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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1h

Surely all those clamouring for a sequel to THE NICE GUYS are watching and liking the hard-R nihilistic pulp action comedy of PLAY DIRTY.

No, I’m getting word that no one is watching it, and those who do are seemingly hating it.

OK!

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1h

People wanted a spiritual successor to KISS KISS BANG BANG but when he made THE NICE GUYS: no one went to see it.

People wanted a spiritual successor to THE MONSTER SQUAD but when he and Fred Dekker made THE PREDATOR into a fun squad-vs-monsters adventure: no one liked it.

Screen Rant @screenrant.bsky.social · 4d

Shane Black reveals the upside to The Nice Guys’ lack of a sequel 👔

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 2h

The new one was really good!

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 2h

Tripped on a clarinet and began rolling around on it with his hands waving and rolled into a timpani drum which trampolined him into the air and he landed upside down in a tuba and the tuba player blew into it launching him into a piano and when he poked his head out he had piano keys for teeth

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 4h

We need to go back to when Tron was treated as a joke

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 5h

Maybe the most damning piece of evidence for how useless AI is

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 5h

A teaser poster for AQUAMAN: THE BIRDS OF WAR

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 6h

My favourite of these was Copper Mountain which is literally just a 60 minute promotional video for Club Med that Jim Carrey shot with Alan Thicke before he got famous

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 16h

My girlfriend saw the dog from Nobody 2 at an event and the dog looked happy although its ego was clearly inflated

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 19h

Almost anything by Ernest Dickerson is a yes from me! And I would love to know if Ryan Coogler considers Demon Knight an influence on Sinners because I could see it

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 19h

We need new novelty music. We are experiencing a novelty music shortage. We need new songs with titles like “My Gal’s Been Sneaking Around With Curly Joe DeRita”

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 19h

And the answer, always, is very boring

Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1d

Where can we send in song recommendations for his videos

Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1d

I’m imagining your parents Charlotte’s Webbing by getting the spider to write chores in the web like “grass need cut”

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1d

“Linnell!
“Flansburgh!”
“LINNELL!!”
“No, Flansburgh!!”
*riot erupts*

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1d

GOP gambles on plan to turn everyone into Frankie Teardrop

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1d

We can dream!!

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Emanuel Perez @perezsez.bsky.social · 1d

Columbo reboot starring Colin Farrell coming soon.

Variety headline reading "Colin Farrell on 'The Batman 2' Script and 'Ballad of a Small Player'" with accompanying image of Colin Farrell wearing a peacoat and tie like TV's Columbo.

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1d

This has overshadowed my own announcement which is that me and Tubi have partnered to develop a community college class and studio to make new animated projects in Tiny Toons Cartoon Workshop.

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1d

Jordan Peterson stumbling around in a trance with meat leaking out of his eyes and ears screaming that men need to be allowed to wear overalls again

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1d

You wouldn’t be able to rev up a chainsaw and start running through a theatre today because of woke

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 1d

*trying fourth exterior door while running away from Michael Myers and it also has a rake blocking it from other side*
“This guy and his frigging rakes! Where is he finding all these rakes??”

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 2d

George still brutally satirizing our culture from beyond the grave! 🫡

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 2d

Thank for speaking up for us, Paul, those who find Tron unbearably boring. Ever since I fell asleep watching the first movie on VHS on a sick day from school as a kid I have failed to understand how anyone finds entertainment in these glacially paced technobabble screen savers.

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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 2d

Every generation of kids must now get their own Tron to find really boring

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