JP Larocque
@jplarocque.bsky.social
Screenwriter & Producer (Sort Of, Allegiance, North of North, Small Achievable Goals, SkyMed, Coroner, Slasher, Jann, Diggstown, Another Life, Popularity Papers, Home Sweet Rome). Sometimes journo. they/them
Film is film, television is television. A film has a finite runtime, while a television series has episodes, each with its own complete structure. Film is a director’s medium, television is a writer’s medium.
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Film is film, television is television. A film has a finite runtime, while a television series has episodes, each with its own complete structure. Film is a director’s medium, television is a writer’s medium.
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It's annoying that we already had so many existing problems to solve before these assholes created a bunch of new ones for no reason
January 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM
It's annoying that we already had so many existing problems to solve before these assholes created a bunch of new ones for no reason
Seeing more media coverage of the Oscar snubs this year than the actual nominees. Like, yeah, some worthy performers and projects were missed, but presenting them as snubs seems like unhelpful salt in the wound?
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Seeing more media coverage of the Oscar snubs this year than the actual nominees. Like, yeah, some worthy performers and projects were missed, but presenting them as snubs seems like unhelpful salt in the wound?
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Mad World in Donny Darko defined an entire personality type of high school kid for a good decade long after it's release.
Best needle drop in movie history has to be "Where Is My Mind?" by The Pixies in Fight Club, right? The song defined the movie, the movie redefined the song, and its use was so impactful it became a TROPE.
January 22, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Mad World in Donny Darko defined an entire personality type of high school kid for a good decade long after it's release.
Best needle drop in movie history has to be "Where Is My Mind?" by The Pixies in Fight Club, right? The song defined the movie, the movie redefined the song, and its use was so impactful it became a TROPE.
January 22, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Best needle drop in movie history has to be "Where Is My Mind?" by The Pixies in Fight Club, right? The song defined the movie, the movie redefined the song, and its use was so impactful it became a TROPE.
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Watch JP's excellent Allegiance episode on CBC TV and on Gem!
Sex work! Undercover stings! A spree killer! Taking the cops to task for overpolicing communities!
I got to do something really cool on Allegiance this year and l'm excited for y'all to see it. Tonight at 9pm on CBC and currently streaming on CBC Gem!
I got to do something really cool on Allegiance this year and l'm excited for y'all to see it. Tonight at 9pm on CBC and currently streaming on CBC Gem!
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Watch JP's excellent Allegiance episode on CBC TV and on Gem!
Sex work! Undercover stings! A spree killer! Taking the cops to task for overpolicing communities!
I got to do something really cool on Allegiance this year and l'm excited for y'all to see it. Tonight at 9pm on CBC and currently streaming on CBC Gem!
I got to do something really cool on Allegiance this year and l'm excited for y'all to see it. Tonight at 9pm on CBC and currently streaming on CBC Gem!
January 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Sex work! Undercover stings! A spree killer! Taking the cops to task for overpolicing communities!
I got to do something really cool on Allegiance this year and l'm excited for y'all to see it. Tonight at 9pm on CBC and currently streaming on CBC Gem!
I got to do something really cool on Allegiance this year and l'm excited for y'all to see it. Tonight at 9pm on CBC and currently streaming on CBC Gem!
“Fuck, Marry, Kill” is a popular icebreaker game AND the perfect description of how gay men interact with one another.
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“Fuck, Marry, Kill” is a popular icebreaker game AND the perfect description of how gay men interact with one another.
Anyone saying sex scenes don’t advance plot has never had interesting sex.
Grateful for HEATED RIVALRY for many reasons, but one of them is definitely that its sex scenes dropped an atom bomb on this inane discourse.
“sex scenes don’t even advance the plot!!”
i dunno dude the plot said these people were gonna fuck
i dunno dude the plot said these people were gonna fuck
January 21, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Anyone saying sex scenes don’t advance plot has never had interesting sex.
Some folks ask what I mean by this: The prizes earned by the guys in Heated Rivalry are public displays of affection, emotional disclosure, monogamy, and future planning. While these are certainly part of some gay fantasies, they are far more common in straight ones.
Heated Rivalry is the inverse of Sex and the City in that SATC was a romantic fantasy wherein straight women acted like gay men, while Heated Rivalry is a romantic fantasy wherein gay men act like straight women.
January 20, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Some folks ask what I mean by this: The prizes earned by the guys in Heated Rivalry are public displays of affection, emotional disclosure, monogamy, and future planning. While these are certainly part of some gay fantasies, they are far more common in straight ones.
