Philby Bear
@philbybear.bsky.social
A game master, voracious bookworm and cinephile, a tired socialist and a manic depressive chocolate salesperson from Montreal. They/them. 33.
... Suddenly find myself thinking about Pratchett and Kafka.
I don't think I'll ever stop missing them. Those two dying in the same month, less than two weeks apart? Liver cancer and brain tumour? Fucking hell.
I don't think I'll ever stop missing them. Those two dying in the same month, less than two weeks apart? Liver cancer and brain tumour? Fucking hell.
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
... Suddenly find myself thinking about Pratchett and Kafka.
I don't think I'll ever stop missing them. Those two dying in the same month, less than two weeks apart? Liver cancer and brain tumour? Fucking hell.
I don't think I'll ever stop missing them. Those two dying in the same month, less than two weeks apart? Liver cancer and brain tumour? Fucking hell.
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... Came across a fantastic critique of alt.right comic sensibilities:
"They confuse transgression for depth."
Now if that ain't spot on...
"They confuse transgression for depth."
Now if that ain't spot on...
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
... Came across a fantastic critique of alt.right comic sensibilities:
"They confuse transgression for depth."
Now if that ain't spot on...
"They confuse transgression for depth."
Now if that ain't spot on...
My buddy Frank has asked if, maybe some time next week, if we could watch together another major American classic he'd been meaning to see:
In the Heat of the Night.
Hell *yeah.* Oh, I can't wait.
Again, I love the friends I've made in my adult life. Fucking a.
In the Heat of the Night.
Hell *yeah.* Oh, I can't wait.
Again, I love the friends I've made in my adult life. Fucking a.
a man in a suit and tie says they in a room
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says they in a room
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My buddy Frank has asked if, maybe some time next week, if we could watch together another major American classic he'd been meaning to see:
In the Heat of the Night.
Hell *yeah.* Oh, I can't wait.
Again, I love the friends I've made in my adult life. Fucking a.
In the Heat of the Night.
Hell *yeah.* Oh, I can't wait.
Again, I love the friends I've made in my adult life. Fucking a.
Jorges Luis Borges:
I feel like a big part of solving the male loneliness epidemic is bringing back the Minotaur and a maze to put him in
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Jorges Luis Borges:
I'm going to reiterate here-
If you ever find it anywhere? You owe it to yourself to give it a watch.
Exiled's phenomenal.
If you ever find it anywhere? You owe it to yourself to give it a watch.
Exiled's phenomenal.
If you can, I recommend tracking this movie down, gang.
It's a fascinating remix of the Hong Kong gangster action movie and the Neo-Western. It's Johnnie To paying homage to Leone, Ford and Peckinpah, but by decontextualizing the Western of, well, the West.
It's a fascinating remix of the Hong Kong gangster action movie and the Neo-Western. It's Johnnie To paying homage to Leone, Ford and Peckinpah, but by decontextualizing the Western of, well, the West.
Next up… Johnnie To’s Exiled!
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'm going to reiterate here-
If you ever find it anywhere? You owe it to yourself to give it a watch.
Exiled's phenomenal.
If you ever find it anywhere? You owe it to yourself to give it a watch.
Exiled's phenomenal.
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Realy is a classic and the rule they set of 70/30 stuck with me for decades. 70% tall ships and old and 30% sci-fi on top. The idea of having off set rule to the inspirations behind the art style was new to me and something we should be seeing more off with other ideas mixed just right.
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Realy is a classic and the rule they set of 70/30 stuck with me for decades. 70% tall ships and old and 30% sci-fi on top. The idea of having off set rule to the inspirations behind the art style was new to me and something we should be seeing more off with other ideas mixed just right.
Man, that was... such a dumb show.
it is fucking wild that the Watchmen TV show had a chance for Dr. Manhattan to actually explain his actions in Vietnam and the best they could come up with was "well, it seemed like a good idea at the time" you can see the future, bro!
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Man, that was... such a dumb show.
John Woo‘s Last Hurrah of Chivalry, Johnnie To’s Exiled, Sydney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men and John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13.
What an eclectic film marathon day, eh?
What an eclectic film marathon day, eh?
And now, they’ve asked to get better acquainted with John Carpenter, so…
Assault on Precinct 13 time, baby!
Assault on Precinct 13 time, baby!
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
John Woo‘s Last Hurrah of Chivalry, Johnnie To’s Exiled, Sydney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men and John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13.
What an eclectic film marathon day, eh?
What an eclectic film marathon day, eh?
And now, they’ve asked to get better acquainted with John Carpenter, so…
Assault on Precinct 13 time, baby!
Assault on Precinct 13 time, baby!
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
And now, they’ve asked to get better acquainted with John Carpenter, so…
Assault on Precinct 13 time, baby!
Assault on Precinct 13 time, baby!
I love I have the kind of friends who‘ll ask if you’d like to watch old movies with them.
Tonight, we watched 12 Angry Men. My friend‘s first time watching it, and loved it!
Tonight, we watched 12 Angry Men. My friend‘s first time watching it, and loved it!
a man in a suit and tie is looking at the camera
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is looking at the camera
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I love I have the kind of friends who‘ll ask if you’d like to watch old movies with them.
