Hacker News with Generative AI: Movies

What Actually Happens at the End of 'Trading Places'? (2013) (npr.org)
It's been 30 years since Trading Places came out. And, to be honest, I never really understood what happened at the end of that movie. Sure, Louis Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) and Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) get rich, and the Duke brothers lose all their money. But what actually happens? How does it work?

Movies, Comedy, Analysis, Finance

44 points by austinallegro 2 days ago | 11 comments

The movie mistake mystery from "Revenge of the Sith" (blogspot.com)
The internet, ever vigilant, began to take notice of this curious artifact around 2015 – a blink-and-you’ll-miss- it moment of a ghostly-robed figure with dark hair that appears behind Anakin Skywalker for only a frame or two just as he leaps from the panning droid to meet Obi-Wan on the lava skiff.

Movies, Star Wars, Internet Culture

453 points by CharlesW 6 days ago | 170 comments

Moon Bugs (2018) (michalfarkas.net)

Science, Movies, Film

16 points by susam 8 days ago | 5 comments

The thing about the Kobayashi Maru (medium.com)
“The thing about the Kobayashi Maru is,” says Jim, “you have to remember it’s a simulation.”

Star Trek, Science Fiction, Simulation, Movies

9 points by fanf2 12 days ago | 0 comments

45-year mystery behind eerie photo from The Shining is believed to be solved (cbc.ca)
It's a moment etched in horror movie history. In Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror classic The Shining, the camera zooms in toward a black-and-white photograph hanging in the hallway of the Overlook Hotel. It's dated July 4, 1921. Dead centre stands Jack Torrance — played by Jack Nicholson — smiling in a crowd of partygoers. But the photo wasn't taken on set with extras. It was a real photo from the 1920s, and Nicholson's face had been superimposed over someone.

Movies, The Shining, Mysteries, Photography

125 points by colinprince 14 days ago | 53 comments

The movie that's different every time you watch it (movieweb.com)

Movies, Interactive Media, Entertainment

45 points by mmoustafa 19 days ago | 25 comments

Minecraft Movie: Why People Are Clapping So Much in the Theater (thedirect.com)
Now that A Minecraft Movie has made its way to theaters, audiences are heading in their droves to see Steve's live-action debut. But as they do that, some moviegoers have been surprised by the loud applause and cheers in moments that seemingly wouldn't warrant such a roaring reaction.

Movies, Video Games, Culture, Social Media

4 points by walterbell 19 days ago | 1 comments

'Minecraft Movie' Leaks Online: Full Unfinished Version Shared (variety.com)
An unfinished version of “A Minecraft Movie” leaked online in advance of the video game adaptation’s big-screen debut.

Movies, Leaks, Gaming, Video Games

74 points by austinallegro 20 days ago | 45 comments

Go back to the Grid in TRON: Ares trailer (arstechnica.com)
Let there be light cycles.

Movies, Science Fiction, Trailers

16 points by amichail 21 days ago | 2 comments

Bill Murray Says He's Not the Man He Used to Be (nytimes.com)
In Bill Murray’s new movie, “The Friend,” currently in theaters and based on the beautifully bittersweet novel by Sigrid Nunez, he plays Walter, a writer and professor who is best friends with Iris, played by Naomi Watts.

Movies, Celebrities, Books

11 points by thm 21 days ago | 3 comments

True Romance (1993) – A 30th Anniversary Retrospective (cinemascholars.com)
In the Summer of 1993, most of the cinema-viewing world was fixated on dinosaurs, of the Jurassic kind. However, just a year earlier, another powerful force began to exert its dominance in the film industry.

Movies, Film, Retrospectives, Anniversaries

33 points by walterbell 21 days ago | 8 comments

RIP Val Kilmer: Celebrating cult classic Real Genius is now a moral imperative (arstechnica.com)
Back to the Future justly dominated the summer box office in 1985, but it's too bad its massive success overshadowed another nerd-friendly gem, Real Genius, which debuted one month later, on August 9.

