Devin Meenan
@devinm626.bsky.social
I got to write about how Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth and its color palette helped me better understand movies!
Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth Taught Me One Filmmaking Lesson That No Other Movie Did - SlashFilm
Here's how Guillermo del Toro's acclaimed 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth helped to reveal a universal language of images and color.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I got to write about how Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth and its color palette helped me better understand movies!
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Here's how Guillermo del Toro's acclaimed 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth helped to reveal a universal language of images and color.
Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth Taught Me One Filmmaking Lesson That No Other Movie Did - SlashFilm
www.slashfilm.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Here's how Guillermo del Toro's acclaimed 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth helped to reveal a universal language of images and color.
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How do you fix journalism?
Fucking pay for it.
Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe.
The rise of right-wing media is because the rich funded it. The fall of legacy media is because the rich funded it and then decided not to.
Fucking pay for it.
Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe.
The rise of right-wing media is because the rich funded it. The fall of legacy media is because the rich funded it and then decided not to.
February 4, 2026 at 7:47 PM
How do you fix journalism?
Fucking pay for it.
Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe.
The rise of right-wing media is because the rich funded it. The fall of legacy media is because the rich funded it and then decided not to.
Fucking pay for it.
Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe.
The rise of right-wing media is because the rich funded it. The fall of legacy media is because the rich funded it and then decided not to.
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they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
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Meanwhile, at the Board of Peace HQ...
January 23, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Meanwhile, at the Board of Peace HQ...
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In the 1990s, religion was not a common theme in superhero cartoons. But X-Men: The Animated Series used Nightcrawler to address the topic in a thoughtful way.
X-Men: The Animated Series Used Nightcrawler To Cross A Line Superhero Cartoons Avoided - SlashFilm
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January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
In the 1990s, religion was not a common theme in superhero cartoons. But X-Men: The Animated Series used Nightcrawler to address the topic in a thoughtful way.
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People are review bombing STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY, and I have some thoughts about that
www.slashfilm.com/2078525/star...
www.slashfilm.com/2078525/star...
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Is Getting Review Bombed And That's Sad But Not Surprising - SlashFilm
Star Trek has been boldly and controversially progressive from the very start, so it's no surprise that Starfleet Academy is getting review bombed.
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January 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
People are review bombing STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY, and I have some thoughts about that
www.slashfilm.com/2078525/star...
www.slashfilm.com/2078525/star...
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There have been some truly terrific tv villains in the past year, and @devinm626.bsky.social and I wrote about the best of the worst for @slashfilm.bsky.social
www.slashfilm.com/2075880/best...
www.slashfilm.com/2075880/best...
5 Best TV Villains Of 2025, Ranked - SlashFilm
Television gave us lots of great villains in 2025, and the best ones spoke to the tumultuous times we live in. Here are the top five, ranked.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
There have been some truly terrific tv villains in the past year, and @devinm626.bsky.social and I wrote about the best of the worst for @slashfilm.bsky.social
www.slashfilm.com/2075880/best...
www.slashfilm.com/2075880/best...
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It only took us 18 episodes, but it's time to MEET MON.
This week we're joined by @slashfilm.bsky.social writer @devinm626.bsky.social to chat Rebel infighting, abolishing billionaires, the easter eggs at Luthen’s Galactic Antiquities and Objects of Interest, and more!
Listen at andorkspod.com!
This week we're joined by @slashfilm.bsky.social writer @devinm626.bsky.social to chat Rebel infighting, abolishing billionaires, the easter eggs at Luthen’s Galactic Antiquities and Objects of Interest, and more!
Listen at andorkspod.com!
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
It only took us 18 episodes, but it's time to MEET MON.
This week we're joined by @slashfilm.bsky.social writer @devinm626.bsky.social to chat Rebel infighting, abolishing billionaires, the easter eggs at Luthen’s Galactic Antiquities and Objects of Interest, and more!
Listen at andorkspod.com!
This week we're joined by @slashfilm.bsky.social writer @devinm626.bsky.social to chat Rebel infighting, abolishing billionaires, the easter eggs at Luthen’s Galactic Antiquities and Objects of Interest, and more!
Listen at andorkspod.com!
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If you are a comic artist or writer that wants to talk to me, on or off the record, about the Disney OpenAI deal, shoot me a line. [email protected]
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you are a comic artist or writer that wants to talk to me, on or off the record, about the Disney OpenAI deal, shoot me a line. [email protected]
Diesel 10, first movie villain to ever scare me (I was 3)
Fuck this anthropomorphic diesel engine in particular
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November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Diesel 10, first movie villain to ever scare me (I was 3)
Scorsese top five (Happy birthday, Marty)
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Last Temptation of Christ
4. King of Comedy
5. Wolf of Wall Street
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Last Temptation of Christ
4. King of Comedy
5. Wolf of Wall Street
It’s the GOAT’s birthday
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. The King of Comedy
5. The Irishman
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. The King of Comedy
5. The Irishman
a man wearing glasses and a black suit is talking
Alt: Scorsese pointing at himself with a twinkle in his eye
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November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Scorsese top five (Happy birthday, Marty)
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Last Temptation of Christ
4. King of Comedy
5. Wolf of Wall Street
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Last Temptation of Christ
4. King of Comedy
5. Wolf of Wall Street
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This *really* sucks. Teen Vogue has consistently had some of the best political coverage of the last several years. They are one of the few outlets that met the moment. (Hire these writers!!)
