Darren Mooney
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It's Not All Netflix and Chill with the Cinemas | The Backdrop
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New episode of #TheBackdrop up at @SecondWindGroup.com.
Looking at the aftermath of the streaming wars, the pivot away from streaming, and whether Netflix will ever truly be chill with theatres.
WATCH: youtu.be/NCu69O30iPk?...
Looking at the aftermath of the streaming wars, the pivot away from streaming, and whether Netflix will ever truly be chill with theatres.
WATCH: youtu.be/NCu69O30iPk?...
I think a lot that is wrong with fan culture can be seen in the strange insistence that something like “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”, which is awful, is somehow more offensive than the “live action” remake of “The Lion King”, which is just as bad - it’s just “official.”
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November 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I think a lot that is wrong with fan culture can be seen in the strange insistence that something like “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”, which is awful, is somehow more offensive than the “live action” remake of “The Lion King”, which is just as bad - it’s just “official.”
As somebody who is not especially in love with the “Wicked” movies, it is… bizarre in the year 2025 to hear a prominent movie podcaster describe “what it is doing to The Wizard of Oz” as “abominable.”
This is just standard revisionist storytelling. It’s pretty straightforward.
This is just standard revisionist storytelling. It’s pretty straightforward.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As somebody who is not especially in love with the “Wicked” movies, it is… bizarre in the year 2025 to hear a prominent movie podcaster describe “what it is doing to The Wizard of Oz” as “abominable.”
This is just standard revisionist storytelling. It’s pretty straightforward.
This is just standard revisionist storytelling. It’s pretty straightforward.
Although it’s the weakest of the trilogy, I had a good time at “Wake Up Dead Man.”
As with “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion”, the charm has an appealing jagged edge, a palpable anger at the state of contemporary America.
This time, though, it seems more exhausted than animated.
As with “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion”, the charm has an appealing jagged edge, a palpable anger at the state of contemporary America.
This time, though, it seems more exhausted than animated.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Although it’s the weakest of the trilogy, I had a good time at “Wake Up Dead Man.”
As with “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion”, the charm has an appealing jagged edge, a palpable anger at the state of contemporary America.
This time, though, it seems more exhausted than animated.
As with “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion”, the charm has an appealing jagged edge, a palpable anger at the state of contemporary America.
This time, though, it seems more exhausted than animated.
Had a three-movie cinema night - which is a really good cinema night, all said.
Wrote some quick thoughts down on the bus home.
First up, “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”, which seems to have been how most of the cast interacted.
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Wrote some quick thoughts down on the bus home.
First up, “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”, which seems to have been how most of the cast interacted.
boxd.it/bLU1P3
A ★★ review of Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025)
“The horsemen are dead —” “WHAT?!” “To me. The horsemen are dead to me. Stop interrupting me.” Find somebody who loves you as much as Rosamund Pike loves doing her South African accent. The success of...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Had a three-movie cinema night - which is a really good cinema night, all said.
Wrote some quick thoughts down on the bus home.
First up, “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”, which seems to have been how most of the cast interacted.
boxd.it/bLU1P3
Wrote some quick thoughts down on the bus home.
First up, “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”, which seems to have been how most of the cast interacted.
boxd.it/bLU1P3
Wait? A second season of “Man on the Inside” is dropping *tomorrow* and I’m only hearing about it now?
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November 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Wait? A second season of “Man on the Inside” is dropping *tomorrow* and I’m only hearing about it now?
New episode of #TheBackdrop up at @SecondWindGroup.com.
Looking at the aftermath of the streaming wars, the pivot away from streaming, and whether Netflix will ever truly be chill with theatres.
WATCH: youtu.be/NCu69O30iPk?...
Looking at the aftermath of the streaming wars, the pivot away from streaming, and whether Netflix will ever truly be chill with theatres.
WATCH: youtu.be/NCu69O30iPk?...
It's Not All Netflix and Chill with the Cinemas | The Backdrop
YouTube video by Second Wind
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November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New episode of #TheBackdrop up at @SecondWindGroup.com.
Looking at the aftermath of the streaming wars, the pivot away from streaming, and whether Netflix will ever truly be chill with theatres.
WATCH: youtu.be/NCu69O30iPk?...
Looking at the aftermath of the streaming wars, the pivot away from streaming, and whether Netflix will ever truly be chill with theatres.
WATCH: youtu.be/NCu69O30iPk?...
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It might be a good time to check-in on the complicated relationship between streaming and theatres, the delicate balance that exists between the two, and why it’s not all Netflix and chill.
This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available from @darrenmooney.bsky.social!
This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available from @darrenmooney.bsky.social!
It's Not All Netflix and Chill with the Cinemas | The Backdrop
YouTube video by Second Wind
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November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It might be a good time to check-in on the complicated relationship between streaming and theatres, the delicate balance that exists between the two, and why it’s not all Netflix and chill.
This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available from @darrenmooney.bsky.social!
This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available from @darrenmooney.bsky.social!
This bad boy arrived today. Looking forward to Krakoa-ing into Al Ewing’s “X-Men.”
A reminder of one of the golden ages of the “X-Men” line, and that period as a place that gave room to individual creators to carve out their own little sagas.
A reminder of one of the golden ages of the “X-Men” line, and that period as a place that gave room to individual creators to carve out their own little sagas.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This bad boy arrived today. Looking forward to Krakoa-ing into Al Ewing’s “X-Men.”
A reminder of one of the golden ages of the “X-Men” line, and that period as a place that gave room to individual creators to carve out their own little sagas.
