Daniel Dockery
@dandock.bsky.social
Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, GamesRadar, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught A Generation To Catch Them All / Picked Charmander
That the episode marks the true introduction of the irradiated Blight is also meaningful. The old sense of haunted pathos is gone. The villainy that's left is pure greed and malice, eager to burn through anything in its way.
February 14, 2026 at 12:18 AM
That the episode marks the true introduction of the irradiated Blight is also meaningful. The old sense of haunted pathos is gone. The villainy that's left is pure greed and malice, eager to burn through anything in its way.
Diamonds on my wrist, man
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Diamonds on my wrist, man
Rolexes are passé. Get yourself a watch that's a REAL status symbol
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Rolexes are passé. Get yourself a watch that's a REAL status symbol
Dudes suck, but sometimes in a really sad way
February 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Dudes suck, but sometimes in a really sad way
I love being the guy that my non-One Piece reading friends come to for info
February 10, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I love being the guy that my non-One Piece reading friends come to for info
This is my favorite pun
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
This is my favorite pun
I wrote about You and I Are Polar Opposites, my favorite rom-com anime in a long time. From its direction, to its OP, to the treatment of its supporting cast, it's an absolute delight.
www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...
www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I wrote about You and I Are Polar Opposites, my favorite rom-com anime in a long time. From its direction, to its OP, to the treatment of its supporting cast, it's an absolute delight.
www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...
www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...
Fantastic strategy guide cover design. Absolutely no notes required.
February 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Fantastic strategy guide cover design. Absolutely no notes required.
@brianraftery.bsky.social's Hannibal Lecter: A Life is not only an insightful look at the rise of Hollywood's most famous cannibal, but it's proof that few are better than Brian at balancing the vast amount of details that a book like this requires. A truly effortless read.
February 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
@brianraftery.bsky.social's Hannibal Lecter: A Life is not only an insightful look at the rise of Hollywood's most famous cannibal, but it's proof that few are better than Brian at balancing the vast amount of details that a book like this requires. A truly effortless read.
Mean Gene Okerlund was the best pro wrestling personality ever because you'd have two steroid-enhanced giants flexing and frothing at the mouth at one another and then a man that was roughly four-feet-tall would come up to calmly ask them how they felt about things
February 7, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Mean Gene Okerlund was the best pro wrestling personality ever because you'd have two steroid-enhanced giants flexing and frothing at the mouth at one another and then a man that was roughly four-feet-tall would come up to calmly ask them how they felt about things
What's a movie you never tire of?
February 6, 2026 at 2:04 AM
What's a movie you never tire of?
I personally think this is awesome and rad and cool and progressive and that she should keep doing it and that if anyone asks her to run for president again, she should say "no, because im too busy doing whatever this thing is"
February 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I personally think this is awesome and rad and cool and progressive and that she should keep doing it and that if anyone asks her to run for president again, she should say "no, because im too busy doing whatever this thing is"
When I was young, the scenes in Jurassic Park that I obsessed over were the ones where the dinosaurs felt the most "animalistic" to me. Unaware of the presence of humans, they lived and gathered and hunted. Those were the scenes that made the film seem "real."
February 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
When I was young, the scenes in Jurassic Park that I obsessed over were the ones where the dinosaurs felt the most "animalistic" to me. Unaware of the presence of humans, they lived and gathered and hunted. Those were the scenes that made the film seem "real."
I wrote about Sentenced to Be a Hero, a series that's turning out to be the best adventure anime of the season: www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...
February 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I wrote about Sentenced to Be a Hero, a series that's turning out to be the best adventure anime of the season: www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...
"But you see, the two Dilophosaurus communicating is actually a reference to the scene in the original Michael Crichton novel..." - my sad, broken brain
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"But you see, the two Dilophosaurus communicating is actually a reference to the scene in the original Michael Crichton novel..." - my sad, broken brain
I think my favorite theme in the original Star Wars trilogy is Luke eventually learning to have "faith" in other people. It includes both accepting his wider destiny and discovering that his heroism means little if he's going to rush into things.
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I think my favorite theme in the original Star Wars trilogy is Luke eventually learning to have "faith" in other people. It includes both accepting his wider destiny and discovering that his heroism means little if he's going to rush into things.
This Pokémon ad from the 1998 Sears Christmas catalog could almost serve as a "spot the number of things wrong with this picture" game
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
This Pokémon ad from the 1998 Sears Christmas catalog could almost serve as a "spot the number of things wrong with this picture" game
You can't let Leatherface handle visitors! You need LIKABLE folks that understand social cues
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
You can't let Leatherface handle visitors! You need LIKABLE folks that understand social cues
While on the subject of the Raimi Spider-Mans, I think Spider-Man 2 might've been the first time I ever really appreciated visual metaphor. Just the constant motif of "Peter Parker is being pulled apart by his normal life and his duties as Spider-Man." It changed the way I watch movies.
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
While on the subject of the Raimi Spider-Mans, I think Spider-Man 2 might've been the first time I ever really appreciated visual metaphor. Just the constant motif of "Peter Parker is being pulled apart by his normal life and his duties as Spider-Man." It changed the way I watch movies.
He even adds a little classic Universal horror-esque "What have I become?" bit. They're so great. Even 3 is a blast (though clearly the most flawed of the bunch. Too many character arcs that it's trying to wrap up.)
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
He even adds a little classic Universal horror-esque "What have I become?" bit. They're so great. Even 3 is a blast (though clearly the most flawed of the bunch. Too many character arcs that it's trying to wrap up.)
I love that Sam Raimi understood that most Spider-Man villains could very easily be monster movie characters, so he gave us at least one neat horror sequence per film.
February 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I love that Sam Raimi understood that most Spider-Man villains could very easily be monster movie characters, so he gave us at least one neat horror sequence per film.
I don't want to live in a mansion. I just want to live in Peter Parker's apartment from the Spider-Man trilogy.
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I don't want to live in a mansion. I just want to live in Peter Parker's apartment from the Spider-Man trilogy.