freaks with open arms.
I'm not the only movie theater freak out there: Gen Zers are bringing it back.
www.businessinsider.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I saw 34 movies in theaters this year, and I can't wait to do it again next year. Here's how the movies won Gen Z back. www.businessinsider.com/movies-in-th...
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I don't know why it took me until now to put together that the reason there's a lot of people who put their faith into ChatGPT et al is because of anthropomorphism. This is just pareidolia, but for words. They're seeing a human where there isn't one.
"they will be, one day"
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
December 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I don't know why it took me until now to put together that the reason there's a lot of people who put their faith into ChatGPT et al is because of anthropomorphism. This is just pareidolia, but for words. They're seeing a human where there isn't one.
Hades II has got its claws into me now. I struggled with the pacing difference from I to II but once you get into its groove it's every bit as addictive and charming as the first one, with added scale and depth to boot.
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Hades II has got its claws into me now. I struggled with the pacing difference from I to II but once you get into its groove it's every bit as addictive and charming as the first one, with added scale and depth to boot.
Forgive me for holding the opinion that functions performed on remote data centres and not in an app running locally aren't actually features of the app
December 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Forgive me for holding the opinion that functions performed on remote data centres and not in an app running locally aren't actually features of the app
I have been given an air fryer for Christmas, heralding a probably short-lived struggle between high-minded visions of cooking balanced healthy meals and just pounding multiple kilograms of nuggies at a time
December 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I have been given an air fryer for Christmas, heralding a probably short-lived struggle between high-minded visions of cooking balanced healthy meals and just pounding multiple kilograms of nuggies at a time
When Kumail Nanjiani told me to "stop being so sexy"
What's a compliment you'll never forget?
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When Kumail Nanjiani told me to "stop being so sexy"
I ordered this for my sister's birthday (which is near to Christmas) and am very excited to gift it as she fucking looooved Andor
So looking ahead to Christmas - if any of you do end up with copies of ‘Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire’ absolutely tag me in any photos!
For those of you who already have it and like that sort of book... Let’s see what next year brings, shall we…?
#redactedstandingby
For those of you who already have it and like that sort of book... Let’s see what next year brings, shall we…?
#redactedstandingby
December 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I ordered this for my sister's birthday (which is near to Christmas) and am very excited to gift it as she fucking looooved Andor
Meri Kirihimete from Aotearoa you fuckers
December 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Meri Kirihimete from Aotearoa you fuckers
Who are these lords and why are they leaping
What the hell kind of lifestyle is that
What the hell kind of lifestyle is that
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Who are these lords and why are they leaping
What the hell kind of lifestyle is that
What the hell kind of lifestyle is that
When Breaking Bad was airing, the ricin cigarette was kind of the show's unexploded bomb for a while. Vince Gilligan clearly wasn't satisfied with that
December 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
When Breaking Bad was airing, the ricin cigarette was kind of the show's unexploded bomb for a while. Vince Gilligan clearly wasn't satisfied with that
Maaaaaan there is a really weird effects shot in the season finale of PLURIBUS and I'm desperate to know what it was put in there to cover
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Maaaaaan there is a really weird effects shot in the season finale of PLURIBUS and I'm desperate to know what it was put in there to cover
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My audience
December 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
My audience
Holy moly, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER is a veritable smorgasbord of That Guy actors. Virtually every scene, just packed to the rafters with the motherfuckers.
Also did Trump watch this thing this year or what
Also did Trump watch this thing this year or what
December 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Holy moly, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER is a veritable smorgasbord of That Guy actors. Virtually every scene, just packed to the rafters with the motherfuckers.
Also did Trump watch this thing this year or what
Also did Trump watch this thing this year or what
Just rewatched the best Christmas movie of the year (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
December 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Just rewatched the best Christmas movie of the year (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
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TikTok is removing clips of the leaked 60 Minutes segment.
The Ellison family (which acquired Paramount — CBS’s parent company — and The Free Press, making Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS) is set to co-own TikTok through a Trump-backed deal.
The Ellison family (which acquired Paramount — CBS’s parent company — and The Free Press, making Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS) is set to co-own TikTok through a Trump-backed deal.
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
TikTok is removing clips of the leaked 60 Minutes segment.
The Ellison family (which acquired Paramount — CBS’s parent company — and The Free Press, making Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS) is set to co-own TikTok through a Trump-backed deal.
The Ellison family (which acquired Paramount — CBS’s parent company — and The Free Press, making Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS) is set to co-own TikTok through a Trump-backed deal.
Anyone who cites sci-fi literature, TV, or movies about artificial life to push narratives about the supposed personhood of AI misses the point that none of those stories were actually about artificial life, they were allegories about humanity, *as all science fiction is*
December 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Anyone who cites sci-fi literature, TV, or movies about artificial life to push narratives about the supposed personhood of AI misses the point that none of those stories were actually about artificial life, they were allegories about humanity, *as all science fiction is*
2025: America watches Canadian bootlegs of journalism about US concentration camps. Nothing is for sale, everything is for rent. Computers will take your job but will be worse than you at it. You make less than ever but can gamble on your credit balance. One racist ket addict gets paid $1 trillion.
December 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
2025: America watches Canadian bootlegs of journalism about US concentration camps. Nothing is for sale, everything is for rent. Computers will take your job but will be worse than you at it. You make less than ever but can gamble on your credit balance. One racist ket addict gets paid $1 trillion.
Please join me in manifesting success for these projects I'm hoping will progress toward production next year in their own ways
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December 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Please join me in manifesting success for these projects I'm hoping will progress toward production next year in their own ways
🌈📠🎧
💑🐗 🪓
🤳🕳️🧜♀️
🚀👩🍳☄️
🎤🏨💦
🌈📠🎧
💑🐗 🪓
🤳🕳️🧜♀️
🚀👩🍳☄️
🎤🏨💦
Yamaha has made my USB audio interface obsolute purely by withdrawing driver support for newer system software, and this fucking
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infuriates me
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infuriates me
December 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Yamaha has made my USB audio interface obsolute purely by withdrawing driver support for newer system software, and this fucking
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infuriates me
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infuriates me
For real, most screenwriting back-end negotiations are fiercely fought over single-digit percentage shares of the net profits, and it ain't high single digits
Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.
December 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
For real, most screenwriting back-end negotiations are fiercely fought over single-digit percentage shares of the net profits, and it ain't high single digits
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Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
The kitchen fight scene in this film is an all-timer. Great movie.
30 years ago today SUDDEN DEATH was released in theaters. It quickly became my favorite film from Van Damme as well as director Peter Hyams and it’s “Die Hard at a Hockey Game” hook is one of the most underrated variations of the John McClane blueprint.
December 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The kitchen fight scene in this film is an all-timer. Great movie.