Roast of the Day
The roasts take a current claim, film, product, institution or public performance and ask the impolite but useful question: does any of this make sense? Each article separates the judgement from the evidence, checks the important factual claims and leaves the sources in view. Expect dry British satire, modern incentives and the occasional three-panel sketch. Start with the newest receipt or use the topic links to narrow the archive.
Avatar 4 and 5: The Box Office Decides How Pandora Ends
James Cameron said he would reveal Avatar 4 and 5 if they were never made. The real issue is a saga whose ending still…
Avatar: Fire and Ash – Cinema’s 3D Progress Report: Zero
Avatar: Fire and Ash delivers Pandora in 3D, but dim glasses, eye strain and unchanged cinema hardware make the premium experience feel prehistoric again.
Plumbers, AI, and the myth of the untouchable job, 2025
Everyone says plumbers are safe from AI. Sure. But the real joke is the AI plumbers selling doom while still needing humans to fix…
Bicentennial Man (1999): the AI roadmap corporates still ignore
Corporate AI dreamers want godlike intelligence with zero moral homework. Bicentennial Man shows the actual price: time, rights, limits, and love.
OpenAI GPT-5.2: a shiny patch on last month’s hype machine
GPT-5.2 arrives with new names, new prices, and old hype. A fact led roast on prompting theatre, ‘wow’ demos, and why UX still feels…
When cars stole the city and called it progress for profit
We were told cars would make cities modern and green. Instead, they stole the streets, choked the air, and shoved people into the gutter…
The Informant (2025): Korean movie – Dumb Cops, Smart Heart, Still No Kiss Yet
Affectionate roast of Korean crime comedy The Informant: dumb cops, shy romance, clean flashbacks, and more feeling than many Western sex-heavy films.
No One Will Work In The Age Of AI? Then Tell Me Another
Roast of the myth that AI will end human work, from billionaire doom-mongers to spiritual cop-outs. Follow the money, not the tweets, in this…
Running Man vs Long Walk and the King Loop
Two films, two books, one King obsession. A roast of Running Man, The Long Walk, and the recycled nightmare of state games built to…
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