Jacob Licklider CR: Defy the Storm
@newt5996.bsky.social
Trumpet player, Doctor Who fan, actual scientist I guess, and Cyclops. Has a comics podcast. He/him.
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American Beauty (1999) - Probably hit harder in 1999 but also Kevin Spacey is playing Kevin Spacey and all of the visuals are the most heavy handed pieces of symbolism I've ever seen.
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A ★½ review of American Beauty (1999)
I'd love to say that the discomfort in watching American Beauty is 100% entirely intentional and part of the film's black comedy. But if I'm being totally honest I don't think that it is, I think it's...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
American Beauty (1999) - Probably hit harder in 1999 but also Kevin Spacey is playing Kevin Spacey and all of the visuals are the most heavy handed pieces of symbolism I've ever seen.
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Democrats are pioneering the field of "pyrrhic loses."
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Democrats are pioneering the field of "pyrrhic loses."
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Frankenstein (2025) - I don't know how people are saying it doesn't feel like Shelley because it does.
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A ★★★★½ review of Frankenstein (2025)
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is my first del Toro film but like the fifth adaptation of Shelley's Frankenstein I've seen. I've got a feeling that on a rewatch I might actually find this to be one...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Frankenstein (2025) - I don't know how people are saying it doesn't feel like Shelley because it does.
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974) - I have a soft spot for this one despite some of the mess. Thematically it’s quite rich but there’s also a 20 minute chase scene.
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A ★★★½ review of Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)
Jon Pertwee’s time on Doctor Who comes to an end with a story that’s a big celebration to all the things that this production crew loved to do. There is an entire episode that is just a chase with se...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974) - I have a soft spot for this one despite some of the mess. Thematically it’s quite rich but there’s also a 20 minute chase scene.
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I re-colored the Kelsier fanart I drew earlier this year, and I feel it's a vast improvement. Left is the new one, right is from January. #FanArt #DigitalArt #Mistborn #Cosmere #Art #ArtImprovment #CosmereFanArt
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I re-colored the Kelsier fanart I drew earlier this year, and I feel it's a vast improvement. Left is the new one, right is from January. #FanArt #DigitalArt #Mistborn #Cosmere #Art #ArtImprovment #CosmereFanArt
This week's #StarTrek The Next Generation is an examination of grief through the eyes of the crew and a child playing out like a drama until there's an alien. This is The Bonding:
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November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This week's #StarTrek The Next Generation is an examination of grief through the eyes of the crew and a child playing out like a drama until there's an alien. This is The Bonding:
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It’s a shame we’ve been doing the podcast for four years and have only done one book led by a female character. We’re finally adding a second with the first 9 issues of Alias with guests @thegd256.bsky.social and @chelsseashells.bsky.social. Get your questions/comments in below.
TOMORROW: @newt5996.bsky.social and I, with special guests @thegd256.bsky.social and @chelsseashells.bsky.social, are recording the next episode of Fresh-Faced Comics, talking about the first volume of #JessicaJones Alias!
Send any questions or comments below and we'll discuss them on the podcast!
Send any questions or comments below and we'll discuss them on the podcast!
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It’s a shame we’ve been doing the podcast for four years and have only done one book led by a female character. We’re finally adding a second with the first 9 issues of Alias with guests @thegd256.bsky.social and @chelsseashells.bsky.social. Get your questions/comments in below.
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TOMORROW: @newt5996.bsky.social and I, with special guests @thegd256.bsky.social and @chelsseashells.bsky.social, are recording the next episode of Fresh-Faced Comics, talking about the first volume of #JessicaJones Alias!
Send any questions or comments below and we'll discuss them on the podcast!
Send any questions or comments below and we'll discuss them on the podcast!
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
TOMORROW: @newt5996.bsky.social and I, with special guests @thegd256.bsky.social and @chelsseashells.bsky.social, are recording the next episode of Fresh-Faced Comics, talking about the first volume of #JessicaJones Alias!
Send any questions or comments below and we'll discuss them on the podcast!
