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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 2d

Good!

The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 2d

The comic book juggernaut is playing the hero to artists because "human creativity matters," its president said.

DC Comics declares it will never use generative AI

www.avclub.com

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 2d

Avril Lavigne!!!! I'm triggered now.

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 2d

Ed Sheeran is on there. Get in the sea.

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 2d

That list is a gigantic bucket of suck

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing. And not in a good way.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 4d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Nasty Canadian @smarta-pants.bsky.social · Dec 1

I keep thinking about it, constantly asking myself: how? Why? How did we get here? Michael Mechanic, a senior editor at Mother Jones, explains in just two words how Trump won. The comments are also worth reading.

youtu.be/VUxeRLXaCIk?...

How Donald Trump Won in Two Words

YouTube video by Mother Jones

youtu.be

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 9d

I thought the lack of emotion was meant to be channeling Meiko Kaji's icy screen persona. Either way, I'll watch Angela Mao in Broken Oath any day!

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 9d

I haven't seen it for years, but I seem to remember liking it well enough. Donnie Yen did the action choreo if memory serves. I have the DVD somewhere (rummages in the endless void of my cargo pants pockets where I store all my DVDs)

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 9d

Cargo pants forever!! So many pockets! Much practicality!

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 10d

From the Onion:

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 11d

Wild to me that the stunt team on that movie was led by American stunt coordinators, not Chinese or Hong Kongers.

thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 11d

Elegantly put!

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent!

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks!! I hope it was interesting, I rarely get copies of their releases so I've no idea what they end up using from the material I give them. No idea what happened to Sally...

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 13d

The entire premise of the film Evil Does Not Exist. Sigh.

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 14d

Some of these have been released on Blu-ray in the past - what do people think of this one? Very different from the martial arts focus of the first 3 volumes.

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 14d

Titles on the set:
Super Inframan
Oily Maniac
Battle Wizard
Black Magic 1 & 2
Hex
Bewitched
Hex vs Witchcraft
Hex After Hex
Bat Without Wings
Bloody Parrot
Fake Ghost Catchers
Demon of the Lute
Seeding of a Ghost
Portrait in Crystal
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 14d

Arrow has finally announced Shawscope Vol. 4, a collection focusing on fantasy and horror, out on 8 December.

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 15d

Excellent! What a fantastic movie!

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 15d

Hegseth is a white supremacist fascist pig.

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 15d

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 15d

I would rate that high on my list of the most powerful films I've seen.

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 15d

Excellent!

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 16d

The Kill Bill movies are stuffed with images and scenes borrowed from Hong Kong and Japanese films too. His success baffles me.

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thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social · 17d

a man with long hair and a beard is smiling and saying thank you .

ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is smiling and saying thank you .

media.tenor.com

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