A P Clarke
@apclarke.bsky.social
London. I make The Lost Cat Podcast, I make music, I make movies, I post a lot of nerdy shit about these sorts of things.
All typos are to prove I am not AI. thank you.
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All typos are to prove I am not AI. thank you.
apclarke.studio
It's gotta work eventually.
January 22, 2026 at 6:11 PM
It's gotta work eventually.
He appears to have been replaced here by a PS4 asset-pack skull, so we might get lucky.
January 22, 2026 at 5:20 PM
He appears to have been replaced here by a PS4 asset-pack skull, so we might get lucky.
Holding Out for a Hero- Bonnie Tyler | Cover (Ballad Version)
YouTube video by Amanda Aponte
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January 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM
2005 called, it wants its story beats, main character and sfx quality back!
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
2005 called, it wants its story beats, main character and sfx quality back!
At least that's engaging with the movie on its own terms!
But apparently the giggling-culture is turning up in showings of, like, Vertigo. Come on!
(the correct response to Vertigo is a nice nap :) )
But apparently the giggling-culture is turning up in showings of, like, Vertigo. Come on!
(the correct response to Vertigo is a nice nap :) )
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
At least that's engaging with the movie on its own terms!
But apparently the giggling-culture is turning up in showings of, like, Vertigo. Come on!
(the correct response to Vertigo is a nice nap :) )
But apparently the giggling-culture is turning up in showings of, like, Vertigo. Come on!
(the correct response to Vertigo is a nice nap :) )
Oh lord I do not like MST3K, but the take-nothing-seriously giggling feels of a different type than the 'smartass at the back' of MST.
Good on EXHUMED tho - you gotta tell the people who you are!
Good on EXHUMED tho - you gotta tell the people who you are!
January 22, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Oh lord I do not like MST3K, but the take-nothing-seriously giggling feels of a different type than the 'smartass at the back' of MST.
Good on EXHUMED tho - you gotta tell the people who you are!
Good on EXHUMED tho - you gotta tell the people who you are!
Nevertheless, fuck The Room, and fuck all the giggling, it's just, I don't see it as bad people, just new kids who don't know any better, because they learnt the rules from The Room.
Perhaps I am naive. Ah well, so be it.
Perhaps I am naive. Ah well, so be it.
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Nevertheless, fuck The Room, and fuck all the giggling, it's just, I don't see it as bad people, just new kids who don't know any better, because they learnt the rules from The Room.
Perhaps I am naive. Ah well, so be it.
Perhaps I am naive. Ah well, so be it.
And, being out in the sticks, i see the multiplexes leaning more heavily on re-releases to fill their screens, and they are often fairly popular.
The ground is fertile for a national Rep brand.
The ground is fertile for a national Rep brand.
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
And, being out in the sticks, i see the multiplexes leaning more heavily on re-releases to fill their screens, and they are often fairly popular.
The ground is fertile for a national Rep brand.
The ground is fertile for a national Rep brand.
In London there are all sorts of freaky newer places popping up, like The Nickel in N London.
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
In London there are all sorts of freaky newer places popping up, like The Nickel in N London.
But we all get old and can't stay cool forever.
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
But we all get old and can't stay cool forever.
This is normal for the growth of any cultural institution and, even, healthy.
The older ones grow in popularity and then head off into the mainstream to subtly 'freak' the wider culture, while newer ones pop up underneath to refresh the 'freak' for a new generation.
The older ones grow in popularity and then head off into the mainstream to subtly 'freak' the wider culture, while newer ones pop up underneath to refresh the 'freak' for a new generation.
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
This is normal for the growth of any cultural institution and, even, healthy.
The older ones grow in popularity and then head off into the mainstream to subtly 'freak' the wider culture, while newer ones pop up underneath to refresh the 'freak' for a new generation.
The older ones grow in popularity and then head off into the mainstream to subtly 'freak' the wider culture, while newer ones pop up underneath to refresh the 'freak' for a new generation.
In London, it is The Prince Charles Cinema that is beset by this 'The Room' style heckling, and I kind of feel that maybe its a sign that the PCC should go national, and franchise.
It has reached the point in its life cycle where it isn't underground anymore, but a brand, with a style, now.
It has reached the point in its life cycle where it isn't underground anymore, but a brand, with a style, now.
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
In London, it is The Prince Charles Cinema that is beset by this 'The Room' style heckling, and I kind of feel that maybe its a sign that the PCC should go national, and franchise.
It has reached the point in its life cycle where it isn't underground anymore, but a brand, with a style, now.
It has reached the point in its life cycle where it isn't underground anymore, but a brand, with a style, now.
And everytime there is a leap in popularity, or generational leap, the original culture shifts, is forgotten, or changes entirely.
Rep cinemas should just thank their stars they haven't reached the 'estate agents' level of adoption.
Rep cinemas should just thank their stars they haven't reached the 'estate agents' level of adoption.
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
And everytime there is a leap in popularity, or generational leap, the original culture shifts, is forgotten, or changes entirely.
Rep cinemas should just thank their stars they haven't reached the 'estate agents' level of adoption.
Rep cinemas should just thank their stars they haven't reached the 'estate agents' level of adoption.
And I don't even think this is very weird. Every sub-culture goes through phases of adoption - from the freako originators, to the cool hipsters who make it a scene, to the nice suburbanites who follow the popularity like it is just the next home furnishing trend.
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
And I don't even think this is very weird. Every sub-culture goes through phases of adoption - from the freako originators, to the cool hipsters who make it a scene, to the nice suburbanites who follow the popularity like it is just the next home furnishing trend.
Midnight films like Rocky Horror have generations of now highly formalised heckling, but that movie almost textually invites that playfulness.
That's why I use The Room, which is textually rather straight faced - the laughing is at it, not with it, and that is a whole different relationship.
That's why I use The Room, which is textually rather straight faced - the laughing is at it, not with it, and that is a whole different relationship.
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Midnight films like Rocky Horror have generations of now highly formalised heckling, but that movie almost textually invites that playfulness.
That's why I use The Room, which is textually rather straight faced - the laughing is at it, not with it, and that is a whole different relationship.
That's why I use The Room, which is textually rather straight faced - the laughing is at it, not with it, and that is a whole different relationship.
There's very few people who actually think every old movie is hilarious, it's just they've learnt that a sort of gently heckling audience participation is 'what you do' at these things.
It's house rules, they are trying to fit in, and they learnt them from the 'popular movie' of the time - The Room
It's house rules, they are trying to fit in, and they learnt them from the 'popular movie' of the time - The Room
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
There's very few people who actually think every old movie is hilarious, it's just they've learnt that a sort of gently heckling audience participation is 'what you do' at these things.
It's house rules, they are trying to fit in, and they learnt them from the 'popular movie' of the time - The Room
It's house rules, they are trying to fit in, and they learnt them from the 'popular movie' of the time - The Room