Nov 8, 2026

Does that hurt the fish? by Dahlia Bloomstone

Pretty good short film. Her character is filmed (mostly) from behind until about 7:40, when it cuts to her face, starts to zoom in, and jump cuts, and what he says about the fish and what he asks the fish seems to be being said about her and asked about her (or maybe us).

And the custom Roblox machinima (machine cinema) is maybe a dissociative psychology (which you can observe).

On the other hand, the first time I watched this I had a feeling like maybe I was watching a real encounter, which added some dramatic tension, which you may not experience.

More recently, she started trying to establish herself, a bit like Sacha Baron Cohen might, as an “AI thought leader” on LinkedIn.

For me, the resulting movie mostly humanized the people she talked to, but does have a couple interesting moments, including its ending cut and zoom out from another custom gameplay scene, seeming to reflect back on the filmmaker and you and me, the viewers.