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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue

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Film Critic / Author / Screenwriter Behind the Scenes of Indie Film Marketing (Focal Press) OUT NOW! Cinematic Worldbuilding (CRC Press) OUT NOW! A Nightmare on Elm Street (DieDie Books, 2026) My TV Dads (Bear Manor Media, 2027) https://linktr.ee/nlarue

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · Aug 4

The wait is over! You can grab my new book Cinematic Worldbuilding: A TTRPG Approach to Storytelling direct from my publisher with FREE shipping worldwide. Check my link in bio for more details!

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 4h

Porn adoption does the same to legitimize their position as it did to VHS in the 80s.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 4h

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 6h

For the first time ever, we're launching a cinematic poster! IT'S REAL AND SICK AND YOU CAN HANG IT ON A WALL

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Same cinematic poster hanging on a wall, framed.

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 6h

I sometimes worry that the worlds I write that have fantastical elements need to make sense in our real world. They just need to make sense to the world the characters inhabit. If the characters buy-in, the reader might as well. I guess it's in how well you sell it.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 6h

I love movies like The Last Dragon that incorporate magic or some kind of powerset to the characters and the world at large, while still amazed, just accepts those are things that exist. The buy-in of those in the story world gives the movie credibility without resorting to realism.

a man without a shirt is being touched by another man in a red robe and says i 'm the master .

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 6h

Ya, that's kinda my thing.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 6h

By definition wouldn't all pants on you be deemed 'cute'?

I don't make the rules.

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 7h

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 7h

in between books I'm constantly writing and submitting short stories all over the place. As a writer, I just want to work (and get paid for the work).

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 7h

Life is a Lemon (and I want my money back) is my jam.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 9h

Lately, I have no idea.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 11h

4. Any leftover money goes back into the Treasury.
5. The winning candidate, if they have leftover money, may roll that over to their presidential library fund.

That's it. No PACS, no more dark money, no corp buy-in, nada. Just transparent $ funded by us thru Congress.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 11h

Here's how to solve campaign finance problems:
1. No outside money/donations, period.
2. Each candidate that wins their party primary unlocks a set amount of money allocated by Congress and spending is visible to the people.
3. Once that cash runs out, that's it. Everyone gets an equal amount.

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 11h

Caught this while scrolling insta and legit thought this was an actual movie for a hot minute. It's really good and I kinda want to see a feature version now.

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Horror Film | Hatch

Goodnight, Phone. Don't let doomscrolling haunt you at night. Get better sleep with Restore.

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 12h

RIP Drew Struzan.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 23h

Finally got around to updating my @fadeinpro.com software. Looking forward to checking out the new features and surprises.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 1d

Really enjoying Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 1d

I think you should check out my book Cinematic Worldbuilding. It has some great resources in it for a class like that.

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Meg • Turner @inkedwerdsmith.bsky.social · 1d

There’s only two crucial rules in screenwriting:

1. Always finish your script.
2. Write for yourself and edit for the highest bidder.

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 1d

I remember the last time you were at Maron's place. We were neighbors (next street over) and the secret service shut down the majority of the area, and I had a really hard time getting home that day...lol.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 1d

I was at an event this weekend where several people commented that we're not fighting fire with fire with all this BS.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 2d

But they don't want to pay for it.

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 2d

Sure, why not? :)

FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 2d

I got quoted for doing good stuff in my hometown paper. Am I finally enough now?

Anyway, book bans suck. Buy my new book when it hits Oct. 20th, pre-order my next two books, and just generally give me the impression that I'm not wasting my life.