Hacker News with Generative AI: Movies

Tech-Noir: How One Scene in 'The Terminator' Changed Science Fiction (2018) (wearethemutants.com)
The Tech-Noir club scene in The Terminator is a masterpiece of action film-making, arguably the most important sequence of the movie, and the club itself—its decor and atmosphere, its customers, its soundtrack, its very name—has had an extraordinary influence on the development of sci-fi and subsequent reimaginings of the 1980s aesthetic.

Science Fiction, Movies, Filmmaking, 1980s

4 points by austinallegro 1 day ago | 0 comments

Lesser-known science fiction movies (exotext.com)
I love science fiction in all forms, and I can't resist watching almost any sci-fi movie. So, I watch a lot of them. It's a bit annoying how "sci-fi and fantasy" became the standard pairing. In my eyes, these genres are exactly opposite. It's like grouping movies about horses with movies about cars.

Science Fiction, Movies, Genre, Recommendations

3 points by freetonik 5 days ago | 0 comments

Did a quick search about John Wick 5.This is the abysmal state of Google in 2025 (reddit.com)
Just watched John Wick 4, did a quick search to see if they are making a 5th one. This is the abysmal state of Google and the internet as we go into 2025.

Search Engines, Movies, Internet, Technology

13 points by RicoElectrico 13 days ago | 2 comments

Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that (nplusonemag.com)
Until recently no Hollywood studio had ever released two movies with the same name at the same time. At most studios, such a strategy would be unthinkable. Audiences might accidentally buy tickets to the wrong film, and the PR fallout would be disastrous: snipes from trade-magazine writers; angry calls from investors questioning the studios’ business acumen; angrier calls from agents demanding to know why their clients’ images were being intentionally sabotaged.

Movies, Entertainment Industry, Hollywood, Marketing, Business

14 points by thunderbong 21 days ago | 11 comments

Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that (nplusonemag.com)
Until recently no Hollywood studio had ever released two movies with the same name at the same time. At most studios, such a strategy would be unthinkable. Audiences might accidentally buy tickets to the wrong film, and the PR fallout would be disastrous: snipes from trade-magazine writers; angry calls from investors questioning the studios’ business acumen; angrier calls from agents demanding to know why their clients’ images were being intentionally sabotaged.

Movies, Entertainment, Media, Business, Hollywood

306 points by exitb 21 days ago | 350 comments

Ask HN: Recommend a sci-fi movie I can watch on the new year's eve (ycombinator.com)
Hi everyone, I'll be spending my New Year's Eve in a foreign tropical country with beers. Please recommend a movie to me. ：） Thanks!

Science Fiction, Movies

13 points by mollywhite 22 days ago | 26 comments

Where is James Bond? Trapped in an ugly stalemate with Amazon (wsj.com)
James Bond has dodged more than 4,000 bullets. He has jumped from an airplane, skied off a cliff and escaped castration by laser beam.

James Bond, Entertainment, Amazon, Movies

103 points by gnabgib 22 days ago | 216 comments

BFI 50 Best Films of 2024 (bfi.org.uk)
Our round-up of the best movies of the year, as voted by our contributors, finds a dazzling array of cinematic wonders from around the world, from the return of old masters to a rich trove of breakthroughs.

Movies, Film Criticism, Lists, Best Of

11 points by indigodaddy 22 days ago | 2 comments

Moana 2 (yiningkarlli.com)
This fall marked the release of Moana 2, Walt Disney Animation’s 63rd animated feature and the 10th feature film rendered entirely using Disney’s Hyperion Renderer.

Animation, Movies, Walt Disney

7 points by gok 30 days ago | 0 comments

Eyes Wide Shut: Hidden in plain sight (boydrinksink.com)
Eyes Wide Shut, more than any other movie, gave rise to my interest in cinema as a compelling storytelling medium.

Movies, Filmmaking, Storytelling

128 points by jim-jim-jim 36 days ago | 87 comments

In China, revenue from short video drama (1-2 minute eps) has surpassed movies (twitter.com)

China, Entertainment, Short-Form Video, Movies, Streaming

4 points by mintone 37 days ago | 0 comments

There Was No Sorcerer: Box Office Poison, Hollywood's Story in Century of Flops (literaryreview.co.uk)
There are three rules for avoiding a cinematic flop. Rule one: don’t pick a title that is boring, misleading or hard to pronounce.

Movies, Box Office, Entertainment, Film Industry

13 points by crescit_eundo 43 days ago | 8 comments

There's No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing Is Powering AI (theatlantic.com)
Dialogue from these movies and TV shows has been used by companies such as Apple and Anthropic to train AI systems.