Heated Rivalry is the inverse of Sex and the City in that SATC was a romantic fantasy wherein straight women acted like gay men, while Heated Rivalry is a romantic fantasy wherein gay men act like straight women.
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Heated Rivalry is the inverse of Sex and the City in that SATC was a romantic fantasy wherein straight women acted like gay men, while Heated Rivalry is a romantic fantasy wherein gay men act like straight women.
What a fucking relief to hang in Westeros with comedy and refreshingly human-scale stakes.
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 AM
What a fucking relief to hang in Westeros with comedy and refreshingly human-scale stakes.
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You covered most of mine, including some in the thread below.
I’ll throw in one from ROS - the payoff of Luke resurrecting his X-Wing. Got me in the guts.
Also, for my money, the below from TLJ might be my favorite Yoda scene in the whole Saga. Just beautiful.
I’ll throw in one from ROS - the payoff of Luke resurrecting his X-Wing. Got me in the guts.
Also, for my money, the below from TLJ might be my favorite Yoda scene in the whole Saga. Just beautiful.
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 AM
You covered most of mine, including some in the thread below.
I’ll throw in one from ROS - the payoff of Luke resurrecting his X-Wing. Got me in the guts.
Also, for my money, the below from TLJ might be my favorite Yoda scene in the whole Saga. Just beautiful.
I’ll throw in one from ROS - the payoff of Luke resurrecting his X-Wing. Got me in the guts.
Also, for my money, the below from TLJ might be my favorite Yoda scene in the whole Saga. Just beautiful.
My incredible, beautiful, one-of-a-kind grandmother passed away today, early this morning. Here's a piece I wrote about her for Maclean's back in 2020.
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
My incredible, beautiful, one-of-a-kind grandmother passed away today, early this morning. Here's a piece I wrote about her for Maclean's back in 2020.
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Giving every single one of you a hug today.
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Giving every single one of you a hug today.
One of my favourite "famous people" encounters was with Carpenter. I was getting a Halloween poster autographed, and he said "What should I write?" and I suggested "Happy Halloween?" He looked at me with such utter disgust, signed his name, and shoved the poster across the table. Total legend!
Happy birthday to John Carpenter youtu.be/NXaQEOD7rGY
John Carpenter on Chevy Chase
YouTube video by James Whale Bake Sale
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January 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
One of my favourite "famous people" encounters was with Carpenter. I was getting a Halloween poster autographed, and he said "What should I write?" and I suggested "Happy Halloween?" He looked at me with such utter disgust, signed his name, and shoved the poster across the table. Total legend!
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Happy birthday to John Carpenter youtu.be/NXaQEOD7rGY
John Carpenter on Chevy Chase
YouTube video by James Whale Bake Sale
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Happy birthday to John Carpenter youtu.be/NXaQEOD7rGY
That Hollywood hasn't produced a "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"-type comedy-musical starring Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence is a massive missed opportunity.
January 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
That Hollywood hasn't produced a "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"-type comedy-musical starring Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence is a massive missed opportunity.
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I used to work with VFX artists who were staggeringly overworked and underpaid and it must be maddening for them to have James Cameron create work for them while declaring his wishes to pay them less and replace them with AI. Such job security!
James Cameron says he must find a cheaper way to produce the Avatar movies in order to continue making them. https://bit.ly/4qnlOpl
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I used to work with VFX artists who were staggeringly overworked and underpaid and it must be maddening for them to have James Cameron create work for them while declaring his wishes to pay them less and replace them with AI. Such job security!
Toronto snowstorms are the best.
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Toronto snowstorms are the best.
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Germany, Sweden, France and Norway have all since confirmed they are sending military personnel to Greenland this week for a joint exercise with Danish troops. https://cnn.it/45aV8Q5
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Germany, Sweden, France and Norway have all since confirmed they are sending military personnel to Greenland this week for a joint exercise with Danish troops. https://cnn.it/45aV8Q5
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The one criticism I heard from a male straight about HR was this and I'm like ummm... Hmm he has NO IDEA does he?!
Heated Rivalry and Pillion, out here teaching straight people that the meet-cute can actually START with sex.
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 AM
The one criticism I heard from a male straight about HR was this and I'm like ummm... Hmm he has NO IDEA does he?!
So when is Twitter going to be like *done* done?
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 AM
So when is Twitter going to be like *done* done?
Can't speak to the ChatGPT of it, but I can say that all the other "evidence" from the Stranger Things doc of the Duffers doing a shitty job are literally just examples of life in production on *every* television series.
January 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Can't speak to the ChatGPT of it, but I can say that all the other "evidence" from the Stranger Things doc of the Duffers doing a shitty job are literally just examples of life in production on *every* television series.