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Noel Thingvall

@noelct.bsky.social

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Podcaster. Blogger. Collects far more comics, books, scripts, tv, and movies than I'll ever get to. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/noelct

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Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · Jul 21

NEW #PODCAST! In the latest episode of Schumacast, @phoenixanew.bsky.social and I are joined by @chebutykin.bsky.social to discuss Joel Schumacher's 2002 thriller Phone Booth! Check it out at the link or at the podcast service of your choice! schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/07/Schu... #Filmsky

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Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 17h

a man is standing in a kitchen holding a cup in his hand and saying `` not today , satan not today '' .

ALT: a man is standing in a kitchen holding a cup in his hand and saying `` not today , satan not today '' .

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Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 17h

My mind instantly went to pizza too.

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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 1d

The new episode of Telefantasy Time Jump is out now and free wherever you get your podcasts or at the link! @lizbethmyles.bsky.social and I watch 1962's Fireball XL-5 and Out of This World! www.patreon.com/posts/141187...

Telefantasy Time Jump #10: Fireball XL5/Out of This World (1962) | Telefantasy Time Jump

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 21h

it is disorienting when you lose someone who you navigate your life to, like a star blinking out of the night sky.
a life lived in fearlessness, she carved out space for so many of us.
an amazing woman.
check out this doc by some of my pals.

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

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Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 19h

I love that for the film The Counselor, they brought in another writer not to rewrite McCarthy, but just to reformat his wall of text pages into something the cast and crew could read.

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Melissa Kaercher @chebutykin.bsky.social · 1d

I heard tonight that Christopher Mills has passed away. I did not know him well, but I did work with him on a couple projects (most notably, Femme Noir #1). He was always a gem to work with. May his memory be a blessing, and may his comics live on and on.

Christopher Mills @atomicpulp.bsky.social · 9d

I only wrote about 100 comics in my so-called career, but now that I'm dying, I'm grateful that I got to do even that. Comics are such a wonderful medium, and they've always meant so much to me.

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Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 1d

I remember that I watched that film, but don't remember anything about watching it.

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 1d

Film novelizations deserve appreciation as a literary skill not everyone can pull off.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 1d

(2/2) but also makes it as poignant now as ever. Unlike similar films that used nudity and violence for exploitative revelry, this uses them to bluntly confront the audience with the reality of torture, and governments who only listen to the truths they tell you to say. #Filmsky

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 1d

(1/2) 4 stars. A heavy but honest watch about the infamous witch trials, their willful brutality, opportunistic hypocrisy, and grotesque misogyny on full display. Doubles as a critique of persecution under modern authoritarian governments, which got it banned for a few decades... #Filmsky

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 1d

#NowWatching Witchhammer (1970) #Filmsky

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Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 1d

#NowWatching Witchhammer (1970) #Filmsky

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing we lost Christopher Mills today. I discovered his work through Tekno Comix, which led me to his many blogs and getting to interact with him directly, and we even got to have him guest on Greystoked. He truly loved the worlds he got to create in. He will be missed.

Christopher Mills @atomicpulp.bsky.social · 9d

I only wrote about 100 comics in my so-called career, but now that I'm dying, I'm grateful that I got to do even that. Comics are such a wonderful medium, and they've always meant so much to me.

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Edwin Davies @edwinjdavies.bsky.social · 1d

On The File Room this week we discuss “Memento Mori.” The X-Files starts to grapple with Scully having cancer, and we try to determine if that successfully grounds the mythology in character, or if the mythology distracts from any attempts at genuine emotion

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Projection Booth Podcast @projectionbooth.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy another self-indulgent EGO FEST: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/10/spec...

Special Report: Ego Fest XV

Mike takes listener questions on filmmaking, co-hosts, and podcast madness in a candid, funny, behind-the-scenes Ego Fest XV.

www.projectionboothpodcast.com

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Nightmare Junkhead @nightmarejunkhead.bsky.social · 1d

This month's commentary has launched both a thousand phobias and a thousand fetishes!
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Commentary: Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Nightmare Junkhead

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afterlunch.bsky.social @afterlunch.bsky.social · 1d

New Episode! @spidey004.bsky.social, @paxholley.com, @jacobbeanwatson.bsky.social, and @michaelmay.bsky.social reconvene our Sherlock Holmes panel to talk about Murder by Decree with Holmes and Watson on the trail of Jack the Ripper.

www.afterlunchpodcast.net/2025/10/392-...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll miss @marcmaron.bsky.social’s voice, but I hope his legacy of deep conversation and connection will continue. Listen to my conversation with Marc on the final episode of the WTF podcast.