Artificial Intelligence, Hollywood, Movies, TV Shows, Training Data

11 points by doener 43 days ago | 6 comments

Y2K (y2k.movie)

Y2K, Movies, Technology

154 points by ChrisArchitect 44 days ago | 82 comments

The casual moviegoer is a thing of the past. That's a problem for Hollywood (latimes.com)
It was on a spontaneous trip to the movie theater that James Young took a chance on “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.” Same with 2004’s “Garden State.” And the quirky “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

Movies, Hollywood, Film Industry, Audience Behavior

6 points by thunderbong 46 days ago | 3 comments

All Known Movies Featuring Nmap (nmap.org)
For reasons unknown, Hollywood has decided that Nmap is the tool to show whenever hacking scenes are needed. At least it is a lot more realistic than silly 3D animation approach used in many previous movies (e.g. "hacking the Gibson" on Hackers, or the much worse portrayals on Swordfish). We always like to see Nmap in the movies, so we have catalogued known instances here.

Cybersecurity, Movies, Networking Tools

63 points by cyberlurker 50 days ago | 0 comments

Memento Movi (wackyneighbor.com)
Enter your date of birth, your life expectancy, and choose a film to see your progress.

Life Expectancy, Interactive Websites, Movies, Personalization

53 points by wallflower 53 days ago | 16 comments

New 'Star Wars' trilogy reportedly in the works (ktla.com)
Some fans may have felt a great disturbance in the force this morning.

Star Wars, Movies, Entertainment, News

6 points by LinuxBender 71 days ago | 0 comments

Title drops in movies (titledrops.net)
A title drop is when a character in a movie says the title of the movie they're in. Here's a large-scale analysis of 73,921 movies from the last 80 years on how often, when and maybe even why that happens.

Movies, Data Analysis, Linguistics

554 points by gaws 73 days ago | 167 comments

Show HN: IMDb SQL Best Movie Finder (imdb-sql.com)

Movies, SQL, Data Analysis

129 points by afiodorov 74 days ago | 81 comments

Apple is turning The Oregon Trail into a movie (arstechnica.com)
Apple will adapt the classic educational game The Oregon Trail into a big-budget movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter (THR).

Movies, Video Games, Apple, Entertainment

34 points by duxup 81 days ago | 27 comments

Scratches in 2001: A Space Osyssey (2018) (aphelis.net)
There is a set of scratches in 2001: A Space Odyssey that are not on the film, but in the film. They were filmed during production, in 1965 or 1966, visible at the same moments and locations within the frame in most copies of the movie, from VHS and Blu-ray releases to 70 mm and IMAX prints. It remains unknown if they were visible during the film’s premiere in April 1968.

Movies, Filmmaking, History

121 points by hyperific 90 days ago | 53 comments

Megalopolis: See It Three Times (jameslanternman.online)
Megalopolis is the best and most fascinating thing Francis Ford Coppola has done since Apocalypse Now.

Movies, Reviews

15 points by jlaternman 94 days ago | 8 comments

The Rise and Fall of Matchbox's Toy-Car Empire (hagerty.com)
The announcement that John Cena has signed on to be the star of the new Matchbox live-action movie raises a few questions. First—there’s going to be a Matchbox movie? And second—what will it be about, exactly?

Toys, Movies, History, Pop Culture

182 points by NaOH 94 days ago | 134 comments

With 'Megalopolis,' the Flop Era Returns to Cinemas (nytimes.com)
With ‘Megalopolis,’ the Flop Era Returns to Cinemas

Movies, Film Industry, Box Office, Reviews, Entertainment

20 points by paulpauper 97 days ago | 11 comments

Decodeunicode the Movie [video] (youtube.com)

Movies, Video, Entertainment

3 points by oliverkwebb 98 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: What's the "best" movie you've ever seen? (ycombinator.com)
Someone recently asked what's the best book you've ever read. I thought I would ask the same question but movies instead.

Movies, Discussion, Subjective Opinions

14 points by codingclaws 99 days ago | 27 comments

Studios: Please don't spoil the movie we are seated to see (blogspot.com)
We took our kid to see "Alien" (1979) on the big screen during its one-week-only theatrical run. We told him there was a good chance of a pre-show featurette that would spoil the movie, so he needed to be ready to cover his eyes.

Movies, Parenting, Reviews

235 points by speckx 99 days ago | 222 comments

Is Disney Bad at Star Wars? An Analysis (hollywoodreporter.com)
High budgets, scrapped projects, fan backlash. It’s been 12 years since Disney bought 'Star Wars' and its galaxy far, far away arguably has too many broken toys.

Star Wars, Disney, Movies, Entertainment, Analysis

3 points by presbrey 102 days ago | 2 comments

Apple TV+ Pivoting Movie Strategy Amid Disappointing Performance (macrumors.com)
Apple is retreating from its ambitious plans for wide theatrical movie releases after several of its high-budget films failed to meet box office expectations, Bloomberg reports.

Apple TV+, Streaming, Movies, Business

10 points by mgh2 109 days ago | 9 comments