Daniel Dockery
@dandock.bsky.social
Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, GamesRadar, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught A Generation To Catch Them All / Picked Charmander
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Daniel Dockery
@dandock.bsky.social
· Oct 10
I AM VENGEANCE.
I AM THE NIGHT.
I AM (writing a) BATMAN (book!)
I AM THE NIGHT.
I AM (writing a) BATMAN (book!)
The country would be in flames, but it would have at least 1 or 2 new Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The country would be in flames, but it would have at least 1 or 2 new Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies
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One interesting trend on YouTube recently is Jurassic Park "analog horror," and while the genre is nothing new (There's so much of it on the site!) and the results wildly vary in quality, it's neat to see people interpret the series this way. At its best, it's both nostalgic and refreshing.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
One interesting trend on YouTube recently is Jurassic Park "analog horror," and while the genre is nothing new (There's so much of it on the site!) and the results wildly vary in quality, it's neat to see people interpret the series this way. At its best, it's both nostalgic and refreshing.
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The most commonly shared Batman: The Animated Series art are the backgrounds, but I'd like to offer something similarly terrific: Its amazing array of goons.
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The most commonly shared Batman: The Animated Series art are the backgrounds, but I'd like to offer something similarly terrific: Its amazing array of goons.
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My @vanityfair.com oral history of PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES, released on this day in 1987:
'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' at 35: An Oral History of One of the Most Beloved Road Movies Ever Made
Starring Steve Martin and John Candy, the John Hughes road trip comedy had a nearly four-hour runtime at one point. Hear from cast, crew, and Hughes' family about the classic.
www.vanityfair.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My @vanityfair.com oral history of PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES, released on this day in 1987:
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Pub day is here for WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE EXPLOSIVE STORY BEHIND FAST & FURIOUS and I’m honoured to have @theringer.com.web.brid.gy run an exclusive excerpt about the final days of Paul Walker — and how the FURIOUS 7 fam came together for their fallen brother www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/m...
How the ‘Fast & Furious’ Team Vowed to See Paul Walker Again
In an excerpt from his new book, ‘Welcome to the Family,’ Barry Hertz explores the immediate aftermath of Paul Walker’s death amid production on ‘Furious 7’
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Pub day is here for WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE EXPLOSIVE STORY BEHIND FAST & FURIOUS and I’m honoured to have @theringer.com.web.brid.gy run an exclusive excerpt about the final days of Paul Walker — and how the FURIOUS 7 fam came together for their fallen brother www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/m...
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More folks should check out Trentin's Shonen Jump deep dives. They're good watches if you have any interest in manga history
Want to know what Shonen Jump was like way back in 1997 when ONE PIECE began?! Well boy to I have an hour long video for you! Please watch and Enjoy 💛
youtu.be/H-4O4KL0QNg
youtu.be/H-4O4KL0QNg
What was Shonen Jump Like When ONE PIECE Started?
YouTube video by TrentinArt
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
More folks should check out Trentin's Shonen Jump deep dives. They're good watches if you have any interest in manga history
One interesting trend on YouTube recently is Jurassic Park "analog horror," and while the genre is nothing new (There's so much of it on the site!) and the results wildly vary in quality, it's neat to see people interpret the series this way. At its best, it's both nostalgic and refreshing.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
One interesting trend on YouTube recently is Jurassic Park "analog horror," and while the genre is nothing new (There's so much of it on the site!) and the results wildly vary in quality, it's neat to see people interpret the series this way. At its best, it's both nostalgic and refreshing.
The most commonly shared Batman: The Animated Series art are the backgrounds, but I'd like to offer something similarly terrific: Its amazing array of goons.
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The most commonly shared Batman: The Animated Series art are the backgrounds, but I'd like to offer something similarly terrific: Its amazing array of goons.
You can tell everything you need to know about a Star Wars movie ranking by what they put for #3. The tone of the entire list is decided by that specific spot.
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
You can tell everything you need to know about a Star Wars movie ranking by what they put for #3. The tone of the entire list is decided by that specific spot.
I think Rogue One is a collection of very cool Star Wars images and sequences held together by a wider film that just isn't that great.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I think Rogue One is a collection of very cool Star Wars images and sequences held together by a wider film that just isn't that great.
One of the worst things about the "To help sell your book, you should build a huge TikTok/YouTube/social media following" advice is that it rarely even works for the people whose whole lives consist of doing that. A big number of subscribers does not equal a big number of readers.
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
One of the worst things about the "To help sell your book, you should build a huge TikTok/YouTube/social media following" advice is that it rarely even works for the people whose whole lives consist of doing that. A big number of subscribers does not equal a big number of readers.
