Justin Clark
@justinofclark.bsky.social
Literal/figurative giant blerd. Throws words at you from Kotaku, Slant Magazine, Gamespot, et al. Occasionally, there's wrestling posts. Sorry about that in advance. He/Him
Pinned
Much as I kept wanting to make a proper YT essay type video, every single great idea led me back to what I'm planning for this. So I might as well wait till I'm done with that.
....and I might as well get started.
....and I might as well get started.
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Much as I kept wanting to make a proper YT essay type video, every single great idea led me back to what I'm planning for this. So I might as well wait till I'm done with that.
....and I might as well get started.
....and I might as well get started.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Much as I kept wanting to make a proper YT essay type video, every single great idea led me back to what I'm planning for this. So I might as well wait till I'm done with that.
....and I might as well get started.
....and I might as well get started.
Sequel to Keanu's Constantine
Buckaroo Banzai vs the World Crime League
The Wachowski Sisters' Plastic Man and/or Feast
James Cameron's A Crowded Room
Adaptation of Katherine Dunn's Geek Love
Buckaroo Banzai vs the World Crime League
The Wachowski Sisters' Plastic Man and/or Feast
James Cameron's A Crowded Room
Adaptation of Katherine Dunn's Geek Love
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Sequel to Keanu's Constantine
Buckaroo Banzai vs the World Crime League
The Wachowski Sisters' Plastic Man and/or Feast
James Cameron's A Crowded Room
Adaptation of Katherine Dunn's Geek Love
Buckaroo Banzai vs the World Crime League
The Wachowski Sisters' Plastic Man and/or Feast
James Cameron's A Crowded Room
Adaptation of Katherine Dunn's Geek Love
I reviewed Eternity. It's the kind of high concept thing that would've been a rash all over late-80s HBO back in the day. Really sweet, and all the actors are putting in work, but it's old fashioned in a way that means it'll kinda fly in one ear and out the other within hours.
Go read.
Go read.
As far as high concepts go, there’s plenty of fertile ground in ETERNITY’s premise. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.
'Eternity' Review: Till Death Do Us Part
A committed cast raises director David Freyne's high-concept rom-com 'Eternity' from out of purgatory.
www.slantmagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I reviewed Eternity. It's the kind of high concept thing that would've been a rash all over late-80s HBO back in the day. Really sweet, and all the actors are putting in work, but it's old fashioned in a way that means it'll kinda fly in one ear and out the other within hours.
Go read.
Go read.
I'm the freak who puts Last Jedi and Sith at the top and Jedi down near Clones, but I can recognize a man of culture here.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I'm the freak who puts Last Jedi and Sith at the top and Jedi down near Clones, but I can recognize a man of culture here.
....oooookay this is now a Balatro situation and I may need to uninstall BallxPit till January. I start it at 430, blinked, and I already missed the tailgate for #AEWFullGear .
#Wrestlesky
#Wrestlesky
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
....oooookay this is now a Balatro situation and I may need to uninstall BallxPit till January. I start it at 430, blinked, and I already missed the tailgate for #AEWFullGear .
#Wrestlesky
#Wrestlesky
I also saw Wake Up Dead Man yesterday (but I missed 40 minutes of it due to a logistical blunder at the theater so that's an incomplete for me), amd Marty Supreme just tonight (but havent posted it yet [but it's fucking GREAT])
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I also saw Wake Up Dead Man yesterday (but I missed 40 minutes of it due to a logistical blunder at the theater so that's an incomplete for me), amd Marty Supreme just tonight (but havent posted it yet [but it's fucking GREAT])
Yeah that makes sense.
so according to the sheets, Shelton was so happy with Bailey's sell of the superkick that he tried to tell the ref "this is the finish" but the ref couldn't hear him so we got this
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Yeah that makes sense.
Reposted by Justin Clark
The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
Reposted by Justin Clark
disappointed that game devs are bringing back ps1 and ps2 era graphics without also bringing back fmv cutscenes in wildly different artstyles
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
disappointed that game devs are bringing back ps1 and ps2 era graphics without also bringing back fmv cutscenes in wildly different artstyles
Got in too late to get my screen picture, but now seated for Wake Up Dead Man, hyped for Rian Johnson to go 3 for 3 with these.
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Got in too late to get my screen picture, but now seated for Wake Up Dead Man, hyped for Rian Johnson to go 3 for 3 with these.
I reviewed the new Sylvain Chomet movie, A Magnificent Life. Saying it's directed beautifully is a "water is wet" take on a Chomet film, but it's also not great at giving anyone who doesn't already know who Marcel Pagnol is reasons to look into him further.
Go read.
Go read.
