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Movies, monsters, toys, cats, snacks, bad jokes. Void-shouter. Anti-Most-AI. Spoiler-free! Hyphen-Enthusiast. Check out http://ScreenAgeWasteland.com! he/him #ReturnYourCart #FixYourHeartOrDie Instagram = sweeneys_smorgasbord
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Right?? I remember regularly buying DVDs from $6-$10!
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I've mostly checked-out of The Horrors in the news. Let me know when I should hastily make PB&J sandwiches and shove a few keepsakes into a bindle
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Sucks to be a collector now, toys OR movies. Trying to bail out
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Not sure I'd call it a hero, but I love the little scamp! π www.ign.com/articles/the...
"C SHARP YAWL" (@prmativapostate.bsky.social) reposted
now we need a thread about how we awkward, neurodivergent, mentally ill etc folks didn't know something was probably a date
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Start of Halloween season? Cool! It's also Summer Movie Wager Wrap-Up season! (AKA the closest I ever get to real gambling!)
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Episode 5 of Alien: Earth hooked me, despite minor quibbles with the season overall. And as someone who loves canon-- as long as it works for the story-- this show is finding the sweet spot between pre-and-post-Prometheus lore (the classic sounds and music cues don't hurt either!). 2nd image = π€
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Okay now I'm totally in
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Wasn't sure how much I should dislike this guy and then he made it crystal
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I should try it again now that I know. I thought the cup was just what I'm used to, lol
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Okay so it's not just me! For a moment I was like "has this been around for a while and I'm just oblivious?" π
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I Googled BoldBQ and NC BBQ sauce and "tangy" is the common denominator. I guess I'm more of a sweet BBQ guy!
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[Spoilery?] When the critter put a bug in the person's mouth and said "bug," I knew I couldn't hate this film
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Ew, why does this just taste like vinegar? O...oh?
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youtu.be/SnMyroAH0rg?...
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When I see that someone I'm worried about is on X + playing with Grok, but want to respect their privacy
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Wearing this to all film festival events for the foreseeable future
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Read the whole thread. Don't worry, it's not another harbinger
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If it is, lock me up!
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Dealing with blinding ignorance every day
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These are the kinds of urgent updates that I get on my community app. By the way, anyone hear a loud boom? I need validation, as I'm afraid of my own shadow
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Stumbled into what may be one of my favorites of the year. Zipper suuuucks
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Bigger thrills and scope than modern Marvel, and yet...
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PB Crisps are finally back!
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Ron Jeremy, best known as Guy in the Crowd from Ghostbusters (1984)
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His character surprised me!
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I don't normally post these in relation to what I'm currently watching, but I liked this shot and scene so much, and I forgot that I hadn't posted the hashtag yet today, so...
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The Peacemaker (1997) - dir. Mimi Leder - A United States Army colonel and a civilian woman supervising him must track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists. #MovieMondays π¬
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Could be!
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I think both can be true that... - I was taught that you finish everything on your plate, to a fault - People are incredibly wasteful with their food
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I don't go on Bluesky for one weekend and seemingly miss everything
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Well commish, I'm thinking it's Moon Ring Society from No Man's Sky π
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All the info I have: Anyone know what this logo is? It's normally a complete circle-- just an oval at this angle)
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(Referring to the cat licking his butt) "Donk! That's so loud! It's like he's eating a watermelon!" HER: "Ugh! EW!" π
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May steal this idea! π
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I tried to customize Instagram to only show close friends and family, so they just replaced everything with "Suggested Posts." Broken app (or it's doing exactly what was intended π« ). But yeah, dare I say I need a new social media... one that tries to recapture the "family scrapbook" angle...
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Anyway just needed to come back to thank Letterboxd for hiding my two main sections in the update π
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I meant the REGULAR weekend. Not the extended, holiday weekend. Yeah! That's the ticket... π
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Taking a π¦βοΈ break through the weekend! Have a good one!βοΈ
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Speaking as a fan, not sure the prolonged Nirvana needle drop works, but-- Wait was that Jason Schwartzman?!
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Wow congrats on your posts getting naming rights to a skyscraper
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I think I was just blocked by someone I really liked. Ooof. Sorry
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Give me all the sword and sandals with rubber monsters!
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Late to the party, but this looks like so much freaking fun! youtu.be/GcVrttrXQD8?...
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Cancelled Amazon Prime π
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Be excellent to each other, and pump on, dudes!
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Studying the lanternfly's "fuck it we bail" bounce ability for awkward social situations
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Going to work after a loud, late concert hits diff'rent when you're not in your 20s
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Drewcifer DIEtsch π (@drewdietsch.bsky.social) reposted
2025 is a good year in fiction for inhuman techbro villains who show that they actually don't do real work but instead dictate their psychotic whims to underlings who carry out their junk "science."
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That second or two of looking at the Google Doc before it loads more assigned jobs
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This recently started happening to me and I would like it to stop thank you
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Eat your heart out, Disney Adults
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Thought her charging station was a bedpan, and I had even more questions
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Enjoying Alien: Earth well enough but I'm struck by Smee's "Big" performance π
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This time rolls back with my hairline
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I consider 9:30 my critical "Can I fit a movie in?" deadline
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This movie is so relentlessly unpleasant, I'm taking a breather π ββοΈ
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Watching Bring Her Back and I'm like "wait how do I know this guy?" Surprised that I retained anything from Kraven π
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I was not shy about the fun I had with Rebirth, but the Honest Trailer still got a chuckle youtu.be/skJvrT40ur8?...
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*a pedophile
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Someone made a Topo Gigio reference so guess who can't stop his bad Ed Sullivan impression
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I hate that that fucker has the best healthcare in the country and will probably be a wax/formaldehyde ghoul that continues to dismantle the government
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The statue sucks too
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*Turns into a piss target*
Tenebrad (@bradislove.bsky.social) reposted
"I'm sorry boy, but it's either this or we cut back on fracking"
OAFEnet (@oafe.net) reposted
Just saw someone say that Henry Cavill's Superman saves people like a cop, while David Corn Sweat's Superman saves people like a firefighter, and if that's not a perfect summation I don't know what is.
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I guess I can accept it if a goon says it, like "Da boss man says it's time for their *heavenly birthday*, if youse catch my drift! Now get packin', ya putz!"
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Heard someone call a death a "heavenly birthday"
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Right there with you!
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The End of the Tour (2015) - dir. James Ponsoldt - The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace. #MovieMondays π¬
Adam Schwarz (@adamjschwarz.bsky.social) reposted
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago: "If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
Ben Saari (@bwsaari.bsky.social) reposted
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Tell them you interpret it as 6-7 hugs and watch that trend vanish