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Nick Tierce

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Writer. Designer. Rabbithole cartographer. Immersive & interactive adventures. nicktierce.com

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · Jan 31

Gave my portfolio site an overdue coat of paint in anticipation of the (sadly postponed) Next Stage immersive summit, and I printed some cute new cards with space for me to personalize:

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 3h

Don't forget to factor in that they had to pay for a single lollipop sign.

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 2d

I see it as a wise acknowledgement that attempting to capture that lightning in a bottle again would be an insult to the original.

They chose to carry the themes forward, and told an original story that required its own nuanced aesthetic. (Accidental digitization vs intentional utopia making.)

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 3d

No clearer sign of the times than the fact that Tron & Nine Inch Nails made a movie together and it did not have an ARG attached.

Tell me that ten years ago, and I wouldn't have believed there wasn't a campaign called "Flynn Zero" or something.

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 5d

I will brace my heart.

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 5d

Genuinely, yours is the only reaction I'm curious to hear about this one. (I am petrified to see this thing.)

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 6d

I assume they only keep branding both coast's events "Halloween Horror Nights" because they assume folks won't visit both.

If they considered that audience, they would never duplicate the branding, as Hollywood is a carnival by comparison. I wonder if the park identity assumes a similar separation.

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 11d

Adjusted for inflation, Dinosaur grossed nearly double what the most recent Indiana Jones movie did at the box office.

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 11d

They're thinking a park called Animal Kingdom needs a character whose three traits include hating a specific animal.

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Hastin @hastin.net · 13d

In a world where "fandom" is quickly meaning self-aggrandized consumerism and the company itself is pushing it out; it's great to be part of a community of people that are passionate, heartfelt, honest, and creative.

Pure devotion to places we love.

See you in 2027 in California! Home #RetroMagic!

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 13d

Also, any panel that includes a pocket zine gets my seal of approval!

"The Tale of Bradford Place" zine by Hastin Zylstra

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 13d

Thrilled by the niche self-exploration of @hastin.net dropping facts at #RetroMagic about Earl Kaltenbach Jr. and Bradford Place, the California development he moved into entirely unaware of its place in the bygone legacy of Disneyland's Tomorrowland & Walt Disney World's Lake Buena Vista Townhomes.

The RetroMagic state, presenting a surprisingly rare picture of EARL KALTENBACH JR.

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 16d

All I want is a $10m Ewok movie to round out the trilogy.

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 16d

He's celebrating the 100th anniversary of The Gold Rush, clearly.

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 22d

It had a respectable average occupancy, the highest guest satisfaction ratings in the history of the company, and had announced plans to balance demand by adjusting the breakneck schedule — which they were never given the opportunity to try.

If Trump hadn't changed the tax code, it'd still be open.

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 23d

Baby Yaddle has been put on indefinite suspension for his recent comments about the Taco Bell Y2K menu.

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 27d

My first assumption upon noticing the larger outlines in the leather behind Brody's Amity shield was that production had reused an old wallet, but now my group's headcanon is that those are wear from the character's previous mainland badges before he relocated to the island.

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 27d

An inspired bit of Museum design, Ben Gardner's head is displayed in a room that has been dressed to look like the pool famously used to film the insert shot.

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 27d

My favorite pieces at the Academy Museum Jaws exhibit were a slice of wood from the log cabin Steven Spielberg stayed in during production, the original screen that printed the crew shirts, an ad for a Jaws sandwich, and a photo of Elliot Gould looking lustfully at editor Verna Fields at the Oscars.

A slice of wood from a log cabin, mounted in a shadow box by a lunatic.

A screen for printing crew shirts that totally looks like we could still use it to make some more shirts

"How's this grab you? The JAWS SANDWICH"

Elliott Gould looking lustfully at Verna Fields, who holds her Oscar for editing Jaws.

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · 28d

okay but was the chicken in the gold rush cgi?

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · Sep 11

Fans are making good progress in both VR and The Sims!

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · Sep 4

Picked up @dalicearrow.bsky.social's TRAMPS OF THE APOCALYPSE #3 yesterday — the circle is now complete!

Wild, hilarious, action-packed.

The trade paperback compilation will be released by @darkhorse.com in January, but I highly recommend seeking out the floppies now from your local comic shop.

Issues 1, 2, and 3 of TRAMPS OF THE APOCALYPSE, a comic book by Alice Darrow

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · Sep 4

I'm curious if a few more locations might pop up after they officially announce the double feature. It's been listing scraping up to this point.

The other major IMAX screens in town scheduling just Ares as an early release makes me think we're SOL.

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Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · Sep 3

It's all so definitionally liminal, but none of those ever crossed the decade threshold between installments.

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · Sep 3

Slightly smaller gap between Last Crusade and Crystal Skull than Tron and Legacy, but I think you're right. Indy wins this very strange race.

Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com · Sep 3

But mathematically in terms of years between installments, this is a pretty singular spread, isn't it?

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