I'm now open to full-time direct-hire work as a Senior Technical Writer. Please contact me about any remote opportunities. I'd also be open to working hybrid or in an office in the metro Portland, Oregon or Vancouver, Washington area. #opentowork
Mat Bradley-Tschirgi
@matwbt.bsky.social
Author of The Films of Eddie Murphy, Star Trek Video Games, The Films of Uwe Boll Vol. 1: The Video Game Movies, & more. Assistant Producer of Matt Chat Host of The Film-Flam Man Podcast with Mat Bradley-Tschirgi https://linktr.ee/matwbt/
The turns of phrase in the old Twilight Zone episodes are something else. “Don’t be a gloomy cookie!” is a good one.
IT’S CALLED HENTAI, COOP. NICHE PORNOGRAPHY FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN. REAL WACKYLAND STUFF LIKE TENTACLES. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE GETTING A PROSTATE MASSAGE FROM AN OCTOPUS? ME TOO.
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Watching a bit of The Devil Wears Prada 2. It at least is dealing with a real topic, the consolidation of media empires. It's still very much a fantasy but feels less vapid than the first. This series reminds me of Dangerous Liasons with what bitchy assholes all the characters tend to be.
The Spider-Man box-office is...how do you even talk about a $350M US opening ? For a movie starring a guy who also has a major role in the country's #2 movie, which has grossed $400M in 3 weeks? To quote Olivia Colman's Oscar speech, I kind of hope you're watching, this is not gonna happen again.
Obsession was well made (Inde Navarrette is fantastic as the female lead!), but it felt a bit thin like a 30-minute Twilight Zone extended to feature length. A lot of Sam Raimi influence as well.
If you’re a fan of my writing and would like to upgrade to a paid subscription now is the time: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/SilentSummer... With this discount, you’d greatly support my ability to keep working as a freelancer for less than a cup of coffee a week!
blazes on weekends /// usually smokes everyday before and after work /// sentient weed smoke cloud
Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...
More Typos, Fewer Em Dashes: Writers Are Creating an Anti-AI ‘Literary Counterculture’
Novelists, journalists, and power LinkedIn posters are embracing first-person narratives and idiosyncrasies to avoid being mistaken for chat bots.
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Reminder for everyone - the CEO of ModRetro is Palmer Luckey, who is a war profiteer (1), AI weapons manufacturer (2), fascist surveillance state supporter (3), genocide enthusiast (4), and pedophilia supporter (5). Supporting ModRetro means you're supporting fascism. Sorry, that's just the truth.
"Why did Fran’s acting career take her from the US to Europe?" ✈️🎬 We discuss this and more with Marcus James Heslop, author of Frantastic! The Amazing Story of Fran Fullenwider, the Plus-Sized Pioneer. Listen here: substack.com/@matwbt/note... #RockyHorrorPictureShow #FranFullenwider #RHPS
Marcus James Heslop (Frantastic!)
We interview Marcus James Heslop, author of Frantastic!
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Your Daily Dracula – Hot Wheels Dracula Kool Kombi (2026)
From the Masters of Horror dinner last year. What a night. Rest in peace, Chuck. You were amazing company.
Filmmaker Chuck Russell has passed away at 74. Chuck Russell directed The Blob & Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors in the 1980s, and later directed The Mask, Eraser, Bless the Child, The Scorpion King, and Witchboard (2025). A horror legacy that will never be forgotten.
I just got to interview screenwriter jD Shapiro (Robin Hood: Men in Tights) on my podcast. We discuss his works with Mel Brooks and the late Stan Lee, why MAD Magazine was a big influence, and the frustrations of WGA arbitration Listen to the podcast for free: matwbt.substack.com/p/jd-shapiro...
jD Shapiro (Robin Hood: Men in Tights)
Listen now | We interview jD Shapiro, whose screenwriting credits include the comedy Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He’s the head writer on Trabos Los Pasos De La Platino Rubia.
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Kotaku is looking for bilingual freelance writers covering gaming who are based in Japan. If that's you or someone you know, please DM me!
#SDCC comic con: our daughter left her 3D printed black dragon in the restroom near E/Starbucks. She printed it herself and is devastated. We checked the restroom and lost and found which means someone picked it up. If you bring it to 5552 I will give you a signed comic as reward
With #SDCC kicking off, why not pre-order my latest book Doom Video Games from White Owl Books (UK)? Featuring over a dozen exclusive interviews, it covers the early days of id Software all the way through Doom: The Dark Ages. #doom #gamesky #horror Pre-order here: www.amazon.com/Doom-Video-G...
Doom Video Games: How One Doomed Space Marine Changed Gaming Forever: Bradley-Tschirgi, Mat: 9781036130282: Amazon.com: Books
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Raymond Chandler on what people really care about in a story
OFFICIAL POSTER - Johnny Depp is Scrooge in director Ti West's A Christmas Carol movie EBENEZER, in theaters November 13, 2026 from Paramount. Andrea Riseborough, Ian McKellen, Sam Claflin, Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley and Tramell Tillman also star.
