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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI

Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

www.npr.org

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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 3d

Since yesterday's AI chat I've had a few requests/questions about what happened to all my old YouTube videos - God knows why - so I've just made (most of) them public again to avoid repeating myself. I'll probably take some back down again once I've settled on my long term plans.

So yeah, go nuts.

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 4d

Wow, @pipmadeley.bsky.social is one of the most laid back and fun loving characters in Doctor Who fandom...and even he seems pissed about the AI shenanigans on the new Doctor Who Blu Ray.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...

Is A.I. worth it?

YouTube video by Pip Madeley

www.youtube.com

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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 4d

If you're a #DoctorWho fan who cares about sensitive video restoration that preserves the integrity of the original images, and is concerned about the introduction of unintended artefacts from the use of AI, please watch this short video, share widely and discuss.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...

A.I. - is it worth it?

YouTube video by Pip Madeley

www.youtube.com

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 5d

For UK viewers who haven't seen it yet you can catch "Last Night in Soho" on Channel 4 this Sunday at 10pm. Highly recommended!

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 5d

That too.

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 5d

Gorgeous!

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Andy AVAV Systems @avavsystems.bsky.social · 5d

Todays Old Tat Arrival at AVAV Towers

Something rather special for you #LaserDisc Deviants out there

Philips #LaserVision In-Store Display POS from back in the day

No idea of its history, but saw it & snapped it up. Couldn’t leave it could I

28” x 17” it’s a beauty

@laserdiscturtle.bsky.social

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 5d

The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 6d

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

"Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre"

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 7d

Tonight's spooky season film was Edgar Wright's incredible "Last Night in Soho."

It's become a bit of a Halloween staple for us and is possibly my favourite film of the decade.

A hand holds up a copy of Last Night in Soho in front of a shelf of Blue Rays and DVDs.

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 7d

Yep. It's the way they always say "the technology is getting better" as if it isn't an admission that they've used something before it was ready.

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 7d

Oof, the Doctor Who Season 13 Blu Ray looks like an AI nightmare. I thought these were meant to be definitive restorations rather than an experiment.

Sure AI *may* improve in the future but it's already being used to ruin "restorations" now.

@nothinglane.bsky.social @petercrockersvs.bsky.social

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 7d

Seems quite noisy over on the Blu-Ray.com forums at least. Not many happy campers in the S13 thread there.

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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 8d

Can confirm: they fucked up the Doctor Who Season 13 blu-ray with AI. How incredibly, incredibly disappointing. Especially after they denied it when the terrible trailer came out.

What a shame. Hold on to your DVDs.

Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 8d

Okay time to crack open The Android Invasion and check that scene versus the trailer.

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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 8d

They did, yes.

benedict @beecree.bsky.social · 8d

Watching the new Doctor Who Season 13 set, only 15 mins into Terror of the Zygons and it looks awful! What's going on with the horrible smoothing? Why are they using AI now?!

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 8d

As it's our anniversary weekend we finally got around to opening one of the bottles of sake we brought back from Japan.

Dassai 39 is my favourite, but we brought back a small bottle of the fancier 23 that is usually too expensive here in the UK.

I'd forgotten how smooth and floral it is.

A 300ml green glass bottle with a white label. The label has Japanese characters in black ink. The sake is Dassai 23.

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Jake Tropila @jaketropila.bsky.social · 9d

For its 30th anniversary I wrote about STRANGE DAYS, its prophetic vision of the future, Kathryn Bigelow’s formal mastery, and how it ends things on a bold glimmer of hope. Now live over at InReviewOnline:
inreviewonline.com/2025/10/15/s...

Nothing Ever Changes: Passion & Prophecy in Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days | In Review Online

You ready? Yeah, boot it. Strange Days should have launched Kathryn Bigelow’s career into the stratosphere. Having conquered land, sea, and air in 1991’s Nothing Ever Changes: Passion & Prophecy in Ka...

inreviewonline.com

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 9d

Wow. Yes, maybe.

'Is it time for each of us to learn a whole book by heart as in Fahrenheit 451?'

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 9d

Doctor Who

"A total of 97 episodes from the series’s first six years are still missing, leaving 26 stories incomplete."

"According to film collector John Franklin, of the preservation organization Film is Fabulous!, the group has solid leads about the location of some of these lost episodes."

A Missing Doctor Who Episode May Finally See the Light of Day

Rumors are flying that one of the lost episodes of Doctor Who may have been found in a private collection.

www.denofgeek.com

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 9d

I can't wait to see what the fanedit community makes of the film once Tron Ares comes to home video. I reckon someone will be able to work some magic and pull together a fun time out it.

Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 9d

A few more rounds of script polishing to focus the film and themes, cut the dead weight, dropping Jared Leto, and committing to a lead character and this could have been alright.

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 9d

Vicky had some free cinema tickets that needed using so last night we went to see Tron Ares.

It was...*shrug*...fine.

No worse (or better) than the average Marvel film. It certainly could have been better but I didn't leave the cinema feeling actively angry like I have with many franchise sequels.

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Jonathan Melville @jonmelville.bsky.social · 9d

Hamish Macbeth is heading back to the Highlands! I’ll be introducing two episodes at Eden Court and signing copies of my new book on the series on Sunday 9th November! eden-court.co.uk/event/hamish...

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Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan) @laserdiscturtle.bsky.social · 10d

I can't believe it's already been ten years since the best trip I ever took to the cinema!

A picture of the outside of a building. Signs on the outside read "Tyneside Cinema", and another reads "Tyneside Bar Café". It is the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle. The electronic billboard that usually displays the films that are being shown currently reads "Victoria & Ewan - 16.10.2015"

A picture of the inside of a grand, 1930s newsreel cinema, still maintained today. The wedding couple stand hand in hand up on the stage in front of the cinema screen. A luxurious red curtain covers the screen behind them. He is wearing a kilt, while she is looking glamorous in a sparkling red dress.

A photo of the couple sitting next to each other in front of large illuminated letters that read "V&E." They are leaning together kissing in front of the sign.

A picture of the couple and family, posing on a staircase, looking up towards the camera.

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