Movies, Nostalgia, 1980s, Pop Culture, Film

7 points by LinuxBender 24 days ago | 6 comments

Netflix CEO Says Movie Theaters Are Dead (semafor.com)
Sorry, cinephiles: The post-Covid rebound of live events is all the more evidence that movie theaters are never coming back, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos told me in an interview at the Paley Center for Media Friday.

Movies, Streaming, Business

24 points by m463 25 days ago | 44 comments

Ketchup Entertainment Acquires 'Coyote vs. Acme' from Warner Bros (rollingstone.com)
Wile E. Coyote’s legal battle with the Acme Corporation, accused of sabotaging his skirmishes with the Road Runner by way of faulty products, is heading to court as Coyote vs. Acme finally heads to movie theaters.

Entertainment, Movies, Acquisitions, Warner Bros

7 points by dannyphantom 26 days ago | 1 comments

Warner Bros Completes Worldwide Sale of 'Coyote vs Acme' (deadline.com)
Warner Bros has completed the sale we told you about a couple weeks ago for their previously shelved Coyote Vs Acme movie.

Movies, Entertainment, Warner Bros, Business

87 points by ChrisArchitect 26 days ago | 24 comments

AMC Theatres will screen a Swedish movie 'visually dubbed' with the help of AI (engadget.com)
On May 9, AMC Theatres will start showing a sci-fi movie that was shot in Swedish but will look like it was made in English instead.

Artificial Intelligence, Movies, Technology, Entertainment

85 points by bookofjoe 34 days ago | 101 comments

IMDb Shuts Down 'Snow White' User Rating After 2.3/10 Score (worldofreel.com)
People are acting totally normal in reaction to Disney’s live-action “Snow White.” To all the review aggregate sites, I wish you good luck this coming weekend.

Movies, Reviews, Disney, Social Media

15 points by xnhbx 35 days ago | 1 comments

Pets Can't Stop Watching 'Flow,' the Oscar-Winning Cat Movie (nytimes.com)
“Flow,” a dialogue-free animated Latvian film made with open-source software, is keeping our domesticated friends riveted.

Animals, Movies, Animation, Latvia

81 points by ChrisArchitect 46 days ago | 12 comments

Is a bone a viable weapon when combating a Rancor? (jgeekstudies.org)
In the first act of ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ (ROTJ), the protagonist, Luke Skywalker, infiltrates the palace of the notorious crime lord, Jabba the Hutt, while seeking to free his allies from captivity.

Star Wars, Science Fiction, Weapons, Movies

4 points by sohkamyung 47 days ago | 1 comments

Binocular Shot (binocularshot.com)
A tribute to movies with inaccurate binocular shots

Movies, Filmmaking, Humor, Criticism

58 points by bookofjoe 48 days ago | 32 comments

A brief meditation on formal systems and lying goblins (ghost.io)
The other day I came across some people on The Internet talking about a certain scene from Labyrinth, which is a movie from the 80s (if you haven't seen it you should - lavish musical numbers, very unsettling Jim Henson puppetry, David Bowie doing contact juggling in spandex, it's really got it all!)

Movies, Philosophy, Humor

64 points by mprast 50 days ago | 29 comments

Binocular Shot: A tribute to movies with inaccurate binocular shots (binocularshot.com)
A tribute to movies with inaccurate binocular shots

Movies, Filmmaking, Visual Effects, Humor

5 points by gaws 63 days ago | 2 comments

Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner? (bbc.com)
Released 40 years ago this month, Miloš Forman's best picture-winning Amadeus is often accused of historical inaccuracies – but the film's critics could be missing the point.

Movies, History, Criticism, Awards

4 points by Tomte 74 days ago | 2 comments

AI dialogue analysis confirms movies have grown more violent over past 70 years (phys.org)
Movies often reflect the predominant societal and cultural values at the time they were shot. These values can be expressed in various elements of a film, including the interactions between characters, their communication styles and their characterizing traits.

AI, Movies, Violence, Society, Culture

11 points by pseudolus 78 days ago | 18 comments

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 100 days 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 103 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 112 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 119 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 119 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 120 days ago | 26 comments