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James Beckett

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He/Him. I'm a critic and podcaster for sites like @AnimeNewsNetwork. Godzilla Stan. World's #1 Lightning Returns apologist.

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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · Jul 11

My best buddy and I are running through Martin Scorcese's filmography (a huge blind spot for me when it comes to his pre-2000s pictures), so I figured I would document our progress here. We've watched the first half-dozen movies so far, so I'll be playing a bit of catch-up below:

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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 5m

I hate stupid "challenge" videos that are titled something like "I Ate Nothing But Taco Bell for THREE STRAIGHT DAYS"

Motherfucker, that's just the "Average Week for a Poor Kid in the 90s" diet. You ain't special.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 17h

Deeply embarrassing that Scientific American would lend its name to this claptrap.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Girltaku @girltakupodcast.bsky.social · 22h

You can call With You, Our Love the furry romance anime but just know it has IMPECCABLE visuals, character design, and animation. Yes, they made the wolf boy with actual animalistic features hot. Also, there's segregation in this world which I'll formulate my thoughts on later

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 22h

Polygon's quality hit post-Valnet buyout and gutting has been super apparent and straight-up devastating to witness.

James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 23h

I cannot stress enough that Wes Craven did not have a single goddamned thing to do with Freddy's Nightmares, and I have no fucking clue what Polygon is smoking with this article

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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 22h

(and also "furry")

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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 22h

It turns out that the "f" in "Silent Hill f" stands for "You'd better pay your fucking respects"

Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 1d

[Review] This game will cling to the darkest corners of my nightmares for a very long time to come.

Silent Hill f Game Review

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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Michael Varrati @michaelvarrati.bsky.social · 22h

...but if you'd like to lay your peepers on a trippy, horror television series starring Robert Englund that Wes Craven DID directly create and curate, I suggest checking out NIGHTMARE CAFE. It's about a diner not beholden to the rules of space or time that draws in the unusual, strange, and dead.

A promo ad for 1992's NIGHTMARE CAFE, featuring series leads Jack Coleman and Lindsay Frost in vintage diner server apparel looking on as Rober Englund looks over a menu.

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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 23h

I cannot stress enough that Wes Craven did not have a single goddamned thing to do with Freddy's Nightmares, and I have no fucking clue what Polygon is smoking with this article

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ポテトルス @kankan33333.bsky.social · 1d

ｆ四周目クリア記念

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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 2d

(and in more of a Gothic/Romance/Fairy Tale sense than what I associate with the Ryukishi07 stuff that I have played. Murder, torture, incest, age gaps that would definitely put certain characters on neighborhood watchlists, etc)

James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 2d

I am not familiar enough with Umineko to make a direct comparison, but I guess I'd say that the main turnoff to Fata Morgana would be that almost every single character and relationship in the game is some kind of problematic/fucked up, by design

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 3d

I like Stephen King’s short story “The Jaunt” a lot, but I think it ought to be classed as a novella really. It’s longer than you think.

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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 3d

Noice!

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Anime Trending @anitrendz.com · 4d

"The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife" - New Key Visual!

The anime is scheduled for January 8, 2026.
Studio: project No.9

✨More: atani.me/tomeiotoko-premiere

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 4d

mariners fans are my favorite bunch of fans of any team in any sport. i watched the bottom half of the last seven innings standing up in my living room. thanks for letting me hitch a ride

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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 4d

I need someone with more artistic skill than I can muster to do a fucked-up, Silent Hill f version of the cover for Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.

James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 5d

It looks better on actual humans, I think, because you've got the light and the texture of the skin to make the style seem less uncanny, but still.

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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 5d

Here is one bit of aesthetic/cultural bias that I have never been able to shake, even after years of obsessing over anime and Japanese culture: I can't stand the Edo period's classic chonmage top-knot hairstyle. It's just so silly. Everyone's head looks like a sad penis, especially in animation.

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禁電君jindianjun||Comms Closed @jindianjun000.bsky.social · 15d

「私の心の中の美しい花びら」
#サイレントヒルf #silenthillf

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Miyu ミユ ˚₊‧꒰ა ₍ᐢ. ̫.ᐢ₎✧ @miyukiko.bsky.social · 9d

[SHf] Fox Husband!!!!

#silenthillf #サイレントヒルf

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · May 21

jazz!
@juhuachai
"optimal posting times" "stagger your posts" if you see me you see me. it's in gods hands and i am not praying
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James GHOULizio @theswweet.blackskycomra.de · 7d

"if you have a problem with me representing marginalized groups, well, you can just ignore my art" my GOAT

Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 7d

Also, Makoto Yukimura said trans rights.

io9: Your portrayal of Indigenous and transgender characters—like the Lnu tribe and Cordelia—stands out in a media landscape where such representation is still rare outside of series like Golden Kamuy, Skip and Loafer, and Paradise Kiss, where they’re often mishandled. What impact do you hope these characters have on expanding the narrative terrain? How do you see your storytelling challenging the ethnocentric lens that dominates much of mainstream media when it comes to that representation?

Yukimura: I did have written characters in [Vinland Saga] from a marginalized ethnic group [and] who are LGBTQ featured here. I actually wanted to portray a character with a disability in the story, too. However, because of the setting, I really couldn’t find the right place to incorporate such a character into the story. One thing I really don’t understand, though, is why do people attack such folks? Is it because they’re different? Why do they just focus on bad things about these groups and generalize them? I truly don’t understand why people do such things. I plainly feel sad when it comes to the way people treat each other.

To me, it’s quite normal for people to have uniqueness. It’s almost needless to say that we all individually have a uniqueness that might be considered different than what is the majority. For example, I grew up in an era where higher education was considered to be the most important thing in society in Japan. You almost had no paths in life outside of that structure. I actually do live outside of that structure, and I’m living perfectly fine. I really want to say that uniqueness is okay. I don’t understand why people are making those judgments to say, “This is okay, but this is not okay.”

I haven’t really thought about what this type of storytelling or character would have an impact on society at all. I’m just writing, drawing, and portraying society as I see it and what I think is normal from my eyes in the manga. If people don’t agree with that version of what I think is a normal society, then oh well. (Laughs) That’s too bad. Those people don’t have to read my manga.

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 11d

Taylor Swift announces next album title: The Queen in Yellow. She told Variety: "A few years back I came across this amazing play and I was so inspired. It's been living in my head for years. I even dream of it, of the city in the play."

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Colin Harker @lordsteerpike.bsky.social · 8d

I don't think words can describe how much I love John Turturro's performance in Secret Window. No matter how bad my day is, all I have to do is hear him say "YOU STOLE MAH STORY" in that Alabama accent and my day goes from a 0 to a 100.

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👻 Micah Myers 🔪 @smidg3n.bsky.social · 9d

she’s back too just in time for spooky season 👻

#art

My OC eva in a more necrotic state, have of her body showing her skull and bones as she brandishes her pocket knife

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