pearce
@pearced.bsky.social
They pay me in woims. Books, music, movies and politics. One-time President of the VUW Muppet Club. Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai, Aotearoa. Ngāi Tahu. He/him.
I tried to put a $5 bet on the human race becoming extinct, but the bookie is being cagey about how I'll collect my winnings
December 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I tried to put a $5 bet on the human race becoming extinct, but the bookie is being cagey about how I'll collect my winnings
Quixote, it's me, I'm Sancho, I've come home, I'm so co-o-o-old, let me in-a your windmill
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Quixote, it's me, I'm Sancho, I've come home, I'm so co-o-o-old, let me in-a your windmill
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7 mainstream American genre movies. 2 mainstream British genre movies. 1 mainstream Australian genre movie. His 11-20 is slightly more diverse, but nothing terribly esoteric (his "movie you've probably never heard of" is the 2008 Thai film Chocolate, which most martial arts movie fans have seen.)
I'm not going to pretend these are bad films (I don't even mind the Woody film) but this doesn't exactly scream "voracious cinephile with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of genre and world cinema" so much as "dad who watches a lot of TNT."
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
7 mainstream American genre movies. 2 mainstream British genre movies. 1 mainstream Australian genre movie. His 11-20 is slightly more diverse, but nothing terribly esoteric (his "movie you've probably never heard of" is the 2008 Thai film Chocolate, which most martial arts movie fans have seen.)
Put those rancid school lunches in front of David Seymour and challenge him to eat them IMO
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Put those rancid school lunches in front of David Seymour and challenge him to eat them IMO
Five more movies I'll be watching this festive season:
- Go (1999)
- Bellman and True (1987)
- City of Lost Children (1995)
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Go (1999)
- Bellman and True (1987)
- City of Lost Children (1995)
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Introduce yourself with 5 movies you'll be watching this festive season
- The Thin Man
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
- Trancers
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- The Thin Man
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
- Trancers
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
Introduce yourself with 5 movies you'll be watching this festive season
- Muppet Christmas Carol
- Scrooged
- Love Actually
- About a Boy
- Death Comes to Pemberley
- Muppet Christmas Carol
- Scrooged
- Love Actually
- About a Boy
- Death Comes to Pemberley
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Five more movies I'll be watching this festive season:
- Go (1999)
- Bellman and True (1987)
- City of Lost Children (1995)
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Go (1999)
- Bellman and True (1987)
- City of Lost Children (1995)
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Introduce yourself with 5 movies you'll be watching this festive season
- The Thin Man
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
- Trancers
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- The Thin Man
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
- Trancers
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
Introduce yourself with 5 movies you'll be watching this festive season
- Muppet Christmas Carol
- Scrooged
- Love Actually
- About a Boy
- Death Comes to Pemberley
- Muppet Christmas Carol
- Scrooged
- Love Actually
- About a Boy
- Death Comes to Pemberley
Introduce yourself with 5 movies you'll be watching this festive season
- White Christmas
- Peter Pan Goes Wrong
- Muppet Christmas Carol
- Jingle Jangle
- Die Hard
- White Christmas
- Peter Pan Goes Wrong
- Muppet Christmas Carol
- Jingle Jangle
- Die Hard
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 movies you'll be watching this festive season
- The Thin Man
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
- Trancers
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- The Thin Man
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
- Trancers
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
If you see this, post an anime you love.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If you see this, post an anime you love.
Black Friday means Friday the 13th and the only sale should be on hockey masks and machetes.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Black Friday means Friday the 13th and the only sale should be on hockey masks and machetes.
What the fuck is happening? How can anyone suck so bad that they join in the chorus to condemn the things they just did last week?
Christ on a bike, these fucking idiots are ruining the country for no other reason than coalition agreements.
VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
'It's not impossible': National may campaign on regulatory standards repeal
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
What the fuck is happening? How can anyone suck so bad that they join in the chorus to condemn the things they just did last week?
I have a memory that the lesser Cramps song "Bend Over, I'll Drive" had the line "Is this the way Albert Camus died?" but listening to it now, it isn't there. Is this the Mandela Effect? Did they use that line when playing it live?