A reminder of one of the golden ages of the “X-Men” line, and that period as a place that gave room to individual creators to carve out their own little sagas.
Hell yeah.
#Sisu: Road to Revenge asks, “What if Michael Bay directed the Looney Tunes as a silent movie?”
A bloody, brutal, absurdist live action cartoon that captures the challenges of moving house.
A fun time at the pictures.
#Sisu: Road to Revenge asks, “What if Michael Bay directed the Looney Tunes as a silent movie?”
A bloody, brutal, absurdist live action cartoon that captures the challenges of moving house.
A fun time at the pictures.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Hell yeah.
#Sisu: Road to Revenge asks, “What if Michael Bay directed the Looney Tunes as a silent movie?”
A bloody, brutal, absurdist live action cartoon that captures the challenges of moving house.
A fun time at the pictures.
#Sisu: Road to Revenge asks, “What if Michael Bay directed the Looney Tunes as a silent movie?”
A bloody, brutal, absurdist live action cartoon that captures the challenges of moving house.
A fun time at the pictures.
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In his latest Patreon column, @darrenmooney.bsky.social goes long on Glen Powell, The Running Man, and the state of movie stardom in 2025.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In his latest Patreon column, @darrenmooney.bsky.social goes long on Glen Powell, The Running Man, and the state of movie stardom in 2025.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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At long last, a piece I've been working on since summer is ready. A dive into the work and influence of Glen Morgan and James Wong, from The X-Files, to Space:Above and Beyond, and Millennium. Come with me as I argue that modern television owes them an unpayable debt. ericsipple.com/the-writers-...
The Writers Who Invented Modern Television
Let’s pick a fight right out of the gate: Modern television began on September 24, 1995. Like all beginnings, it went unnoticed, misattributed to other moments, and lost under the shadows of more visi...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
At long last, a piece I've been working on since summer is ready. A dive into the work and influence of Glen Morgan and James Wong, from The X-Files, to Space:Above and Beyond, and Millennium. Come with me as I argue that modern television owes them an unpayable debt. ericsipple.com/the-writers-...
Also, there'll be a live stream today to mark two years of @secondwindgroup.com!
Feel free to drop in, if you want.
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Feel free to drop in, if you want.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu2e...
Celebrating Second Wind's 2nd Anniversary!
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November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Also, there'll be a live stream today to mark two years of @secondwindgroup.com!
Feel free to drop in, if you want.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu2e...
Feel free to drop in, if you want.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu2e...
Really sweet video from @nickjcal.bsky.social on two years of @secondwindgroup.com.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpIB...
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Really sweet video from @nickjcal.bsky.social on two years of @secondwindgroup.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpIB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpIB...
It is depressing but predictable that the mere prospect of a consensual blowjob between consenting adult men is likely to be more damaging to a world leader than the far more likely possibility that he assaulted children.
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It is depressing but predictable that the mere prospect of a consensual blowjob between consenting adult men is likely to be more damaging to a world leader than the far more likely possibility that he assaulted children.
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Unrelate but I've been listening to your DS9 podcast w/ Jack and just loving it. You mention "Our Man, Bashir" a few times. I picked this piece I just love at Comicon back in Sept. Figure you'd appreciate it.
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Unrelate but I've been listening to your DS9 podcast w/ Jack and just loving it. You mention "Our Man, Bashir" a few times. I picked this piece I just love at Comicon back in Sept. Figure you'd appreciate it.
“Don’t hurry the journey at all.
Better it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
“Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.”
Better it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
“Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“Don’t hurry the journey at all.
Better it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
“Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.”
Better it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
“Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.”
Oof. Really loved “Poker Face.”
However, from the framing, this really just feels like a polite way of swapping out the star.
deadline.com/2025/11/peac...
However, from the framing, this really just feels like a polite way of swapping out the star.
deadline.com/2025/11/peac...
Mike Fleming Jr: Peacock Folds On ‘Poker Face’ Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants 2-Season Deal With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth Charlie Cale
Peacock Folds 'Poker Face' Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants A New Deal, Two Seasons With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth
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November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Oof. Really loved “Poker Face.”
However, from the framing, this really just feels like a polite way of swapping out the star.
deadline.com/2025/11/peac...
However, from the framing, this really just feels like a polite way of swapping out the star.
deadline.com/2025/11/peac...
Still marvelling at how Steven Moffat’s “Doctor Who” pulled the single best twist on the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in “A Christmas Carol.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Still marvelling at how Steven Moffat’s “Doctor Who” pulled the single best twist on the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in “A Christmas Carol.”
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This was tremendous fun to do. Glad to be a part of it.
Would you like to play a game?
CHESS MOVIES
Drafted by @williambibbiani.bsky.social & @darrenmooney.bsky.social
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CHESS MOVIES
Drafted by @williambibbiani.bsky.social & @darrenmooney.bsky.social
Listen everywhere!
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November 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This was tremendous fun to do. Glad to be a part of it.
Really good read from Adam Serwer on the weird reactionary obsession with "Dungeons and Dragons."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Really good read from Adam Serwer on the weird reactionary obsession with "Dungeons and Dragons."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
It is so funny that the "Predator" cast contains two governors, and the "Predators" cast contains two two-time Oscar winners.
It really is such a wonderfully strange franchise.
It really is such a wonderfully strange franchise.
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It is so funny that the "Predator" cast contains two governors, and the "Predators" cast contains two two-time Oscar winners.
It really is such a wonderfully strange franchise.
It really is such a wonderfully strange franchise.