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David James

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Writer & editor. Denver. 🏳️‍🌈 Davidjameswrites.com https://open.substack.com/pub/davidjameswrites https://boxd.it/20WR7

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David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 3d

High of 78 on Nov. 2 and I return to office tomorrow

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 4d

Asian fusion? Oh, you mean like when I put Louisiana hot sauce on my leftover beef lo mein??

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 11d

Your mind

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 12d

A solid spooky week. Seeing Frankenstein tonight! #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Four movies with ratings on Letterboxd
Shelby Oaks: 4 stars
The Innocents (2022): 4 stars
Strange Harvest: 3 stars
Mad God: 3.5 stars

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 12d

Got our Wake Up Dead Man tickets

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 17d

If you go as Nightwing for Halloween you better not post what your butt looks like in the costume 😤 I would be soooo mad 😡😡😡

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 18d

Nothing is more Neolib than destroying the environment to make an AI protest poster 😭 Whatever happened to last-minute trips to Michael’s to grab thick markers and poster board bro. We used to be a society

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 18d

I saw the X-mansion Lego set in a store and didn’t impulse purchase it with money I don’t have…stronger than the troops

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 26d

Started Silent Hill f tonight and I’m stressed as fuck

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 26d

How I felt writing “ubiquitous liminal cinematic space” about The Mothman Prophecies

a close up of a woman 's face with curly blonde hair .

Alt: Carrie Bradshaw nods in self-assurance

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David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 26d

31 days of Halloween horror marathon is still going strong. I like to write something for all the movies I watch. Find me there! #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

The Mothman Prophecies (4 stars)
Speak No Evil (2022) (4.5 stars)
Chopping Mall (3 stars)
Hell House, LLC: Origins (3.5 stars)

A review of The Mothman Prophecies:

There's a ubiquitous liminal cinematic space that exists between the analog and the digital in movies from this era. It's hard for me to properly describe; like the entire vibe of the movie rests on the tip of your tongue. To me, they are so dialed into this new millennium grief that it feels like watching a memory-or a nightmare. And I think the fact that I watched this on a DVD copy that I found at a second-hand store added to the ambience.
There's an oppressive weight to this movie, and I think it's severely underrated-much like Pellinger's other major movie, Arlington Road (one of my all-timers). We walk with the characters through grief and mystery. And it proves that sometimes, in monster movies, ambiguity is better. You don't need to see the mothman because eyewitness accounts and disembodied voices help you paint a picture of how horrifying it is in your head, like looking into a too-dark corner. Sometimes, your own imagination becomes your own worst enemy.
A perfect movie to watch on a cloudy morning when the cats wake you up too early.

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David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 27d

1.0 implies there will be a 2.0 😭

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 28d

I started last season because of Carson & Jack’s social presence and I was like “sure I’ll watch 38 because of BB!” But it feels like everybody is just staying in the same place

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 28d

A simple solution? Reward challenges. But everything is so cheap now. I’m ready for 2 tribes, more fluidity instead of a pre-jury filled with “core fours” #survivor

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · 28d

Disaster Tribe seasons just aren’t fun. And the new era is FILLED with them. It turns into a have/have-not situation #Survivor

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David James @davidjames.bsky.social · Oct 6

Mind you 1 billion of these are #BB27 posts

Bluesky @bsky.app · Oct 6

we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳

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David James @davidjames.bsky.social · Oct 6

Just saw a TikTok comment that said “lifes not that deep” and idk I think life might be one of the deepest things tbh

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · Oct 4

They should make a video game set in feudal japan

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · Oct 3

And the craziest part is that even the new “reboots” reference lore!

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David James @davidjames.bsky.social · Oct 3

The concept of my physical disc-based video game media needing to download the game software from the internet to become playable

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · Oct 2

Oh hell yeah

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · Oct 2

I got sixth place in my group and will be advancing to round 2 this weekend! #WritingCommunity

6th Place:
"The Dragoncloud"' by David James
SYNOPSIS - In a desert of purple sand and lonely huts, the youngest of three sons yearns for something more. He finds it in the mysterious Dragoncloud.

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · Oct 1

Happy October, freaks! If you’re not accidentally watching Halloween 4 & 5 at least 20 times because a channel is playing in the background, you’re not doing it right!

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · Sep 29

Returning to normal BlueSky as if I didn’t spend the last 3 months posting about a show set in a parking lot

David James @davidjames.bsky.social · Sep 29

Even with the worst twist we’ve ever seen….i can’t believe we got this amazing storyline in its wake. #BB27