Mikhail Skoptsov
@mls532.bsky.social
Ph.D.
@mcmbrownu
. Scholar, film critic, fan. Int-d in Film, TV, New Media. Currently writing articles and essays at http://textualvariations.substack.com
@mcmbrownu
. Scholar, film critic, fan. Int-d in Film, TV, New Media. Currently writing articles and essays at http://textualvariations.substack.com
Pinned
Mikhail Skoptsov
@mls532.bsky.social
· Jun 3
(1/2) I am pretty sure I know what Remedy's unannounced 4th game is. #Remedy #RemedyGames #AlanWake2 #MrDoor #WarlinDoor #RemedyConnectedUniverse #Control #ControlRemedy
Reposted by Mikhail Skoptsov
But what if we didn't see that spaceship flyby in the opening titles of "Predator" (1987)?
The "Predator" Opening Titles, Re-Imagined
fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
The "Predator" Opening Titles, Re-Imagined
fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
The "Predator" Opening Titles, Re-Imagined
I recently had the pleasure of re-watching John McTiernan’s “Predator” (1987) for the umpteenth time with someone who had never seen the mov...
fxrant.blogspot.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
But what if we didn't see that spaceship flyby in the opening titles of "Predator" (1987)?
The "Predator" Opening Titles, Re-Imagined
fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
The "Predator" Opening Titles, Re-Imagined
fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
Yup. The beginning of the Shitty Carl cinematic universe. A little too abstract perhaps and you can see the amateurishness but also the potential of the filmmakers. I personally think it is better on rewatch.
ICYMI - this is one of those films I think need to be talked about more. It rules so hard. 🎥📀📼📽️🖤
Hey y’all - this piece on one of my favorite movies of the 2010s went up about an hour ago. Any shares/subs (both free & paid) would be greatly appreciated - thank you! 🙏🏻 thehorrorchick.substack.com/p/indie-horr...
June 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yup. The beginning of the Shitty Carl cinematic universe. A little too abstract perhaps and you can see the amateurishness but also the potential of the filmmakers. I personally think it is better on rewatch.
Reposted by Mikhail Skoptsov
The Herald of Darkness sequence in Alan Wake 2 dares to ask: what if rather than making any sense whatsoever a game just dared to be utterly baller?
June 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The Herald of Darkness sequence in Alan Wake 2 dares to ask: what if rather than making any sense whatsoever a game just dared to be utterly baller?
Reposted by Mikhail Skoptsov
Control Ultimate Edition is currently 85% off on PlayStation 5, as part of Days of Play. Get it at a discount until June 11!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfL9...
#ControlRemedy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfL9...
#ControlRemedy
Control - Accolades Trailer
Thank you for all the support you've shown and continue to show Control.
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Control Ultimate Edition is currently 85% off on PlayStation 5, as part of Days of Play. Get it at a discount until June 11!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfL9...
#ControlRemedy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfL9...
#ControlRemedy
(1/2) I am pretty sure I know what Remedy's unannounced 4th game is. #Remedy #RemedyGames #AlanWake2 #MrDoor #WarlinDoor #RemedyConnectedUniverse #Control #ControlRemedy
June 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
(1/2) I am pretty sure I know what Remedy's unannounced 4th game is. #Remedy #RemedyGames #AlanWake2 #MrDoor #WarlinDoor #RemedyConnectedUniverse #Control #ControlRemedy
I really like the finale of #YourFriendsandNeighbors though it's pretty clear the writers lost interest in the wrongful firing plotline rather quickly.
May 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I really like the finale of #YourFriendsandNeighbors though it's pretty clear the writers lost interest in the wrongful firing plotline rather quickly.
For a 'team-up' movie #Thunderbolts is refreshingly small-scale, with a strong character focus and an economical pace. Eg. I love just how long it takes the main char-s to get out of the vault. Other MCU movies of its length would cram twice as much plot into the running time.
May 3, 2025 at 4:57 AM
For a 'team-up' movie #Thunderbolts is refreshingly small-scale, with a strong character focus and an economical pace. Eg. I love just how long it takes the main char-s to get out of the vault. Other MCU movies of its length would cram twice as much plot into the running time.
