Deron Overpeck
@doktamoox.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University School of Communication, Media and Theatre Arts
Historian of the US film industry
He/him or they/them, and she/her won’t bother me
Historian of the US film industry
He/him or they/them, and she/her won’t bother me
I’ve grown to hate “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (the song). It’s an irrational visceral hatred whenever it comes on.
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I’ve grown to hate “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (the song). It’s an irrational visceral hatred whenever it comes on.
Does Trump think Daniel Plainview was (a) a real person and (b) Venezuelan?
December 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Does Trump think Daniel Plainview was (a) a real person and (b) Venezuelan?
Me, before the final in my intro course, every semester: The last question is designed for you to get full points. You really can’t screw this up.
My students, every semester: Hold our beers.
My students, every semester: Hold our beers.
December 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Me, before the final in my intro course, every semester: The last question is designed for you to get full points. You really can’t screw this up.
My students, every semester: Hold our beers.
My students, every semester: Hold our beers.
Here’s another reminder that whoever coined the word “impactful” should burn in hell.
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here’s another reminder that whoever coined the word “impactful” should burn in hell.
Have any other academics noticed that many students will refer to a person by full name *on every reference*? If a paper is about, say, Taylor Swift, they use Taylor Swift every time?
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Have any other academics noticed that many students will refer to a person by full name *on every reference*? If a paper is about, say, Taylor Swift, they use Taylor Swift every time?
Silent Night Deadly Night (1984) is on Shudder now, featuring one of horror cinema’s greatest performances—Will Hare as Grandpa.
youtu.be/afLeqqv2z44?...
youtu.be/afLeqqv2z44?...
(Silent Night Deadly Night) Grandpa Tells Billy About Santa Clause.avi
YouTube video by MarkNGRichard
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Silent Night Deadly Night (1984) is on Shudder now, featuring one of horror cinema’s greatest performances—Will Hare as Grandpa.
youtu.be/afLeqqv2z44?...
youtu.be/afLeqqv2z44?...
I can only assume the apocalypse is nigh…
December 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I can only assume the apocalypse is nigh…
Three things can be true.
Quentin Tarantino has made some great movies.
The dude is also an asshole who needs to know when to shut up and stop disrespecting actors.
He’s right about Paul Dano being the weak link in There Will Be Blood.
Quentin Tarantino has made some great movies.
The dude is also an asshole who needs to know when to shut up and stop disrespecting actors.
He’s right about Paul Dano being the weak link in There Will Be Blood.
Two things can be true.
Quentin Tarantino has made some great movies.
The dude is also an asshole who needs to know when to shut up and stop disrespecting actors.
Quentin Tarantino has made some great movies.
The dude is also an asshole who needs to know when to shut up and stop disrespecting actors.
December 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Three things can be true.
Quentin Tarantino has made some great movies.
The dude is also an asshole who needs to know when to shut up and stop disrespecting actors.
He’s right about Paul Dano being the weak link in There Will Be Blood.
Quentin Tarantino has made some great movies.
The dude is also an asshole who needs to know when to shut up and stop disrespecting actors.
He’s right about Paul Dano being the weak link in There Will Be Blood.
Nothing is a Christmas movie. No movies are about Christmas.
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Nothing is a Christmas movie. No movies are about Christmas.
Particularly bad look all around.
“I don’t know what on earth that means, Desmond. I feel great.”
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Particularly bad look all around.
I take the fact that this person reskeeted my post but denied me the opportunity to respond as proof I am right.
“They said what?!?”
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I take the fact that this person reskeeted my post but denied me the opportunity to respond as proof I am right.
I don’t like berets. Nobody looks good in them.
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I don’t like berets. Nobody looks good in them.
Tarantino expressed it horribly, but he’s right about Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood. He simply doesn’t have any of the charisma Eli needed to be a believable preacher. Dano is a fine actor who was miscast in that role.
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Tarantino expressed it horribly, but he’s right about Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood. He simply doesn’t have any of the charisma Eli needed to be a believable preacher. Dano is a fine actor who was miscast in that role.
Not much of a cat fan, but yeah… this cat has it.
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Not much of a cat fan, but yeah… this cat has it.
Damn.
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Damn.
I think PREY is the best Predator film (and I saw the original in the theater in 1987), but my god does PREDATOR: BADLANDS look ass.
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I think PREY is the best Predator film (and I saw the original in the theater in 1987), but my god does PREDATOR: BADLANDS look ass.
Is anybody else suddenly getting a lot of German-language posts in their discover feed?
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Is anybody else suddenly getting a lot of German-language posts in their discover feed?
MC 900 ft. Jesus - Truth Is Out of Style [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by NettwerkMusic
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
People need to know not to F around.
No peanut butter, how about this?
October 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
People need to know not to F around.
Reposted by Deron Overpeck
Murphy: "If we want to win the argument nationally on the economy, then we've got to break our addiction to incremental economic change. And we've got to talk about big, bold ideas that reorder power in this country."
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Murphy: "If we want to win the argument nationally on the economy, then we've got to break our addiction to incremental economic change. And we've got to talk about big, bold ideas that reorder power in this country."
The doctor, of course, was the local coroner.
October 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The doctor, of course, was the local coroner.
Thank goodness that the people will finally have a prequel in a film series that is the cinematic equivalent of Big Macs dusted with Pixie Stix. This will certainly make cinema vital again.
The franchise, which started with Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack in the 1960s, has gone on to be one of Hollywood’s most successful.
Bradley Cooper, Margot Robbie To Star In ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Prequel
The franchise, which started with Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack in the 1960s, has gone on to be one of Hollywood’s most successful.
www.forbes.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thank goodness that the people will finally have a prequel in a film series that is the cinematic equivalent of Big Macs dusted with Pixie Stix. This will certainly make cinema vital again.
I’m sparking debate with my claim linking Donald Trump’s existence to lightning strikes at shit pits at pig farms, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.
I'm sparking debate with my claim that Stephen Miller is the result of cross-breeding a stick figure and a bedbug, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.
Here’s what the science actually says:
Here’s what the science actually says:
October 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I’m sparking debate with my claim linking Donald Trump’s existence to lightning strikes at shit pits at pig farms, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.
Reposted by Deron Overpeck
Surely a minority position, but ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER isn’t *that* good. Like all of Anderson’s films after THERE WILL BE BLOOD, it feels remote not as a Kubrickian aesthetic but rather as a lack of purpose. 1/2
October 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Surely a minority position, but ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER isn’t *that* good. Like all of Anderson’s films after THERE WILL BE BLOOD, it feels remote not as a Kubrickian aesthetic but rather as a lack of purpose. 1/2