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The Schlocketeer

@schlocketeer.bsky.social

Celebrating cinema from the grindhouse to the arthouse and all that lies between.

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The Schlocketeer@schlocketeer.bsky.social · 2d ago

I feel like anyone who is expecting Amazon MGM to announce the new Bond actor on James Bond Day tomorrow is just setting themselves up for major disappointment. I really wouldn't expect much more than some merchandise announcements, as well as further promotion of 007: FIRST LIGHT and KING ZERO.

The Schlocketeer@schlocketeer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ok, here's the thing... There's nothing wrong with actually engaging with people who disagree with you on subjects like the ones discussed in this 🧵. Such conversations should be had, especially with teens and young adults...

Joe Dunman@joedunman.bsky.social · 2d ago

I see today we're arguing whether you should engage with people whom you disagree and it makes me feel very thankful to all the people throughout my life who took the time to talk to me despite our differences.

The Schlocketeer@schlocketeer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Made the mistake of reading the comments under a post about REACHER already getting renewed for a sixth season. Soooooo many insecure dudes whining about Reacher almost dying at the hands of two knife-wielding female martial artists in S4. I hope S5 and S6 give them even more things to cry about.

The Schlocketeer@schlocketeer.bsky.social · 2d ago

My wife has similar issues with actors. She tends to refer to them by the movie she most associates them with. Russell Crowe = "Gladiator" James Earl Jones = "Mufasa" Cary Elwes = "Princess Bride" Brendan Fraser = "Monkeybone" Her (pointing at actor on screen): "Oh, is that Gladiator?!?"

Bloody Popcorn@bloodypopcorn.bsky.social · 2d ago

So, my 12yo kid has always had trouble remembering names. It’s just the way his brain works/doesn’t work. And today was my favorite: “Hey, is that Black Jackson?”

The Schlocketeer@schlocketeer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Honestly not sure why anyone would get mad about a Mann recut at this point. There are at least 4 different cuts of MOHICANS, at least 3 of MANHUNTER, 2 cuts of HEAT, at least 3 of ALI, 2 cuts of BLACKHAT, and now 3 of MIAMI VICE. Recuts are a Mann staple, for better or worse.

Austin Shinn@untitleduser.bsky.social · 2d ago

I get people being mad Michael Mann recut Miami Vice but his decision to reshoot the entire Zapped Again music video that closed out that movie with people he found at a bus station and lots of clapping was unique

Matthew Essary@wheelscritic.bsky.social · 2d ago

There aren’t any good movie executives. They are what would occur if your useless, middle-management supervisor got bit by a radioactive douchebag.

Jennifer Liao@averagejenn.bsky.social · 3d ago

Man. Sad remarks from a director of SCOOB! HOLIDAY HAUNT, the third completed movie WB cancelled for a tax break on a post about Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca's ouster, saying they were responsible along with Zaslav for shelving the movie and Abdy only called him after the news leaked on Twitter.

Hey let's not pour salt on the wounds, it's tough all over. mkurinsky: absolutely not. i have struggled both financially and with my mental health since they cancelled my movie. They will leave with lucrative exit packages. I was let go from WB told that there was no longer a place for me there after 7 years. No exit package. They deserve a little salt.
The Schlocketeer@schlocketeer.bsky.social · 2d ago

I do not owe my time to placate the stupidty and ugliness of others. They can fix themselves on their own time or drown in their own lack of worth. I have better things to do than waste my energy on people who do not value the lives of people who are different than them.

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2d ago

The best cure for ideological bias is find someone on the other side and go to lunch with them.⁣ ⁣ Sometimes we disagree about facts. Sometimes we disagree about values. Figuring out which is which is fun part. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/my-libertarian-friends-were-right

The Schlocketeer@schlocketeer.bsky.social · 2d ago

They're making everyone anxious about it because they themselves are anxious about it. They NEED it to work or they're gonna go bankrupt. You know what? Let them. They should go bankrupt for being that stupid. Let the market actually cut the knees out from under them when the AI bottom falls out.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

John Leavitt@leavittalone.bsky.social · 4d ago

One of the reasons Dracula works and is good is cause it’s about every single middle-class British neurosis and paranoia AT ONCE

aquila 🍉 most normal frankenstein enjoyer@belllmonts.bsky.social · 4d ago

"dracula is actually about repression" "dracula is actually about bloodsucking landlords" "dracula is actually about assault" "dracula is actually about xenophobia" "dracula is actually about bram stoker being closeted" dracula is about all of those things welcome to the gothic genre