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Coming soon: 5002 Space Aliens! Director: 5000 Space Aliens. Streaming worldwide NOW! Links in my bio. "Groundbreaking style!" -- FilmThreat. "Delicious!" -- FilmRant Lifetime Jeopardy! record: 1-1-0 https://linktr.ee/5000spacealiens

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · Oct 20

Welcome new followers!

I'm an animator and filmmaker. Hi!

I hope you'll watch my latest feature film 5000 SPACE ALIENS soon; it's streaming on AppleTV, Amazon, and more. Links are in my bio!

FilmThreat: "Groundbreaking! The future has landed!"

Here's the trailer:

vimeo.com/460710634?sh...

5000 Space Aliens trailer

Here is the trailer for my new film 5000 Space Aliens!

vimeo.com

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, Criterion announced their January releases today.

But Cinema Guild announced Hong Sang Soo’s In Our Day today for a mid-December release!

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2h

If you’re still on Twitter, well, you should have left already.

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2h

OK, there’s a NEW animation preview video up for my Patreon backers!

Only $1/month gets you access to animation no one else will see for months or even years! New videos weekly! WOW!

Please help your local weird film guy make weird new films:

patreon.com/scottbateman

Get more from Scott Bateman on Patreon

creating 5002 SPACE ALIENS, a bonkers new feature film!

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 1d

Who wants a little tasty taste of my new feature film 5002 Space Aliens? Beats doom-scrolling!

Coming soon!

vimeo.com/1125037396?f...

5002 Space Aliens Teaser 2

Coming soon to a film festival near-ish to you!

vimeo.com

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 1d

Damn.

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 1d

Who wants a little tasty taste of my new feature film 5002 Space Aliens? Beats doom-scrolling!

Coming soon!

vimeo.com/1125037396?f...

5002 Space Aliens Teaser 2

Coming soon to a film festival near-ish to you!

vimeo.com

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2d

So, Starsky & Hutch are part of the Spiderverse...?

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2d

Is Tim Robinson in everything now?

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2d

Yet another useful phrase from the 1917 book, 15,000 Useful Phrases:

15,000 Useful Phrases @15000usefulphrases.bsky.social · 6d

insensate barbarism

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2d

Casablanca was def. the right label for this.

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 3d

It’s the weekend! Who wants to see some old stuff from the sketchbook scrapbook? Probably circa late 2020.

#sketchbook #artsky

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2d

Starting the week working on animation for some unspecified thing.

#artsky #animationsky #directorsky

At right: stylized man rapping against a corrugated metal wall. At upper left: the words PORTABLE BEAT, NO BATTERIES NEEDED, and 107. Colors: a gradient from (L-R) dark blue to dark purple to dark red on white resumé paper.

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, snap: SEASON PREMIERE of MAKE SOME NOISE tonight!!!

Second best show on TV, after Game Changer.

Get @dropout.tv today.

Make Some Noise @makesomenoiseshow.bsky.social · 2d

🔊 TONIGHT! The season 4 premiere of Make Some Noise launches on Dropout at 7pm ET / 4pm PT!

Starring host @samreich.bsky.social, and guests—The Noise Boys:
📢 @joshruben.bsky.social
📢 Zac Oyama
📢 @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2d

Cardboard.

Lamb.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMR...

Cardboard Lamb - Crash Course in Science

YouTube video by Abe Froman

www.youtube.com

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 2d

It’s very typical of a blockbuster of that era.

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 3d

I like TMDB, I use it to get my films onto Letterboxd. Easier to use and faster!

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 3d

My #LastFourWatched today are more interesting than my #LastFourWatched on #LetterboxdFriday.

Details in the ALT.

I HIGHLY recommend #3, which is leaving Criterion Channel on 10/31. I can only recommend #1 with the help of the Rifftrax crew. One of the most bonkers films they’ve done!

1. Fun in Balloon Land (Joseph M. Sonneborn Jr., 1965).
2. The Wonder Ring (Stan Brakhage, 1955).
3. Promises: Through Congress (Trevor Tweeten, 2021).
4. Abiding Nowhere (Tsai Ming-liang, 2024).

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 3d

Clübbe.

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 3d

CRUNCH YOUR TEETH!!!!

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 3d

It’s the weekend! Who wants to see some old stuff from the sketchbook scrapbook? Probably circa late 2020.

#sketchbook #artsky

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 3d

Few things make me as happy as the Daytime/Nighttime section of Heaven 17’s Let Me Go.

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 11d

Might be a good weekend to relax and watch my bonkers animated film, 5000 Space Aliens.

It’s streaming free on Tubi! Free is a very good price!

Screen Rant: "A one-of-a-kind rollercoaster experience!"

tubitv.com/movies/10002...

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 3d

We just watched the Rifftrax of Fun in Balloon Land. Worst movie ever?

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Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 4d

TRON of the Dead.

Scott Batemaniac! @scottbateman.bsky.social · 4d

Promises: Through Congress is a 40-minute short film that is a single shot slow zoom out of a Julie Mehretu painting with music by Ornette Coleman and Floating Points.

It’s gorgeous but it’s leaving the channel at the end of the month. Hurry and watch:

www.criterionchannel.com/videos/promi...

Promises: Through Congress

Directed by Trevor Tweeten • 2021 • United States Sound and image meet in a mesmerizing, multisensory experience in this journey through Ethiopian American artist Julie Mehretu’s expansive painting “...