Tonight, we watched 12 Angry Men. My friend‘s first time watching it, and loved it!
Tonight, we watched 12 Angry Men. My friend‘s first time watching it, and loved it!
So Amazon's willing to pay big name stars for projects like Invincible, Hazbin Hotel or Critical Role cartoons, but won't fork the money over for a dub of a more niche show?
I'd say unbelievable, but, no, that tracks.
I'd say unbelievable, but, no, that tracks.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
So Amazon's willing to pay big name stars for projects like Invincible, Hazbin Hotel or Critical Role cartoons, but won't fork the money over for a dub of a more niche show?
I'd say unbelievable, but, no, that tracks.
I'd say unbelievable, but, no, that tracks.
If you can, I recommend tracking this movie down, gang.
It's a fascinating remix of the Hong Kong gangster action movie and the Neo-Western. It's Johnnie To paying homage to Leone, Ford and Peckinpah, but by decontextualizing the Western of, well, the West.
It's a fascinating remix of the Hong Kong gangster action movie and the Neo-Western. It's Johnnie To paying homage to Leone, Ford and Peckinpah, but by decontextualizing the Western of, well, the West.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If you can, I recommend tracking this movie down, gang.
It's a fascinating remix of the Hong Kong gangster action movie and the Neo-Western. It's Johnnie To paying homage to Leone, Ford and Peckinpah, but by decontextualizing the Western of, well, the West.
It's a fascinating remix of the Hong Kong gangster action movie and the Neo-Western. It's Johnnie To paying homage to Leone, Ford and Peckinpah, but by decontextualizing the Western of, well, the West.
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Leave little Saruman alone.
Some of those dogs at the dog show are just obscene abominations unto the lord.
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Leave little Saruman alone.
Next up… Johnnie To’s Exiled!
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Next up… Johnnie To’s Exiled!
It’s snowing, Terry’s snuggled up with me, I just took an edible, and for the first time in over a year I have no TTRPGs’s to run nor play.
I’m using this golden opportunity to watch movies!
I’m using this golden opportunity to watch movies!
Watching now, for the first time...
Oh, ye beautiful long haired swordsmen of wuxia.
Oh, ye beautiful long haired swordsmen of wuxia.
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It’s snowing, Terry’s snuggled up with me, I just took an edible, and for the first time in over a year I have no TTRPGs’s to run nor play.
I’m using this golden opportunity to watch movies!
I’m using this golden opportunity to watch movies!
Watching now, for the first time...
Oh, ye beautiful long haired swordsmen of wuxia.
Oh, ye beautiful long haired swordsmen of wuxia.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Watching now, for the first time...
Oh, ye beautiful long haired swordsmen of wuxia.
Oh, ye beautiful long haired swordsmen of wuxia.
*Perfectly* put.
Most people think of moose as "a big dear" and not "slightly smaller than an asiatic elephant".
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
*Perfectly* put.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black bears
Moose
Electric eels
Sandhill cranes
Beluga whales
Black bears
Moose
Electric eels
Sandhill cranes
Beluga whales
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Elk
Bighorn sheep
Mountain goats
Red foxes (with kits!)
Opposums
Honorable mention: the NYC sewer rat I hung out with for a minute who was the size of a Chihuahua
Elk
Bighorn sheep
Mountain goats
Red foxes (with kits!)
Opposums
Honorable mention: the NYC sewer rat I hung out with for a minute who was the size of a Chihuahua
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
bighorn sheep
green sea turtles
north american porcupine
ravens (friends)
grey whales
bighorn sheep
green sea turtles
north american porcupine
ravens (friends)
grey whales
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black bears
Moose
Electric eels
Sandhill cranes
Beluga whales
Black bears
Moose
Electric eels
Sandhill cranes
Beluga whales
Legit, I have to give Dispatch props for that. It's scaled back compared to a lot of recent superhero media.
Like a cartoon bad guy or that Russian nepo baby who kicks off the John Wick franchise by doing something very stupidly similar.
Plus, I love how local the scope is. Not a global threat, but like actual emergency dispatchers to just one city. I wouldn't mind an anthology series in different cities.
Plus, I love how local the scope is. Not a global threat, but like actual emergency dispatchers to just one city. I wouldn't mind an anthology series in different cities.
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Legit, I have to give Dispatch props for that. It's scaled back compared to a lot of recent superhero media.
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Happy birthday in Eternity, William Blake.
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy birthday in Eternity, William Blake.
... I appreciate a horny furry was hired to make a stop-motion puppet polar bear with abs and tiny lederhosen.
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
... I appreciate a horny furry was hired to make a stop-motion puppet polar bear with abs and tiny lederhosen.
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Hey, if your library has Kanopy (we just accessed it last night for the first time, holy molee, it's like the Criterion Collection in there, SO many excellent and classic films), they've got James Goldman's Christmas classic THE LION IN WINTER, which is essentially SUCCESSION, at Christmas, in 1187
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hey, if your library has Kanopy (we just accessed it last night for the first time, holy molee, it's like the Criterion Collection in there, SO many excellent and classic films), they've got James Goldman's Christmas classic THE LION IN WINTER, which is essentially SUCCESSION, at Christmas, in 1187