Michael Ellis Day
@michaelellisday.bsky.social
You probably wouldn't know me, unless it was from that one thing, or maybe the other thing
You can turn all the AI off in the settings. This is the only reason I still use it. I wish the AI weren't there at all...but as long as I can get that garbage out of my sight, the browser is decent.
December 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
You can turn all the AI off in the settings. This is the only reason I still use it. I wish the AI weren't there at all...but as long as I can get that garbage out of my sight, the browser is decent.
Not enough: surround the shed with barbed wire. And armed guards. Every single one of us looking at these pictures should be surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards as well. You can't be too careful.
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Not enough: surround the shed with barbed wire. And armed guards. Every single one of us looking at these pictures should be surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards as well. You can't be too careful.
I'm sure this was the primary reason...but additionally, Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan (who has also been pro-RFK Jr.) are exactly the right age as Catholic kids in Ireland to have utterly worshipped John and Bobby Kennedy.
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'm sure this was the primary reason...but additionally, Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan (who has also been pro-RFK Jr.) are exactly the right age as Catholic kids in Ireland to have utterly worshipped John and Bobby Kennedy.
On the other hand...when I think of a good line at least I know there's one person who'll appreciate it.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
On the other hand...when I think of a good line at least I know there's one person who'll appreciate it.
2013? Pff. It was the premise of an episode of Max Headroom back in 1987. Season 2 episode 2, "Deities" written by Michael Cassutt.
December 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
2013? Pff. It was the premise of an episode of Max Headroom back in 1987. Season 2 episode 2, "Deities" written by Michael Cassutt.
I think a lot of fans weren't prepared for Von Eeden's art style and were more on board with comics with visuals they perceived as more slick.
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I think a lot of fans weren't prepared for Von Eeden's art style and were more on board with comics with visuals they perceived as more slick.
When Thriller came out I loved it immediately, and I didn't have any trouble following what was happening in the book. Among my earliest memories of comic books were the Steranko issues of Nick Fury and Captain America, and those were MUCH more unconventional storytelling in a lot of ways.
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
When Thriller came out I loved it immediately, and I didn't have any trouble following what was happening in the book. Among my earliest memories of comic books were the Steranko issues of Nick Fury and Captain America, and those were MUCH more unconventional storytelling in a lot of ways.
I also saw them together...but it was at the corner of West Broadway and Houston Street in Manhattan, about six blocks away from her loft in SoHo, so your encounter was considerably more unexpected and surprising!
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I also saw them together...but it was at the corner of West Broadway and Houston Street in Manhattan, about six blocks away from her loft in SoHo, so your encounter was considerably more unexpected and surprising!
I never knew about either of these! But now after all these years I finally know what needs to go on the shelf next to my copy of the Yellow Submarine paperback from 1968.
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I never knew about either of these! But now after all these years I finally know what needs to go on the shelf next to my copy of the Yellow Submarine paperback from 1968.
Many such cases!
December 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Many such cases!
Gerber was a big Superman fan and he'd been hoping to write the character for years. Since DC was just about to erase old continuity anyway with John Byrne coming in, they figured Gerber couldn't do any lasting harm with a miniseries based on an old Edmond Hamilton/Curt Swan story from 1962.
December 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Gerber was a big Superman fan and he'd been hoping to write the character for years. Since DC was just about to erase old continuity anyway with John Byrne coming in, they figured Gerber couldn't do any lasting harm with a miniseries based on an old Edmond Hamilton/Curt Swan story from 1962.
The visual callbacks (or should that be "call forwards"?) to Dalek design in the Skaro vehicles and weapons are a big improvement on the original serial. I'm not kidding, it genuinely adds something to the story that was always missing for me.
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The visual callbacks (or should that be "call forwards"?) to Dalek design in the Skaro vehicles and weapons are a big improvement on the original serial. I'm not kidding, it genuinely adds something to the story that was always missing for me.
Hear me out. Four biopics, one about each member of the Who. The other band members don't appear on screen in each other's film, but are a constant unseen presence in their otherwise separate lives. Paul Dano plays the lead in each one.
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hear me out. Four biopics, one about each member of the Who. The other band members don't appear on screen in each other's film, but are a constant unseen presence in their otherwise separate lives. Paul Dano plays the lead in each one.
Seconding this!
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Seconding this!
In fact, the term "bladerunner" (without a space) was coined by SF writer Alan Nourse for a novel by that name in 1974. William S. Burroughs wrote a treatment for a film version of that book and added a space in the title: "Blade Runner." Still another writer saw that and lifted the title.
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In fact, the term "bladerunner" (without a space) was coined by SF writer Alan Nourse for a novel by that name in 1974. William S. Burroughs wrote a treatment for a film version of that book and added a space in the title: "Blade Runner." Still another writer saw that and lifted the title.
When the show didn't have to worry about making sure Mary Richards was likeable by the television comedy standards of the time, she was allowed to be more openly ironic and even sarcastic at times.
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
When the show didn't have to worry about making sure Mary Richards was likeable by the television comedy standards of the time, she was allowed to be more openly ironic and even sarcastic at times.
Yes! This is what people usually miss about the character and the performance. The show always surrounded her with outwardly jaded and abrasive characters (especially Lou and Rhoda, but the rest as well) so she seems more naive and unworldly by contrast, but she's not one dimensional.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Yes! This is what people usually miss about the character and the performance. The show always surrounded her with outwardly jaded and abrasive characters (especially Lou and Rhoda, but the rest as well) so she seems more naive and unworldly by contrast, but she's not one dimensional.
People will be waiting in line outside the apple store when these go on sale.
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
People will be waiting in line outside the apple store when these go on sale.
I wonder if anyone else reading this suddenly thought of PageMaker and Freehand? (Yes, that was Aldus not Aldis but you know.)
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I wonder if anyone else reading this suddenly thought of PageMaker and Freehand? (Yes, that was Aldus not Aldis but you know.)
I disagree somewhat. The Third Doctor is written as dismissive and aristocratic...but Pertwee plays him as someone who isn't really that way, but is putting on a front as a defense. He undercuts the dialogue with stricken or sheepish or amused looks only the audience sees.
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I disagree somewhat. The Third Doctor is written as dismissive and aristocratic...but Pertwee plays him as someone who isn't really that way, but is putting on a front as a defense. He undercuts the dialogue with stricken or sheepish or amused looks only the audience sees.
As an American who watched all of these shows when they were new -- and an American fan of British tv who knows how easily context and meaning can be lost in transit -- it impresses me so much that you absolutely nail what I remember about them.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As an American who watched all of these shows when they were new -- and an American fan of British tv who knows how easily context and meaning can be lost in transit -- it impresses me so much that you absolutely nail what I remember about them.