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grayRazor

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Physics+Japanese grad. 日本語OK！History junkie. Sometimes does art. Learning to fly. Writing a sci-fi novel. I don't reply to DMs from strangers. Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/grayrazor

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grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 3h

Being that it came out in 1971, this marks I think the first time I’ve notived a Star Wars blaster sound in a movie that came out before Star Wars.

grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 3h

Diamonds Are Forever portrays a fantasy world where an American industrialist and defense contractor gets investigated by the CIA.

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Michael Adzema @sillymickel.bsky.social · 5h

#TruthWarriors #MirthWarriors #FunnyGod #WarRavagedPortland

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grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 5h

-Bad guys in masks they shouldn’t be able to see out of
-geometric-shaped portal to another world
-flying pyramid

The Void (2016) is a Stargate movie.

grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 5h

After playing a decent amount of Total Annihilation I’m guessing graphical improvements weren’t the only reason they made the maps bigger/units smaller in Supreme Commander.

It is very easy for your chonky little dudes to get stuck in TA.

Screenshot of Total Annihilation from the GOG store page. Each unit is about 1/20 the width of the screen.

grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 5h

And yet they can’t watch horror movies.

grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 5h

Text from my parents: “Dad smashed his finger trying to move a boiler.”

Text from my parents: “Here’s a picture” *Dad smiling in the emergency room, covered in blood*

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🧬Pomatomaster - Sci-Fi Vtuber🚀 @pomatomaster.ca · 3d

✨WAH (in space)✨
art: @ovolo123.bsky.social

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grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 7h

👁️ 👄 👁️

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grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 7h

They explicitly weren’t “artificial” intelligence since they evolved naturally. They’re more like software-based life forms.

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grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 7h

The problem with Tron sequels os that people want to see Tron as a scifi movie like The Matrix instead of being Inside Out but for computers.

The only AI in Tron is the MCP.

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grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 10h

Like, that scene in the second episode with the butchered party guests really feels corny, like they had the specific artbook image of “18th century nobility sitting at a dining table with their faces and guts torn open” and contrived a way for it to happen.

grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 10h

I think Alien: Earth also has the same problem as Alien 3, where it wants a gory spectacle and so kind of removes the mystery from the Alien’s menace.

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grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 12h

I kinda feel the same about Alien Earth as I do about Star Trek Discovery: it doesn’t add anything to the franchise by being a prequel, it could have just as easily been a sequel or an alternate universe.

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TinyGaming @tiny-gaming.net · 16h

The best part is that kids' content was always keen on showing horror. I think it was Sir Pratchett who said that it is the parents who balk at the idea, while the kids crave this darkness, those scares, because it is a safe way for them to tackle such emotions.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 17h

When they used to sneak a horror film into the cinema disguised a kids movie.

A still from Don Bluth's The Secret of Nimh. A small mouse faces off against a silhouetted rat creation

A still from Don Bluth's The Secret of Nimh. A great big scary cat.

A still from Don Bluth's The Secret of Nimh. A small mouse escapes underwater from a dog with sharp teeth.

A still from Don Bluth's The Secret of Nimh. A small mouse talks to an wizened mouse with long claws and glowing eyeS

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grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 12h

In the 80s-90s somebody at DARPA actually proposed a “modern battleship.”

They called it an Arsenal Ship, and it would have giant missiles like a Kirov-class heavy cruiser both because any cannon that could outrange them would be too big to be practical and because they wanted it to be stealth.

Painting of a large ship with a faceted hull like a stealth fighter, firing a ballistic missile while crashing through a big wave.

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BigRed @bigredg.bsky.social · 14h

This is very late
Ok after years of putting off it is done, I’M FREE!!!

Zangief, hsien ko, king, Vanessa, Giovanna, tusk

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grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 13h

(I have remained remarkably unspoiled about Steel Ball Run)

grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 13h

wait a minute…

did Araki reset the timeline just because he wanted to do a Western story?

youtu.be/83kNllZEOMA

アニメ『スティール・ボール・ランジョジョの奇妙な冒険』新情報発表イベント　OPムービー！STEEL BALL RUN new announcements event opening video.

YouTube video by Warner Bros. Japan Anime

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Nick, Nick, 🪿! @nicknickgoose.bsky.social · 1d

@media-blasters.com confirms (via Instagram) that its licensed GARO and will release the movies and specials.
www.instagram.com/p/DPoxTk4EeWi/

mediablastersinc:
Sorry for any confusion but let’s make it clear, we are releasing GARO in the future and we are actually starting with Kiba, Taiga, Red Requiem, Wailing Dragon and Under the Moon.
Actually just starting to figure out the configuration, extras and the like so no clue yet.

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grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 15h

When you accidentally kick the tub with all your hot wheels and matchbox cars.

Scene from the movie 2 Fast 2 Furious where street racers swarm out of a parking garage to overwhelm the Miami PD.

grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 1d

This thumbnail kinda makes it looks like some side-scrolling indie platformer haha

Thumbnail for the GKIDS Films trailer for the Angel's Egg 4K restoration theatrical showing on November 19 2025

The knight and the girl facing each other in front of a statue of a girl holding a big egg.

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about this that's worth recalling is that it *wouldn't* even offend most Americans: just the group of reactionary grifters who make money by being professionally offended online.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know there's a Clark Ashton Smith conference happening in January? Learn more about the event, and the group behind it, here: www.thesmithcircle.net

A photo of Clark Ashton Smith sitting in an armchair. The text along the top reads: CLARK ASHTON SMITH CONVFERENCE. A celebration of local weird fiction author, artist, and sculptor. Sat Jan 10th 2026. Auburn Carnegie Library. 175 Almond Street Auburn California

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