Erin Snyder
@erinlsnyder.bsky.social
Self-published novelist, movie geek, and Yuletide nerd, originally from Maine and now living in the Pacific Northwest (He/Him) About my books: https://erinlsnyder.com/ Christmas movie reviews: www.mainliningchristmas.com/
If AI disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn't even notice until everyone started celebrating.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 9h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
The air quality isn't actually so bad that I *had* to put on an N99 respirator to get the garbage bins, but the one silver lining of living in a post-apocalyptic hellscape where I've got an N99 respirator is I can toss it on and avoid inhaling even mildly poisoned air.
Okay, so season 2 of Caped Crusader keeps doing this thing where they reuse settings from Batman: The Animated Series as an homage or Easter egg or something. Mostly it's fine, if a bit repetitive...
Why do Batman adaptations keep making the Riddler progressively more boring?
Erin Snyder@erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 2d agoA couple episodes into season two of Caped Crusader, and my feelings are pretty similar to season one: this is good, but it's redundant. They're able to lean more into the influences of Batman TAS and *actually* not make it kid-friendly this time, but it's still basically doing the same thing.
It's the only method of voting where you actually have the ability to research which of the weirdos running for county assessor is a better choice, without holding up a dozen people waiting in line. It's insane to me this isn't how all voting is done in this country. It's so much better.
Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · 18h agoWashington has been 100% vote by mail since 2011. I haven't voted in person since 2000. All of our ballots have individual tracking numbers and we get to watch them go through the whole process. It is the best voting system in the US.
Love them or hate them, Marvel and Star Wars are a big part of what's been keeping theaters in business for the past decade.
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 19h ago10 biggest global opening weekends at the box office 💰 Half of them are MCU films
This is going to be incredibly useful once we get more than 100 people using this site.
Bluesky@bsky.app · yesterdayUpdate: group chats can now host up to 100 members.
Real "you shouldn't believe her because she's breaking an NDA" energy here.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
This seems like an incredibly useful rubric for approaching suspect media going forward.
Matt Donato@donatobomb.bsky.social · 2d agoAlso, there are animated bits thrown in that I cannot 100% confirm are created by AI ... but ... I'd go to Vegas and throw $1k down on them being AI.
A couple episodes into season two of Caped Crusader, and my feelings are pretty similar to season one: this is good, but it's redundant. They're able to lean more into the influences of Batman TAS and *actually* not make it kid-friendly this time, but it's still basically doing the same thing.
Everyone's saying "echo chamber" like it's awful, but have you ever been in a real echo chamber? They're AMAZING. It's like being in a magical world that talks back up you. I love echo chambers!
Apparently this is the last day of breathable air in the Seattle area for a while, so I'm enjoying it while I can*. *Playing Smash Bros Melee with the windows open
I'm pretty sure everyone here knows that column is pure, undiluted bullshit, but the funny part is inflation is so bad right now, I suspect an *actual* communist would have a decent shot against a Republican.
post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 3d agoand GOD IS EMPTY JUST LIKE ME
Jokes aside, reading this I realized I will almost certainly live long enough to one day see a big budget adaptation of Smash Bros on the big screen, and... yeah. That depresses me a little.
Nintendo of America@nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 3d agoWitness the beginning of a #SmashUniverse.
If we're talking among all performing artists, it's Tori Amos with Under the Pink/Boys for Pele/From the Choir Hotel Hotel. For "bands," I'm going with Jethro Tull: Minstrel in the Gallery/Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die/Songs from the Wood.
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
If you believe this, and I hope you do, there is nothing stopping you from continuing to protect your vulnerable neighbors by wearing masks in crowded and indoor spaces, especially necessary spaces like healthcare facilities, grocery stores, and public transportation. Absolutely nothing.
Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 3d agoCovid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.
Working as a writer/Co-Producer on S2 of Batman Caped Crusader was a dream come true and yet personally, I’m bummed. Regardless of my credit snafu I hope you all check it out on Amazon Prime. Here’s pt 1 of 2:
One of my favorite meta-genres is taking a bunch of genre tropes and dropping them into a relatively conventional drama or comedy and just letting them live their lives.
Erin Snyder@erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 4d agoIf I'd seen Wolf Children in 2012, I suspect I'd be telling you it hits differently rewatching it as a parent, but this was my first viewing, so all I can say is it HITS. Probably the most emotionally honest movie I've ever seen about raising kids who are also werewolves.
Spider-Man will return in Avengers: Doomsday trailers....
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 3d ago‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ is opening with ~$875M at the global box office 🕷️ Second biggest opening weekend of all time 💰
Guys, I don't know how to say this, but I really think the theatrical experience is dying. Audiences just don't care as much about seeing this stuff on the big screen as they used to. The age of streaming has arrived.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day underperforms* expectations** and Marvel is dead***
Gregory Ellwood@gregoryellwood.bsky.social · 3d agoOh, so close... Sony Pictures is reporting Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens to a MASSIVE $355 million, just $2.1 million below Avengers: Endgame's 2019 domestic record theplaylist.net/spider-man-b...
I'm specifically re-posting the third post in Braak's really good thread, because this post stands out as REALLY good even in the context of the previously acknowledged really good thread it's in, and I don't want it to stay buried.
(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve@braak.bsky.social · 3d agoYou got to understand the rhetorical space that people like this live in -- it has nothing to do with the material choices that we made during the pandemic, and everything to do with resentment that the *morally correct* choice was to do closures and lockdowns despite the consequences.
Sam Raimi's best movie. Yes, I thought about it first, and no, I'm not forgetting anything.
Zoe Tunnell ➡️ FlameCon E-09@zoewithasword.bsky.social · 4d agoNow watching:
If I'd seen Wolf Children in 2012, I suspect I'd be telling you it hits differently rewatching it as a parent, but this was my first viewing, so all I can say is it HITS. Probably the most emotionally honest movie I've ever seen about raising kids who are also werewolves.
Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki's First Transformation
Alt: Gif from the movie, Wolf Children, showing Ame and Yuki as young children turning into wolves.
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YES! I don't think we talk enough about how much of fiction writing consists of making choices. Not just premise, setting, or character: small stuff, too. Lines of dialogue, descriptions, reactions... all of it serves a purpose. All of it is a choice.
Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · 5d agoFor writers worried that they won't be able to "prove" their work isn't Spicy Autocomplete--worry not. You thought about every choice and will be able to talk about those choices easily and clearly. Folks who used the slop machine didn't make choices and won't have anything to say about why
I feel like we need to come together and find a middle ground between the extremists who want to feed our bodies, minds, and souls to the machines, and the equally bad extremists who insist on making it illegal to feed our bodies, minds, and souls to the machines.
Can you imagine how boring it would be stuck in a turbolift with a Vulcan?
Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 5d agoName an alien from Star Trek you don't want to be trapped in an elevator with
I'm not going to weigh in on the "must run" stuff, but - for what little it's worth - if she does run, I'll sure as hell vote for her.
Hamilton Nolan@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 6d agoThe left needs a candidate it can unite around in the 2028 primaries and AOC is the only real choice. Nobody else checks all of the boxes. Every other option is worse. If she doesn't run, it's a missed opportunity of historic proportions. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/aoc-must-r...
