Justine Bateman
@JustineBateman
Filmmaker, Author | Films: VIOLET, LOOK, FEEL, FIVE MINUTES | Books: FAME, FACE | CREDO23 Film Festival director | IG: _JustineBateman_
Decompressing from walking on eggshells for the past four years.
Almost every single AI company logo is a butthole. The visual representation is painfully accurate, as their product is an excretion of other people's work. Perfectly good fare goes in, and defecation comes out.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone deserve it. @SouthPark is one of the very few projects in the film business that kept its heading in spite of all the fear-based moves this business has taken in the past 15 years.
Paramount has struck a 5-year deal worth $1.5B with 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone 💰 They’ll produce 10 new episodes per year (via @latimes)
We don't want this. @RalphsGrocery @vons @WholeFoods @TJoesOfficial @Piggly_Wiggly @MyCityMarket
Bill Gates APEEL product is now coating fruit & vegetables everywhere & you may not even know it. Look what comes off of this one apple.
Now do the incoming map.
Call it the Newsom effect.
Today in the anyone-who-went-to-public-jr-high-knew-that-decades-ago news.
Cognitive specialist @DocAmen warns that marijuana use before age 25 may stunt brain development with effects that could be permanent.
Based on all the "gotcha" videos over the recent years, is everyone is A-OK with being on camera all the time? Being surveilled all the time? That we should never expect a private moment at all when out of the house? Or in the house? From what Teslas and Waymos are recording…
Until the CA tax credit includes ATL and is not the most difficult tax credit to actually get, it will not be competitive with all the other states and countries.
This @thr headline is right -- we're making sure red tape isn't in the way of our hometown industry. ✅ Faster film permitting ✅ Lower costs ✅ Exploring new solutions to foster our best-in-the-world technical talent
I want every American to know that Gavin Newsom is the worst thing that ever happened to California. He kept CA shut down during 2020-2023, longer than almost any other place on the planet, destroying businesses and people’s lives. He was extremely committed to that. At the…
“We realized after the fact. What the hell are we doing shutting down the beaches & open areas & not understanding that early on?” Gavin Newsom, gaslighting, and rewriting history
We already saw this movie. #MakeNewFilms
A new ‘AMITYVILLE’ movie is in the works. ‘Deadstream’ directors Joseph and Vanessa Winter are set to direct. (Source: Deadline)
In the end, so damn boring.
BREAKING: Zucc just revealed the real reason why top researchers are excited to join META superintelligence labs > news: “Meta is poaching researchers because of bags of money” > Zucc: “lol that’s mostly inaccurate” > researchers joining not for cash, but to build god > MSL…
These are the "Deal With It" sunglasses.
This is one of Prince William's top three outfits. He embodies a British gentleman, looking sharp and well-tailored. I need to buy his sunglasses 🕶️💙 #PrinceWilliam
Filmmakers, there's a tunnel through this AI inferno. Submit to the CREDO 23 Film Festival 8/1-12/20. Real filmmaking by real filmmakers.
Hey, Filmmakers! The CREDO 23 Film Festival 2026 is taking submissions in two weeks. Get your work ready. We want to see what you've got. No AI allowed, $$ grants for all accepted filmmakers. CREDO23FilmFest.com
Oh, here comes the “explosion of material” the tech bros insisted AI would result in, by “democratizing creativity.” AKA, more money for Spotify, because there are no artists with whom to share the money. That is why AI is being pushed and used. Not because it is better, or is…
