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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 16h

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

It’s not Spooky Season yet as much as Mildly Disturbing Season

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 1d

I saw it at Film Forum around the time of its 50th anniversary and was blown away. The extras on the Criterion release are amazing. Still packs a wallop.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1d

The George Romero-supervised restoration of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) from MoMA and The Film Foundation is now on Netflix.

It's also on Criterion Channel, but it's nice to see such a significant (and subversive) indie classic on the largest subscription streaming service in the US. #FilmSky

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 1d

It’s such a great restoration and so needed after the avalanche of endless dicey public domain home video versions

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 7d

Sounds disgusting yet intriguing

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 7d

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

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robynhitchcock.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social · 7d

Sending love out to the peaceful people in Chicago

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

www.mediaite.com

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 9d

HBO Max just added a nice collection of 1930s horror, all recently restored:

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (Mamoulian, 1931)
FREAKS (Browning, 1932)
MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (Curtiz, 1933)
THE WALKING DEAD (Curtiz, 1936)
THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X (Sherman, 1939)

#FilmSky #Horror #Halloween

Miriam Hopkins and Fredric March in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Glenda Farrell in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

Boris Karloff in The Walking Dead (1936)

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 9d

Wednesday Train Travel Motivation

screw Rocktober I’m holding out for Bossa November

youtu.be/74SS17ht7vI?...

ワンダ・サー「ソ・ダンソ・サンバ」　Wanda De Sah – Album [Softly] -- So Danco Samba / Jazz n Samba

YouTube video by Brasil66 Music-J

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 10d

Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 10d

The only good thing about the first AI actor is that the backlash means she (it?) will also be the first AI actor to get cancelled

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10d

Went down a rabbithole reading about this last night that led me to the "comedy sketch" the company made to introduce this dreck and holy mackerel it's one of the worst things I've ever watched in my life

(if you want to sit in horror for 2 minutes www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sVO...)

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11d

SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17d

NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:

Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase

The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky

www.thehandbasket.co

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 11d

New trailer for “Black Mirror” dropped

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 11d

This is an ad for friend.com, not a horror movie trailer.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Q1...

Friend Reveal Trailer

YouTube video by Friend Media Channel

www.youtube.com

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 14d

Season 2 of “Peacemaker” may literally be the only thing keeping me sane in 2025

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 14d

Boycotts work

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 14d

Local affiliate tv is the next AM radio

Broadcast TV Is a 'Melting Ice Cube.’ Kimmel Just Turned Up the Heat

After Sinclair and Nexstar pulled Jimmy Kimmel off air, the old affiliate model looks shakier than ever. Even Disney might do better without broadcast.

www.wired.com

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 16d

This is an absolute disgrace and an immeasurable loss to my home state.

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 16d

Another day, another PBS affiliate lost. But this time it’s a whole state.

NJ PBS will go dark in July, 2026 unless new funding can be found.

The state-wide network of channels has served New Jersey for more than 50 years.

whyy.org/articles/new... #PBS #NPR

After harsh budget cuts, NJ PBS announces it will cease operations next summer

After June 30, 2026, a NJ PBS nightly news program will only air on digital platforms, and on THIRTEEN, the public television channel in New York.

whyy.org

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 17d

So @jimmykimmel.com's first words back tonight--"As I was saying..."-- were an homage to Tonight Show host Jack Paar, who used those words when he returned after walking out on his show in a censorship dispute with NBC. From 65 years ago:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrhQ...

Jack paar returns to the Tonight Show [partial Higher quality footage] (March 7, 1960)

YouTube video by Random TV and News Archives

www.youtube.com

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Jemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.social · 17d

Over 30 years ago, 2 Live Crew’s Luther Campbell fought and won one of the most important free speech cases in American history. He has some advice for Jimmy Kimmel. My latest piece for. @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A Censored Rap Legend Has Advice for Jimmy Kimmel

Three decades ago, 2 Live Crew fought a First Amendment battle against the government—and won.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tikatay @tikatay.bsky.social · 17d

Nobody asked for this much Baby Yoda

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