# They're Made Out of Meat short film

8 Hacker News commenters recommended They're Made Out of Meat short film and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fans like the music, the saxophone opening and the short film overall; critics say it skips the punchline and makes no sense with human actors.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised background music and saxophone opening (2 comments): "that's my favorite for the actors, and especially the background music" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47713587)) "I love the saxophone riff for the opening/closing song." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693526))
- Good short film version of the story (2 comments): "The story as a short-film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6JFTmQCFHg" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49590854)) "The short film someone made is pretty great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689874))

## What people warn about

- Misses the point with human actors (2 comments): "the short film completely misses the mark if both entities are there in human form" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691131)) "The short film makes no sense, as the 2 people talking are meat themselves." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47690926))
- Skips the story's punchline (1 comments): "they went ahead skipped the punchline" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695370))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Broccoli Man](https://hackerapproved.com/p/broccoli-man-remastered.md): 9 recommend
- [The Wrong Trousers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wrong-trousers.md): 8 recommend
- [Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames](https://hackerapproved.com/p/powers-of-ten.md): 6 recommend
- [Wallace and Gromit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wallace-and-gromit.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "They're Made Out of Meat short film", https://hackerapproved.com/p/they-re-made-out-of-meat-short-film/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).