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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 16h

Need to share for anyone who doesn't know the story of how Drew Struzan painted the poster art for The Thing in less than 24 hours

The Thing | The story behind Drew Struzan's iconic poster

Artist Drew Struzan created an iconic poster for John Carpenter’s The Thing. Incredibly, it was conceived and painted in a matter of hours…

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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 16h

As a tribute to the late Drew Struzan, a piece from the archives: how the artist created an iconic poster for The Thing in a matter of hours. RIP, Mr Struzan.
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The Thing | The story behind Drew Struzan's iconic poster

Artist Drew Struzan created an iconic poster for John Carpenter’s The Thing. Incredibly, it was conceived and painted in a matter of hours…

filmstories.co.uk

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 18h

Genuinely sad news. But what an artist he was.

Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 19h

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 2d

Writing in the dark

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 3d

Get the Film Stories exclusive bundle, featuring Issue #57 of the magazine, plus a Krull 4K Ultra-HD & Blu-ray Steelbook - available whilst stocks last!
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Issue #57: Print Magazine + Krull Steelbook

Film Stories exclusive bundle featuring Issue #57 of the magazine, plus the Krull 4K Ultra-HD & Blu-ray Steelbook - available whilst stocks last! Inside the latest issue Film Stories includes huge…

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 3d

Hahahaha holy fuck

Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 3d

My abiding memory of Jared Leto is him pretending not to remember being in Urban Legend.

GN4M: Urban Legend. That was like your lone horror movie. You know, every actor has to succumb to the cheesy horror flick at some point in their career.
JL: What's that?

Wait! That was me in Urban Legend.
IGN4M: When you did Urban Legend.
JL: What's that?
IGN4M: That horror flick you did back in 1998.
JL: I didn't do that.
IGN4M: Yeah you did. You were the college newspaper reporter...
JL: I was?
IGN4M: Yeah.
JL: Get the $%&* outta here! What are you talkin' about [laughs].
IGN4M: Urban Legend, dude. That horror movie about urban myths with Rebecca Gayheart.
JL: I don't even remember that.
IGN4M: Okay...obviously it wasn't that good of an experience then.
JL: [laughs] I don't even know what you're talkin' about dude.
IGN4M: You were the damn lead, this college newspaper reporter and all the kids in school were dying around you.
JL: That's so weird. I've never even heard of that movie.
IGN4M: You're kidding, right?
JL: No.
IGN4M: Alright, dude.
JL: [laughs]
IGN4M: Seems like you've erased a minor historical footnote in your burgeoning film career.
JL: I must of had a blackout [laughs].
IGN4M: I guess we're all allowed one of those.
JL: Yeah [laughs]. You live and you learn, you know what I mean?

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 3d

Shinobi Vs Grim Reaper

Sky News @news.sky.com · 3d

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after attack in prison

Paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in prison.

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 3d

The most powerful people on the planet are insane.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 3d

The AI industry is worth $20bn per year in revenue, which sounds great until someone points out it needs a minimum of $320bn to break even.

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 4d

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 3d

Christlander 2: The Christening

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 3d

Jim Caviezel will not return to play Jesus Christ for director Mel Gibson‘s forthcoming follow-ups to the smash hit The Passion of the Christ, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Jim Caviezel Won’t Return as Jesus for Mel Gibson’s ‘Resurrection of the Christ’

Jim Caviezel will not return to play Jesus Christ for director Mel Gibson‘s forthcoming follow-ups to the smash hit The Passion of the Christ, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 3d

Pamela Voorhees, the original hockey mom.

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 3d

A really lovely, florid greetings card, then you open it up and it says inside, in gold letters, "shut the fuck up."

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 3d

The equivalent of a mother in a gangster movie. "I DON'T WANT YOUR BLOOD MONEY."

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 4d

We'll do some more analysis later I'm sure

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 4d

Not yet, but we figured out that shanging the lightest low and putting the heaviest centrally on the top results in a win...

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 4d

Saturday morning Buckaroo experiments with my daughter. Turns out that pesky blue hat really IS the heaviest.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 4d

From one iconic design to another: Tron (1982) & Akira (1988)

Director and writer Katsuhiro Ōtomo: “In terms of Kaneda's bike in Akira, the initial inspiration was the lightcycles from Tron designed by Syd Mead. However, they are wide, so I halved them and used that as an initial basis.”

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 4d

Fascinating thread.

Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 4d

It occurs to me that the Doctor's polyethnic identity in recent times recontextualises Peter Davison's casting in quite an interesting way.
(For context, although you'd be unlikely to guess it by looking at him, Davison's paternal family is Guyanese. He has close relatives who are visibly Black.)

Peter Davison, a fair-skinned blond man, as the fifth Doctor, circa 1982.

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 4d

As a final little easter egg, the destination on bus reads, "MEAD-MOEBIUS"

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 4d

This just reminded me that Tron: Ares brings the creative inspiration full-circle by having a lightcycle do an Akira powerslide. Also a bus does an Akira powerslide.

The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 4d

Tron (1982): Light Cycle, art by Syd Mead

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 4d

As #TronAres spawns in cinemas, I spoke to animator Bill Kroyer about his work on the ground-breaking 1982 original, and why it was never even nominated for an Oscar.

Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 4d

In 1982, #Tron’s CG visual effects were so new that they completely confused Academy voters. Animator Bill Kroyer recalls what happened...
filmstories.co.uk/news/why-tro...

Why Tron didn't get a VFX Oscar nomination in 1982

In 1982, Tron’s CG visual effects were so new that they completely confused Academy voters. Animator Bill Kroyer recalls what happened.

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 4d

Look at this. It's EXACTLY the kind of initiative I can imagine Reform dreaming up.
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Reeves and Mortimer - Councillors Cox & Evans - Fun Bins

YouTube video by Colin Shaw

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 4d

“The famous thing is, we basically sold Disney a film that we had no way to make. When we started the movie, the tools to make it didn’t exist. [Director Steven Lisberger] had the balls to go in with this idea and say, ‘We’re gonna figure it out.’ I don’t think there’s ever been a film like Tron.”

Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 4d

In 1982, #Tron’s CG visual effects were so new that they completely confused Academy voters. Animator Bill Kroyer recalls what happened...
filmstories.co.uk/news/why-tro...

Why Tron didn't get a VFX Oscar nomination in 1982

In 1982, Tron’s CG visual effects were so new that they completely confused Academy voters. Animator Bill Kroyer recalls what happened.

filmstories.co.uk

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 4d

And then a stint in a cryo chamber to recover from whatever the hell that 90 minute snack was (a whole side of venison?)

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 4d

"At last: a shoe buff on Marine Way."