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Paul Hurt
@paulhurt.bsky.social
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Sound. Film. Sound for film. Music production. TV production. Huskies. Mostly house-building and gardening now. It’s a long story. Mainly here for the dogs and the movies.
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Snips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 1h
Five Films from Snips Movies is a bit like the Criterion Closet... but with cooler people!

Meet the latest batch of my customers who have stepped in front of the camera, and welcome Dylan Cubbin and Dan Draper.

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Five Films from Snips Movies - with Dylan Cubbin and Daniel Draper
YouTube video by Snips Movies
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1h
It was never a “peace deal” but everyone hoped the ceasefire meant an end to the killing. That’s what a ceasefire is. Nope 🙁.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1d
Found a cool way to glue up boxes/frames and get them 100% square and flat. You know, as long I I haven’t actually glued the box to my bench.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1d
Color me shocked.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1d
I don’t live in the US, but my neighbourhood can be sketchy. Have been attacked more than once, my dog was almost killed, and only afterwards you discover that shop cctv, video doorbells etc, either aren’t working or weren’t pointing in your direction.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1d
I’m surprised it took them this long tbh. No engagement, just block. Save hours out of your day 🙂
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1d
Note he says he works for DHS. But has no ID. Reinforces my suspicion that the reason they never show ID is they don’t have any (or have left it at home). Hard to be held accountable if no-one knows who you are. What’s the betting they also don’t file reports on people they detain?
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1d
I think that’s the attraction! Just being different.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1d
Overkill maybe, but a DJI Osmo Nano works well (has enough battery run time). That’s what I’ve been wearing if I anticipate a “situation”. Means you have both hands free, just press record and forget. Or grab an old Insta360 Go 3S which is fairly cheap now. Lots on eBay.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1d
Yep, tho that’s been happening for a years as a novelty release thing. A DJ I know started a boutique record label 15 years ago, to release fan-exclusives on cassette. There’s even less consumers that can play a cassette at home than can play vinyl. Only half of ppl that buy LPs own a turntable 🤪
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1d
We have come SO far… So it makes me laugh when ppl take their love of the 12” vinyl LP format and try to apply the same mentality to video. That said, if anyone is interested in any titles from my LaserDisc collection, they’re available at very fair prices 🤪.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 1d
Back in the 90s, LaserDisc, a CRT projector the size of a couch, and a 100” screen were the bleeding edge of “home cinema”. But it was still 480-lines, and then a letterbox within that. A line-doubler/scaler would get rid of the TV look. But still mushy & dim. Barely watchable, but best we could do.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
I tried watching a LaserDisc on my 77” OLED a while back. Because you still hear folks saying “Nah, Laserdisc was better than DVD, it wasn’t all digital and compressed-looking” or some such nonsense. It was near UNWATCHABLE.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
Huge news. Great for both F1 and Apple I think. Shame we won’t get it in the UK. I don’t pay for Sky (expensive!), who do conventional TV coverage. Terrestrial TV shows extensive highlights “free”, and it’s good, but not live, and with commercials.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
Arrow sale still on btw: www.arrowfilms.com/c/campaigns/...
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
(apart from when there was nothing else. I mean, it was still bad. But then my TV was only 24” so who could tell?)
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
412 days?! Inconceivable. Huskies are the best. (Get ready for furrrrrr… 🤪)
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
Arrived today, thank you @arrowvideo.bsky.social . Have left it far too long to see both (all) of these. #gdt #indiescifi #bluray
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
Preferable to the movies I tend to pick that start out with strong characters and an intruiging set-up, then completely bork the last 45 minutes.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
If I finesse a TV or podcast script and it winds up LONGER, I think that means I’ve made it worse.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
Aargh, I broke my golden rule and talked about Star Wars on social media. Ok, ok, the prequels were skilfully-told cinematic masterpieces and Disney’s sequel trilogy was a thrilling, surprising, and satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
He looks adorable, glad to hear you’re doing okay. I’m still getting used to the slow walks. His spinal condition came on so quickly - a year ago he was taking me for a walk (as passers-by used to love telling me). He still loves going out of course, just decides he’s coming home sooner.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
Heartwarming post, thanks. My boy is “only” 11 and he struggles with his back condition and deafness quite a lot now. It’s tough. He’s so loved of course, but I wish there was more I could do.
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
As for the other inconsistencies in TLJ - I think if a story goes to the trouble of setting something up, you do need to pay it off. The audience has invested in the mystery, so dropping it feels like a betrayal. Worse still is to deliberately sh*t on it. “Oh that? Yeah that was nothing. Ha ha!”
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Paul Hurt @paulhurt.bsky.social · 2d
T2 is one of the few movies that pulls that off (extremely well), because there’s great in-story reasoning for it. And of course Arnie in T2 is not the same Arnie as in the first movie (his first movie incarnation got squashed flat), so no rules broken.
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