Rory
@roryhume.bsky.social
Writer, helpful pop-culture weirdo | @smreine.bsky.social's Descentverse sidekick | they/them Adaptation Book Club on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/roryryliehume Other places you can find me: https://linktr.ee/roryhume
Undiscovered Country is my first remembered theatrical experience, and it rocked. The intro score into the Praxis explosion, the Bird of Prey attack, the final space battle…chef kiss.
Jessie Gender@jessiegender.bsky.social · 2d agoMildly annoyed they’re not showing Star Trek: Undiscovered Country in theaters like the rest of the TOS movies, when it’s by far the one I want to see in theaters the most. Hell I’d even rather see Generations for the first time in theaters then Wrath of Khan back in theaters for the tenth time.
It's only now dawning on me that it's probably not common overlap to have both listened to Belle and Sebastian in the 2000s and had cursory baseball knowledge at the same time. (My knowledge on this subject was largely "Piazza's a fun name".)
Dan Olson@foldablehuman.bsky.social · 4d agoGot irrationally tilted learning that Piazza, New York Catcher isn’t about some old timey baseball player with a giant moustache who died in 1903, but some guy who didn’t even retire until 2008.
August is the month that sucks the most, with the last of the summer checks running low and the 1st of Sept checks so far away, any help buying food or supplies would be great. Target amount is approximate.
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Slept on it because I was extremely sleep-deprived yesterday, and I have some thematic concerns with The Odyssey. I'll save them for whenever I get a second viewing, in part because I want to think about them in conjunction with the execution.
Rory@roryhume.bsky.social · 2w agoSaw The Odyssey and wrote way too much about it without including my two most prominent thoughts during my viewing, which were 1. I want Zendaya's Athena to hold my hand 2. The media that best prepped me for the story was Hades II??? Anyway, review here: letterboxd.com/roryhume/fil...
Saw The Odyssey and wrote way too much about it without including my two most prominent thoughts during my viewing, which were 1. I want Zendaya's Athena to hold my hand 2. The media that best prepped me for the story was Hades II??? Anyway, review here: letterboxd.com/roryhume/fil...
A ★★★★ review of The Odyssey (2026)
I decided I had to see The Odyssey theatrically for two reasons: I tend to find Christopher Nolan films better when theatrical is my first experience, and reading reviews gave me no sense of how he wo...
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Saying "content" (or worse, "consuming content") makes average people sound like soulless corporate suits AND usually there's a more specific word that works better. Lose/lose all around.
Todd in the Shadows@shadowtodd.bsky.social · 2w ago"recession pop" is one of those things where I'm glad it has a name, I just wish it was a better name (also: "elevated horror," "content")
coming up with the trope graphic for these old books is hilarious YEAH i went and did ALL THAT
Sara “Blade” Reine@smreine.bsky.social · 3w agoBekah and Levi Riese from The Cain Chronicles, an old werewolf drama of mine. They are twins with wildly different personalities. I’m producing an illustrated edition and I hope to get twenty drawings in it but that’s A LOT
New post for patrons! A behind-the-scenes look at my latest short story, Revenge Warrant, for Boundary Shock Quarterly. www.patreon.com/roryryliehum...
July 2026: Revenge Warrant (short story process) | Rory Hume
Hello again, patrons and passersby! The paid section of this post details the process of writing a short story entitled Revenge Warrant for
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The discussions of The Odyssey I've seen around made me realize that it's probably strange that I graduated high school/did half of a lit-focused college undergrad and came nowhere near it in a school environment. So many people came across it without trying.
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Close Encounters is on in the coffeeshop, and for as much as they're very different filmmakers, a thing that unites Spielberg and Nolan is how they can, on a dime, turn their movie into a horror picture when necessary.
