K.MAT
@kevinmmathews11.bsky.social
Pop Culture Commentator, Composer, Educator, Tottenham fan, AI Creator & legal dude. Troll accounts will be BLOCKED!
Music: https://kevinmathews.bandcamp.com/
Writing: https://kevinmathews.substack.com/
Music: https://kevinmathews.bandcamp.com/
Writing: https://kevinmathews.substack.com/
"Best of the Year" lists are anti-art.
It’s just engagement bait to pit films and music against each other because they shared a calendar year. Art has no timestamp. We can discover a masterpiece from any era today.
Ranking art by year is dumb. Stop it already.
#UnpopularOpinion #Film #Music
It’s just engagement bait to pit films and music against each other because they shared a calendar year. Art has no timestamp. We can discover a masterpiece from any era today.
Ranking art by year is dumb. Stop it already.
#UnpopularOpinion #Film #Music
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"Best of the Year" lists are anti-art.
It’s just engagement bait to pit films and music against each other because they shared a calendar year. Art has no timestamp. We can discover a masterpiece from any era today.
Ranking art by year is dumb. Stop it already.
#UnpopularOpinion #Film #Music
It’s just engagement bait to pit films and music against each other because they shared a calendar year. Art has no timestamp. We can discover a masterpiece from any era today.
Ranking art by year is dumb. Stop it already.
#UnpopularOpinion #Film #Music
Landman S2E4 review:
Tommy’s funeral monologue: devastating.
Cami’s M-Tex deal: disaster pending.
Verdict: While Tulsa King loses the plot, Landman is finally hitting top gear.
The best Sheridan show airing right now. 📺
#Landman #ParamountPlus
Tommy’s funeral monologue: devastating.
Cami’s M-Tex deal: disaster pending.
Verdict: While Tulsa King loses the plot, Landman is finally hitting top gear.
The best Sheridan show airing right now. 📺
#Landman #ParamountPlus
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Landman S2E4 review:
Tommy’s funeral monologue: devastating.
Cami’s M-Tex deal: disaster pending.
Verdict: While Tulsa King loses the plot, Landman is finally hitting top gear.
The best Sheridan show airing right now. 📺
#Landman #ParamountPlus
Tommy’s funeral monologue: devastating.
Cami’s M-Tex deal: disaster pending.
Verdict: While Tulsa King loses the plot, Landman is finally hitting top gear.
The best Sheridan show airing right now. 📺
#Landman #ParamountPlus
The Bob Gray flashback? Poignant.
The Black Spot sequence? Absolutely shattering.
General Shaw thinking he can "use" Pennywise to prevent civil war is the most 1960s military hubris imaginable.
The Augury is broken. We are definitely heading back to the lair.
#WelcomeToDerry #IT #Horror #Pennywise
The Black Spot sequence? Absolutely shattering.
General Shaw thinking he can "use" Pennywise to prevent civil war is the most 1960s military hubris imaginable.
The Augury is broken. We are definitely heading back to the lair.
#WelcomeToDerry #IT #Horror #Pennywise
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The Bob Gray flashback? Poignant.
The Black Spot sequence? Absolutely shattering.
General Shaw thinking he can "use" Pennywise to prevent civil war is the most 1960s military hubris imaginable.
The Augury is broken. We are definitely heading back to the lair.
#WelcomeToDerry #IT #Horror #Pennywise
The Black Spot sequence? Absolutely shattering.
General Shaw thinking he can "use" Pennywise to prevent civil war is the most 1960s military hubris imaginable.
The Augury is broken. We are definitely heading back to the lair.
#WelcomeToDerry #IT #Horror #Pennywise
Rewatched Inception. Still a total mind-bender. 🤯
The fantastical premise works because the Cobb/Mal dynamic actually hurts. Honestly, it makes Tenet look even worse in retrospect. Inception is the blueprint. Joint top tier with Interstellar for me.
#Inception #Nolan #FilmSky #SciFi
The fantastical premise works because the Cobb/Mal dynamic actually hurts. Honestly, it makes Tenet look even worse in retrospect. Inception is the blueprint. Joint top tier with Interstellar for me.
