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"I Noticed That You Mentioned Silent Films So I Wanted to Come Over and Explain a Film I am Sure You Have Never Seen Called METROPOLIS" by Berthold Woltze
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
THE BEAUTIFUL UNKNOWN (1915) was part of Hollywood's brief craze for Balkan romances. Universal tended to skirt on the very edges of censorship, giving trade magazine readers an eyeful as a free sample
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
THE BEAUTIFUL UNKNOWN (1915) was part of Hollywood's brief craze for Balkan romances. Universal tended to skirt on the very edges of censorship, giving trade magazine readers an eyeful as a free sample
I think I am being threatened
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I think I am being threatened
Okay, we were all so busy laughing about the Sphere Wizard of Oz’s Windows XP wallpaper aesthetic that nobody mentioned they sprinkle paper leaves over the audience during the tornado scene.
I dunno, it just cracked me up. Low tech masquerading as high tech.
I dunno, it just cracked me up. Low tech masquerading as high tech.
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Okay, we were all so busy laughing about the Sphere Wizard of Oz’s Windows XP wallpaper aesthetic that nobody mentioned they sprinkle paper leaves over the audience during the tornado scene.
I dunno, it just cracked me up. Low tech masquerading as high tech.
I dunno, it just cracked me up. Low tech masquerading as high tech.
Seen a couple of cases of ragebait marketing failing to, you know, sell stuff. Really hoping we’re getting close to the end of this stage
December 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Seen a couple of cases of ragebait marketing failing to, you know, sell stuff. Really hoping we’re getting close to the end of this stage
At least the Chronicling America site is usable again. It was slowed to a crawl, presumably by bots, but things have speeded up since they incorporated an "are you human?" button
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
At least the Chronicling America site is usable again. It was slowed to a crawl, presumably by bots, but things have speeded up since they incorporated an "are you human?" button
I identify as a Rolly Rogue
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I identify as a Rolly Rogue
They want us to go back to theaters but do they offer us even one super-epic with a cast of Hungarians in beaded headdresses in dreams within dreams within dreams? They do not.
December 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
They want us to go back to theaters but do they offer us even one super-epic with a cast of Hungarians in beaded headdresses in dreams within dreams within dreams? They do not.
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Today's frog is the southern pygmy toad. Yes, toads are frogs too.
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today's frog is the southern pygmy toad. Yes, toads are frogs too.
Robert Cain fancies his odds in KIDNAPPED (1917).
Cain was never a major star but had an excellent run playing cads and scoundrels. Alan Breck was, of course, a rogue, which is is just the other side of the same coin.
Cain was never a major star but had an excellent run playing cads and scoundrels. Alan Breck was, of course, a rogue, which is is just the other side of the same coin.
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Robert Cain fancies his odds in KIDNAPPED (1917).
Cain was never a major star but had an excellent run playing cads and scoundrels. Alan Breck was, of course, a rogue, which is is just the other side of the same coin.
Cain was never a major star but had an excellent run playing cads and scoundrels. Alan Breck was, of course, a rogue, which is is just the other side of the same coin.
I have most newsy terms muted (I don't like to get my news from social media) and this is my sole trending topic.
So, either the cat thing is going absolutely wild or something very, very bad happened.
I do not wish to be enlightened.
So, either the cat thing is going absolutely wild or something very, very bad happened.
I do not wish to be enlightened.
December 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I have most newsy terms muted (I don't like to get my news from social media) and this is my sole trending topic.
So, either the cat thing is going absolutely wild or something very, very bad happened.
I do not wish to be enlightened.
So, either the cat thing is going absolutely wild or something very, very bad happened.
I do not wish to be enlightened.
So, the thing about execs is that they will get this bee in their bonnet and nothing can dissuade them from their vision. Carl Laemmle kept hiring distant cousins. Sarandos is obsessed with getting rid of the theatrical experience, presumably because an usher dumped him in tenth grade.
December 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So, the thing about execs is that they will get this bee in their bonnet and nothing can dissuade them from their vision. Carl Laemmle kept hiring distant cousins. Sarandos is obsessed with getting rid of the theatrical experience, presumably because an usher dumped him in tenth grade.
My free macrame book arrived and I was unprepared for its power and glory
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My free macrame book arrived and I was unprepared for its power and glory
Sweet pickles are starting to dominate the grocery store shelves in my area and I do not appreciate people trying to push their perverted lifestyle on me and unsuspecting children
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sweet pickles are starting to dominate the grocery store shelves in my area and I do not appreciate people trying to push their perverted lifestyle on me and unsuspecting children
Tomorrow's silent film review will focus on domestic homicide motivated by racism, a heavy topic that was given surprisingly serious treatment in a pre-WWI American production.
