Rusty Hatchell
@rustyhatchell.bsky.social
Instructional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M
Research: television shared universes, superhero media, media industries
Teaching: film history, film analysis, contemporary Hollywood
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Research: television shared universes, superhero media, media industries
Teaching: film history, film analysis, contemporary Hollywood
he/him | 🏳️🌈🇰🇷🇺🇸
views are my own & do not represent my employer
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In cartoon news, Tubi just revealed practically the entirety of the classic Warner Bros/Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network library is coming to the platform this March.
For those who don't wanna visit the bird site, here's the full list of what's coming.
For those who don't wanna visit the bird site, here's the full list of what's coming.
February 14, 2026 at 1:49 AM
In cartoon news, Tubi just revealed practically the entirety of the classic Warner Bros/Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network library is coming to the platform this March.
For those who don't wanna visit the bird site, here's the full list of what's coming.
For those who don't wanna visit the bird site, here's the full list of what's coming.
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Since this is going to be an issue, and I don't like doing it, a bit of a clarification is necessary.
Tubi is NOT owned by FOX News, but the two units share the same corporate owner, Fox Corporation.
They are completely autonomous from each other nor directly financially support each other.
Tubi is NOT owned by FOX News, but the two units share the same corporate owner, Fox Corporation.
They are completely autonomous from each other nor directly financially support each other.
Tubi is owned by FOxNews and it’s how they fund the news network
LRP:
Good lord.
Tubi is really becoming a great streaming home for Warner Bros Animation.
And they're adding Animaniacs, Static Shock, AND old-school Cartoon Network originals?
Madness. Sheer madness.
Also, good on WBD for strengthening their relationship with Tubi after Looney Tunes' success
Good lord.
Tubi is really becoming a great streaming home for Warner Bros Animation.
And they're adding Animaniacs, Static Shock, AND old-school Cartoon Network originals?
Madness. Sheer madness.
Also, good on WBD for strengthening their relationship with Tubi after Looney Tunes' success
February 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Since this is going to be an issue, and I don't like doing it, a bit of a clarification is necessary.
Tubi is NOT owned by FOX News, but the two units share the same corporate owner, Fox Corporation.
They are completely autonomous from each other nor directly financially support each other.
Tubi is NOT owned by FOX News, but the two units share the same corporate owner, Fox Corporation.
They are completely autonomous from each other nor directly financially support each other.
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For people in the Chicago area: Please join Allyson Nadia Field @allyfield.bsky.social and me on March 4 at the Seminary Co-op @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social for a conversation about my book ARCHIVING THE PAST (University of California Press). www.semcoop.com/event/aurore...
February 11, 2026 at 10:43 PM
For people in the Chicago area: Please join Allyson Nadia Field @allyfield.bsky.social and me on March 4 at the Seminary Co-op @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social for a conversation about my book ARCHIVING THE PAST (University of California Press). www.semcoop.com/event/aurore...
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James Van Der Beek, who has been battling cancer, has died.
He was 48.
Per TMZ.
He was 48.
Per TMZ.
February 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
James Van Der Beek, who has been battling cancer, has died.
He was 48.
Per TMZ.
He was 48.
Per TMZ.
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Congratulations to Maggie Hennefeld, whose book DEATH BY LAUGHTER has been awarded the 2025 Limina Prize for "Best International Book in Film Studies" by the Italian University Cinema Council and the editorial board of Cinéma & Cie. bit.ly/4aIHgzx @hennefem.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Congratulations to Maggie Hennefeld, whose book DEATH BY LAUGHTER has been awarded the 2025 Limina Prize for "Best International Book in Film Studies" by the Italian University Cinema Council and the editorial board of Cinéma & Cie. bit.ly/4aIHgzx @hennefem.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
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I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
February 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
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This must be the biggest gap in critic and user scores in Rotten Tomatoes history.
January 31, 2026 at 8:18 AM
This must be the biggest gap in critic and user scores in Rotten Tomatoes history.
The "Melania" doc is not listed on Box Office Mojo, which is owned by Amazon via IMDb. "Melania" is distributed by Amazon MGM Studios.
B.O. Mojo reports on ALL box-office revenue, even commercial bombs & critical disasters—incl. Zyzzyx Rd, which made THIRTY DOLLARS in 2006 at one theater in Dallas!
B.O. Mojo reports on ALL box-office revenue, even commercial bombs & critical disasters—incl. Zyzzyx Rd, which made THIRTY DOLLARS in 2006 at one theater in Dallas!
