The Raggedyman
@raggedyman.bsky.social
A strange adventure where the cutting edge of science meets the unstoppable force of the sofa.
Except posts about films, cats, creative projects, and the ungodly horrors of existence.
Except posts about films, cats, creative projects, and the ungodly horrors of existence.
For an interesting mix of low-budget high-quality model work, stock footage, stock characters, the thrills of an under Steven's rollercoaster, and random horrifying aliens, give The Atmoic Submarine (1951) a try next rainy Sunday afternoon. At 71 minutes, it just avoids outstaying it's welcome.
December 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For an interesting mix of low-budget high-quality model work, stock footage, stock characters, the thrills of an under Steven's rollercoaster, and random horrifying aliens, give The Atmoic Submarine (1951) a try next rainy Sunday afternoon. At 71 minutes, it just avoids outstaying it's welcome.
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) has such an emotionally effective opening act, that it's whole "Santa Slasher flick, but you really feel pathos for the slasher" gag is utterly earned. It's core message of "never trust dementia sufferers or nuns" is interesting and the kills are bloodily inventive.
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) has such an emotionally effective opening act, that it's whole "Santa Slasher flick, but you really feel pathos for the slasher" gag is utterly earned. It's core message of "never trust dementia sufferers or nuns" is interesting and the kills are bloodily inventive.
Blast Of Silence (1961) is a dime-store noir crime drama brought to life with brilliant proti new wave cinematography, a brisk and unpretentious directorial style, and a voiceover that hits you around the head like a leg of lamb wielded in a barroom brawl.
Also peanut racing and existential dread.
Also peanut racing and existential dread.
December 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Blast Of Silence (1961) is a dime-store noir crime drama brought to life with brilliant proti new wave cinematography, a brisk and unpretentious directorial style, and a voiceover that hits you around the head like a leg of lamb wielded in a barroom brawl.
Also peanut racing and existential dread.
Also peanut racing and existential dread.
To all the insomniacs out there: only three more sleeps till Christmas!
December 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
To all the insomniacs out there: only three more sleeps till Christmas!
I'm now 6 episodes into the Nana anime series (2006-2007), and I'm happy to say it's fantastic. The script, characters, voice work, story, animation and direction are all beautiful. A slice-of-life show that's adult and inventive, with both realism and warmth.
Go: watch it, now!
Go: watch it, now!
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I'm now 6 episodes into the Nana anime series (2006-2007), and I'm happy to say it's fantastic. The script, characters, voice work, story, animation and direction are all beautiful. A slice-of-life show that's adult and inventive, with both realism and warmth.
Go: watch it, now!
Go: watch it, now!
Really trying to enjoy the Reichenbach story in Elementary, but the writers have really messed up the power scale of The Big Bad, swinging from interesting idea to total global domination to mild inconvenience with each episode. A shame, as it's theoretically a bloody good story and series ender.
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Really trying to enjoy the Reichenbach story in Elementary, but the writers have really messed up the power scale of The Big Bad, swinging from interesting idea to total global domination to mild inconvenience with each episode. A shame, as it's theoretically a bloody good story and series ender.
I understand why people find Sydney Sweeney's body attractive (I've not seen any of her films, so I can't judge her as an actress, so "look! A grade boobs on a B/B+ body!" has been my only introduction to her), but has no one else noticed that she has the eyes of a serial killer?
And not a sexy one.
And not a sexy one.
December 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I understand why people find Sydney Sweeney's body attractive (I've not seen any of her films, so I can't judge her as an actress, so "look! A grade boobs on a B/B+ body!" has been my only introduction to her), but has no one else noticed that she has the eyes of a serial killer?
And not a sexy one.
And not a sexy one.
Podcasts having "Guaranteed Human" as a promo jingle is a terrifying development.
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Podcasts having "Guaranteed Human" as a promo jingle is a terrifying development.
Oh. What. Fun. (2025) has an amazing cast in a hyper realistically middle-class holiday film: everyone is miserable, the mum has a breakdown because she decided to make everyone miserable by having a performative "Perfect Christmas", and then she faces no consequences for overtime shoplifting.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Oh. What. Fun. (2025) has an amazing cast in a hyper realistically middle-class holiday film: everyone is miserable, the mum has a breakdown because she decided to make everyone miserable by having a performative "Perfect Christmas", and then she faces no consequences for overtime shoplifting.
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Show Me Your Friday Face!
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Show Me Your Friday Face!
My normal position on UK education and exams is "it was hard then, it'll be hard now", but I can't help feeling anymore doing interwar Germany for History GCSE/A-Level has now got an unfair advantage from living through our own slid into facism.
