Ryan Whateverbot
@silberwhatever.com
just an animal looking for a home
Managing Editor, Website at MovieJawn. Host, Dream With Mind and Heart: Every Disney Movie Ever and Pay Attention, 007 podcasts
Links: linktr.ee/silberwhatever
(he/him)
Managing Editor, Website at MovieJawn. Host, Dream With Mind and Heart: Every Disney Movie Ever and Pay Attention, 007 podcasts
Links: linktr.ee/silberwhatever
(he/him)
Still the best Dune adaptation
On this day in 1984, #Dune as directed by #DavidLynch premiered in the US. It's one of my favourite films of all time.
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Still the best Dune adaptation
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The Heisei MOTHRA films really make you feel like everything's gonna be okay.
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Heisei MOTHRA films really make you feel like everything's gonna be okay.
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had high hopes for Wake Up Dead Man, and they were exceeded. I feel insanely biased, though, as a lapsed Catholic who loves impeccably crafted locked-room mysteries & murder at the vicarage. imho the funniest, most poignant, and maybe prettiest Benoit Blanc entry yet.
December 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
had high hopes for Wake Up Dead Man, and they were exceeded. I feel insanely biased, though, as a lapsed Catholic who loves impeccably crafted locked-room mysteries & murder at the vicarage. imho the funniest, most poignant, and maybe prettiest Benoit Blanc entry yet.
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I'm down to the last *5* of this year's batch of Muppet Christmas Carol prints!
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December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm down to the last *5* of this year's batch of Muppet Christmas Carol prints!
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products...
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I’ve been thinking about this piece all year: what the movies say about America and how to get our priorities back in order
Ryan Silberstein @silberwhatever.com sees in these 2025 films a reflection of Americans today: paranoid, distrustful, and grasping at the frayed edges of an eroded social fabric.
But he also sees hope on the ocean waves.
But he also sees hope on the ocean waves.
Best of 2025: SINNERS, OBAA, EDDINGTON, FRIENDSHIP, and WEAPONS ask “What kind of town is America, anyway?” — Moviejawn
by Ryan Silberstein, Staff Writer From Sinners (dir. R yan Coogler) to One Battle After Another (dir. Paul Thomas Anders on), some of the most thoughtful auteurs are actively engaged with Ameri...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I’ve been thinking about this piece all year: what the movies say about America and how to get our priorities back in order
Totally missed the QT discourse yesterday, but reading Cinema Speculation this year definitely made me understand his point of view and appreciation for the films of his youth. But he’s also more shallow than your average cinephile.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Totally missed the QT discourse yesterday, but reading Cinema Speculation this year definitely made me understand his point of view and appreciation for the films of his youth. But he’s also more shallow than your average cinephile.
Zootopia 2 is a fun sequel because it is packed with a ton of cute gags and they clearly understood the first movie is a romcom.
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Zootopia 2 is a fun sequel because it is packed with a ton of cute gags and they clearly understood the first movie is a romcom.
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In PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES (a much more delicious title than PLANES, TRAINS, AND CARS btw), Chicago has a thick layer of snow on the ground at Thanksgiving. One of those once-typical things that now feels like a freak occurrence, and in another 38 years it’s gonna feel like watching sci-fi.
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES (a much more delicious title than PLANES, TRAINS, AND CARS btw), Chicago has a thick layer of snow on the ground at Thanksgiving. One of those once-typical things that now feels like a freak occurrence, and in another 38 years it’s gonna feel like watching sci-fi.
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boycott harder.
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
boycott harder.
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Add our latest themed record to your Winter '25 preorder!
Our 6" handcut lathe record PRINT IS NOT DEAD features
Side A: "The Humiliation of Viva" from Spencer Moody of @murdercitydevils.bsky.social
Side B: "Fax Me Sometime" by Philly's Neon Silhouette
Buy it: www.moviejawn.com/shop/winter-...
Our 6" handcut lathe record PRINT IS NOT DEAD features
Side A: "The Humiliation of Viva" from Spencer Moody of @murdercitydevils.bsky.social
Side B: "Fax Me Sometime" by Philly's Neon Silhouette
Buy it: www.moviejawn.com/shop/winter-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Add our latest themed record to your Winter '25 preorder!
Our 6" handcut lathe record PRINT IS NOT DEAD features
Side A: "The Humiliation of Viva" from Spencer Moody of @murdercitydevils.bsky.social
Side B: "Fax Me Sometime" by Philly's Neon Silhouette
Buy it: www.moviejawn.com/shop/winter-...
Our 6" handcut lathe record PRINT IS NOT DEAD features
Side A: "The Humiliation of Viva" from Spencer Moody of @murdercitydevils.bsky.social
Side B: "Fax Me Sometime" by Philly's Neon Silhouette
Buy it: www.moviejawn.com/shop/winter-...
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The two McClarens when everyone else pitted during the safety car lmaooo
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The two McClarens when everyone else pitted during the safety car lmaooo
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That show deserved *so* much better
3 years ago the Willow series premiered, a beloved TV show by both critics and audiences.
It is now lost media.
It is now lost media.
December 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
That show deserved *so* much better
I’d be a writer, full time. I would write so many things about so many things.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I’d be a writer, full time. I would write so many things about so many things.
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When you say “Bond tropes,” people will think of
Sexy women
Drinks
International travel
Megalomaniacal villains
Etc. But the Bond trope that really resonates, which is baked into Fleming’s novels and seeps into almost every movie?
Death.
Let’s get into it. 🧵
Sexy women
Drinks
International travel
Megalomaniacal villains
Etc. But the Bond trope that really resonates, which is baked into Fleming’s novels and seeps into almost every movie?
Death.
Let’s get into it. 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
When you say “Bond tropes,” people will think of
Sexy women
Drinks
International travel
Megalomaniacal villains
Etc. But the Bond trope that really resonates, which is baked into Fleming’s novels and seeps into almost every movie?
Death.
Let’s get into it. 🧵
Sexy women
Drinks
International travel
Megalomaniacal villains
Etc. But the Bond trope that really resonates, which is baked into Fleming’s novels and seeps into almost every movie?
Death.
Let’s get into it. 🧵
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And then they ask magazines and websites to pay for their thoughts on the thing they didn’t watch
Oh my god. She's 1000% right. This makes so much sense.
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
And then they ask magazines and websites to pay for their thoughts on the thing they didn’t watch
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Always a good time for Calvin and Hobbes
November 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Always a good time for Calvin and Hobbes
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 23,1944
November 23,1944
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 23,1944
November 23,1944
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen?
-Vampire Weekend (First Unitarian Church)
-Bruce Springsteen (CBP)
-Rush (Wells Fargo Center)
-Radiohead (Camden)
-Janelle Monae (The Met)
-Vampire Weekend (First Unitarian Church)
-Bruce Springsteen (CBP)
-Rush (Wells Fargo Center)
-Radiohead (Camden)
-Janelle Monae (The Met)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen?
- Peter Gabriel (US tour kickoff in Rochester, NY)
- Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime in full)
- Sinead O'Connor (shortly before the idiots of the world turned on her)
- The Cranberries (in a small bar, just before breaking big)
- Sarah McLachlan (4x)
- Peter Gabriel (US tour kickoff in Rochester, NY)
- Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime in full)
- Sinead O'Connor (shortly before the idiots of the world turned on her)
- The Cranberries (in a small bar, just before breaking big)
- Sarah McLachlan (4x)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Tori Amos
AC/DC
The Cardigans (playing Gran Turismo in full)
MØ (10 times)
Fever Ray (the loudest thing I've ever heard)
Tori Amos
AC/DC
The Cardigans (playing Gran Turismo in full)
MØ (10 times)
Fever Ray (the loudest thing I've ever heard)
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen?
-Vampire Weekend (First Unitarian Church)
-Bruce Springsteen (CBP)
-Rush (Wells Fargo Center)
-Radiohead (Camden)
-Janelle Monae (The Met)
-Vampire Weekend (First Unitarian Church)
-Bruce Springsteen (CBP)
-Rush (Wells Fargo Center)
-Radiohead (Camden)
-Janelle Monae (The Met)
I don’t watch football regularly anymore but every other commercial is either for AI or sports bettering, which is as bad as the NFL
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I don’t watch football regularly anymore but every other commercial is either for AI or sports bettering, which is as bad as the NFL
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“Putting on the most (white) millennial album ever” - Me
“Hot Fuss?” - @silberwhatever.com
“Give Up” - Me
“That would have been my second guess.” - Ryan
“Hot Fuss?” - @silberwhatever.com
“Give Up” - Me
“That would have been my second guess.” - Ryan
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“Putting on the most (white) millennial album ever” - Me
“Hot Fuss?” - @silberwhatever.com
“Give Up” - Me
“That would have been my second guess.” - Ryan
“Hot Fuss?” - @silberwhatever.com
“Give Up” - Me
“That would have been my second guess.” - Ryan
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unhappy thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
unhappy thanksgiving
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This kind of thing is annoying sure, but it also reveals the hellish gamble every AI evangelist is forcing us to make; Demanding we accept a hellish and worsening present in exchange for a fantastical and impossible sci-fi future.
Being anti-AI rather than anti-oligarch is one of the most shortsighted things leftists could do, ensuring they remain whiners and cumguzzlers while braver people define reality.
Ceding our science fiction future to capitalists is fucking moronic. It's the only future we have.
Ceding our science fiction future to capitalists is fucking moronic. It's the only future we have.
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This kind of thing is annoying sure, but it also reveals the hellish gamble every AI evangelist is forcing us to make; Demanding we accept a hellish and worsening present in exchange for a fantastical and impossible sci-fi future.
I just think technology should make people’s lives better and not at the cost of massive wealth and resource transfer to the wealthy. Gen AI and LLMs do not fill either requirement.
Being anti-AI rather than anti-oligarch is one of the most shortsighted things leftists could do, ensuring they remain whiners and cumguzzlers while braver people define reality.
Ceding our science fiction future to capitalists is fucking moronic. It's the only future we have.
Ceding our science fiction future to capitalists is fucking moronic. It's the only future we have.
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I just think technology should make people’s lives better and not at the cost of massive wealth and resource transfer to the wealthy. Gen AI and LLMs do not fill either requirement.
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This, a million times over. Please tell people when you like their work. Creatives can go a very long time without any outside input at all, positive or otherwise, so a gesture of appreciation often makes all the difference in the world.
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This, a million times over. Please tell people when you like their work. Creatives can go a very long time without any outside input at all, positive or otherwise, so a gesture of appreciation often makes all the difference in the world.