Oscar Stainton
@oscarstainton.bsky.social
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Writer currently working on two books. INFJ. Former Classics student at Uni. Fan of history, science fiction, fantasy, mythology, and prehistoric life.
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oscarstainton.bsky.social
The map to my sci-fi adventure book The Planet Lost In Time, where an expedition spacecraft crash-lands on a planet teeming with life, finding it populated by prehistoric life, and there are clues of more intelligent life...
This combines two of my dear loves: Jurassic Park meets Firefly.
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lordoftherings.world
Tolkien’s Riddle of Strider, As Read by a Legend: Christopher Lee.. 🙌
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davis.social
One of the most meaningful lessons I’ve learned is how important it is to make others feel important. Not on a surface-level—really notice what you appreciate, show them, and SAY it. We often assume our kind, talented friends already know how amazing they are. But often, they don’t hear it enough.
oscarstainton.bsky.social
If you see this, quote this post with a movie from the year you were born 🎥
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akairosu.bsky.social
ohh my shayla #art #transformers #orionpax
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teawithtolkien.com
Day 1: “I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size).” - The Letters of JRR Tolkien, 213

Q: In what ways do you feel like a Hobbit? #30DaysintheShire
An illustration of mushrooms on a yellow background. A quote written in a whimsical script: 

“I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size).” - The Letters of JRR Tolkien, 213
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lordoftherings.world
Smaug the Terrible 🐲

Art: WretchedSpawn2012
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daveweigel.bsky.social
There are two really solid modern ERB adaptations, "John Carter" and "The Legend of Tarzan," which didn't make money and apparently spooked studios out of using old IP.

Damn shame. So many good stories in the old lost word/weird fiction/adventure stacks, but they're not marketable like Star Wars.
tqperfectten.bsky.social
Happy Thunder-versary! @thunderquack.bsky.social is 10 years old, so here's a special episode of Perfect Ten to celebrate! On this episode we're joined by Amanda Konkin to talk about our Perfect Ten film, John Carter, starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, and Mark Strong.
S3E5 - John Carter with Amanda Konkin
We're headed back to Barsoom to discuss the 2012 masterpiece, John Carter (of Mars), starring Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins.
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oscarstainton.bsky.social
I like to think that in another reality, Bayona got to make his princess and dragon but with dinosaurs film but as his own creative expression. This piece is a window into that parallel world.
oscarstainton.bsky.social
I know how much hard work and patience children need. Anyone who is able to commit to being a parent round the clock and every day of the year and still keep themselves stable and healthy is Herculean in my view.

That being said… I hate being the one who gets heat when there’s the smallest mishap..
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gorangligovic.bsky.social
Here it is, the Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring.

You can get a print of this here - www.inprnt.com/gallery/gora...

and you can support my little creative excursions here - patreon.com/gorangligovic
The Fellowship of the Ring in (a fantasy version of) Bronze Age getups.
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tetzoo.bsky.social
Scenes that cry out for inserted megafauna, excepting humans :) From a trip today to Holly Hill Woodland Park in Fareham, UK
Woodland scene with trees and shrubs flanking shallow river. Woodland on sunny day, blue sky, shrubs, big trees. Shrubs and trees, including tree ferns, around shallow stream, blue sky at back. Small waterfall formed from rocks,  shrubs and trees across the water, blue sky.
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tetzoo.bsky.social
I've always really liked therizinosaurs, so I've been watching the news on two-clawed Duonychus of Mongolia with much interest. Just published this article on it at BBC's Discover Wildlife .... www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/du... #dinosaurs #fossils #theropods
Bizarre new dinosaur with giant claws unearthed in Mongolian desert
The fossilised remains of the ‘two-claw’ animal reveal surprising diversity in an already strange group of dinosaurs.
www.discoverwildlife.com
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priscillapage.bsky.social
was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch
"Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn’t recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision.
 
What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to.
 
Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I’d ever met.
 
David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath.
 
While the world has lost a remarkable artist, I’ve lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own.
 
I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We’d talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh.
 
His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other.
 
I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he’s gone.
 
David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything."
oscarstainton.bsky.social
Let me just add that composers Tilman Sillescu & Pierre Langer delivered on a sheer triumph of a game score.
This fuelled my writing imagination for kingdoms bustling with wonders, and sweeping vistas of ruled by these Prehistoric titans. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3OK...
oscarstainton.bsky.social
There are games that don't make a wide impression on release but are absolutely cherished by a few.
Developed by German dev team SEK, ParaWorld is one that I've fallen back in love with it over the past few weeks.
Soon I'll share more game pics in a new tag #paraworldposting
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lordoftherings.world
Bilbo, Gandalf, and the Dwarfs..🍻 -art by Norloth
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gsjphd.bsky.social
What's your "no one remembers but me" game?

ParaWorld (2006), a cheesy Age of Empires-like where three generic heroes go into the Dinosaurs and Mammoths Dimension to meet generic brand Darwin and Tesla and beat up generic brand Babbage and Lovelace.
Box art for ParaWorld. Logo is the game's title stylized in sleek red font in front of a green slit-pupiled eye. Behind it, a snarling Allosaurus wearing a feathered crest and leather-and-bone armor is lunging out of a gash in a green leather backdrop. In-game screenshot of Paraworld, a game with blocky early 3D graphics. A Triceratops wearing black metal armor with gold trim and a large ballista turret on its back is facing off against two Allosaurus with feather crests and war paint. Soldiers from both sides (dressed like Vikings for the trike and like Ancient Egyptians for the allosaurs) are riding the battle dinosaurs and readying spears and bows to attack. There's a spray of cartoon blood as the trike has knocked a few soldiers flying with the metal blade on its nose.
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retrogamesvibes.bsky.social
ParaWorld (Spieleentwicklungskombinat/2006) 🎮
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sophiesaurus98.bsky.social
1 like = 1 handpicked piece of nostalgic palaeoart!
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mick-ross.bsky.social
The Fellowship back together.✨
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The cast of 'The Lord of the Rings' reunited at the premiere of 'The War of the Rohirrim,' a new animated movie set in the same epic world of Middle Earth.
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#LordOfTheRings #WarOfTheRohirrim #MiddleEarth
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dexdoescosplay.bsky.social
Life: made 😭

Peter Jackson is a truly genuine soul 🤎

What an absolutely unforgettable night at the Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim world premiere!

Huge thanks to my brother @ugoandcosplay.bsky.social and @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social for the invite 🙏🏽🤎

#lotr #waroftherohirrim
A fan cosplaying Frodo Baggins meeting Peter Jackson in Leicester Square at the red carpet world premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim anime. Peter Jackson's signature on a special map of Rohan and the surrounding area, given to attendees of the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim