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Robert Joseph V.

@robertjoscribe.bsky.social

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Artist/writer. Editor of Unreal Tales Mag. Graduate of Flinders University. Tolkien fan, Star Wars fan. Website: robertjoscribes.com Also on instagram: @robertjoscribe

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · Nov 14

The Fallen Maiar

Sauron, in his Halbrand form, depicted weilding a spear not unlike Raphael's depictions of angels vanquishing demons. In this case he is posed like Lucifer in "The Fallen Angel" by Alexandre Cabanel, one arm covering half his face as he grips the spear, revealing only his eyes, filled with determination as he looks down on his treacherous enemy. Quotation from Tolkien's Letter 131 reads: "He repents in fear when the First Enemy is utterly defeated, but in the end does not do as was commanded, return to the judgement of the gods. He lingers in Middle-earth."

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 5h

I know this sounds awful, but I find the ending almost humorous. It's such an insanely harsh tonal shift, and is totally at odds with everything else I felt the movie was doing up until that point, my main reaction was to scratch my head, and my gut reaction was to laugh

Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 6h

They changed how Gmail looks and I hate it now

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 7h

I enjoyed the last two Alien games they made, small as they were, but I'm eagerly awaiting the Alien: Isolation follow up. Hopefully it will be as big and groundbreaking as the original. I have high expectations.

Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 7h

The one thing you can give Disney is that they do actually do stuff with their IPs. Not always good stuff, but at least there's movement. Breaks my heart how often Fox messed around and did NOTHING with half their IPs, constantly getting caught in circular production hells that lead nowhere.

The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 8h

[Upcoming game] Alien Isolation 2

Dion Lay, co-writer of Alien: Isolation (2014): "I know that everyone wanted to do it. I think it was always like, 'Could it happen?' But I think that Disney buying Fox made it a lot more possible, just because I think Disney seemed to be doing a push on, like..."

Amanda Ripley, daughter of, in Alien Isolation

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 7h

Someone make an edit of that Akira scene but with Rey appearing in Kylo's mind

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𝕲𝖔𝖉𝖎𝖛𝖆 𝕲𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖑 @godivaghoul.bsky.social · 19h

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 8h

Kylo Ren recalling the hip touch like it's a Vietnam flashback

Darth-Spaceflower💮 @chaossaber.bsky.social · 16h

Thinking of Rey while he's fighting for his life 😭

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 8h

"A good soundtrack is a soundtrack you don't notic--" SILENCE, DECEIVER

Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 11h

"Ah expehct faul plaeyy" *string quartet in G minor intensifies*

Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 11h

"Ah expehct faul plaeyy" *string quartet in G minor intensifies*

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 14h

Finally, little known folk and country singer Johnny Cash gets his hard-earned recognition.

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 1d

Really enjoyed One Battle Over Another, saw it on the biggest screen I could and it blew me away. Unfortunately, though, that meant I had to sit through the trailer for the new Wuthering Heights movie. Absolutely excruciating.

Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so tired

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 1d

Looking at you sideways for putting Die Hard on this list... 2, 3 and 4 are all really solid. 5 is the only weird bad one. Pretty good ratio there!

Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 2d

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 1d

Barbossa be like:

Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 1d

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Lou 💫 @loulialy.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Gwynplaine @gwynplaine2024.bsky.social · 1d

ANTIFA is not an actual organization. They've no headquarters, no website, no members, no budget, nothing. Federal law enforcement classified ANTIFA as a political ideology, & not an actual organization. This reality is in direct opposition to the baseless propaganda spread by Trump & his lackeys.

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 1d

The only ecosystem I acknowledge is the real one, which those things are destroying

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 1d

University of Chicago alumnus.

Indiana Jones punching a Nazi in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

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Michael de Jong @sprakeloos.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Thunberg after being released #FreedomFlotilla

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 1d

White supremacy wins again

Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 1d

How very American of them

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Ubisoft canceled an 'Assassin's Creed' game set after the Civil War

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Would fight the emerging Ku Klux Klan

• Leadership canceled it — concerned with US political climate & Yasuke backlash

(via Game File)

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Robert Joseph V. @robertjoscribe.bsky.social · 2d

It bothers me that Rachel Summers' experience in Mojoworld wasn't given the miniseries treatment that was originally planned... with how Rogue and Magneto have each been given a 2025 miniseries expanding on their 90s adventures, I hope we get "Phoenix vs Spiral" someday.

DUST @thedust.bsky.social · 8d

This JRJR section from Uncanny 209 where Rachel Summers is lured by Spiral with the promise of a new body and life is one of my favorite comics sequences ever that I never see mentioned. A big part of my read on Rachel as trans and only boosted by how she presents when she escapes later in Excalibur

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alzandah @alzandah.bsky.social · 7d

Last call before I close

Head portrait: $25
Mecha: $85
Full art: $65
Black and white sketch: $40
PayPal supported

#commissions #art #metalgearsolid

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