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Thomas @godribbon.bsky.social · 22h

Most franchises are pretty easy to ignore. I don't think Jurassic Park is made worse by its slew of bad sequels. But nothing has created quite as much of a artistic chasm in Hollywood as Iron Man

Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 1d

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

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A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town · 1d

Twin Peaks: Andy Brennan vs plank.

Andy Brennan vs plank. Twin Peaks S02E01 - May the Giant Be with You.

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 1d

I don't trust anyone who doesn't admit having at some time in his life enjoyed trashy American movies; I don't trust any of the tastes of people who were born with such good taste that they didn't need to find their way through trash. (1969)

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Jul 26

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Thomas @godribbon.bsky.social · 1d

Not a fan of the period of time between submitting an album for release and it actually releasing

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Ethan Landes @ethanlandes.bsky.social · 1d

The UK is within spitting distance of having more murders portrayed annually on TV shows and movies set in the country than occur in real life

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

It's so incredible how low homicide rates are in Europe. The UK, with a population of 70 million people, had fewer than 600 murders in 2023.
www.connexionfrance.com/news/double-...

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Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social · 20d

Ideally, a boss runback maintains some of the initial tension of encountering the boss, and also offers some space to think and strategize.

Respawning right in front of a boss means no time to think and therefore no time to adapt, encouraging a "beat head against wall" approach to play.

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Thomas @godribbon.bsky.social · 1d

The Bone Bottom music didn't need to be as sad as it is

Thomas @godribbon.bsky.social · 2d

I truly believe that these people actually don't have a favourite authors, bands, etc. How can you have favourites when you clearly don't value the arts? These questions are tests of their humanity, and they don't have any. So the question answered is "Which author have you most heard of?"

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Thomas @godribbon.bsky.social · 2d

Ghost of Yotei is great until you need to fight something. It kinda blows my mind that people can enjoy the combat in a game like this, where everything feels unresponsive, lock on is unreliable, and visibility is poor

Thomas @godribbon.bsky.social · 2d

Ghost of Yotei, Atsu stands in front of Mt Yotei

Ghost of Yotei, Atsu with a different buddy

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Thomas @godribbon.bsky.social · 2d

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Paper Bag

YouTube video by Fiona Apple - Topic

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Thomas @godribbon.bsky.social · 2d

Top 10 favourite games of the 2020s so far:

1. Elden Ring
2. Hitman 3
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
4. Clair Obscure: Expedition 33
5. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
6. Hollow Knight: Silksong
7. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
8. Stellar Blade
9. Balatro
10. Street Fighter 6

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 3d

Haha. I would have loved to hear MFDoom do this for real