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Mike Ryan

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I used to work for Uproxx, HuffPost, Movieline. I’ve written for New York, Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ and Empire "He’s fairly normal” — Reddit user CaptainPhantasma21 contact: michaelwilliamryan at gmail

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · Nov 14

So, I wrote the Andor Season 2 cover story for Empire and it was one of the coolest things I’ve ever gotten to do. (If you’ve been wondering, hey, what’s Mike been doing? Well, this is it!)

Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social · Nov 14

There is only one way to prepare yourself for 2025, and that’s with Empire’s Andor Season 2 issue – on sale from Thursday 21 November.

Pre-order a copy now: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-janua...

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 11h

A thing that actually happened en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_B...

Super Bowl XXIII halftime show - Wikipedia

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 11h

He should petition for the return of Elvis Presto

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

Mike Johnson isn't happy that Bad Bunny is performing at the Super Bowl: It sounds like he's not someone who appeals to a broader audience. There's so many eyes on it. A lot of young, impressionable children. In my view, you would have Lee Greenwood or role models doing that. Not somebody like this.

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 16h

Mick Dundee killing the snake is funny

Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 16h

Hardbodies

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 19h

Wendy Carlos has a credit at the end of TRON: ARES

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 20h

It’s remarkable how boring he is

Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 21h

It’s interesting most people either like the first movie or the second but rarely both. This one seems for neither.

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 21h

A couple thoughts on Tron: Ares here. (I dunno, you’d think if there were a target audience it would be the guy who owns a Tron arcade game, but I guess not.) boxd.it/bhPBXd

A ★★ review of TRON: Ares (2025)

I’m not sure I’d classify even the original Tron as “a good movie,” though I do admire it and find it very pretty. (I even own a Tron arcade game so I’d call myself “a fan.”) And there’s a reason that...

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 1d

I am open to the aspect that the Chiefs are just not that good this year

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 1d

Still a big fan of the Chiefs white on white road uniforms. The red road pants to this day remind me of the Bill Kenny era

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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 1d

Now I want the version of Tron: Ares that starred Oscar Isaac instead of Jared Leto ...

Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s me and @ryanboston.bsky.social on the Bad Bunny hosted season premiere of SNL. open.spotify.com/episode/7L0B...

Saturday Night Live, Season 51 Episode 1: Bad Bunny

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah it works. Before 2020 my team had never even been *in* a Super Bowl in my lifetime.

Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, maybe the 93 AFC Championship game but I am over that

Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 2d

Haha, at tiff @joereid.bsky.social was like, “why would you put the Bills game on your phone for me,” and I was honestly like, “I have no ill will towards the Bills. Why would I?”

Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 2d

They should come back out in Jim Kelly era uniforms (or not because it’s good for me if they lose)

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah these Bills uniforms are terrible

Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 2d

Lions-Bengals and Blue Jays-Yankees almost have the same score

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Ryan McGee @ryanboston.bsky.social · 2d

New SNL podcast! @mikeryan.bsky.social and I break down the S51 premiere, and talk way more about the 1990s NBC sitcom THE SINGLE GUY than either of us expected. open.spotify.com/episode/7L0B...

Saturday Night Live, Season 51 Episode 1: Bad Bunny

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s me and @ryanboston.bsky.social on the Bad Bunny hosted season premiere of SNL. open.spotify.com/episode/7L0B...

Saturday Night Live, Season 51 Episode 1: Bad Bunny

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 3d

i believe there are about a hundred and fifty million people like me who would pay $17 to watch benicio del toro as sergio st. carlos plan and execute a tight sunday costco run before he has to man the barbecue after his niece's afternoon soccer game (run time: 2 hours 20 minutes)

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 3d

That’s the funniest name in SNL history.

Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 3d

Mr. Stomach!!!!

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 3d

Her and Dismukes together is the dream

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 3d

There we go

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 3d

I kinda think she wouldn’t be good. They have to be the MC, not the weirdo making fun of the MC

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