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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 13h

Actually to be fair I’d probably just get the 3-day old bialy or whatever it is

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 13h

I’m on the go and late for my soul crushing job just give me the bread disc

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 13h

That one. As is. Butter. No butter just give it to me.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17h

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17h

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 15h

TRON ARES (‘25, IMAX): still trying to figure out the downside to the 29-minute motorcycle and aides and why they’re programming to issue horrific screams as they die on purpose but that soundtrack is great

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 18h

who among us can’t recall the scene in Godzilla Vs. Destroyah when Kiryu had to cool his step-brother off

John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 18h

I like to think the approval person wanted this all along and every meeting was like a slow-motion car crash

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 19h

Woof. Vulture Cinematrix No. 563: Oct 10, 2025

I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2508

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 19h

hang on wells learned html we should be celebrating

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 21h

so I truly was rich when choosing to ride the bus in NYC finally I am vindicated

John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 1d

THINNER........aside from these Wawa pretzels

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 1d

ANEMONE (‘25): Enjoyed it a lot but that characters in order of appearance had characters listed that absolutely do not appear in the film (Poacher #1? Where?)

John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 1d

Also the Lucky McKee being the rare Farris is both appropriate and me going “was that that Lucky McKee film?”

John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t care I have such a weird soft spot for that dumb Zemeckis film. Vulture Cinematrix No. 562: Oct 9, 2025

I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2624

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 3d

I am more shocked I remember far too many Dito Montiel films than any normal person should

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 3d

it was that era where everything looked like shit and I remember someone wrote "this is Peter Berg's Syriana"

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 3d

One day a C-Tates grid will have wild responses. Vulture Cinematrix No. 560: Oct 7, 2025

I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2656

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 4d

I like the main notes on that WAR OF THE WORLDS '25 (really 2019/2020) were:
-Facebook must be shown being deactivated first
-Amazon Air will be everywhere in a few years
-"Really stress how all the data is gone with the line 'all the data is gone!'"
-Clark Gregg had to ADR almost all his dialog

John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 4d

Curse you Stallone and having Rocky III not be "action." Cinemasochist Grid No. 11: WWE vs. UFC

I got 8/9 Correct
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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 4d

I got cooked today. Vulture Cinematrix No. 559: Oct 6, 2025

I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2490

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 4d

The pitch deck is equally inspired ("Everyone LOVES Mountainhead! They're still searching for that and Pickle Rick and season 1 of Righteous Gemstones and Succession!")

John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 4d

"What should we name our internal commercial video advertising service?"
"Don't we own The Matrix? How about..."

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 5d

sorry "grimace_smoking_weed.jpeg" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q53G...

grimace_smoking_weed.jpeg

YouTube video by Chat Pile - Topic

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 5d

now that it's October we can all agree this is and "grimace_smokes_weed" are the only good halloween songs www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ED...

Dr. Reanimator - Move Your Dead Bones [4k UltraHD]

YouTube video by Channel7

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 5d

This is also tied to my longstanding weirdo theory Benny took the idea of Buscemi’s Lonesome Jim and made it into the Lonely John shorts which is definitely made by a highdea from college.

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John Lichman @johnlichman.bsky.social · 5d

I’m entertaining the tinfoil hat theory that they realized the rights had issues, it became very hard to find and then capitalized on the SEO to disappear the doc. Though the original crew got that consulting producer credit and they’re doing interviews.

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