At its best, A MAGNIFICENT LIFE’s details are warm and intimate, suggesting fondly remembered memories. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.
'A Magnificent Life' Review: A Loving Tribute to Marcel Pagnol
The film’s details are warm and intimate, suggesting fondly remembered memories.
www.slantmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I reviewed the new Sylvain Chomet movie, A Magnificent Life. Saying it's directed beautifully is a "water is wet" take on a Chomet film, but it's also not great at giving anyone who doesn't already know who Marcel Pagnol is reasons to look into him further.
Go read.
Go read.
I'm still flip flopping on going to Full Gear, so I skipped going to Dynamite. But my people are already rowdy as hell.
#AEWDynamite #Wrestlesky
#AEWDynamite #Wrestlesky
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I'm still flip flopping on going to Full Gear, so I skipped going to Dynamite. But my people are already rowdy as hell.
#AEWDynamite #Wrestlesky
#AEWDynamite #Wrestlesky
The problem was just keeping it to four. (I love you, Atsu, nothing personal)
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The problem was just keeping it to four. (I love you, Atsu, nothing personal)
Me: ok, time to start Game of the Year catch up, but I can't let a game take over my life like Balatro did last year.
BallxPit:
BallxPit:
a woman in a school uniform is holding a chain and a rope .
Alt: Gogo Yubari, waving hi, menacingly.
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Me: ok, time to start Game of the Year catch up, but I can't let a game take over my life like Balatro did last year.
BallxPit:
BallxPit:
Not gonna lie, maybe a third of the reason I still have a Series X is because I don't wanna ever lose the ability to play this game.
"It's the last game that made me cry": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director on the iconic Xbox 360 RPG, Lost Odyssey, and its unexpected legacy
www.eurogamer.net/its-the-last...
www.eurogamer.net/its-the-last...
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Not gonna lie, maybe a third of the reason I still have a Series X is because I don't wanna ever lose the ability to play this game.
I lived in Rochester NY for seven years, which is long enough to be honorbound to carry the unholy gospel of garbage plates out into the world.
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I lived in Rochester NY for seven years, which is long enough to be honorbound to carry the unholy gospel of garbage plates out into the world.
And every year we keep doing nothing about it, the mistake looks even dumber.
Maybe running every single website on the internet through one single company's infrastructure was a mistake?
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
And every year we keep doing nothing about it, the mistake looks even dumber.
I gave her her flowers when the cancer diagnosis happened, so right now, I'll just offer a heartfelt "fuck cancer".
Rest in power to an absolute legend.
Rest in power to an absolute legend.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I gave her her flowers when the cancer diagnosis happened, so right now, I'll just offer a heartfelt "fuck cancer".
Rest in power to an absolute legend.
Rest in power to an absolute legend.
Even as someone who hasn't been interested in these games beyond the bananapants narrative since its community crucified Infinite Warfare, this is a FIRE review that makes me pity its fans all the more.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a soulless and soul-destroying game that thinks exceptionally little of its players and developers.
My one-star review for @restart.run:
www.restart.run/articles/cal...
My one-star review for @restart.run:
www.restart.run/articles/cal...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Review | Restart
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is an underwhelming, frustrating experience, even at its best.
www.restart.run
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Even as someone who hasn't been interested in these games beyond the bananapants narrative since its community crucified Infinite Warfare, this is a FIRE review that makes me pity its fans all the more.
Everything you need to know about how prestigious The Game Awards are is in the fact that because they needed five nominees in every category come hell or high water, the trash-ass Until Dawn movie is nominated for Best Adaptation.
Anyway, congrats to everyone nominated, I guess.
Anyway, congrats to everyone nominated, I guess.
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Everything you need to know about how prestigious The Game Awards are is in the fact that because they needed five nominees in every category come hell or high water, the trash-ass Until Dawn movie is nominated for Best Adaptation.
Anyway, congrats to everyone nominated, I guess.
Anyway, congrats to everyone nominated, I guess.
Reposted by Justin Clark
"Was one of the first films released under the Paramount Skydance banner going to water down the source’s anger at an exploitative media monopoly, or did the company simply not care that it was releasing a blockbuster where it was very clearly the villain?"
Now that people have seen The Running Man, we can talk about how it's pretty goddamn ironic that it's being put out by Paramount www.avclub.com/the-running-...
It's pretty damn ironic that Paramount is behind The Running Man
The anti-monopoly message of The Running Man, aimed at a blacklist-happy Network, makes it hard not to see its own studio as its villain.
www.avclub.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Was one of the first films released under the Paramount Skydance banner going to water down the source’s anger at an exploitative media monopoly, or did the company simply not care that it was releasing a blockbuster where it was very clearly the villain?"