Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real

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And renewing my offer -- any college class in Texas that wants to discuss the book, I'll happily Zoom in for the chat.

"Prince Ali" is a great song, but every single line is a lie - we learn nothing about Aladdin, and really just set up some mild third act conflict. "Gaston" is an all-timer, and every line is true - and tells us exactly who the townsfolk are and why they will immediately choose violence.

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · 6h ago

Today in the second round of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket, I have good news and bad news. Good: An Ashman/Menken song will win! Bad: An Ashman/Menken song will lose. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

HAPPY JOHN CAGE AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE NOTE CHANGE DAY

depths of wikipedia@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 5h ago

for the first time in two and a half years, a new note was played in this organ performance today!

University of Michigan voters have a 100% El-Sayed precinct right now.

Oh my god I think I found the video.

CSketch@csketch.bsky.social · yesterday

Disney studies friends: has anyone written about religion in Hunchback of Notre Dame?? I find very little on it generally but most of it is, understandably, disability studies.

in re Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" (which, in the original Martian Chronicles, occurs on today's date), I didn't realize the very first published version of the story, in Collier's magazine, was set in April 1985. (the current edition of Martian Chronicles now sets it in 2057).

There Will Come Soft Rains The most upsetting interpretation. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OumN...

Watch: There Will Come Soft Rains (1984) | The Rediscovered Soviet Animated Warning

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I think Broadway Jerry Orbach will always have my vote, especially for my fond memories of the '92 Oscars: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehy-...

Tape 41 - Oscar The 64th Academy Awards : Belle & Be Our Guest Songs

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Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · yesterday

Today in the second round of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket, an exuberant show-stopper faces off against a snake. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happy There Will Come Soft Rains Day to all who celebrate. (Especially those in Allendale, California.) short-stories.co/@raybradbury...

Absolutely love this story ❤ #jaws

Please note: this film was not approved by any museum ever and seriously please don’t pull this. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

The first flash mobs were in New York, but not until 2003, and not Rene Magritte-themed. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

Is this a Dunst Threshold for Mark Margolis? This, plus Scarface, plus Glory? #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

Saxy "Windmills of Your Mind" showing up here. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

Is is bad when your therapist starts laughing at you and comparing you to Peter Pan? I feel like that's a bad sign. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

Tommy is a Bond Girl AND a Bond Villain. #HATM

Ritterton here and elsewhere!@ritterton.bsky.social · 3d ago

So owning one's own island doesn't carry the same vibe that it did in the 1990s. #HATM

@pcbryan.bsky.social showed me recently that there are actually a lot of paintings in the dogs playing poker series that I had no idea about. Some of them are absolutely amazing and/or hilarious. #HATM #ThomasCrownAffair en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_Pl...

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"You don't think we're finished, do you?" I'm not yet 45, but I can't imagine being ready for more after lying on those marble steps like that. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

Heard a few strains of "Windmills of You Mind" here before we shift to a more original score. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

"Dogs Playing Cards" (actually "Poker Sympathy") is actually part of a series from American artist Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844-1934) - often held up as an example of low art, I think their neat: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_Pl... #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

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"Aladdin" (as in "A Lad In") is a solid name for a locksmith company. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

"Thomas, your crown is showing - really quite the affair!" - Dialogue from the film that you missed. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

Laura Bedrossian@laurabedrossian.bsky.social · 3d ago

I’m very late (thanks to the toddler), but here! I did fast forward to catch up with you all and pierce brosnan’s a sailor? Someone is having a crown out in? Maybe an affair? Can’t wait to find out! #hatm

Pepsi One was still quite new when this came out, though has been since discontinued (it is basically present day Diet Pepsi, though). #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

I like this painting; I would steal it too. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

"It would be one of the hottest days of the year..." "You wouldn't believe its nearly October." Global warming: just as real in 1999. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

Who would every suspect there would be villains hiding in a horse!? #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

The original opens with "Windmills of Your Mind," (www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEhS...) this opens with a weirdly jolly Bill Conti score. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

The Windmills of Your Mind - Noel Harrison

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