The perfect DanDaDan video game would be a Super Nintendo RPG that everyone discovered through a fan translation twenty years after it was released
We lost something as a culture when all the licensed anime tie-in videogames became gambling phone games instead of jank-ass Psychic Force knockoffs
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The perfect DanDaDan video game would be a Super Nintendo RPG that everyone discovered through a fan translation twenty years after it was released
I don't know what I expected out of Tojima Wants To Be A Kamen Rider, but a funny and earnest look at the way that broken people find comfort and inspirational purpose in fictional characters wasn't it. Maybe my favorite anime of the season.
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I don't know what I expected out of Tojima Wants To Be A Kamen Rider, but a funny and earnest look at the way that broken people find comfort and inspirational purpose in fictional characters wasn't it. Maybe my favorite anime of the season.
Udo Kier belonged to the cinema - Some view the eccentricities and the macabre that Kier excelled in as merely a side of the arts, but one look into Kier's eyes revealed unknowable depths. The kind of actor that could spin screenplay straw into gold.
Remembering Udo Kier — a fearless, unforgettable screen original whose decades of boundary-pushing performances changed the shape of cult and art-house cinema.
#UdoKier
#UdoKier
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Udo Kier belonged to the cinema - Some view the eccentricities and the macabre that Kier excelled in as merely a side of the arts, but one look into Kier's eyes revealed unknowable depths. The kind of actor that could spin screenplay straw into gold.
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This is Trevor’s House and you May Not Enter! He is Excellently Guarding it with Staring!
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This is Trevor’s House and you May Not Enter! He is Excellently Guarding it with Staring!
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Brock's "jelly donut" line is likely the most discussed piece of dialogue in the entire Pokémon anime localization.
Funnily enough, that's not actually the first or only time it's used. It would show up a dozen episodes earlier in "Here Comes the Squirtle Squad."
Funnily enough, that's not actually the first or only time it's used. It would show up a dozen episodes earlier in "Here Comes the Squirtle Squad."
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Brock's "jelly donut" line is likely the most discussed piece of dialogue in the entire Pokémon anime localization.
Funnily enough, that's not actually the first or only time it's used. It would show up a dozen episodes earlier in "Here Comes the Squirtle Squad."
Funnily enough, that's not actually the first or only time it's used. It would show up a dozen episodes earlier in "Here Comes the Squirtle Squad."
I played Pokemon Red for 200 hours and memorized the words on the back of the Halloween VHS tape at around the same time. Two puzzle pieces just waiting to find one another it turns out.
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I played Pokemon Red for 200 hours and memorized the words on the back of the Halloween VHS tape at around the same time. Two puzzle pieces just waiting to find one another it turns out.
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A completely inscrutable anime OVA from 1985 was in the US box office top 5 for a couple of days, congrats angels egg www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0208...
Angel's Egg
www.boxofficemojo.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A completely inscrutable anime OVA from 1985 was in the US box office top 5 for a couple of days, congrats angels egg www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0208...
You can poke fun at the trajectory of Digimon evolutions all you want, but if you see MetalGreymon when you're 10, it's game over for everything else
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
You can poke fun at the trajectory of Digimon evolutions all you want, but if you see MetalGreymon when you're 10, it's game over for everything else
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Happy 30th anniversary to "Toy Story" (1995).
The CD-ROM Press Kit is still available on the Internet Archive 👴
archive.org/details/TOYS...
The CD-ROM Press Kit is still available on the Internet Archive 👴
archive.org/details/TOYS...
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Happy 30th anniversary to "Toy Story" (1995).
The CD-ROM Press Kit is still available on the Internet Archive 👴
archive.org/details/TOYS...
The CD-ROM Press Kit is still available on the Internet Archive 👴
archive.org/details/TOYS...
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Sets for Batman Returns were kept very cold for the comfort of the real-life penguins involved. This meant that cast/crew repeatedly got sick during filming. The real-life penguins though would often fall in love with their animatronic counterparts or feel so settled that they began mating.
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sets for Batman Returns were kept very cold for the comfort of the real-life penguins involved. This meant that cast/crew repeatedly got sick during filming. The real-life penguins though would often fall in love with their animatronic counterparts or feel so settled that they began mating.
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My favorite My Hero Academia character is Godzillo, a hero that is clearly just Godzilla wearing a sweet Elvis jacket and pants
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My favorite My Hero Academia character is Godzillo, a hero that is clearly just Godzilla wearing a sweet Elvis jacket and pants
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Maybe the best thing about "His Silicon Soul" is that, for the most part, the story isn't Batman's. It's the duplicant's. So they're able to give the character an emotional arc that goes deeper than "Batman vs MechaBatman."
The Batman: The Animated Series episode "His Silicon Soul" debuted on this day (Nov. 20) in 1992. A fantastic and thrilling follow-up to the "Heart of Steel" two-parter, this gripping episode finds Batman discovering and facing off against his HARDAC duplicant! #BatmanTAS #Batman
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Maybe the best thing about "His Silicon Soul" is that, for the most part, the story isn't Batman's. It's the duplicant's. So they're able to give the character an emotional arc that goes deeper than "Batman vs MechaBatman."