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Good Luck Have Fun Dont Die - movie review

When I saw the preview, wasn't sure I would be seeing. But I love Sam Rockwell, so I gave it a shot. Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die may be my fav scifi movie of 2020's.

GLHFDD has some vibes of 'Everything Everywhere All At Once', but this movie feels more relevant because the world is at a critical point.

So for a timestamp, IRL we have Trump attacking Iran unprovoked (in sync with Israel), along with kidnapping the leader of Venezuela. Those events, along with Greenland threat, has made the world destabilized and on the edge of world war. Besides these enormous problems, we can add

- Israel genocide of Palestinians

- Trump's ICE acting like a lawless military inside USA

- AI sucking up job market (ie destroying labor)

- Trump dodging Epstein files guilt

- rampant corruption and theft in govt

So with these phenomenena in mind, this movie boldly tackles [SPOILERS]

- coming AI singularity

- videogames

- 'BTL' addiction (aka 'better than life')

- children and phones

- the impacts of phone addiction

- cloning

While there is obviously a lot of other relevant material to discuss in current times, the movie addressed the subject matter in a way that challenged the rational mind with intention.

The giant cat monster / sparkle dick was unnecessary, but it made the point of being in an AI game more clear.

So then the question is about the meta plot:

Is Sam's character really time travelling, or is he just replaying a scene in an AI videogame? Despite the fact that his mother is there and he guards her so as to not negate his birth, the whole movie could be just another VR videogame.

Something to ponder.

So I loved the zombie phones, and Sam, and his willingness to have people die. While it was painful in the game, it aligned with a videogame -- has anyone cried when a videogame grunt dies???

His bizarre movements in Norms at the beginning also reminded me of a videogame player's spamming moves.

I really enjoyed, now I'm looking forward to my first rewatch. (& I dont plan on doing 100+, but I could imagine 3-5+ rewatches.)

MBA-P, Quiet Radicals, 2 great podcasts, and NotebookLM

Started part-time ‘MBA for Professionals’ program in January 2026 in Portland OR at satellite location. My brain is stimulated! Not 100% sure what to do with all the info yet, but I did Vision Board with VisionBloom workshop and Sneaky Pickle was born. Currently Sneaky Pickle is 'on hold' as passion project, first need to network with VC's / Incubators / Founders and get to know folks.

In my Organization Management class, we read Radical Change, the Quiet Way - by Meyerson. I submitted an extended paper to rant about the misuse of the word radical, but that if we swap the word with revolutionary I was ok with it, and the 4 tools covered are excellent & I hope to use them all: disruptive self-expression, verbal jujitsu, variable-term opportunism, and strategic alliance building.

Random 'quiet radical' (aka Stealthy Revolutionary) disruptive self-expression update -

This Ralph Nader Hour podcast was really interesting about dangers of unregulated AI - https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/ai-accountability . Was also interesting part about 'overusing AI in academia & side effects on students'. Wow! AI use has side effects!

We mentioned using NotebookLM (mobile app) for listening to school weekly reading materials. NotebookLM pretty amazing AI tech. I'm no expert, but I did tutorial videos & it can generate interesting material off the source code you give it. Free version offers a lot.

For non-school stuff, you can upload PDF's to a notebook & it becomes 'subject matter expert' on that content, so good for rules & regulations, manuals for all your home tech (good to incl SN's and warranties), etc.

**BEWARE - Don't give NotebookLM 'internal only' work docs or you could be breaking a work NDA / security policy.**

Also really glad to have heard about 9Pfeffer on Power podcasts and book(s). Podcast episodes are short (20 mins each) and straightforward. Some are more on professionalism and networking than 'power' per se, but they all hover around the subject.

I liked Andrew Yang episode a lot (Ep #19 - Apr 25, 2025)

iPad music - amazingness continues

Wow, making music on iPad is wild. So good!!

Transit 2 just came out on sale for $10! Got it.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/transit-2-baby-audio/id6753751150

Transit 2 is not just multi-effects, its a multi-effect that is specifically focusing on transitions. It reminds me of Turnado (iOS) but the UI is magic -- and Dark Mode!

Other recent acquisitions

- GRFX - an audio mangler. I was initially intrigued, but now I regret it bc its cool looking but Im not impressed by the audio output.

- Elpiano - got electronic piano synth by Klevgrand on sale. Not sure I needed a piano synth, but it sounds cool & looks amazing.

- Hammerhead Drums - Wow, its simple and gets the job done. Sequencer & instruments. Classic plugin.

- Patterning 2 - $20 was $10 off sale. Too expensive still IMP, but it is a sick drum instrument.

Got Synthmaster2 free on sale today.

Re-downloaded - Moog 15, Moog Model D, Figure, & Samplr. Out of all, Figure is hands down my fav -- I use it, kids use it, its just so fun ... (Could've probably become much more, but its still pretty awesome as it is.)

- almost got Moomu (wild iOS modular synthesis app) after going to this amazing spot in Portland called ControlVoltage.net & messing with Eurorack craziness, but making music that way hurts my brain so I saved $hundreds there and scored Transit 2 for $10. Woot!