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Carl Winberg

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TV Editor/Engineer. Ex BBC / Sony Pictures / DreamWorks Animation Law school drop-out. Pints enthusiast in Dublin. https://www.youtube.com/@UKTVCommercials I have one of those bot things: @classicfilms.bsky.social

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · Jan 10

It's difficult to explain just how bad food was in the UK in the eighties. This was a commercial. To make people come and buy food. That was this.
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Wendy Baked Potato Commercial - UK 1986

YouTube video by UK TV Commercials

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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 11h

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.

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Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.social · 7h

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 7h

Drew Struzan Forever

Movie poster artwork by Drew Struzan for BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986), AN AMERICAN TAIL (1986), INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) and COMING TO AMERICA (1988)

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 7h

Biggest kilt I ever did see.

Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah but real ones though.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 7h

RIP to Drew Struzan, the artist behind the iconic posters for so many classic Hollywood movies of the 70s and 80s

I can't pick a favorite, so I'll go with his unforgettable one sheet for 'John Carpenter's The Thing', a perfect poster for a perfect film, one I didn't know it was his until today 📽️

$art for the poster of John Carpenter's The Thing, showing a man in a parka with the hood up, arms extended, against a fractal backdrop of ice with rays of white-blue light exploding from within the hood$

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 7h

Has there ever been a famous Enoch who wasn't a massive cunt?

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 7h

It's at this moment in history that I'm reminded of how 8 years ago the right flew into an absolute panic because they got trolled on social media about "antifa supersoldiers."

can't wait for November 4th when millions of antifa supersoldiers will behead all white parents and small business owners in the town square

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7h

Apparently the new Tron had a worse opening weekend than Morbius the important question now is whether we can eventually meme it back into theaters.

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Dave's not here, man! @davewithturbos.bsky.social · 10h

Private citizen paying troop salaries, what could possibly go wrong with this precedent?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 13h

'Sora cost $20 a month & subscribers can generate an unlimited number of AI videos... this costs (Sora owners) OpenAI "at least $5 per 10-second video"'.

Journalists, please ask more questions about how this tech could ever in a million years make a profit?

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 13h

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

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Jean @jeano.bsky.social · 18h

Our dog found an actual string of sausages today! I thought that only happened in The Beano 😆

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 17h

We should never have written stories down, stories are meant to be told to us by a very old man over a flagon of mead by a roaring fire

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 3d

This photo of Robert Bloch is the most writer photo to have ever writer photo’d. It is Pure Writer Photo.

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 1d

I really hope not, but at this point I'm just exhausted with all the Good People going Bad.

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 1d

I had tickets to see him when he was over a year or so ago. I realised the week after.

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 1d

@manmademoon.bsky.social You know you want to.

Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 1d

I did not know you followed the Irish presidential election. I really did not.

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Kate Devlin 🎃👻🍂 @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 1d

My 15yo child, unexpectedly: “Yeah, I have at least 3 LinkedIn accounts. All fake. I use them to check on my teachers’ qualifications. I keep getting job offers because I ticked something that said I used to work in middle management for Asda.”

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Classic Movies Today @classicfilms.bsky.social · 1d

30 years ago:
Strange Days (US)
Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience ...
1995-10-13
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/281

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 1d

things bullets say

Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 1d

Almost every time I go thru JFK something weird happens.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Ronan Voorhees (ki ki ki ma ma ma) @ronandusty.bsky.social · 1d

Whoever invented biscuits was playing a fucking blinder that day.

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dead horse @hooved-mammal.bsky.social · 1d

OH MY GOD HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, maybe more niche than unhinged.

Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 1d

Americans don't half like coming to Ireland.

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