James Hamilton
@jameshamiltonwriter.com
Emmy nominated wordclown. Head Writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld (Netflix) and Dogs In Space (Netflix).
Creator of award winning horror-comedy-mock-doc Murder for Dummies (murderfordummies.com).
Londoner lurking in LA. jameshamiltonwriter.com
Creator of award winning horror-comedy-mock-doc Murder for Dummies (murderfordummies.com).
Londoner lurking in LA. jameshamiltonwriter.com
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I'd love to connect with more creatives on here, so: intro post!
I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...
I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...
Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld | Official Teaser | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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In case you missed it: Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld has been nominated for THREE Children's & Family Emmy awards, including... Outstanding Writing!
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
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This is something about "AI" that I have a hard time putting into words, but creators just love the WORK. It's just fun. Even when it's hard. All the thinking, and all the detail work, and all the struggle, it makes the things we make, I don't know... have weight and value for us.
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This is something about "AI" that I have a hard time putting into words, but creators just love the WORK. It's just fun. Even when it's hard. All the thinking, and all the detail work, and all the struggle, it makes the things we make, I don't know... have weight and value for us.
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this this this this this
we do it because we must and for all the pain and difficulty (and sometimes, suffering) it can bring, we truly LOVE IT and every single thing we make means something to us
because it came from us and it is part of us
we do it because we must and for all the pain and difficulty (and sometimes, suffering) it can bring, we truly LOVE IT and every single thing we make means something to us
because it came from us and it is part of us
This is something about "AI" that I have a hard time putting into words, but creators just love the WORK. It's just fun. Even when it's hard. All the thinking, and all the detail work, and all the struggle, it makes the things we make, I don't know... have weight and value for us.
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
this this this this this
we do it because we must and for all the pain and difficulty (and sometimes, suffering) it can bring, we truly LOVE IT and every single thing we make means something to us
because it came from us and it is part of us
we do it because we must and for all the pain and difficulty (and sometimes, suffering) it can bring, we truly LOVE IT and every single thing we make means something to us
because it came from us and it is part of us
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If I were to create some kind of writing for animation online course in 2026 that draws on my work from Jentry / Dogs In Space / Gumball / soon-to-be-announced new project etc, would you be into it y/n
December 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If I were to create some kind of writing for animation online course in 2026 that draws on my work from Jentry / Dogs In Space / Gumball / soon-to-be-announced new project etc, would you be into it y/n
If I were to create some kind of writing for animation online course in 2026 that draws on my work from Jentry / Dogs In Space / Gumball / soon-to-be-announced new project etc, would you be into it y/n
December 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If I were to create some kind of writing for animation online course in 2026 that draws on my work from Jentry / Dogs In Space / Gumball / soon-to-be-announced new project etc, would you be into it y/n
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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Oh no, we can't loose the strict adherence to traditional ideas of gender and sexuality that the Looney Tunes cartoons were so famous for.
December 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Oh no, we can't loose the strict adherence to traditional ideas of gender and sexuality that the Looney Tunes cartoons were so famous for.
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It's the moment when he takes the medal out of the box and puts it on himself for me. That's one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen lol. He's so desperate to get it.
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's the moment when he takes the medal out of the box and puts it on himself for me. That's one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen lol. He's so desperate to get it.
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There’s been many times where higher ups wanted a show to look like a hit thing because they thought that would help them also be a hit. But even though I’m an artist, I argue that usually the element to pay attention to is the themes and writing first. The art sells it, but get that foundation.
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
There’s been many times where higher ups wanted a show to look like a hit thing because they thought that would help them also be a hit. But even though I’m an artist, I argue that usually the element to pay attention to is the themes and writing first. The art sells it, but get that foundation.
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This absolutely broke me.
Okay @erinbiba.bsky.social it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This absolutely broke me.
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1. This is not what fog of war means.
2. There is no war
3. He's trying to distance himself from murders he had direct responsibility over
4. All I can think of when I hear this phrase now is Elon Musk complaining that he hates chess because it has no fog of war.
2. There is no war
3. He's trying to distance himself from murders he had direct responsibility over
4. All I can think of when I hear this phrase now is Elon Musk complaining that he hates chess because it has no fog of war.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
1. This is not what fog of war means.
2. There is no war
3. He's trying to distance himself from murders he had direct responsibility over
4. All I can think of when I hear this phrase now is Elon Musk complaining that he hates chess because it has no fog of war.
