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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 13h

Left my office to be confronted by this - surely a sign to go all in on Untitled Goose Studies and leave Film Studies behind?

A large white inflatable goose sits outside Warwick university SU, a building of deeply confusing geometry and clashing materials. The goose is in front of some bricks. It has an orange conical beak and dull black eyes, like a shark

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 16h

Untitled Goose Game might be my favourite text to teach

Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 2d

Another term of teaching Transnational Action Cinema means another screening of Police Story 3 and Maggie Cheung throwing her shoe at Jackie Chan and using "your mum" as a comeback. The action is pretty good too

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 5d

Youtube also appears to have the entire Hildegard docudrama, with Routledge as Hildegard von Bingen youtu.be/ue0yOfBgudg?... which I appreciate might be a bit niche but is worth a look if my memory serves

Hildegard Of Bingen Patricia Routledge

YouTube video by Santos y Milagros Oficial

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 5d

youtu.be/aY2rLolZ0hc?...

Such a simple bit of physical comedy, masterfully played every time. The shift in pronunciation of "dawgs" also a wonderful little class observation. An unmatched comic character

Hyacinth's Hilarious Experiences With Dogs | Keeping Up Appearances

YouTube video by BritBox

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 5d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
October 03,1962

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- NANCY IS TEACHING HER DOG TO SIT
NANCY: SIT
NANCY’S DOG DIDN’T SIT
P2-NANCY : SIT - - SIT - - SIT
NANCY’S DOG IS STILL NOT OBEYING.
P3- NANCY SAYS VERY LOUDLY, SIT
P4- NANCY IS SURPRISED TO SEE HER DOG SITTING UP IN A CHAIR.

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 6d

Just in case Elon's seal of un-approval isn't enough, believe me that Dead End is perfect Halloween viewing for kids and young people - especially (but not only) if they identify anywhere on the queer or neurodiverse spectrum

✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Buy Go-Man! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 8d

It's probably going to be a very odd day

Screenshot of Elon Musk tweeting "this is not ok" as a reply to Libs of TikTok posting "omg. Dead end paranormal park, a show on netflix, is pushing pro-teangeder on CHILDREN. This show is advertised for 7-year-olds. It's being promoted on netflix kids now. Parents - beware" with an attached photo of Barney from the show.

Elon's tweet has 3.6k comments, 8.7k retweets, 60k likes and 4.2million views

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 7d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
October 1,1945

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- SLUGGO IS DOG SITTING FOR NANCY
SLUGGO:
OH, WHY DID I PROMISE TO MIND NANCY'S DOG FOR HER!
NANCY’S DOG IS HOWLING: OWRR OWWRRRR
P2- SLUGGO: AW, PIPE DOWN-
NANCY WILL BE HERE SOON
P3- SLUGGO SEES A MOP,AND HAS AN IDEA
P4-SLUGGO: I TELL
YA I'M NANCY
NANCY’S DOG DOES NOT BELIEVE IT
NANCY’S DOG: OW OWWRR

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 8d

Exactly what I'd expect from the 17th wokeist university

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 10d

Alien Earth is such a treat for Resurrection and Covenant fans

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 10d

I also think I would struggle to get the level of funding required for Edmund Burke to be able to come and do a talk, although if they make allowances for remote talks I think Parker Brothers might have the answer

Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 12d

Inviting pundits to give "talks" is just not what professors/departments do. Some schools have "institutes of politics" that do this, like @gupolitics.bsky.social at Georgetown, which invites conservatives regularly. Departments invite scholars for talks, and I rarely know their personal politics.

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 12d

More than anything, they want to be patted on the head and told they're a good boy by the liberal elites

Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 10d

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Future Games Show @futuregamesshow.bsky.social · 12d

the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 11d

Feel a bit called out by Netflix putting a cheery "we think you'll love this 👍👍" on Birth/Rebirth along with the description "a pathologist... brings a child back from the dead with increasingly horrific consequences"

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 13d

The dragon from the 1958 Mugnaini-illustrated edition of 'Beowulf'.
#BookologyThursday #dragon #monster #folklore #legend

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Metal Neck @metalneck.bsky.social · 15d

Del Toro vs Godzilla to help with the art block

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 14d

IT'S ACTUALLY AN EASTER EGG! A REAL EASTER EGG! Not sparkling mise-en-scene!

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 14d

Was just browsing the files of my copy of X-Wing vs TIE Fighter (steam download) and there is a file named Glup Shitto0.plt which I promise I did not create

Photographic evidence of the Gulp Shitto0.plt file, surround by more sensible files such as Install.bat

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 16d

If you are not listening to this you are missing out on the adventures of a vegetarian edwardian railway detective read by a pre-sherlock Cumberbatch

Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 16d

Any of you who remember my various posts about Benedict Cumberbatch reading thrilling Stories of the Railways, I have good news! You too can listen to Benedict Cumberbatch reading thrilling stories of the railways - no purchase necessary! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - Thrilling Stories of the Railway - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Thrilling Stories of the Railway on BBC Sounds.

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 16d

Any of you who remember my various posts about Benedict Cumberbatch reading thrilling Stories of the Railways, I have good news! You too can listen to Benedict Cumberbatch reading thrilling stories of the railways - no purchase necessary! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - Thrilling Stories of the Railway - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Thrilling Stories of the Railway on BBC Sounds.

www.bbc.co.uk

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 18d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
August 14,1946

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 19d

Wordsworth: welcome to the meeting of Romantic Poets. We need to set our agenda, and I am recommending clouds, flowers, or possibly clouds shaped like flowers

Percy Shelley: or the severed head of a tyrant

William Blake: or thicc Satan

Wordsworth: or what???

Blake: I have produced a sketch-

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 19d

Anyone else out there who teaches/researches games but is not, in fact, good at games? It's weird because I think I'm actually pretty "good" at films and prose, but my basic gaming competence is limited

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Xanthe Pajarillo 🔪 @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social · 19d

Our horror project still has a way to go, but your generosity pushed us to £1,155! I realise this is a tense time in the world, so donations are held with love and appreciation. Every little bit counts, £1 or £5. And if you can’t contribute, please share 🩰🩸 we thank you!!! gofund.me/8a713e1ff

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 20d

Bought a cheap second hand wheel + pedals combo to have some variety in peripherals for my games teaching and it has very much confirmed that I should never be allowed behind the wheel of a vehicle

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