Brantley Aufill
@iseefrants.bsky.social
Screenwriter, film-lover, physical media fan.
Black List 2012 with THE HOOVERVILLE DEAD.
Black List 2012 with THE HOOVERVILLE DEAD.
An "ooops AI deleted my wife's photos" but on a classified defense server sounds fun
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
An "ooops AI deleted my wife's photos" but on a classified defense server sounds fun
A producer once told me about a studio executive that never read the scripts, just read coverage and met with the writers to make decisions. She was horrified, like "most of the writers I meet are awkward as hell in real life but their scripts are brilliant!"
I just don’t want “film a video and hope it goes viral” to be a “reasonable” expectation of authors!! I hate being on video! I am too awkward for video!
February 12, 2026 at 9:41 PM
A producer once told me about a studio executive that never read the scripts, just read coverage and met with the writers to make decisions. She was horrified, like "most of the writers I meet are awkward as hell in real life but their scripts are brilliant!"
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Please, please get a colonoscopy. The prep kind of sucks, but it's the best sleep you'll ever have. And it could save your life.
James Van Der Beek, Dawson's Creek actor, dies aged 48
The father of six starred in multiple popular shows and films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Please, please get a colonoscopy. The prep kind of sucks, but it's the best sleep you'll ever have. And it could save your life.
Trying to think of some random ones.
*batteries not included ('87)
SUPERGIRL ('84)
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME ('85)
BABY: SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND ('85)
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR ('86) many times!
WRATH OF KAHN ('82)
THREE FUGITIVES ('89) not so much a flex as very random
STRICTLY BALLROOM ('93)
*batteries not included ('87)
SUPERGIRL ('84)
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME ('85)
BABY: SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND ('85)
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR ('86) many times!
WRATH OF KAHN ('82)
THREE FUGITIVES ('89) not so much a flex as very random
STRICTLY BALLROOM ('93)
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 11, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Trying to think of some random ones.
*batteries not included ('87)
SUPERGIRL ('84)
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME ('85)
BABY: SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND ('85)
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR ('86) many times!
WRATH OF KAHN ('82)
THREE FUGITIVES ('89) not so much a flex as very random
STRICTLY BALLROOM ('93)
*batteries not included ('87)
SUPERGIRL ('84)
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME ('85)
BABY: SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND ('85)
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR ('86) many times!
WRATH OF KAHN ('82)
THREE FUGITIVES ('89) not so much a flex as very random
STRICTLY BALLROOM ('93)
Put a bag over your head, you absolute idiot, and tell me how great CO2 is. It's not the CO2 itself, it's the AMOUNT OF IT.
The dose makes the poison, too much of anything can kill you.
We need water to live, but drink too much at once and you die.
We need oxygen to live, too much and you die.
The dose makes the poison, too much of anything can kill you.
We need water to live, but drink too much at once and you die.
We need oxygen to live, too much and you die.
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Put a bag over your head, you absolute idiot, and tell me how great CO2 is. It's not the CO2 itself, it's the AMOUNT OF IT.
The dose makes the poison, too much of anything can kill you.
We need water to live, but drink too much at once and you die.
We need oxygen to live, too much and you die.
The dose makes the poison, too much of anything can kill you.
We need water to live, but drink too much at once and you die.
We need oxygen to live, too much and you die.
I taped this off the TV and wore out that VHS. Can still hear the music, the voices, the ZOO theme music.
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I taped this off the TV and wore out that VHS. Can still hear the music, the voices, the ZOO theme music.
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Are there such games today?
February 8, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Are there such games today?
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
This movie is nuts and I kinda love it.
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming on May 25th on #4K in the UK from #BFI: #TheCatsThatAteParis (1974)!
A new 4K restoration of Peter Weir’s cult Ozploitation debut, available on UHD for the first time.
While travelling across Australia in search of work, two brothers collide with an oncoming car.
Coming on May 25th on #4K in the UK from #BFI: #TheCatsThatAteParis (1974)!
A new 4K restoration of Peter Weir’s cult Ozploitation debut, available on UHD for the first time.
While travelling across Australia in search of work, two brothers collide with an oncoming car.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
This movie is nuts and I kinda love it.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
10 years ago today he came in 2nd in the Iowa Caucuses, blamed it on 'fraud', and demanded a nullification or a new election.
Back then it was transparently pathetic to everyone.
Back then it was transparently pathetic to everyone.
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
10 years ago today he came in 2nd in the Iowa Caucuses, blamed it on 'fraud', and demanded a nullification or a new election.
Back then it was transparently pathetic to everyone.
Back then it was transparently pathetic to everyone.
All day long.
What is your favorite pen? Honestly I think the Pilot G2 is the pinnacle of human achievement in writing.
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
All day long.
"What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?"
- anonymous senior Republican official, Nov 2020
- anonymous senior Republican official, Nov 2020
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 6:18 PM
"What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?"
- anonymous senior Republican official, Nov 2020
- anonymous senior Republican official, Nov 2020
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A reminder that she was in her early 20s when she completely upturned the world of sketch comedy, creating literally dozens of characters and inhabiting dozens more celebrities with her look and voice.
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
A reminder that she was in her early 20s when she completely upturned the world of sketch comedy, creating literally dozens of characters and inhabiting dozens more celebrities with her look and voice.
January 30, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Totally normal times for a US city's newspaper to feel the need to inform its citizens what different crowd control munitions look like.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Totally normal times for a US city's newspaper to feel the need to inform its citizens what different crowd control munitions look like.
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
Hmmm, what could have contributed to a "lack of sea ice" and "warmer temperatures add[ing] energy to the polar vortex"...?
January 23, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Hmmm, what could have contributed to a "lack of sea ice" and "warmer temperatures add[ing] energy to the polar vortex"...?
January 23, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
JFC if they haven't learned by now that they're going to be labeled all kinds of horrible shit no matter what they do, i don't know what to tell ya.
Stand up for important things because they're important. Stop focus-grouping every little snack you want to maybe eat.
Stand up for important things because they're important. Stop focus-grouping every little snack you want to maybe eat.
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:44 PM
JFC if they haven't learned by now that they're going to be labeled all kinds of horrible shit no matter what they do, i don't know what to tell ya.
Stand up for important things because they're important. Stop focus-grouping every little snack you want to maybe eat.
Stand up for important things because they're important. Stop focus-grouping every little snack you want to maybe eat.
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"Fetch boom could falter without wider adoption, Gretchen from Mean Girls warns"
January 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"Fetch boom could falter without wider adoption, Gretchen from Mean Girls warns"