Send any questions or comments below and we'll discuss them on the podcast!
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Back to the Future Part II (1989) - Acts one and two are solid but that final act is a masterpiece holding up this film.
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A ★★★★½ review of Back to the Future Part II (1989)
I think there’s something really special about the third act of this film that really elevates its status from great film and good sequel to excellent film and great sequel. Robert Zemeckis makes the...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Back to the Future Part II (1989) - Acts one and two are solid but that final act is a masterpiece holding up this film.
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I was taught when the prince and the dragon fought, that the dragon was always caught—now I don't even wince when it eats the prince.
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I was taught when the prince and the dragon fought, that the dragon was always caught—now I don't even wince when it eats the prince.
My hot take in my #LastFourWatched is that Hocus Pocus isn’t all that great.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My hot take in my #LastFourWatched is that Hocus Pocus isn’t all that great.
Rob Shearman has novelized two #DoctorWho audio dramas and I have some thoughts on The Chimes of Midnight:
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November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Rob Shearman has novelized two #DoctorWho audio dramas and I have some thoughts on The Chimes of Midnight:
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Clerks (1994) - Kevin Smith has a pretty funny debut even if the low budget makes it very rough around the edges.
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A ★★★½ review of Clerks (1994)
Another on the list of this would hit so much harder if I was a younger because Clerks makes an impression. Kevin Smith’s directorial debut is incredibly low budget and it’s got this slight bite to i...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Clerks (1994) - Kevin Smith has a pretty funny debut even if the low budget makes it very rough around the edges.
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Halloween: Party Favours by: Georgia Cook: Cook casually drops one of the best Big Finish stories of the year without so much as a word. Seriously, this one is horrific tragedy, centering a relationship that has just come over the honeymoon phase so it’s becoming terribly strained. Maybe they
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Halloween: Party Favours by: Georgia Cook: Cook casually drops one of the best Big Finish stories of the year without so much as a word. Seriously, this one is horrific tragedy, centering a relationship that has just come over the honeymoon phase so it’s becoming terribly strained. Maybe they
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I hope Republicans are scared.
I hope incumbent Democrats are more scared.
I hope incumbent Democrats are more scared.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I hope Republicans are scared.
I hope incumbent Democrats are more scared.
I hope incumbent Democrats are more scared.
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Catch Me If You Can (2002) - I think Spielberg had a special relationship with his father or something. He’s also a magician.
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A ★★★★½ review of Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Spielberg is probably the only director who could make me believe the lies of a real life con-artist. That is, the lies of Frank Abagnale Jr. a con artist whose exploits in this film are a fantasy, i...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Catch Me If You Can (2002) - I think Spielberg had a special relationship with his father or something. He’s also a magician.
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boxd.it/bBN9Nv
Random #DoctorWho thought: I love how in The Chimes of Midnight one thing not noted is how Shearman is at every turn subverting the Agatha Christie formula of a murder mystery. The victims being lower class is the big one, but also the suspects being the same class, the Doctor assumed to be
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Random #DoctorWho thought: I love how in The Chimes of Midnight one thing not noted is how Shearman is at every turn subverting the Agatha Christie formula of a murder mystery. The victims being lower class is the big one, but also the suspects being the same class, the Doctor assumed to be
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Halloween: Sea Smoke by: Jonathan Sims: Oh look, Jonathan Sims wrote a Jonathan Sims script, just toned down quite a bit to fit the general audience of Big Finish. There is part of me that wishes we would have let Sims go full works and the sound design and music from Big Finish mainstay Howard
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Halloween: Sea Smoke by: Jonathan Sims: Oh look, Jonathan Sims wrote a Jonathan Sims script, just toned down quite a bit to fit the general audience of Big Finish. There is part of me that wishes we would have let Sims go full works and the sound design and music from Big Finish mainstay Howard
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Sherlock Holmes Untold: The Strange Disappearance of James Phillimore by: Jonathan Barnes: The best episode yet, a transition episode that brings together this idea of the conspiracy between every case. This one also examines the idea of the innocents stuck in the middle in the case of Mrs.
