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A curated platter of pop culture chatter. Movies! Comics! Books! Old, uncool music! Progressive theology! Photos from hikes I’ve taken! The world’s on fire. I’ll have things to say about that. Bluesky Elder & world’s biggest Martian Manhunter fan.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello, Bluesky! Allow me to introduce myself.

I’m MMorzz. I love comics, movies, books, & music. Sometimes I write about them. My idea of a good time is a long hike, followed by reading comics & books to the sound of jazz, big band music, & good old rock n roll, & ending with damn good movies. 📽️📚💙

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Bryan Thomas @munkiman.bsky.social · 8h

Drew Struzan (b. 1947 - d. October 13, 2025, age 78) was best known for creating over 150 iconic, hand-painted movie posters during the 1980s and '90s. His distinctive airbrushed-style illustrations defined the look of major movie franchises. Here's a few lesser-known images he did (more: alt text)

Return to Macon County (1975; d. Richard Compton)

A sequel, a small town, and young Nick Nolte, Don Johnson, and Robin Mattson.

A Small Town in Texas (1976; d. Jack Starrett)

Timothy Bottoms, Susan George, and Bo Hopkins sweat it out in another small town.

Harry and Walter Go to New York (1977; d. Mark Rydell)

James Caan and Elliott Gould star in a 19th century bank heist picture.

Meatballs III: Summer Job (1987; d. George Menduluk)

Patrick Dempsey goes to summer camp. "This will be his year to score!"

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 7h

In the press blurbs for the publicity tour, and nowhere else.

MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 7h

I remember waiting, like, hours for it to download on my school computer. 🎵Memmmmories…🎵

MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 7h

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang, but…[SIGH] an AI generated “bang”

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 8h

OpenAI CEO announces they will soon allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 8h

THESE PEOPLE ARE RIDICULOUS.

RIDICULOUS.

THEY ARE THREATENED BY NAKEDNESS BY DIFFERENCE BY COMPASSION BY OH I DONT KNOW THE WIND PROBABLY

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Zaki Hasan @zakiscorner.bsky.social · 18h

So many iconic images throughout my life came from this man.

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

gizmodo.com

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 11h

A Legend Has Fallen.

Pay your respects here. Post your favorite Stuzan artwork in the replies. #filmsky

Dark Horizons @darkhorizons.bsky.social · 11h

Film Poster Icon Drew Struzan Has Died
www.darkhorizons.com/film-poster-...

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 13h

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

dying at rightwingers falling for what looks like an ai generated turning points USA half time show with special guest “measles”

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Ralph Bakshi @ralphbakshi.bsky.social · 1d

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 2d

This response is beyond insulting to the American people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 2d

Michael Clayton was released 18 years ago today. Today I reflect on what it says about moral aptitude and what it means to do the right thing.

Michael Clayton

October 12 2007, the final Year of Cinema week 41

hudsucker.substack.com

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 2d

Being president is a pretty unique job. I feel like a man who doesn't know when he had that job is probably not qualified to continue in that job.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump No Longer Remembers That He Was President and Controlled the FBI on January 6, 2021, Confirming Americans' Worst Fears About His Advanced Dementia

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 3d

Interview With The Vampire (1994) is a sumptuous visual and auditory feast with terrific performances from Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, and Stephen Rae (Brad Pitt’s kind of a stiff, but not fatally so).

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 3d

Holy shit.

36 Years Later, DC Will Finally Publish a Controversial Canceled Comic Where Swamp Thing Meets Jesus Christ | NYCC 2025 - IGN

In 1989, DC canceled a Swamp Thing comic that would have seen the noble hero meet Jesus Christ. Now, 36 years later, that controversial story will finally see the light of day.

www.ign.com

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 3d

They hate America’s freedoms. They hate our ability to speak our minds, our ability to worship (or not) as we choose; they hate the free press and the equality of women and minorities and of the LGBTQ+ communities.

They are profoundly un-American.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 3d

Oh boy!

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 3d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 4d

Boy do I enjoy season one of The Rings of Power. As a huge Jackson-trilogy LotR fan it feels of a piece with those films and of an admirably high quality. I’ve no idea how faithful it is or what others think about it, but I’m excited to start season two.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 4d

My Pixar Top Ten, in no order

Toy Story
A Bug’s Life
Toy Story 2
Monsters Inc.
The incredibles
WALL-E
UP
Brave
Inside Out
Luca

MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 4d

I maintain that Pixar’s LUCA is top ten stuff. Their most Ghibli-ish film with a wonderfully Miyazakian sense of time & place; a marvelous focus on, and emotional specificity about, boys’ friendships. Sasha Baron Cohen shows up in this film for literally ONE MINUTE & makes me laugh uproariously.

MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 4d