#Inception #Nolan #FilmSky #SciFi
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Rewatched Inception. Still a total mind-bender. 🤯
The fantastical premise works because the Cobb/Mal dynamic actually hurts. Honestly, it makes Tenet look even worse in retrospect. Inception is the blueprint. Joint top tier with Interstellar for me.
#Inception #Nolan #FilmSky #SciFi
The fantastical premise works because the Cobb/Mal dynamic actually hurts. Honestly, it makes Tenet look even worse in retrospect. Inception is the blueprint. Joint top tier with Interstellar for me.
#Inception #Nolan #FilmSky #SciFi
Keanu Reeves losing his wings and becoming a chain-smoking human dishwasher who loves tacos is the specific brand of chaos I needed this holiday season. 🌮🪽
Good Fortune is actually hilarious but also... kinda devastating? Aziz really said "Eat the Rich" but make it funny.
#GoodFortune #Movies
Good Fortune is actually hilarious but also... kinda devastating? Aziz really said "Eat the Rich" but make it funny.
#GoodFortune #Movies
December 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Keanu Reeves losing his wings and becoming a chain-smoking human dishwasher who loves tacos is the specific brand of chaos I needed this holiday season. 🌮🪽
Good Fortune is actually hilarious but also... kinda devastating? Aziz really said "Eat the Rich" but make it funny.
#GoodFortune #Movies
Good Fortune is actually hilarious but also... kinda devastating? Aziz really said "Eat the Rich" but make it funny.
#GoodFortune #Movies
Netflix buying WBD is the US entertainment industry officially eating itself alive. 🇺🇸🍽️ It’s the "Spotify-fication" of TV. Expect fewer jobs, safer scripts, and zero transparency. Forget Hollywood, best sci-fi and drama is coming from the UK. South Korea and Japan.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Netflix buying WBD is the US entertainment industry officially eating itself alive. 🇺🇸🍽️ It’s the "Spotify-fication" of TV. Expect fewer jobs, safer scripts, and zero transparency. Forget Hollywood, best sci-fi and drama is coming from the UK. South Korea and Japan.
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmat...
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Stranger Things ends this month, but Netflix just bought its own immortality. Acquiring WBD isn’t about "synergy"—it’s about survival. They didn't need to find the next Eleven; they just bought Harry Potter, Batman, and the Losers' Club to replace her. The algorithm just won.
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Stranger Things ends this month, but Netflix just bought its own immortality. Acquiring WBD isn’t about "synergy"—it’s about survival. They didn't need to find the next Eleven; they just bought Harry Potter, Batman, and the Losers' Club to replace her. The algorithm just won.
The Netflix/WBD deal isn't the end of James Gunn, but it is the end of the "theatrical-first" DCU. Gunn is safe for now—Netflix needs his IP. But watch the release windows: if The Batman II hits streaming in 14 days, the war for the cinema experience is lost. #DCU #Netflix
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pluribus ep 6 is brilliant. We expected a freakout over the "body parts" cliffhanger; instead, we got Diabaté shrugging at atrocities because the Vegas buffet is open.
The horror isn’t aliens; it’s how cheap dignity is. Carol is the only one with a spine, but Manousos is coming.
The horror isn’t aliens; it’s how cheap dignity is. Carol is the only one with a spine, but Manousos is coming.
December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Pluribus ep 6 is brilliant. We expected a freakout over the "body parts" cliffhanger; instead, we got Diabaté shrugging at atrocities because the Vegas buffet is open.
The horror isn’t aliens; it’s how cheap dignity is. Carol is the only one with a spine, but Manousos is coming.
The horror isn’t aliens; it’s how cheap dignity is. Carol is the only one with a spine, but Manousos is coming.
Normalizing Spotify Wrapped is just normalizing music theft with better graphic design. Never forget that the whole model is built on Ek’s mantra that music should be free. The major labels sold out their artists to save their own skins.
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Normalizing Spotify Wrapped is just normalizing music theft with better graphic design. Never forget that the whole model is built on Ek’s mantra that music should be free. The major labels sold out their artists to save their own skins.
I'm convinced "The Third Movie Curse" is real. Why do franchises always faceplant on the trilogy capper? X-Men, Terminator, Godfather...
But the king of disappointing sequels remains Alien 3. As a purist, the franchise ended for me when Ripley, Newt, and Hicks entered hypersleep in Aliens.
