There is a book that kicked around our library system over the past couple of decades called "The 64 Dollar Tomato". I never managed to read it, though I may have brought it home once or twice over the years with good intentions. The conceit it seems to be based on is an appealing and familiar one: That a simple hobby like gardening can come with so many costs, failures, and expenses that, well, growing one's own tomato can end up shockingly expensive.
I kept thinking about that book as I worked on the video below.
One of the video generators I circle around to periodically had a new feature I've been waiting for, so I spent money on some credits that allow me to generate AI... stuff.
Some of it worked just how I wanted!
But a lot of it didn't! And I went through most of my credits at a feverish clip that made me grumble quietly to myself:
"The 64 Dollar Tomato!"
But the movie is pretty neat. I think I'd make more things like this, especially the trippy bugheart section, if I had the credits.
But I don't.
So I hope you enjoy my 64 dollar movie. Well, not a movie, more like a clerkmanifesto TV commercial. Which actually makes it a pretty good deal for the price. Which, if a homegrown tomato is good enough, can be true for it too.
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