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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 4h

I know as much about (non V-tuber) streamers as I do about Singaporean politics -which is to say, NOTHING- and even I know who Emiru is.

If TwitchCon let that happen to HER...

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 12h

"Надеюсь, ты готова к тотальному уничтожению! Ха-ха-ха! Никто тебя не любит, и однажды ты умрёшь!"
#murderdrones #TheAmazingDigitalCircus

An Animiniz statue of Doll from Murder Drones, dresses as Evil Ragatha from The Amazing Digital Circus.

John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 1d

Revenge. #murderdrones

Screencap from Murder Drones episode 6, Tessa clutching her arm after the sentinel bit it.

Screencap from the "MURDER DRONES - FIGHT TIL' I'M GOOD ENOUGH" music video - Cyn looks at the sentinel and displays a dialog box reading "PLOT TWIST ;)"

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 1d

I saw it.

5/10

Screen Rant @screenrant.bsky.social · 1d

"We’re very proud of it. I think it’s a good movie ... a lot of people did not see it ... but they like to talk s*** about it, and they like to jump on bandwagons... they don’t really know. People are angry for reasons that are unrelated to these things.” #TheFlash ⚡️

Read more: bit.ly/4nV5quP

John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 1d

Over on Twitter, the venn diagram of people pretending not to understand the issue and people BEING the issue is a circle.

John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 1d

Look, I'm not saying he has no right to take pride in his work, whatever I may personally think of it, but...he's not stupid, he knows how certain kinds of people are going to interpret this.

Screen Rant @screenrant.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Snyder via IG:

“Henry Cavill is Superman.”

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 5d

Dan da Dan: or, what if FLCL, but with about 15-20% more horror?

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

Okay, am I crazy or...?

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC

Gangle acting as the manager of Spudsy's in episode 4 of The Amazing Digital Circus.

John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

And on that topic, random thought: Pomni was an accountant - an accountant would work in an office-type setting, right? Might that connect somehow? I don't know, I'm just throwing stuff at the wall here.

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC

John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

I mean, that would explain that moment with the pictures in episode 6, right? If he's just as in the dark about its nature as everyone else is, despite supposedly being the guy in charge...

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

Back to Caine's hesitation earlier - like I said, some part of that statement is a lie, but which part? Or IS it only one part?

I'll throw a theory out there: Caine wasn't actually aware of the office space until Pomni went there.

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

While we're on the subject, did anybody notice the model of the Tent next to the monitor on the desk here?

Fun but meaningless Easter Egg, or actually plot relevant?

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC

Caine floating behind a desk in an office. There is a tiny model of the circus tent beside the computer monitor.

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

One other thing we know: Caine is able to travel between all three realms at will.

...but he definitely seems preoccupied with the office space for some reason.

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC

Clain floating behind a desk in an office.

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

What we definitely know (apparently) for sure: the Circus is inside the Void, which is inside the office space.

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC

The Amazing Digital Circus, on an island floating in The Void, a while glowing space that seemingly goes on forever.

The Void, a while glowing space that seemingly goes on forever.

A computer on a desk in an an empty office space. The computer's monitor is on, showing only white.

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

"I was having so much trouble figuring out what to put on the other side and ended up never quite finishing it." - okay, so SOME part of this statement isn't true, right? That little hesitation and his eyes darting back and forth...

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

Two things that make it difficult to guess where The Amazing Digital Circus's story is going are that:

1) We still have no way of knowing what role The Void will play, and

2) We still have no idea what this person's deal is.

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC

The mysterious mannuquin character from the end of episode 5 of The Amazing Digital Circus.

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

Bluesky just ate a post I was writing. Cool.

John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 7d

Anybody notice how the inside of some parts of the circus look like a castle?

Kinger and Queenie seem to have been the earliest arrivals (though we don't know that for sure) - could that be related somehow, or...?

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC

Screencap from the pilot of The Amazing Digital Circus. Caine, in extreme close-up, takes up the right side of the frame, with Ragatha and Zooble in the distance on the left side. Behind them is a wall, made of an in-game equivalent of bricks or stones of some kind, with pointed arch windows.

John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 8d

My impression of the TRON franchise -as someone who admittedly only ever saw the first movie- is that it's mostly just Disney trying to make fetch happen.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 9d

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 8d

I wonder if Pomni was that short in the real world.

John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 8d

Anyway, Twitter isn't a message board, it's Twitter, and I don't know what any of its users is supposed to DO about it. I'm just complaining.

John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 8d

I remember when U2 played Dreamfest -the Salesforce thing- and people were discussing the rehearsals for it on one of the fan forums.

NOBODY put ANYTHING behind spoiler tags! I basically knew the whole setlist before they actually played the show! Drove me nuts.

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 8d

(Though a lot of people might not have the courtesy to actually USE the spoiler function when warranted)

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 8d

I'd really rather see this for the first time properly. I mean, I'll acknowledge I'm not 100% consistent here, because it's not as if I never look at prerelease leaks of any kind, but I really feel like that should be up to me.

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John Talx About @johntalxabout.bsky.social · 8d

I keep stumbling across camrip videos/pics of that #TheAmazingDigitalCircus preview on Twitter, and I gotta say, it's kind of annoying how Twitter has no "spoiler" function like message boards do. The closest thing they've got is to misuse the "sensitive content" function.

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