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
My normal position on UK education and exams is "it was hard then, it'll be hard now", but I can't help feeling anymore doing interwar Germany for History GCSE/A-Level has now got an unfair advantage from living through our own slid into facism.
Watching the absolute banger that is The Naked Gun (1988) because it's amazing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Watching the absolute banger that is The Naked Gun (1988) because it's amazing.
Headline "Nigel Farage found eating swans in Regents Park"
Reform commenters "but what about the swans Starmer ate?"
Reform commenters "but what about the swans Starmer ate?"
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Headline "Nigel Farage found eating swans in Regents Park"
Reform commenters "but what about the swans Starmer ate?"
Reform commenters "but what about the swans Starmer ate?"
It was the Ant of times,
It was the Dec of times.
It was the Dec of times.
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It was the Ant of times,
It was the Dec of times.
It was the Dec of times.
Gryphon in Clan Space Weeb colours for #battletech. The shoulder plates are supposed to look like ablative armour,rather than fixed body parts, and I'm quite proud of how the "one layer of red over a solid silver, leaving the silver showing at the edges" technique conveyed that.
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Gryphon in Clan Space Weeb colours for #battletech. The shoulder plates are supposed to look like ablative armour,rather than fixed body parts, and I'm quite proud of how the "one layer of red over a solid silver, leaving the silver showing at the edges" technique conveyed that.
Logically speaking, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), is the most realistic of the movies. If you could sufficiently train four prime-of-adolesence humanoid turtles to the levels of kung-fu movies, they would absolutely kick that exact amount of arse.
#TMNT
#TMNT
October 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Logically speaking, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), is the most realistic of the movies. If you could sufficiently train four prime-of-adolesence humanoid turtles to the levels of kung-fu movies, they would absolutely kick that exact amount of arse.
#TMNT
#TMNT
I love that, for all the changes made to enhance the Netflix #Ranma1/2 reboot, they have stuck to the core principle that every character is a fucking idiot. Smoother story, clearer goals, less filler, twice as much dumbass.
October 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I love that, for all the changes made to enhance the Netflix #Ranma1/2 reboot, they have stuck to the core principle that every character is a fucking idiot. Smoother story, clearer goals, less filler, twice as much dumbass.
SubSpecies is a very dull film with a couple of moments of really okay horror effects. SubSpecies 2 has even less plot going on, such that the best version of it is the 5 minutes recap at the start of SubSpecies 3. And, incredibly, SubSpecies 3 is even duller with less plot.
Only two more to go
Only two more to go
September 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
SubSpecies is a very dull film with a couple of moments of really okay horror effects. SubSpecies 2 has even less plot going on, such that the best version of it is the 5 minutes recap at the start of SubSpecies 3. And, incredibly, SubSpecies 3 is even duller with less plot.
Only two more to go
Only two more to go
This is the country I grew up in.
I recognise the violence, the hate, and the bigotry.
This is who we are.
I recognise the violence, the hate, and the bigotry.
This is who we are.
September 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This is the country I grew up in.
I recognise the violence, the hate, and the bigotry.
This is who we are.
I recognise the violence, the hate, and the bigotry.
This is who we are.
So, that was a perfectly watchable bit of kid friendly horror. Not amazing, but fun and well put together.
So far, #FiveNightsAtFreedy's (2023) answer's the question, "What if Roald Dahl wrote a big budget teen slasher for a huge wadge of cash?"?. I never played the game before, so I can't say if it's a good adaptation of the game or its story and themes; I'm just saying it might not suck as a movie.
September 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
So, that was a perfectly watchable bit of kid friendly horror. Not amazing, but fun and well put together.
So far, #FiveNightsAtFreedy's (2023) answer's the question, "What if Roald Dahl wrote a big budget teen slasher for a huge wadge of cash?"?. I never played the game before, so I can't say if it's a good adaptation of the game or its story and themes; I'm just saying it might not suck as a movie.
September 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
So far, #FiveNightsAtFreedy's (2023) answer's the question, "What if Roald Dahl wrote a big budget teen slasher for a huge wadge of cash?"?. I never played the game before, so I can't say if it's a good adaptation of the game or its story and themes; I'm just saying it might not suck as a movie.
"We never thought leopards would eat one of our faces" insists family of man who campaigned to have packs of face eating leopards run loose everywhere.
September 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
"We never thought leopards would eat one of our faces" insists family of man who campaigned to have packs of face eating leopards run loose everywhere.