Loot drop after defeating me: -at least a box of tissues (1d3 for number) -a can of peaches -sketch book with graphite pencil -pocket journal with three-color pen -the ability to trip over anything, including thin air -option to coin flip for insomnia/oversleeping -equippable cane for +1 mobility
Sara “Blade” Reine@smreine.bsky.social · 4w agoLoot drop after defeating me: - folding sickle knife - eye mask and headphones (sleep quality buff) - vintage meditation tapes - sketch book with charcoal - amino acid supplement (roll 1d6 to choose from table)
What's funny to me is that I've been into superheroes my whole life and I've run into this problem my whole life, but I've barely read comics. I bailed out of DC's animated universe when they switched from individual superhero shows into Justice League.
Colin Spacetwinks@spacetwinks.bsky.social · 4w agoit's sooo funny that the marvel movies eventually replicated the exact thing people disliked about the comics and preferred the movies for: overstuffed event crossovers that intimidate readers, demand you look at a whole bunch of other shit to know the story, and don't even tell a good story
Without saying your age, what’s your favourite movie that came out when you were 18?
Clementine from Eternal Sunshine
Alt: Clementine from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Sara “Blade” Reine@smreine.bsky.social · 4w agoWithout saying your age, what’s your favourite movie that came out when you were 18?
Interview with the Vampire s3/The Vampire Lestat is over for the season, so I put up a final discussion post with my comment about the finale. I'm hoping to do a full rewatch of the season in the next few days so I can look at the whole structure in bigger chunks. www.patreon.com/roryryliehum...
Adaptation Book Club: The Vampire Chronicles (Final discussion post) | Rory Hume
We’ve done it, book clubbers! Season three of Interview with the Vampire/The Vampire Lestat is complete, and this post marks the end of anot
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It wasn't a strong reaction, but the small group reaction I'll always remember best was seeing Brokeback Mountain theatrically and having a group of gay men behind me joking about the use of spit in the tent sex scene. Probably because they were a) funny and b) right.
Boner Vivant@dougtilley.bsky.social · last yr.Got me thinking.. What's the strongest reaction you've seen an audience member have to a scene in a cinema? During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.
I hate this idea in the arts. (I ran into it doing performance arts as well.) There's a difference between developing a thicker skin so well-delivered corrections won't hurt, and someone with power trying to hurt you and calling it help.
Sara “Blade” Reine@smreine.bsky.social · last mo.Uh…no.
I haven’t read this one, but Under the Banner of Heaven is an all-time fave.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last mo.Ice cold take, but Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" is extremely good
This is a really good explainer (I learned a couple things!). I'd only add that nonbinary trans people who hormonally transition will often do lower doses of testosterone than required for full exogenous puberty and will sometimes stop T prescriptions altogether after achieving desired effects.
Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · last mo.Testosterone is a hormone surrounded in myths and misconceptions, which the Right loves to use to both demonize trans people as well as to fuel their weird beliefs about masculinity. Today, Jules Sherred dives into the science of testosterone and the reality of the effects it can have on the body.
Christopher Nolan really likes one-word titles starting with the letter i.
The internet: Sam Neill died Me: How sad! The internet: We're going to use Jurassic Park and The Piano for tributes. Me: I think it's time for me to rewatch Event Horizon for the first time since I was twelve. Ooh, and I should watch Possession for the first time, too.
I watched Insomnia for the first time, and I've changed my mind on tiers. There are only two: 1. I care (The Prestige, Inception, Tenet, Dunkirk, Memento, The Dark Knight) 2. I don't care (Batman Begins, Insomnia, Interstellar, Following, Oppenheimer, The Dark Knight Rises)
Rory@roryhume.bsky.social · last mo.I'm thinking of his filmography in four tiers so far: -Ones I love (The Prestige, Inception) -Ones I like (Tenet, Dunkirk, Memento) -Ones I'm iffy on (Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Interstellar, Following, Oppenheimer) -lmao (The Dark Knight Rises)
I did a double take because this wasn't the senator death announcement I was expecting. Definitely an obituary I'm reading with pleasure, though.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’
