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. Inspired by actual events.
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Billionaires: capable of imagining a world where intellectual property and copyright law are meaningless irritations to be ignored. Absolutely baffled by the idea of a 1% tax rise.
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Billionaires: capable of imagining a world where intellectual property and copyright law are meaningless irritations to be ignored. Absolutely baffled by the idea of a 1% tax rise.
Will never understand people who are rabidly into Stranger Things specifically
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Will never understand people who are rabidly into Stranger Things specifically
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I'm starting a campaign to tell Tarantino this is his tenth film
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I'm starting a campaign to tell Tarantino this is his tenth film
Helping a friend with a children's drama class today and the 5-6 year olds are boastfully comparing their grandparents' ages like it's a dick-measuring contest. Funny shit man
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Helping a friend with a children's drama class today and the 5-6 year olds are boastfully comparing their grandparents' ages like it's a dick-measuring contest. Funny shit man
WAKE UP DEAD MAN might be the best Knives Out yet. A clever, horror-tinged murder mystery that's also high-key about the battle for the soul of the Catholic Church (and America). I laughed, I cried, I conjectured. @rianjohnson.bsky.social continues to demonstrate his quality.
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN might be the best Knives Out yet. A clever, horror-tinged murder mystery that's also high-key about the battle for the soul of the Catholic Church (and America). I laughed, I cried, I conjectured. @rianjohnson.bsky.social continues to demonstrate his quality.
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I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.
It's pretty much mandatory at work that I appear to be using it, so I've doe a few functional things with it, and it's a moderate time-saver if used right. But nowhere near worth it's stock value, energy cost.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
September 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.
About at the point in LIES OF P that I reach in (nearly) all Soulslike games: the point about 80% through where the effort/achievement ratio becomes untenable and I stop playing
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
About at the point in LIES OF P that I reach in (nearly) all Soulslike games: the point about 80% through where the effort/achievement ratio becomes untenable and I stop playing
Did a standup show yesterday that was themed around "technology".
My set was about how toilets that wash your asshole are a more useful technology and a better use of water than AI.
Big cheers from the crowd.
My set was about how toilets that wash your asshole are a more useful technology and a better use of water than AI.
Big cheers from the crowd.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Did a standup show yesterday that was themed around "technology".
My set was about how toilets that wash your asshole are a more useful technology and a better use of water than AI.
Big cheers from the crowd.
My set was about how toilets that wash your asshole are a more useful technology and a better use of water than AI.
Big cheers from the crowd.
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227. Never ever use CGI or AI when you can simply recast. There are 160,000 members of SAGAFTRA alone. Someone can do the job. A casting director’s job is to find them.
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
227. Never ever use CGI or AI when you can simply recast. There are 160,000 members of SAGAFTRA alone. Someone can do the job. A casting director’s job is to find them.
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Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!
Me: I wish I had more friends and hung out with people more
Also me: I hate it when people ask me if I want to hang out, you know I feel guilty when I'm not working
Also me: I hate it when people ask me if I want to hang out, you know I feel guilty when I'm not working
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Me: I wish I had more friends and hung out with people more
Also me: I hate it when people ask me if I want to hang out, you know I feel guilty when I'm not working
Also me: I hate it when people ask me if I want to hang out, you know I feel guilty when I'm not working
And by "real people" he means "celebrities and politicians," I guess.
Christopher Luxon said in 2023 he would 'draw the line at' using AI video ads, but his office now says that only applied to fakes of real people.
National deletes AI video of police seizing gang patches
newsroom.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
And by "real people" he means "celebrities and politicians," I guess.
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Maybe entertainment hasn’t changed as much as we think
The real and true story of why Police Squad (the TV series Naked Gun was based on and easily the funniest tv show of its time) was canceled is legitimately insane and one of the most egregious examples of TV malpractice I’ve ever heard:
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Maybe entertainment hasn’t changed as much as we think
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Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
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GPT would have been such a great technology if LLMs were just used to augment search engines. Their natural language processing ability means they can find relevant content no matter how you phrase your query. No more keyword matching, just ask a question, or describe what you’re looking for. 1/2
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
GPT would have been such a great technology if LLMs were just used to augment search engines. Their natural language processing ability means they can find relevant content no matter how you phrase your query. No more keyword matching, just ask a question, or describe what you’re looking for. 1/2
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Udo Kier's first and only post on Twitter 💯
March 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Udo Kier's first and only post on Twitter 💯
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
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tearing into the mod files for the mysummerdog addon and finding the funniest UV unwrap ive ever seen in my life
October 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
tearing into the mod files for the mysummerdog addon and finding the funniest UV unwrap ive ever seen in my life
My parents wouldn't take me to see Jurassic Park when it came out
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My parents wouldn't take me to see Jurassic Park when it came out
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
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One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
December 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
Happy Nvidia earnings / end of the world day, to those who celebrate
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Happy Nvidia earnings / end of the world day, to those who celebrate
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You need to understand that when studio heads and executives talk about how AI is going to streamline the process and make things cheaper, this is the process that they've been normalizing up until now.
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You need to understand that when studio heads and executives talk about how AI is going to streamline the process and make things cheaper, this is the process that they've been normalizing up until now.
Riding the bus is an outstanding way to collect real-world conversational data when you are both a screenwriter and a shut-in (but I repeat myself)
November 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Riding the bus is an outstanding way to collect real-world conversational data when you are both a screenwriter and a shut-in (but I repeat myself)