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Miss Appropriate @valkyreee.bsky.social · 12h

Love that humans have decided to fix the climate crisis by developing AI to take us out before nature gets a chance.

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 12h

Excited to announce the long awaited re-release of TRICK ‘r'TREAT Original Soundtrack by @douglaspipes.bsky.social! From @waxworkrecords.bsky.social featuring re-mastered audio, deluxe packaging, artwork by yours truly, and all new “Samhain Splatter” colored vinyl! waxworkrecords.com/collections/...

Cover of the album featuring Sam, the creepy creature from the movie, with the bus kids all in halloween costumes

View of the innerfold with Sam and pumpkins plus liner notes and the 2 vinyl albums.

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vampironique emma houxbois @emmahouxbois.bsky.social · 9h

the way you know this is bullshit is that it got laundered through a STEM publication. i was just at a talk with major vfx supervisors knocking down generative ai in film and tv for a whole host of technical and artistic issues it can’t resolve.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 9h

Mike Mignola teams up with his brother, Todd, to write a two-issue miniseries, The Crown: A Tale of Hell. @wocco.bsky.social will be doing the art. (If you haven't read the Meinhardt and Knox books yet, you should check those out!) #1 is out February 11, 2026 #Hellboy #comics @darkhorse.com

Mike Mignola @mikemignola.bsky.social · 17h

Big Hellboy news today over at @nerdist.bsky.social.

nerdist.com/article/hell...

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 9h

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 9h

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 9h

Chaiko's The Monkey King is getting a reprint in a hardcover omnibus from @magneticpress.bsky.social. (Preview art in the next post) www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #comics

Get Ready for THE MONKEY KING Omnibus

From Magnetic Press LLC - Get Ready for THE MONKEY KING Omnibus

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Cullen Bunn @cullenbunn.bsky.social · 11h

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Classic Comic Compendium: HARROW COUNTY - COUNTLESS HAINTS, and the horrors of doubt

Harrow County is a now-classic horror comic from Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook, and Countless Haints is the book at its best.

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GOATS FLYING PRESS @NYCC Booth #1939 @goatsflyingpress.com · 11h

Goats Flying Press is proud to support @kickstarterunited.org in their strike. As a crowd-funded publisher, we depend on the labor of Kickstarter's workers for the success of our campaigns. We offer our solidarity. 🐐🪽✊

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Aubrey (he/him) @aubslace.bsky.social · 10h

Hey Gang! It’s the latest episode of Bookclub Member Comics! This week we discuss By Chance or Providence! Enjoy!

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 10h

Drew Struzan posters you might not see others post today... rest in peace, king.

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 20h

This might help: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie#...

Selkie - Wikipedia

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 20h

@bookclubmembers.bsky.social The man in Demeter is a selkie. The woman hid his cloak so he could not return to the sea.

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 20h

@bookclubmembers.bsky.social So Wolves was originally created for a Japanese anthology. A few years later, when Becky Cloonan wanted to release the story in English, she discovered she had somehow lost the script she had written to be translated into Japanese. So the English version is a rewrite.

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 21h

But, yeah, it is all an illusion, and the smart people know you have got to keep selling that illusion for the whole movie. You can’t make people’s brains too aware of the incongruent messages they’re getting.

Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 21h

I thought the 3D in the first Avatar was very good, occasionally great, but I still had a lot of problems with it. Avatar: The Way of Water was leagues better. The team clearly learnt a lot between movies.

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, and no dolly zooms. Doing that in 3D really fucks people up.

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 21h

The biggest mistakr is they shoot and edit for 2D, not understanding that if you add 3D, there are certain things you can no longer do. It isn't just something you add—it is also subtractive. Say goodbye to depth of field, fast editing, shaky cam, 24fps, etc.—they give people migraines.

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 21h

(As a general rule, add a third of a second for each shot. Make camera moves smooth as silk. Shake rarely and purposefully. And fucking crank that frame rate up high. 60fps minimum, but honestly, it should be more like 96fps. In 3D, I can see the individual frames at 48fps; it is not high enough.

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 21h

So the film needs to be made in a way that chills things the fuck down. Everything in the shot should be in focus, so your eyes don't look at that and try to shift focus and fail. Shots need to be longer so that every time there is a cut, you have time to orient yourself in 3D space.

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 21h

@bookclubmembers.bsky.social Regarding 3D: It is an illusion. Your focal length stays in the same place while mentally you perceive depth, and in moving shots, your eyes are telling you you are moving while your inner ear tells you you are still. These conflicting messages work your brain HARD.

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 21h

In the latest episode, @bookclubmembers.bsky.social is discussing By Chance or Providence by @beckycloonan.bsky.social, one of my all-time favourite comics. www.podbean.com/ea/pb-mhgrs-...

Episode 132 - By Chance or Providence by Becky Cloonan

Cue the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, baby! It is sad and spooooky Halloween times with the bookclub gang on this episode. Check out the listener feedbag, host recommendations and then run away from a...

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 1d

The original English edition compared to the French edition (which sadly arrived a bit beat up).

Lightfall – Volume 1: The Girl & the Galdurian. English edition on the left, French on the right.

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, there are whispers there may be some Chrono Trigger music performed by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra at their Video Game concert in 2026! 🤞(Already confirmed there will be some of Nobuo Uematsu’s Final Fantasy themes.)

Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 1d

two men are sitting at a table with plates of food and cups of coffee and one of them is saying " it tastes like feet "

ALT: two men are sitting at a table with plates of food and cups of coffee and one of them is saying " it tastes like feet "

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