2. There is no war
3. He's trying to distance himself from murders he had direct responsibility over
4. All I can think of when I hear this phrase now is Elon Musk complaining that he hates chess because it has no fog of war.
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
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Here's the ultimate Black Friday deal: for a limited time only*, all six episodes of the MULTI AWARD WINNING comedy series I made with my friends are available to watch... completely free!
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Here's the ultimate Black Friday deal: for a limited time only*, all six episodes of the MULTI AWARD WINNING comedy series I made with my friends are available to watch... completely free!
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
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Wake Up Dead Man is such a delight. I’m so grateful these clever, funny, emotional movies exist. Josh O’Conner is incredible in it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Wake Up Dead Man is such a delight. I’m so grateful these clever, funny, emotional movies exist. Josh O’Conner is incredible in it.
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I made Murder for Dummies with my comedy group Casual Violence. It's the culmination of everything we learned from fifteen years (!) of making comedy together.
It's Garth Marenghi meets Agatha Christie; it's spooky and silly and thrilling and *free*. All we want is for YOU to find it and enjoy it!
It's Garth Marenghi meets Agatha Christie; it's spooky and silly and thrilling and *free*. All we want is for YOU to find it and enjoy it!
Murder For Dummies | a horror comedy web series
Murder for Dummies is a horror-comedy murder mystery series, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary. Who killed the world's best loved ventriloquist? Knives Out meets Garth Marenghi's Darkpla...
murderfordummies.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I made Murder for Dummies with my comedy group Casual Violence. It's the culmination of everything we learned from fifteen years (!) of making comedy together.
It's Garth Marenghi meets Agatha Christie; it's spooky and silly and thrilling and *free*. All we want is for YOU to find it and enjoy it!
It's Garth Marenghi meets Agatha Christie; it's spooky and silly and thrilling and *free*. All we want is for YOU to find it and enjoy it!
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Murder for Dummies was a three year labour of love - my friends and I collaborated to make an entire TV show all by ourselves, and released it online this time last year, completely free.
Here's the trailer if you're, for some reason, still on the fence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQm2...
Here's the trailer if you're, for some reason, still on the fence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQm2...
Murder For Dummies - Series Trailer
YouTube video by Casual Violence
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Murder for Dummies was a three year labour of love - my friends and I collaborated to make an entire TV show all by ourselves, and released it online this time last year, completely free.
Here's the trailer if you're, for some reason, still on the fence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQm2...
Here's the trailer if you're, for some reason, still on the fence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQm2...
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If the new Knives Out has given you a hunger for more murder mysteries, this is the show for you!
It's a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary. I'm pretty sure @rianjohnson.bsky.social would love it.
youtu.be/9wD6ndC_8hI?...
It's a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary. I'm pretty sure @rianjohnson.bsky.social would love it.
youtu.be/9wD6ndC_8hI?...
Murder for Dummies -- Episode 01: Victim
YouTube video by Casual Violence
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November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If the new Knives Out has given you a hunger for more murder mysteries, this is the show for you!
It's a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary. I'm pretty sure @rianjohnson.bsky.social would love it.
youtu.be/9wD6ndC_8hI?...
It's a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary. I'm pretty sure @rianjohnson.bsky.social would love it.
youtu.be/9wD6ndC_8hI?...
Here's the ultimate Black Friday deal: for a limited time only*, all six episodes of the MULTI AWARD WINNING comedy series I made with my friends are available to watch... completely free!
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Here's the ultimate Black Friday deal: for a limited time only*, all six episodes of the MULTI AWARD WINNING comedy series I made with my friends are available to watch... completely free!
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
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“I bought this house when it was only 300k and now it’s worth 2m, why should I have to leave because I can’t afford a tax???” - so you’re saying you’ve made over a million quid in profit off a house just by it existing and you’re now complaining that’s getting taxed a bit
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“I bought this house when it was only 300k and now it’s worth 2m, why should I have to leave because I can’t afford a tax???” - so you’re saying you’ve made over a million quid in profit off a house just by it existing and you’re now complaining that’s getting taxed a bit
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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this is, again, a case of someone who has not done any kind of real work in decades (maybe ever, she has a degree in political science and has been doing HR her entire career) who think the bullshit they sleepwalk through every day is work and don't understand why real human beings get tired by it
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
this is, again, a case of someone who has not done any kind of real work in decades (maybe ever, she has a degree in political science and has been doing HR her entire career) who think the bullshit they sleepwalk through every day is work and don't understand why real human beings get tired by it
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