BRAINROT is a retro sci-fi animated short by Alex Semenov, narrated by Thomas Middleditch, a one-person satire of doomscrolling made without AI-generated imagery. BRAINROT is a retro sci-fi animated short narrated by Thomas Middleditch. The film satirizes doomscrolling, internet culture, and the idea that humanity’s greatest technological achievement may now be actively reversing the very thing that made us intelligent in the first place.
Written, directed, animated, edited, and sound-designed by Alex Semenov, working under the name Lazy Square, the short was created by one person without AI-generated imagery.
Credits: Written, Directed, Animated, Edited & Sound Designed by: Alex Semenov / Lazy Square Voice Performance: Thomas Middleditch Website:lazy-square.com Instagram:@lazy_square YouTube:@LazySquare Thomas Middleditch:@tombini
BRAINROT is a retro sci-fi animated short by Alex Semenov, narrated by Thomas Middleditch, a one-person satire of doomscrolling made without AI-generated imagery.

BRAINROT is a retro sci-fi animated short narrated by Thomas Middleditch. The film satirizes doomscrolling, internet culture, and the idea that humanity’s greatest technological achievement may now be actively reversing the very thing that made us intelligent in the first place.
Written, directed, animated, edited, and sound-designed by Alex Semenov, working under the name Lazy Square, the short was created by one person without AI-generated imagery.


Credits:
Written, Directed, Animated, Edited & Sound Designed by: Alex Semenov / Lazy Square
Voice Performance: Thomas Middleditch
Website: lazy-square.com
Instagram: @lazy_square
YouTube: @LazySquare
Thomas Middleditch: @tombini