Michael Barbaro

I mean, as critic, did you notice it?

Did you like it?

Did it detract?

Did you feel like the contract was being honored or violated between you and the original makers of

The Wizard of Oz.

All that warmth was just... It just doesn't work.

This is why you hated the experience.

You sounded like a 10-year-old.

Right.

Because literally the director of that movie created a border, an edge, and these folks at Sphere literally just like pulled it in entirely new directions.

So as we conclude this conversation, I can't help thinking about a modern parallel to what we're talking about here, which is the internet.

Internet comes along.

Everyone's initially filled with as much dread as enthusiasm.

And the internet obliterates entire segments of every industry.

You know, classifieds, poof.

But then comes Craigslist.

And yes, and I'm going to be very newspaper-centric for a moment.

you know, entire newspapers go away, other online news organizations adapt and thrive.

And eventually an equilibrium of a certain kind takes hold.

And isn't that inevitably the story of AI and Hollywood?