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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 11h

I mean, you're not wrong 🤣

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 11h

Well, #KillerOfKillers sure was fun!

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 13h

I was planning to shave the beard once I'm done with the current chapter, but it actually fits my autumn look so well, I now have doubts!

#whosscruffylooking

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 20h

Mind you, over $100m of that was reimbursed by the UK government.

Also, according to Abrams, there were considerably fewer reshoots on TROS than on TFA. So, if I had to guess, the money mostly went into the huge-ass sets and extra development during the Trevorrow tenure.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 22h

And what if I told you it's genuinely creepy and is actually one of my favourite episodes? 😜

In fact, while working on The X-Files game, we actually wrote a sequel to it and, at one point, the characters were meant to return to that town — in a somewhat unusual way.

Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 23h

OMG, there's an episode of X-Files about evil vegans lmao

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 1d

We wouldn’t have the Star Wars books we have without Carol Titelman and Lucy Wilson getting it started and keeping it running when it mattered the most in the early years.

Tom @darthinternous.bsky.social · 1d

Random fun fact of the day - women are the reason #StarWars #publishing exists. And the reason it has been so successful that it could endure as it has for so many decades.

(I'm an expert on this stuff)

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 1d

How excited I am for James Spader's return as Ultron in #VisionQuest?

Well, let's just say I'm often watching clips from The Blacklist and imagining a robotic distortion over Reddington's lines.

(they fit so well!)

youtube.com/shorts/DxXcS...

Reddington is always 3 steps ahead of everyone.#theblacklist #shorts #viralvideo #shortvideo #short

YouTube video by Jordan Recapped

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 2d

Also, it's hilarious how all the early Predator movies have pretty much the same score on Metacritic, but WILDLY different Tomatometer.

Don't think any other franchise is this inconsistently consistent.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 2d

Reintroduced myself to the Predator franchise via #Prey, and have this to say:

1) Dan Trachtenberg is a comic book director at heart, framing every shot like a panel come to life. Excited to see what he did in Killer of Killers and Badlands.

2) I'm definitely more of an Alien guy.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 3d

Не, так и не добрался в итоге.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 3d

Kudos to #LatinBlood for instantly establishing there's nothing heterosexual about military service.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 3d

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 3d

And, of course, trust @infinata.bsky.social to infuse fascinating new bits of storytelling into locations we've only briefly seen on screen — so far.

This spread makes me wish for a new X-Wing video game set during the New Republic era, where Adelphi is your home base / training level.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 3d

Also really curious about this new series — and just what kind of "Star Wars romances" they'll be allowed to explore should the first book be a success.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 3d

An original post-TLJ novel about Rey training under Leia on Tython, repairing her lightsaber and coming to terms with losing Luke?

Well, that's my most anticipated Star Wars story of 2026 right there!

Kelly Knox @kelly-knox.com · 3d

All the Lucasfilm Publishing reveals from NYCC in one place! www.starwars.com/news/nycc-20...

Artwork of Leia Organa and Rey from the cover of Star Wars: Legacy

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 3d

(to be fair, they did find a clever way out at the end, revealing the main events as a dream thought up by a guy living in modern Uzbekistan — so, naturally, it'd be full of artifice)

Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 3d

Kinda, but I think the idea of that criticism is that the film's ambition outstretches its means.

This year I saw an Uzbeki indie that styles itself as a lush period noir set in the US, and, like... I respect the effort, but they simply didn't have the sets, props and costumes for that approach.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 3d

The Facelift of the Christ

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 3d

Can't stop thinking back to #AlienEarth — so much to love and be fascinated with there!

Its rich lighting, off-kilter editing and intricate design, its use of depth in staging, its ruminations on identity and inhuman corporate egotism.

Really, really want this show to get a renewal.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 4d

Loth-cat is out of the bag 🐱

I've teamed up with Bombora Publishing to write a book about the long, storied history of Star Wars video games!

From 1980s arcades to 2020s VR experiences, it is a chronicle of how the greatest cinematic saga changed technology and pop culture – and changed with them.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 4d

Shazayum!

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 4d

Yup! I'm glad I watched Nightmare Alley just before this one, because it added a whole new unintended layer of being amused at the "true story" bullshit.

Not that a demon-infested mirror suddenly turning into a helicopter wasn't amusing in its own right.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 4d

Someone should troll them with this song 😛

youtu.be/fU-wH8SrFro?...

Adriano Celentano canta "Prisencolinensinainciusol" da "Formula due" del 1973

YouTube video by Rai

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 5d

Having never seen a Conjuringverse movie before (the companion made me do it 😈), are they all like that?

//marked for spoilers//

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 5d

Cheers! I saw a report of Wessman mentioning a Falcon game during his GDC panel the other year. Never knew he elaborated on that later!

As for Holland's interview, it's from Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine #22 – the final one before they became Star Wars Insider.

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