Episode 1686 - Barack Obama — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

For the final episode of WTF, Marc travels to Washington, DC for another conversation with the most significant guest in the show’s history. Former President Barack Obama welcomes Marc into his o...

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Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 1d

The pea scene is magnificent.

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 2d

3 stars. It runs too long and the chronology gets confusing in the first half. But it's an effective early wave found footage flick, with a more capable and grounded lead than usual, some nice humor and meta layers, and when the climactic scares come, they're effective. #Filmsky

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 2d

#NowWatching Noroi: The Curse (2005)

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 2d

#NowWatching Noroi: The Curse (2005)

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 2d

It is possible to make a smart and interesting Tron movie. Free Guy is what a Tron movie could be like if they put more work into characters, themes, and story than aesthetic. Tron movies get too lost in aesthetic and half ass the rest.

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 2d

Lilo & Stitch Extended Universe was legit fantastic.

Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 2d

Stuff I Read and Watched from October 5 - 11, 2025

#Filmsky #Comicsky #TVSky

Stuff I Read and Watched from October 5 - 11, 2025

Movies
**** Caught By the Tides (2024)
*** Cheerleader Camp (1988)
**** The Scoop (2024)
*** V/H/S/Halloween (2024)

Prose
*** Carnacki, the Ghost Finder: The Hog (1949 story, William Hope Hodgson)
***** Poltergeist (1982 novelization, James Kahn)

TV
*** Full House 109 "Play It Again, Jess" (1992)
**** Kamen Rider Zeztz 6 "Imprison" (2025)
**** Poker Face 20 "The Big Pump" (2025)
**** Poker Face 21 "The Day of the Iguana" (2025)
**** Poker Face 22 "The End of the Road" (2025)
**** Power Rangers In Space 39 "Ghosts in the Machine" (1998)
**** Power Rangers In Space 40 "The Impenetrable Web" (1998)
**** Power Rangers In Space 41 "A Line in the Sand" (1998)
**** Power Rangers In Space 42 "Countdown to Destruction (1)" (1998)
***** Power Rangers In Space 43 "Countdown to Destruction (2)" (1998)
**** Royal Sentai King-Ohger 30 "Frozen Scales" (2023)
*** Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider 1 (2025)
** Ultraman Omega 13 "Ayu Finds Out" (2025)

Comics
Adventure Comics 431 (1972)
**** The Spectre "The Wrath of the Spectre"
*** "Is Snerl Human?"
**** Akane-banashi 34 "Background Listening" (2022)
**** Akane-banashi 35 "Opening Act" (2022)
**** Arata Primal: The New Primitive 24 (2019)
**** Arata Primal: The New Primitive 25 (2019)
**** Dandadan 23 "You're Bothered, Aren't You?" (2021)
**** Dandadan 24 "Merge! Serpo Dover Demon Nessie!" (2021)
*** The Demon 4 "The Creature from Beyond" (1972)
*** Diamond in the Rough 28 "Sunlight" (2022)
**** Diamond in the Rough 29 "Holy Dragon Village" (2022)
**** Kindergarten Wars 82 "If Only" (2024)
**** Kindergarten Wars 83 "I Hated You" (2024)
**** Marriagetoxin 37 (2023)
**** Marriagetoxin 38 (2023)
**** Prez 3 "Invasion of America" (1974)
**** Sakamoto Days 22 "Jurassic Bastard" (2021)
**** Sakamoto Days 23 "Asakura and Shin" (2021)
*** The Sandman 3 "The Brain That Blacked-Out the Bronx" (1975)
**** Shade, the Changing Man 3 "Escape Into... the Trap" (1977)
*** Showcase 94 "The New Doom Patrol: The Doom Patrol Lives Forever" (1977)
The Unexpected 107 (1968)
** Johnny Peril "The Whip of Fear"
*** "Collector's Item"
*** "A Trader in Treachery"
**** Wolverine 68 "Epsilon Red" (1993)
**** X-Men 17 "A Skinning of Souls (1): Waiting for the Ripening" (1993)