Visions of Hope

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I was too young to really have crushes when I first saw Spaceballs but I managed to have one on Daphne Zuniga anyway.

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#NowWatching Spaceballs. A VHS rental mainstay of my childhood and the first DVD I ever bought.

The 4K is amazing.

No DNR, no revisionist colour grading. A choice of original 2.0 or 4.1 audio.

Typical that Spaceballs gets a better 4K transfer than the original Star Wars trilogy.

#Filmsky

Loved it, loved it, loved it.

I laughed, I cried, I was grinning like a cretin by the end.

I can see why it’s a favourite of yours @dasjarg.bsky.social

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If this film doesn’t end with her getting medieval on this prick with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch there’s no justice.

Mamet certainly is a cunt.

Yeah.

….. Oooh, what a cunt!

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I know Gil is primarily based on Lemon’s performance in Glengarry Glen Ross but there’s a lot of Gil in Jack’s performance here. He even does the little improvised cha cha.

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Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemon are so charming together in this film.

Getting to live on your own in an apartment in Manhattan so long as you clear out at a moment’s notice and give your boss your keys so he can get laid sounds like something that would totally happen today.

Except it would probably be done through an app.

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#NowWatching The Apartment (1960).

Going in blind but I’ve yet to encounter a bad Billy Wilder film.

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Been helping a friend move today and I should get some editing done but I’m absolutely wiped out so the plan is to run a bath, make myself a cup of tea, and throw a film on.

My Arrow video order got delivered today so I have a choice of The Apartment, Excalibur or Spaceballs.

“What about that giant chainsaw wielding zombie?”

“It’s cool, I’ll just spinning hook kick him in the face then do a backflip of his chest. Standard moves.”

Meadow’s little pine cone paws, though!

until act three the shark in Jaws doesn't even know people are mad at him. he's just hanging out

… shit. You’re absolutely right.

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I feel you, Hulk.

You know what WON’T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz?

Solar and wind energy

And I’m here for it!

Intriguing

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It’s some weapons grade fucking bullshit that I get a content ID for using Superman in a video essay but President Shit His Pants and Pete HeKKKSeth get to put him in their slopaganda video.

Christopher Reeve must be spinning in his grave.

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Just got out of The Bride.

It’s definitely interesting. I reached a point about a third of the way through when I realised I was thinking when I should be feeling and after that I got on better with it.

Still, like The Lost Daughter I think it was on a level that’s over my head.

#FilmSky

Excellent choice!

Me posting my hot take on Bluesky

1967 - Dystopian Sci-fi novel, Don’t Create The Torment Nexus published

1974 - Cult classic BBC mini series

1997 - BBC remake

2002 - Hollywood movie, upbeat ending added

2019 - Nexcon - A Torment Company IPO’s, $324 Billion market cap

2026 - Polymarket bets on who will be tormented next

This is too accurate and it hurts.

trump: we blew 'em up, the little girls. bye-bye! the robot man said so, and we always listen to the robot man don't we folks?

hegseth: we must kill them all, every last child. for the blood god!

the nyt: Future Military-Aged Females Efficiently Dispatched By Precision Strike, Terrorists Allege

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Video editing in 4K with 16GB of RAM is like trying to poke shit up a hill with a toothpick sometimes.

Maybe they mistook her for Derrick Barry?

Just sit tight and wait for Scott to get there.

And that’s all you can do!

I could actually go for a beer and/or some cheese

Itchy and/or tasty?