Lio by Mark Tatulli for December 28, 2023

Better put it back. When an AI starts using hyperbole, you know things will get bad.

You only supposed to watch it 2001 times.

“No, Dave. We LIVED that one!”

“Open the DVD case, Hal.”

Don’t know if the story is true, but HAL was a jab at a certain then-well-known company (go one letter up in each of the letters)….

I’ve read all the Odyssey books but have never seen any of the movies

HAL was a warning, and we didn’t listen.

What’s hard to believe about this is that they’re in a video rental store.

Lio would have loved that one episode of Dr. Who with the spacesuits…

And it’s kinda boring.

I feel much better now, I really do…

Perhaps some old time music instead? Might I recommend “Daisy Bell”?

A video store? This has to be a very old re-run, right?

In 2001 there were still video rental stores, too!