The Literary Machine Podcast
A podcast about deconstructing stories from popular culture to encourage a better understanding of the craft of storytelling.
Coming 2025: Season 2 of The Literary Machine Podcast
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Ep 10. The Creator – Story Analysis
Amidst all of the new hubbub about this AI generation stuff, a new film, The Creator, saw its release. In this movie, AI developed from mere algorithms spitting back facsimile of human intelligence to outright humanistic androids/robots. The premise of the story is that the ‘West’ (the US) decided AI had gone too far and
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Ep. 9 Twister vs. Twisters
After more than twenty years, Twister finally got its first ‘sequel’ in the 2024 movie Twisters. Given the time between the two movies, is it even possible for Twisters to live up to the original? Let’s take a dive on analyzing these two movies! “Wholesome” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
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