Man, the Psycho-Pass anime was ahead of its time. What's gonna happen when the UK system finds someone that is criminally asymptomatic?
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’
The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers.
Researchers are alleged to be using algorithms to analyse the information of thousands of people, including victims of crime, as they try to identify those at greatest risk of committing serious violent offences. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Man, the Psycho-Pass anime was ahead of its time. What's gonna happen when the UK system finds someone that is criminally asymptomatic?
@designateddave.bsky.social OMG. You've gotta watch this trailer. It's like Mock-A24 type shit or something. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqnR...
ABSOLUTE CINEMA | MARVEL STUDIOS’ THUNDERBOLTS* | MAY 2
YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment
www.youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
@designateddave.bsky.social OMG. You've gotta watch this trailer. It's like Mock-A24 type shit or something. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqnR...
Wrote about how Television structures Inland Empire and hope it will impact how people interpret the film. #Filmsky #DavidLynch textualvariations.substack.com/p/inland-emp...
On The Real Woman in Trouble of Lynch’s 'Inland Empire’
Or how to interpret what's really happening in the film's story
textualvariations.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Wrote about how Television structures Inland Empire and hope it will impact how people interpret the film. #Filmsky #DavidLynch textualvariations.substack.com/p/inland-emp...
@matthiasellis.com I've written something that I'm hoping folks that have studied Raymond Williams will appreciate. Could you possibly take a look at it and share some thoughts, Matt? textualvariations.substack.com/p/inland-emp...
On The Real Woman in Trouble of Lynch’s 'Inland Empire’
Or how to interpret what's really happening in the film's story
textualvariations.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
@matthiasellis.com I've written something that I'm hoping folks that have studied Raymond Williams will appreciate. Could you possibly take a look at it and share some thoughts, Matt? textualvariations.substack.com/p/inland-emp...
After going to a movie theater, where nobody was working behind the box office counter, I published a new post, where I reflect on the automation creep happening in cinemas, grocery stores, pharmacies and even airports. #filmsky textualvariations.substack.com/p/automation...
Automation in Movie Theaters Gives Me the Creeps
Plus: Help Save Lynchland, Demolition Man Pizza Hut Version, FTNC and Saw X
textualvariations.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
After going to a movie theater, where nobody was working behind the box office counter, I published a new post, where I reflect on the automation creep happening in cinemas, grocery stores, pharmacies and even airports. #filmsky textualvariations.substack.com/p/automation...
In my mind, this is still one of the greatest sequences ever put to celluloid. And to think Lynch shot it for a TV Pilot! #filmsky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYbu...
Mulholland Drive (2001) - 'This Is the girl' [HD]
YouTube video by Franco Seguer
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In my mind, this is still one of the greatest sequences ever put to celluloid. And to think Lynch shot it for a TV Pilot! #filmsky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYbu...
Reposted by Mikhail Skoptsov
Just saw the David Lynch news. I am going to bed for a week. I don't want to face a world without his art.
January 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Just saw the David Lynch news. I am going to bed for a week. I don't want to face a world without his art.
Reposted by Mikhail Skoptsov
Reposted by Mikhail Skoptsov
number of visual effects breakdowns from “Dune: Part Two” made publicly available: zero
January 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
number of visual effects breakdowns from “Dune: Part Two” made publicly available: zero
Dear @archive.org, could you please help me promote this article I wrote about the film It's A Wonderful Life and its relation to the public domain? textualvariations.substack.com/p/iawl-gray-...
Cutting Out Copyright: The Legally Gray Versions of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
How partial public domain status led to the Abridged and other Editions
textualvariations.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Dear @archive.org, could you please help me promote this article I wrote about the film It's A Wonderful Life and its relation to the public domain? textualvariations.substack.com/p/iawl-gray-...
Published an article about Tommy Wirkola's Violent Night, which feature a standout performance by
#JohnLeguizamo. #filmsky #Christmas textualvariations.substack.com/p/leguizamo-...
#JohnLeguizamo. #filmsky #Christmas textualvariations.substack.com/p/leguizamo-...
John Leguizamo stole the show in 'Violent Night'
My belated holiday movie recommendation
textualvariations.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Published an article about Tommy Wirkola's Violent Night, which feature a standout performance by
#JohnLeguizamo. #filmsky #Christmas textualvariations.substack.com/p/leguizamo-...
#JohnLeguizamo. #filmsky #Christmas textualvariations.substack.com/p/leguizamo-...
Fittingly, I made this post right before #publicdomainday 2025. Hope it clarifies for people why there is an abridged edition with the cut Pottersville sequence and a "Charles Dickens" edition that replaces the entire original score. Note that Amazon didn't make any of them.
January 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Fittingly, I made this post right before #publicdomainday 2025. Hope it clarifies for people why there is an abridged edition with the cut Pottersville sequence and a "Charles Dickens" edition that replaces the entire original score. Note that Amazon didn't make any of them.
There are at least 3 Alternate Cuts of #ItsAWonderfulLife of questionable legal status #streaming on different platforms, including Tubi, Roku, and Amazon, due to the film being in the #publicdomain. #filmsky textualvariations.substack.com/p/iawl-gray-...
Cutting Out Copyright: The Legally Gray Versions of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
How partial public domain status led to the Abridged and other Editions
textualvariations.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
There are at least 3 Alternate Cuts of #ItsAWonderfulLife of questionable legal status #streaming on different platforms, including Tubi, Roku, and Amazon, due to the film being in the #publicdomain. #filmsky textualvariations.substack.com/p/iawl-gray-...
Reposted by Mikhail Skoptsov
Did you use the Internet Archive this year to research, read, explore web archives with the Wayback Machine, or discover something new?
Your support makes it possible!
👉 Like & share to spread the word.
💙 Consider donating to keep Internet Archive growing: archive.org/donate/?orig...
Your support makes it possible!
👉 Like & share to spread the word.
💙 Consider donating to keep Internet Archive growing: archive.org/donate/?orig...
December 30, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Did you use the Internet Archive this year to research, read, explore web archives with the Wayback Machine, or discover something new?
Your support makes it possible!
👉 Like & share to spread the word.
💙 Consider donating to keep Internet Archive growing: archive.org/donate/?orig...
Your support makes it possible!
👉 Like & share to spread the word.
💙 Consider donating to keep Internet Archive growing: archive.org/donate/?orig...
Funny thing is there is a Joe Hill novel called NOS4A2 and it's about a youth-draining vampire-like villain, who drives a supernatural Rolls Royce.
Nosferatu
Nosferatwo
Nosferatu: Season of the Witch
Nos4atu
Nosferatwo
Nosferatu: Season of the Witch
Nos4atu
December 30, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Funny thing is there is a Joe Hill novel called NOS4A2 and it's about a youth-draining vampire-like villain, who drives a supernatural Rolls Royce.
It's #Xmas Eve, so it's a good time to talk about #XMen! A short article on the canceled extended cut of the first movie. textualvariations.substack.com/p/xmen-cance...
On the canceled extended version of "X-Men" (2000)
In 2003, we almost got "X-Men 1.5" to prepare us for "X2"
textualvariations.substack.com
December 24, 2024 at 2:24 PM
It's #Xmas Eve, so it's a good time to talk about #XMen! A short article on the canceled extended cut of the first movie. textualvariations.substack.com/p/xmen-cance...
If you're into the #Alien movies, please check out my article about why Alien Resurrection is actually really good. I talk about Blair Witch and Kraven as well. #filmsky tinyurl.com/ycxht8zh
The Sexy Alien, the Blair Witch and the Rejected Hunter
Plus: Romulus Bullet Points, FTNC Update and What I'm Reading.
tinyurl.com
December 19, 2024 at 11:55 PM
If you're into the #Alien movies, please check out my article about why Alien Resurrection is actually really good. I talk about Blair Witch and Kraven as well. #filmsky tinyurl.com/ycxht8zh