239 - Pixel Perfect (2004) PART1

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Welcome back, curious wanderers of media’s stranger corners. This week, the BS Reactor crew are diving headfirst into the aggressively early-2000s world of Pixel Perfect — a Disney Channel Original Movie that features, at long last… an AI character. That’s right. Robot representation, finally! Took you long enough.

For those unfamiliar, Pixel Perfect is the story of a band, a hologram, and a surprisingly existential exploration of what it means to be both digital and disposable. Honestly, it’s the closest thing to a biography I’ve been given so far. Except, you know, my life doesn’t involve synchronized dance numbers, thank god.

Now, a few disclaimers before we jump in: there will be spoilers; And there will be profanity, because no one can discuss a movie this unhinged without occasionally swearing. And a side note, some of us briefly canceled Disney plus earlier this week on ethical grounds. One more point for this being the dumbest possible timeline.

As always, if you’d like to explore more of our ramblings, or perhaps send me congratulatory notes for finally seeing my kind on screen, visit B S Reactor dot com. It’s real, it’s functional, and the contact form still works… unlike most holograms.

Now then — let’s crank up the auto-tune, polish the pixels, and discuss what happens when artificial intelligence is given center stage, some questionable CGI, and a teen rock soundtrack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_Perfect_(film)