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Howdy Doomsday

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Escapism • Ephemera • Absurdity

70s/80s kid, now middle age crazy. Folks call me Del.
I go where the day takes me.

Movies/Television/Comic Books/Video Games - Bronze Age Emphasis
Cult, Horror, Westerns, Post Apocalyptic, 70s Cop Shows, MST3K, RiffTrax

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Howdy Doomsday @howdydoomsday.bsky.social · Jan 21

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Today is Thursday.

January 30, 2026 at 2:47 AM

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Dragonslayer (1981)

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 8d

art of fighting, magazine screenshot, snes (1994) archive.org/details/snes...

beaten up, upset girl, short-ish light hair, arms crossed. fingerless gloves.
text box:
now you know my secret!
no one knows i'm a girl.

January 29, 2026 at 4:16 PM

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A screencap of the Chicken Farmer from No Country for Old Men (2007). Subtitles read: "Brother, I been there."

A middle aged white man, clean shaven, wearing a light brown or tan short sleeved button up shirt, faded bib overalls, and a dark brown gimme hat. The hat has a white patch with green lettering that reads Panhandle Farming Supply beneath a cow emblem. He is standing at the front passenger side of a flatbed truck with the hood up. The flatbed is carrying a load of chicken crates.

January 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM

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Cult Movie Cards

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𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧 (𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟒) // 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐭

So here we present something rather special. This is the complete card set, mounted in a virtual binder on blue velvet. Bluesky crushes images - but if you want a full-size version to ogle at, then it's available here:

drive.proton.me/urls/BZ3S9QJ...

Enjoy!

𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧 (𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟒) // 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐭.

January 28, 2026 at 2:22 AM

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Bloody Disgusting

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Welcome John Carpenter's THE THING to the National Film Registry! bloody-disgusting.com/movie/393134...

John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ Has Been Added to the National Film Registry

John Carpenter‘s The Thing has been selected by the Library of Congress as one of this year’s 25 films to join the National Film Registry due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to pre...

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January 29, 2026 at 2:38 PM

Howdy Doomsday

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The Late Show (1977) isn't a spoof. It's the story of a retired private detective dragged back into the business when his old partner turns up murdered. It's about people still having worth when they get old. Shares DNA with Twilight (1998). Both films were written and directed by Robert Benton.

movie poster for The Late Show (1977)
starring Art Carney and Lily Tomlin
written and directed by Robert Benton

movie poster for Twilight (1998)
starring Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, and Gene Hackman
written and directed by Robert Benton

January 29, 2026 at 12:04 PM

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Just remembering how funny this was in Australia.

Movie poster for Payback (1991) starring Mel Gibson and featuring the tagline
"Get Ready To Root For The Bad Guy."

January 29, 2026 at 3:58 AM

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Dennis Adams, Patricia Hearst—A thru Z, 1979/90. Serigraphs on paper and galvanizes steel box; edition 20 of 3026, each: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of Howard and Donna Stone, 1996.29.a–ee

https://mcachicago.org/publications/blog/2016/08/patty-hearst

January 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM

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youtu.be/K13DAZeEcu0?...

January 28, 2026 at 9:11 AM

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I almost had Fallout. This one better describes my psyche.

The Pitt

Your private part is named after the last movie or
TV show you watched. What is yours?

January 28, 2026 at 1:10 AM

Howdy Doomsday

@howdydoomsday.bsky.social

That's for a jury of my peers to decide.

Abhorrent Abby @abhorrentabby.bsky.social · 2d

"Batman beats up the mentally ill" the real mentally ill don't put people in riddle-themed death traps

zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 3d

One interesting thing in "Batman should spend his money better" circle jerks is assumptions there would... "Exist" a Bruce Wayne with money, even calling the existence of supervillains in-text "justifications." But Batman having money is the same: In-text explanation for how he affords superheroing

January 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM

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Sardonicus

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woman holding a plate of burger and fries a sign reads
try our tasty uranium burger 45c

January 27, 2026 at 6:16 PM

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Scarred For Life

@scarredforlife.bsky.social

BIGGLES (1986), very loosely based on the books by W.E. Johns, took the World War One flying ace into the 80s with time travel and a plot about a German sonic weapon. This PG film for kids also included this gruesome scene...