Backlash Over Use of AI in The Sphere’s Showing of The Wizard of Oz Hits Online Film Communities

it’s not too late for the movies to reject AI.

i wrote about The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere, Italian Brainrot, and why surrendering to the “inevitability” of AI confuses the fact that tech needs art more than art needs tech. pic.twitter.com/qfJGIamWab

— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) August 1, 2025

– The Sphere made changes to The Wizard of Oz using AI and unsurprisingly people are pissed.

– TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz defended the show on his twitter and it bothered people even more.

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It looks like the Windows 97 background. Omg.