But the king of disappointing sequels remains Alien 3. As a purist, the franchise ended for me when Ripley, Newt, and Hicks entered hypersleep in Aliens.
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I'm convinced "The Third Movie Curse" is real. Why do franchises always faceplant on the trilogy capper? X-Men, Terminator, Godfather...
But the king of disappointing sequels remains Alien 3. As a purist, the franchise ended for me when Ripley, Newt, and Hicks entered hypersleep in Aliens.
But the king of disappointing sequels remains Alien 3. As a purist, the franchise ended for me when Ripley, Newt, and Hicks entered hypersleep in Aliens.
Landman S2E3 review: Hell has a front yard. 🔥
Tommy is dealing with a deadly gas leak & Cooper's deal with the devil. Cami finds a financial black hole at M.Tex. Meanwhile, Ainsley is cluelessly cheerleading. 📣
A total clusterf--k. Just another day in paradise.
#Landman #TVTime
Tommy is dealing with a deadly gas leak & Cooper's deal with the devil. Cami finds a financial black hole at M.Tex. Meanwhile, Ainsley is cluelessly cheerleading. 📣
A total clusterf--k. Just another day in paradise.
#Landman #TVTime
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#WelcomeToDerry Ep 6 🎈
Mrs. Kersh rumors: SPOT ON. Chilling twist.
Black Spot: Gut-wrenching. Not shying away from history.
Hallorann: Defenses shattered.
The fuse is lit for next week. Best horror on TV. 🔥
#IT #StephenKing #Pennywise
Mrs. Kersh rumors: SPOT ON. Chilling twist.
Black Spot: Gut-wrenching. Not shying away from history.
Hallorann: Defenses shattered.
The fuse is lit for next week. Best horror on TV. 🔥
#IT #StephenKing #Pennywise
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#WelcomeToDerry Ep 6 🎈
Mrs. Kersh rumors: SPOT ON. Chilling twist.
Black Spot: Gut-wrenching. Not shying away from history.
Hallorann: Defenses shattered.
The fuse is lit for next week. Best horror on TV. 🔥
#IT #StephenKing #Pennywise
Mrs. Kersh rumors: SPOT ON. Chilling twist.
Black Spot: Gut-wrenching. Not shying away from history.
Hallorann: Defenses shattered.
The fuse is lit for next week. Best horror on TV. 🔥
#IT #StephenKing #Pennywise
The Emperor has no clothes and I mean Tim Robinson. The Chair Company finale is actual garbage. 🗑️
Abrupt ending? Check. Fake mystery reveal? Check. A guy in a hockey mask talking about TELEKINESIS??
I’m convinced Tim is trolling us. Glad I watched this bullshit so you don’t have to. UGH.
Abrupt ending? Check. Fake mystery reveal? Check. A guy in a hockey mask talking about TELEKINESIS??
I’m convinced Tim is trolling us. Glad I watched this bullshit so you don’t have to. UGH.
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Emperor has no clothes and I mean Tim Robinson. The Chair Company finale is actual garbage. 🗑️
Abrupt ending? Check. Fake mystery reveal? Check. A guy in a hockey mask talking about TELEKINESIS??
I’m convinced Tim is trolling us. Glad I watched this bullshit so you don’t have to. UGH.
Abrupt ending? Check. Fake mystery reveal? Check. A guy in a hockey mask talking about TELEKINESIS??
I’m convinced Tim is trolling us. Glad I watched this bullshit so you don’t have to. UGH.
Just watched #Bugonia and realized it’s a remake of the 2003 Korean cult classic, Save the Green Planet! 🛸 Curious about the comparison, I went back to watch the original. Verdict? Bugonia is definitely more accessible for Western audiences but stays surprisingly faithful to the spirit.
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Just watched #Bugonia and realized it’s a remake of the 2003 Korean cult classic, Save the Green Planet! 🛸 Curious about the comparison, I went back to watch the original. Verdict? Bugonia is definitely more accessible for Western audiences but stays surprisingly faithful to the spirit.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
King hated Kubrick’s The Shining for lacking heart. Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep fixed this 40-year feud. By pairing Dan’s sobriety with Kubrick’s visuals, he gave King the redemption arc the original denied.