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Tomorrow's silent film review will focus on domestic homicide motivated by racism, a heavy topic that was given surprisingly serious treatment in a pre-WWI American production.
It's the equivalent of trying to change up a plagiarized paper juuust enough to fool the teacher.
When you scratch the surface of AI users, their excuses fall apart.
"I use it to give me ideas!... And a first draft... And to edit and refine. But it's all me!"
When you scratch the surface of AI users, their excuses fall apart.
"I use it to give me ideas!... And a first draft... And to edit and refine. But it's all me!"
I've been seeing people say about their work lately, "I used AI in the edits & refining of this piece, but it's all my own words & ideas."
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It's the equivalent of trying to change up a plagiarized paper juuust enough to fool the teacher.
When you scratch the surface of AI users, their excuses fall apart.
"I use it to give me ideas!... And a first draft... And to edit and refine. But it's all me!"
When you scratch the surface of AI users, their excuses fall apart.
"I use it to give me ideas!... And a first draft... And to edit and refine. But it's all me!"
Expensive gift box pears taste just like plebeian grocery store peasant pears but, hey, free fruit
December 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Expensive gift box pears taste just like plebeian grocery store peasant pears but, hey, free fruit
Polish comedian Antoni Fertner harbors warm feelings for a samovar during a wild party in ANTOSHA RUINED BY A CORSET (1916).
His wife is out of town and he hopes to have the place cleaned up before she returns... but one of his guests left her corset behind!
His wife is out of town and he hopes to have the place cleaned up before she returns... but one of his guests left her corset behind!
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Polish comedian Antoni Fertner harbors warm feelings for a samovar during a wild party in ANTOSHA RUINED BY A CORSET (1916).
His wife is out of town and he hopes to have the place cleaned up before she returns... but one of his guests left her corset behind!
His wife is out of town and he hopes to have the place cleaned up before she returns... but one of his guests left her corset behind!
See, this is what the internet is really about: a lovely older gentleman showing off the massive purple cabbage he grew whilst wearing a purple cabbage print hat and coat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRYw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRYw...
Join me and My 15 POUND RED CABBAGE
YouTube video by Gerald Stratford
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December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
See, this is what the internet is really about: a lovely older gentleman showing off the massive purple cabbage he grew whilst wearing a purple cabbage print hat and coat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRYw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRYw...
Since we're talking about special editions and retroactive filmmaker tinkering...
I covered both versions of Chaplin's THE GOLD RUSH, both the 1925 original and the 1942 re-release that turned it into a talkie... kinda.
moviessilently.com/2015/07/05/t...
I covered both versions of Chaplin's THE GOLD RUSH, both the 1925 original and the 1942 re-release that turned it into a talkie... kinda.
moviessilently.com/2015/07/05/t...
The Gold Rush (1925) A Silent Film Review
Charlie Chaplin’s iconic comedy of the Alaskan Gold Rush has charmed audiences for decades but most people have seen the 1942 recut. How does it measure up to the 1925 original? We’re going to exam…
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December 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Since we're talking about special editions and retroactive filmmaker tinkering...
I covered both versions of Chaplin's THE GOLD RUSH, both the 1925 original and the 1942 re-release that turned it into a talkie... kinda.
moviessilently.com/2015/07/05/t...
I covered both versions of Chaplin's THE GOLD RUSH, both the 1925 original and the 1942 re-release that turned it into a talkie... kinda.
moviessilently.com/2015/07/05/t...
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I don’t know that the Meta glasses video was staged but there are three red flags:
1) The videos have two different perspectives that don’t make sense for people traveling together, suggesting an accomplice.
2) The close up of the woman and her smile at the end is a little too perfectly framed….
1) The videos have two different perspectives that don’t make sense for people traveling together, suggesting an accomplice.
2) The close up of the woman and her smile at the end is a little too perfectly framed….
I'm not going to spend the time trying to fact check this but the "woman breaks man's meta smart glasses" story reeks of being staged.
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I don’t know that the Meta glasses video was staged but there are three red flags:
1) The videos have two different perspectives that don’t make sense for people traveling together, suggesting an accomplice.
2) The close up of the woman and her smile at the end is a little too perfectly framed….
1) The videos have two different perspectives that don’t make sense for people traveling together, suggesting an accomplice.
2) The close up of the woman and her smile at the end is a little too perfectly framed….
Quote with your model of masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Quote with your model of masculinity.
Harry Langdon's fire station answering service in HIS FIRST FLAME
December 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Harry Langdon's fire station answering service in HIS FIRST FLAME