January 28, 2026 at 5:54 AM
The "Melania" doc is not listed on Box Office Mojo, which is owned by Amazon via IMDb. "Melania" is distributed by Amazon MGM Studios.
B.O. Mojo reports on ALL box-office revenue, even commercial bombs & critical disasters—incl. Zyzzyx Rd, which made THIRTY DOLLARS in 2006 at one theater in Dallas!
B.O. Mojo reports on ALL box-office revenue, even commercial bombs & critical disasters—incl. Zyzzyx Rd, which made THIRTY DOLLARS in 2006 at one theater in Dallas!
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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TUBI or not TUBI? lolzzzzzz that's right THE PEOPLE'S JOKER is now available to watch for FREE on TUBI! We also just dropped a bunch of new merch at the yeyostore (check it below). It's the best day of your life!
January 21, 2026 at 8:34 AM
TUBI or not TUBI? lolzzzzzz that's right THE PEOPLE'S JOKER is now available to watch for FREE on TUBI! We also just dropped a bunch of new merch at the yeyostore (check it below). It's the best day of your life!
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The person who is actually executing all this stuff, Marco Rubio, was confirmed by every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate.
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 AM
The person who is actually executing all this stuff, Marco Rubio, was confirmed by every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate.
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If the Spice Girls taught us anything it was that 40% of women are named Mel.
January 14, 2026 at 8:38 AM
If the Spice Girls taught us anything it was that 40% of women are named Mel.
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🪧 EXTENDED DEADLINE January 15
Online participation welcome! 💻
Online participation welcome! 💻
👉 👉 The call is HERE for AAS 2026: Adaptation and Aurality, hosted by Burman University in beautiful Alberta, Canada!
✍️ Proposals due 15 December 2025
🗓️ Conference 7-10 July 2026
Full details posted on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
✍️ Proposals due 15 December 2025
🗓️ Conference 7-10 July 2026
Full details posted on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
January 7, 2026 at 6:11 AM
🪧 EXTENDED DEADLINE January 15
Online participation welcome! 💻
Online participation welcome! 💻
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What a sad, enraging, upsetting day. I hope that child and her partner are somewhere safe and surrounded by loved ones.
January 8, 2026 at 12:10 AM
What a sad, enraging, upsetting day. I hope that child and her partner are somewhere safe and surrounded by loved ones.
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New year, new publication alert - and this is a big one for me. My book "The Role of Enemies in Military Shooter Video Games" is out! It’s an attempt to provide a systematic framework for analyzing enemies in military shooters.
www.routledge.com/The-Role-of-...
www.routledge.com/The-Role-of-...
The Role of Enemies in Military Shooter Video Games: On Hostile Ground
This book delivers a unique way of understanding the heart of every first‑person military shooter game – its enemies – from within the genre itself to present a nuanced view of opponents in war games....
www.routledge.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:48 AM
New year, new publication alert - and this is a big one for me. My book "The Role of Enemies in Military Shooter Video Games" is out! It’s an attempt to provide a systematic framework for analyzing enemies in military shooters.
www.routledge.com/The-Role-of-...
www.routledge.com/The-Role-of-...
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For those wondering what Mamdani's quote, "For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty," was in reference to...
January 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM
For those wondering what Mamdani's quote, "For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty," was in reference to...
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
Hi, film studies folks! This spring, I am teaching an upper-level seminar designed around the topic of "National Identity, Historical Trauma, and Collective Memory in Contemporary Global Cinemas." What are some key/foundational/introductory texts you would suggest for this class?
January 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Hi, film studies folks! This spring, I am teaching an upper-level seminar designed around the topic of "National Identity, Historical Trauma, and Collective Memory in Contemporary Global Cinemas." What are some key/foundational/introductory texts you would suggest for this class?
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There's a bizarre sleight of hand here where professors resisting implementing AI into the classroom via ed-tech (a very winnable battle) is being equated with making all Gen AI "go away" (a much bigger fight).
Academics literally cannot make Gen AI go away. As in it is not possible to make it happen on a political, legal, and technical level. We do not and will not command the massive violence necessary to make chatGPT or Claude disappear. Responsible pedagogy grapples with the fact!
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
There's a bizarre sleight of hand here where professors resisting implementing AI into the classroom via ed-tech (a very winnable battle) is being equated with making all Gen AI "go away" (a much bigger fight).
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Canadian TV network bravely airs dissidents’ report on U.S. abuses after political commissar orders its suppression
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Canadian TV network bravely airs dissidents’ report on U.S. abuses after political commissar orders its suppression
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December 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly