Broccoli Man
The most recommended of 5 short films
Recommended for its charm, personality and memorable lines despite crude animation; critics say the remaster loses the original's spirit.
Recommended for its charm, personality and memorable lines despite crude animation; critics say the remaster loses the original's spirit.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Charming crude animation full of personality
“the slop feeling of the original version was a deliberate decision and part of its charm”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered” “full of personality and ideas even if its poorly drawn and kitsch”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered” “This is 100% AI slop, cool story and all”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered” Memorable lines and voice reads
“There will always be a special place in my heart for the stilted "do you. do you think your users are scum."”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered” “"only if you are Yahoo!" is one of the best line reads of all time.”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Remaster loses the original's charm and spirit
“This didn't capture the emotional tone as I perceived it in the original.”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered” “this remaster looks fancy but loses the entire spirit of the thing”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered” “it does lose something in the more realistic performances”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered” - Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered”
Less funny than the original
“the original is funnier in its delivery”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered” “Impressive (but less funny)”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Broccoli Man, Remastered”
Other short films people recommend
The four most recommended other short films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broccoli ManThis page | 9 | 7 | 56% | 2 | — | — |
| They're Made Out of Meat short film | 8 | 2 | 80% | 2 | — | — |
| The Wrong Trousers | 8 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Wallace and Gromit | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
17 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“my other favorite internal internal meme from that era”
“This didn't capture the emotional tone as I perceived it in the original.”
“it does lose something in the more realistic performances”
“the original is funnier in its delivery”
“There will always be a special place in my heart for the stilted "do you. do you think your users are scum."”
“Impressive (but less funny)”
“"only if you are Yahoo!" is one of the best line reads of all time.”
“It's completely lost its original charm.”
“the slop feeling of the original version was a deliberate decision and part of its charm”
“Stock characters auto-puppeted to a text script with text-to-voice run across it.”
“this remaster looks fancy but loses the entire spirit of the thing”
“full of personality and ideas even if its poorly drawn and kitsch”
“the original is also slop (albeit of the pre-AI variety)”
“I'd 100 times rather see a very poorly drawn 2007 animation”
“This is 100% AI slop, cool story and all”
“The difference is the voices and visuals are much higher quality, and there are some added effects and cutaways that are nice touches.”
“using modern AI slop generation to recreate AI slop from a previous generation of the technology is pretty good art.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.