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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · 20h

Rest in Peace to the great Drew Struzan, a man whose work sparked the imaginations of a whole generation of movie nerds. The master is gone.

I had the privilege of visiting him in his studio once and getting to talk shop. Here’s his words on one of his masterpieces:

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Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 55m

The problem with arguing on the internet is you'll be debating about what happens in your favorite movie you've seen 10 times with someone who has never actually watched the 90 minute movie but has watched 57 hours of video essays explaining the themes and thinks that's just the same.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 32m

Love that SyFy channel made this movie in 2015, which was way too late

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Samantha is the spectre haunting bluesky 👻 @bolshevikmilf.bsky.social · 31m

it's really nice to hear literally anyone acknowledge that the "the republicans didn't fight among themselves" thing is such an obvious lie when establishment dems say it. Z that's all they did from 2008 to 2016, it's how the party got to the point it's at now. it's why the won

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Extremely haunted @extremelyuncanny.com · 10h

Watching Changeling Martok just knife the guardsmen on DS9 made me think of this

Martok as Homer running a red light screaming "ITS OKAY FOR THE EMPIRE!"
Worf as Ms. Hoover: I didn't know we could do that

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X Ray Eyes @xrayeyes.bsky.social · 2d

Diane Keaton by Annie Leibovitz for Variety, 1987.

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 3h

Ooo new Ducournau

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 3h

New trailer for ‘ALPHA’, Julia Ducournau’s latest from ‘RAW’ and ‘TITANE’.

The body-horror drama arrives in UK cinemas November 21.

#Alpha #JuliaDucournau

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F♯A♯∞, fka ☕️ @coopercooperco.bsky.social · 9h

“Want to see Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones?” No. Why would I want to see that

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 13h

Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 5h

I'm still in shock that somebody would say that they care so much about the environment that they'll vote for HEATHER HUMPHRIES

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 13h

Oh that would be Ultraviolet. Either the Kurt Wimmer film or the anime series by Osamu Dezaki.

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Mary Jones @tlachtga.bsky.social · 13h

Genuinely miss this kind of stuff: Halloween episodes, Christmas episodes with dream sequences, stuff like that.

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 14h

The time honored TV sitcom tradition of the seasonal scary episode.

TV Guide ad for the 1991 Cheers Halloween episode.

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 14h

I really liked the show - season two was a revelation - but the animation stayed around the same.

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 14h

People love to compile edits combining clips from the event in order across a few productions, chiefly is my point here.

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 14h

The Battle of Wolf 359 is Star Trek’s Order 66

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 14h

It’s my job to keep my viewing schedule on brand for an audience of nobody except me for some reason. Well it works

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 14h

Lot of haggling with myself over October watches. What counts enough as horror adjacent. Okay this is kind of a space cyberpunk thing but it has like a virus that turned the main character into basically a vampire. It counts when there’s vampires ok get off my back

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 14h

It is happening again. Always correct

Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · Nov 11

YouTube algorithm nudges me and goes 'do you want to watch the official Babylon 5 music video cut to the song Nobody's Side from the musical Chess again?' Yes. Yes I do want to do that www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYGr...

Official Babylon 5 Music Videos - Nobody's Side

YouTube video by Babylon5MusicVideos

www.youtube.com

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 14h

AMC’s Pantheon.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 15h

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 15h

The fact that I was able to tell from this photo that Enoch got himself a new pair of glasses (I assume the Mammy bought them for him) is damning proof that we hear too much about this fellow and his loud family.

Enoch! Enoch!
Who's there?
They/Them
They/Them who?
They/Them pronouns have been used in singular contexts in the English language for centuries. It's got nothing to do with religion, you'll even find "them" used to refer to a single person in the King James Bible.

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MF VIEWTIFUL @mfviewtiful.bsky.social · 1d

Tag: Corruption, Mind control

Fat Kid Deals @fatkiddeals.com · 1d

This Dominos is in an old Pizza Hut building 😭😭

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 16h

That is a good lineup!

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St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 19h

I am covering EVERY First Person Shooter EVER made in Japan.

From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.

Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...

This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 17h

When Disney secured the Indiana Jones Adventure ride license from Lucasfilm, they didn’t have permission to use Harrison Ford’s likeness for the poster art. Drew Struzan called Harrison Ford and directly asked him. Ford permitted Struzan because he inherently trusted him.

Page 52 of “Poster Art of the Disney Parks.”

Two poster concepts for the Indiana Jones Adventure ride.

"When Disney licensed Lucasfilm for the Indiana Jones ride, it did not secure the rights to Harrison Ford's likeness. So, when it came to the poster, my take on it was, Gee, if I painted Indiana Jones and don't put Harrison's likeness on it, I'll look like a fool; like I couldn't do it. So I got his phone number and called him up to ask for his permission. He had just the gentlest Indy voice you ever heard. I told him the situation and his response was,
'If you're painting it then you go right ahead.’”
—Drew Struzan, poster artist

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