Predictive text software was programmed with hundreds of sci-fi screenplays to see just how well AI could write a screenplay of its own. Unlike many of the stories in the screenplays used, Sunspring (2016) shows that a robot-run dystopian future is far from upon us.
Category Archives: Saturday Short
SATURDAY SHORT: LOOP SOUP (2016)
Connie gets a little too animated over receiving an old cooking tape in the mail.
SATURDAY SHORT: JIM BAKKER’S BUCKETS (2015)
Vic Berger has made a name for himself by taking television segments, and editing them to obscurity. In this short Jim Bakker offers his viewers twenty-eight buckets of food to survive the impending apocalypse that started last year. If you didn’t spend $2,500 plus shipping to prepare, don’t worry. A review of the cement-flavored potato soup encouraged starvation as an alternative.
SATURDAY SHORT: DAVID (2016)
In this first episode of the five-part series, David learns during an oddly specific tarot reading that he doesn’t have much longer to live. A small stone has appeared in his chest and it’s growing every minute.
SATURDAY SHORT: SICK (2015)
Ellie’s baby is stuck in the hospital due to a curious illness. With nothing else to do, Ellie watches others grieve over the loss of their loved ones, and daydreams about coming to terms with a loss of her own.
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