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I have a memory that the lesser Cramps song "Bend Over, I'll Drive" had the line "Is this the way Albert Camus died?" but listening to it now, it isn't there. Is this the Mandela Effect? Did they use that line when playing it live?
Wait up though, Starcrash is the correct answer.
Star Wars Rankings (wrong answers only)
1. Starcrash
2. Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars
3. Rocky Jones Space Ranger
4. Alexander Nevsky
1. Starcrash
2. Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars
3. Rocky Jones Space Ranger
4. Alexander Nevsky
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Wait up though, Starcrash is the correct answer.
Sometimes I think that old Dr. Who episode where politicians get electrocuted for making unpopular decisions wasn't such a bad idea after all
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Sometimes I think that old Dr. Who episode where politicians get electrocuted for making unpopular decisions wasn't such a bad idea after all
There are only three good prequels in all of cinema, and none of them are Star Wars movies.
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are only three good prequels in all of cinema, and none of them are Star Wars movies.
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." - HP Lovecraft
"Let's have a prequel to this horror movie that explains everything." - Hollywood studio executive
"Let's have a prequel to this horror movie that explains everything." - Hollywood studio executive
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." - HP Lovecraft
"Let's have a prequel to this horror movie that explains everything." - Hollywood studio executive
"Let's have a prequel to this horror movie that explains everything." - Hollywood studio executive
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hi this is a game I made
amandalee.itch.io/local-heroes
amandalee.itch.io/local-heroes
Local Heroes by amandalee
A one-shot RPG for 4-5 friends and a Wizard
amandalee.itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
hi this is a game I made
amandalee.itch.io/local-heroes
amandalee.itch.io/local-heroes
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Do not approach us.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Do not approach us.
I absolutely 100% do not believe in ghosts at all, and am terrified of them.
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I absolutely 100% do not believe in ghosts at all, and am terrified of them.
Last night at Film Society they showed the 1951 Mexican movie Victims of Sin, starring Ninób Sevilla. It had been a long time since I'd heard audience applause for a character being a righteous badass.
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Last night at Film Society they showed the 1951 Mexican movie Victims of Sin, starring Ninób Sevilla. It had been a long time since I'd heard audience applause for a character being a righteous badass.
Oh well, it was bad while it lasted.
Uber drivers' Supreme Court decision could collapse gig economy, business groups say
Uber drivers' Supreme Court decision could collapse gig economy, business groups say
Business groups are critical of the Supreme Court decision that the drivers should be considered employees.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Oh well, it was bad while it lasted.
Didn't help when RDJ started complaining that he never got award recognition for playing Tony Stark
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Didn't help when RDJ started complaining that he never got award recognition for playing Tony Stark
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There's been a lot of very sophisticated, compelling social commentary on declines in cultural literacy in recent years, but honestly it is very reasonable to just boil it down to "people no longer understand that things mean stuff"
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
There's been a lot of very sophisticated, compelling social commentary on declines in cultural literacy in recent years, but honestly it is very reasonable to just boil it down to "people no longer understand that things mean stuff"
My hot take on this is that one of the writers saying their book should be eligible because only the cover, not the contents, are AI generated is a failure of solidarity.
A new ruling on AI means the Ockhams are in the strange position of judging a book by its cover
Ockhams dump AI books from awards
newsroom.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My hot take on this is that one of the writers saying their book should be eligible because only the cover, not the contents, are AI generated is a failure of solidarity.
This movie has problems but the best parts are outrageously good (eg, the scene in the Louvre)
Trailers From Hell Fearless Leader @thejoedante.bsky.social’s classic live-action/cartoon hybrid Looney Tunes: Back in Action first invaded theaters OTD in 2003! Celebrate with TFH Guru Michael Schlesinger’s classic trailer commentary here:
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action | Trailers From Hell
Though aimed at a family-friendly crowd, Joe Dante's big-budget satire of big-budget blockbusters still manages to honor the subversive spirit of the original Termite Terrace pranksters (Bugs and Daff...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This movie has problems but the best parts are outrageously good (eg, the scene in the Louvre)