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Matthew Catania

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Ahoy! I'm almost clever! THE DOLOROUS ADVENTURE OF BROTHER BANENOSE, an illustrated medieval fantasy comedy, is out of print. My second novel is coming eventually! mattthecatania.wordpress.com

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Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 4d

I'd been sitting on this Cheetah Barbie meme for so long before finally deciding to pop it into my Peacemaker season two blog.
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Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 9d

I’m glad Kristen Wiig got a second chance to play crazy cat lady in Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie!
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#Caturday #Cheetah #WonderWoman

"This Barbie is an apex predator!" over Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig) from Wonder Woman 1984

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 21m

People will continue to misidentify extinct animals as dinosaurs until a snappier term than "prehistoric reptillian megafauna that don't meet the morphological criteria for dinosaurs" is coined.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 14h

They're finally getting revenge on him for deconstructing Ernie's pyramid.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 18h

Hasbro deliberately painted Storm's bracelets wrong in the last two-pack to trick people into buying her again in a new two-pack years later with the correct colored bracelets.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 19h

More vampires should be entranced by rotary telephones.

Sesame Street Muppets GIF

Alt: Count Von Count & Ernie with a rotary phone in Sesame Street.

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Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 21h

Werewolf By Night is such a stud that he cuckolded both Morbius The Living Vampire & Deadpool.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 21h

But what should you collectively call a mixed assortment of them?

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 22h

The Haunted Tank is cancelled.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 1d

What is the proper designation for prehistoric reptiles that don't meet dinosaur criteria?

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 1d

Disney could've used the millions it squandered on Tron Ares to make another season of Willow.

a man is peeking out from behind a wooden shelf in a dark room .

Alt: Princess Kit Tanthalos (Ruby Cruz) is peeking out from behind a wooden shelf in a dark room in Willow.

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Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 1d

The bear will be invisible.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky lists Caturday trending twice right now.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 1d

Gotham's Azrael is more like a Talon than the ones the Court Of Owls used later.

a man in a black hooded costume says i am the angel of death

Alt: Theo Galavan as Azrael (James Frain) says "I am The Angel Of Death" in Gotham season 2.

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Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 1d

My familiar arrived late to her Caturday ensnugglement after dreams were already in progress without her. She had to nap in two non-leg locations first.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 2d

Isabela Merced needs a more unique Hawkgirl costume in Man Of Tomorrow. Her corporate Justice Gang suit is so bland. Even with comics colors added, she’d just resemble Rogue. Perhaps Kendra Saunders’s & Shayera Hall’s costumes could be combined?
#DCStudios #Superman
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A fan mock-up of Isabela Merced wearing a more comics accurate Hawkgirl costume with short hair so she's unmistakably Kendra Saunders not a prior incarnation.

Fan art of Hawkgirl combining Shayera Hall's & Kendra Saunders's costumes with less exposed skin that'd work best on a chiseled actress.

Ciara Renee's Beeboverse Hawkgirl costume wasn't comics accurate either, but it did convey "hawk" well.

A bright copper helmet would make her stand out, especially if Dr. Fate's gold helmet is introduced. I don't understand why none of the live action helmets include lenses to protect Hawkgirl's eyes.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 2d

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Trick or Treat Possum Style

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Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 2d

Best Buy's website wouldn't let me log into my account, yet it did let me order Batman Returns Catwoman as a guest.

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Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 2d

Now that she's got two episodes of Peacemaker under her belt, DC Studios should give Alethea Jones a whole movie. Marvel Studios already let another Lodge 49 director do Thunderbolts*.
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Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 3d

Don't call Big Barda (from Tangent Joker #1) "Barbie!"

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 3d

Leah Lewis or Jennifer Tong ought to be Jubilee in the MCU's X-Men.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 3d

Primate, an upcoming chimpsloitation horror movie, reminds me of a less humorous Slotherhouse.

Slotherhouse was so good!

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 4d

How else do you expect to be poisoned by the sole copy of Aristotle's Second Book On Poetics?

a bald man covering his face with his hands in a dark room

Alt: Medieval monks pioneer facepalming in The Name Of The Rose.

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Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 4d

I'd been sitting on this Cheetah Barbie meme for so long before finally deciding to pop it into my Peacemaker season two blog.
mattthecatania.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/p...

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 9d

I’m glad Kristen Wiig got a second chance to play crazy cat lady in Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie!
mattthecatania.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/p...
#Caturday #Cheetah #WonderWoman

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 4d

Joke's on you, nearly detached phone screen; I can read backwards!

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 4d

It's always lovely when UPS says your package has been delivered with a photo of a someone else's door.

Matthew Catania @mattthecatania.bsky.social · 5d

Apparently Tron: Ares also has a good Joker in it:
Cameron Monaghan

a man in a blue suit and red tie says i wanna be the star of the show

Alt: Gotham's Jeremiah Valeska (Cameron Monaghan) says "I wanna be the star of the show."

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