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Sherlock Holmes Untold: The Strange Disappearance of James Phillimore by: Jonathan Barnes: The best episode yet, a transition episode that brings together this idea of the conspiracy between every case. This one also examines the idea of the innocents stuck in the middle in the case of Mrs.
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The Breakfast Club (1985) - It’s a classic but honestly there’s some stuff that just interrupts the pace especially with the vice principal of evil.
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A ★★★★ review of The Breakfast Club (1985)
There’s something fascinating about the universal appeal of The Breakfast Club. John Hughes knows how to tap into the psyche of adolescence and looking into the lives of five teenagers stuck in a sit...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The Breakfast Club (1985) - It’s a classic but honestly there’s some stuff that just interrupts the pace especially with the vice principal of evil.
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Bernice Summerfield: The Dalek Eternity 2 by: Alex Hewitt and Melissa F. Olson: The second release of the series and once again there is a clear stronger episode. Olson’s Oversoul is a wonderful little character piece examining what exactly Benny and the Daleks are doing this series in the setting
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Bernice Summerfield: The Dalek Eternity 2 by: Alex Hewitt and Melissa F. Olson: The second release of the series and once again there is a clear stronger episode. Olson’s Oversoul is a wonderful little character piece examining what exactly Benny and the Daleks are doing this series in the setting
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Sherlock Holmes Untold: The Adventure of the Amateur Mendicant Society by: Jonathan Barnes: I wonder if this one was meant to be released near Christmas because it kind of feels like a Christmas special. It’s a direct follow up to the last one but a different case. It’s also starting to bring
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Sherlock Holmes Untold: The Adventure of the Amateur Mendicant Society by: Jonathan Barnes: I wonder if this one was meant to be released near Christmas because it kind of feels like a Christmas special. It’s a direct follow up to the last one but a different case. It’s also starting to bring
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If you want to @newt5996.bsky.social, @jomoblooddonut.bsky.social and myself rave about how good The Dark Phoenix Saga is, as well as me coming to accept that X-Men: The Last Stand is indeed not a good movie, you should give the new episode of Fresh-Faced Comics a listen!
Covering something obscure today, you've never heard of it.
The latest episode of Fresh-Faced Comics is here, in which @newt5996.bsky.social, @andrewdoingart.bsky.social, and I talk about #XMen: The Dark Phoenix saga!
Available anywhere you listen to podcasts! :)
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The latest episode of Fresh-Faced Comics is here, in which @newt5996.bsky.social, @andrewdoingart.bsky.social, and I talk about #XMen: The Dark Phoenix saga!
Available anywhere you listen to podcasts! :)
linktr.ee/jomoblooddon...
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If you want to @newt5996.bsky.social, @jomoblooddonut.bsky.social and myself rave about how good The Dark Phoenix Saga is, as well as me coming to accept that X-Men: The Last Stand is indeed not a good movie, you should give the new episode of Fresh-Faced Comics a listen!
It’s the big one. Today on Fresh-Faced Comics @jomoblooddonut.bsky.social, @andrewdoingart.bsky.social, and I discuss the Dark Phoenix Saga, Jean Grey, and why the breather issues afterwards are just as important. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
Covering something obscure today, you've never heard of it.
The latest episode of Fresh-Faced Comics is here, in which @newt5996.bsky.social, @andrewdoingart.bsky.social, and I talk about #XMen: The Dark Phoenix saga!
Available anywhere you listen to podcasts! :)
linktr.ee/jomoblooddon...
The latest episode of Fresh-Faced Comics is here, in which @newt5996.bsky.social, @andrewdoingart.bsky.social, and I talk about #XMen: The Dark Phoenix saga!
Available anywhere you listen to podcasts! :)
linktr.ee/jomoblooddon...
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It’s the big one. Today on Fresh-Faced Comics @jomoblooddonut.bsky.social, @andrewdoingart.bsky.social, and I discuss the Dark Phoenix Saga, Jean Grey, and why the breather issues afterwards are just as important. Available wherever you get your podcasts.