It’s not a horror sequel. It’s a thesis on forgiving your father.
#DoctorSleep #TheShining
It’s not a horror sequel. It’s a thesis on forgiving your father.
#DoctorSleep #TheShining
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
King hated Kubrick’s The Shining for lacking heart. Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep fixed this 40-year feud. By pairing Dan’s sobriety with Kubrick’s visuals, he gave King the redemption arc the original denied.
It’s not a horror sequel. It’s a thesis on forgiving your father.
#DoctorSleep #TheShining
It’s not a horror sequel. It’s a thesis on forgiving your father.
#DoctorSleep #TheShining
2006 YouTube: "Users uploaded it, not us!" (Safe Harbor) 2024 AI: "We read it to learn!" (Fair Use) Different jargon, same growth hack. The endgame isn't a ban, it’s a payment. YouTube built Content ID; OpenAI is signing licensing deals. The "theft" becomes a "partnership" once the check clears.
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
2006 YouTube: "Users uploaded it, not us!" (Safe Harbor) 2024 AI: "We read it to learn!" (Fair Use) Different jargon, same growth hack. The endgame isn't a ban, it’s a payment. YouTube built Content ID; OpenAI is signing licensing deals. The "theft" becomes a "partnership" once the check clears.
South Park S28E4 just aired and I haven't recovered. Saudi Arabia sponsoring the local 5K with a strict "no roasting the royals" clause is too real.
But Pete Hegseth livestreaming a military raid on South Park while begging for likes? That’s not even satire anymore, that’s just a documentary.
But Pete Hegseth livestreaming a military raid on South Park while begging for likes? That’s not even satire anymore, that’s just a documentary.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
South Park S28E4 just aired and I haven't recovered. Saudi Arabia sponsoring the local 5K with a strict "no roasting the royals" clause is too real.
But Pete Hegseth livestreaming a military raid on South Park while begging for likes? That’s not even satire anymore, that’s just a documentary.
But Pete Hegseth livestreaming a military raid on South Park while begging for likes? That’s not even satire anymore, that’s just a documentary.
Rewatching The Beatles Anthology on Disney+ (30 years? Ouch).
The original 8 eps are still pure emotional damage/nostalgia. The new Ep 9 is basically the DVD extras remastered—BTS of "Free As a Bird" and "Real Love." Essential.
🍏
The original 8 eps are still pure emotional damage/nostalgia. The new Ep 9 is basically the DVD extras remastered—BTS of "Free As a Bird" and "Real Love." Essential.
🍏
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Rewatching The Beatles Anthology on Disney+ (30 years? Ouch).
The original 8 eps are still pure emotional damage/nostalgia. The new Ep 9 is basically the DVD extras remastered—BTS of "Free As a Bird" and "Real Love." Essential.
🍏
The original 8 eps are still pure emotional damage/nostalgia. The new Ep 9 is basically the DVD extras remastered—BTS of "Free As a Bird" and "Real Love." Essential.
🍏
When the Mind-fuck movie went mainstream. 2010 gave us Shutter Island and Inception. Both star Leo as a grieving criminal constructing a fake reality to hide from guilt. Both are sophisticated neo-noir delusions.Together they made $1B+. It proved audiences didn't want clarity: they wanted the maze.
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
When the Mind-fuck movie went mainstream. 2010 gave us Shutter Island and Inception. Both star Leo as a grieving criminal constructing a fake reality to hide from guilt. Both are sophisticated neo-noir delusions.Together they made $1B+. It proved audiences didn't want clarity: they wanted the maze.
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Stranger Things 5 is finally here. Yes, the kids look 30. Yes, the parents ignoring Holly’s "imaginary friend" is a massive red flag. 🚩 But ignore the tropes—Part 1 is a total rush. Linda Hamilton is a menace, the action is huge, and that ending?? Do not miss this. 🤯🧇 #StrangerThings5 #ST5
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Stranger Things 5 is finally here. Yes, the kids look 30. Yes, the parents ignoring Holly’s "imaginary friend" is a massive red flag. 🚩 But ignore the tropes—Part 1 is a total rush. Linda Hamilton is a menace, the action is huge, and that ending?? Do not miss this. 🤯🧇 #StrangerThings5 #ST5