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This *really* sucks. Teen Vogue has consistently had some of the best political coverage of the last several years. They are one of the few outlets that met the moment. (Hire these writers!!)
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I am just a little bit of a media historian, but I've read enough to say that I think this has a pretty easy explanation: there was a time where if you wanted to be a movie exec you had to socially succeed with other movie people; now you have to socially succeed with finance and tech bros.
last 15 years feel like an experiment in putting individuals who don't know why people see movies in charge of getting people to see movies
David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus:
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I am just a little bit of a media historian, but I've read enough to say that I think this has a pretty easy explanation: there was a time where if you wanted to be a movie exec you had to socially succeed with other movie people; now you have to socially succeed with finance and tech bros.
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the second richest man alive simply cannot afford to pay you and bari weiss at the same time
Paramount Skydance to cut 2,000 US jobs starting week of October 27, Variety reports reut.rs/4qijAb2
Paramount Skydance to cut 2,000 US jobs starting week of October 27, Variety reports
Paramount Skydance will begin mass layoffs the week of October 27, eliminating around 2,000 U.S. jobs as part of a $2 billion cost-cutting plan under new CEO David Ellison, Variety reported on Saturday, citing company sources.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
the second richest man alive simply cannot afford to pay you and bari weiss at the same time
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I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
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Oscar on set (honoring Wrightson)
October 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oscar on set (honoring Wrightson)
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while studios were fighting unions on every possible dime craftspeople could earn, they were spending $100m on this trash
August 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
while studios were fighting unions on every possible dime craftspeople could earn, they were spending $100m on this trash
Can we stop Great Man-ing Cameron NOW?
“I’d like to see the cost of VFX artists come down.” — ‘Avatar’ director and Stability AI board member James Cameron claims effects workers are too expensive, putting blockbusters and the VFX industry at risk.
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James Cameron Says VFX Costs Threaten Future Of Blockbusters
In a recent interview, Stability AI board member James Cameron warned high budgets threaten theaters, urging cheaper VFX and new tech to cut costs.
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August 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Can we stop Great Man-ing Cameron NOW?
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The problem with classic movies is that too few of them frame the actors as tiny figures dwarfed by a Mac OS screensaver.
'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) vs 'The Wizard of Oz at Sphere' (2025)
Over 90% of the film has been 'touched up' with AI
Over 90% of the film has been 'touched up' with AI
August 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The problem with classic movies is that too few of them frame the actors as tiny figures dwarfed by a Mac OS screensaver.
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I've long said if the Democratic Party wants to run candidates who believe in nothing and peddle corporate-friendly schlock the candidate has to at least be Cool. But most people can't be Barack Obama so it's better to just believe in something and be authentic about it. You can't be boring AND fake
July 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I've long said if the Democratic Party wants to run candidates who believe in nothing and peddle corporate-friendly schlock the candidate has to at least be Cool. But most people can't be Barack Obama so it's better to just believe in something and be authentic about it. You can't be boring AND fake
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The 2025 Emmy Awards nominated several big-name shows for Best Limited Series, but it overlooked Say Nothing, which was the best of the potential contenders.
The Emmys Overlooked The Real Best Limited Series Of 2024 - SlashFilm
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July 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The 2025 Emmy Awards nominated several big-name shows for Best Limited Series, but it overlooked Say Nothing, which was the best of the potential contenders.
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Did a LOT of reflecting to try and surmise my thoughts on Lazarus beyond its story being half baked. It's no Bebop, and the marketing that set it up to be that didn’t help. It is fascinating to see an old head tackle a present issue, and its OST is a bop fwiw.
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'Lazarus' Is a Briefly Gorgeous Anime That Vibes Hard But Can't Outpace Its Own Silence
'Cowboy Bebop' creator Shinichiro Watanabe's latest sci-fi anime with Mappa had legacy and time stacked against its pursuit to tell a lasting story beneath the cool.
gizmodo.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Did a LOT of reflecting to try and surmise my thoughts on Lazarus beyond its story being half baked. It's no Bebop, and the marketing that set it up to be that didn’t help. It is fascinating to see an old head tackle a present issue, and its OST is a bop fwiw.
gizmodo.com/lazarus-is-a...
gizmodo.com/lazarus-is-a...
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We've gotta bloody the likes of Gillibrand, Gillen, Suozzi, Goldman nice and early over their Islamophobic Zohran bullshit and it's gotta leave a mark. The fash is going to be beyond vile during this race, and squishes on the blue side of the aisle have to learn what happens to traitors
June 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We've gotta bloody the likes of Gillibrand, Gillen, Suozzi, Goldman nice and early over their Islamophobic Zohran bullshit and it's gotta leave a mark. The fash is going to be beyond vile during this race, and squishes on the blue side of the aisle have to learn what happens to traitors
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this was her campaign ad
June 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
this was her campaign ad