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Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠

@basementbroben.bsky.social

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

created July 11, 2023

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4/9/2025, 1:04:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Right?? I remember regularly buying DVDs from $6-$10!

4/9/2025, 1:03:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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

4/9/2025, 11:47:49 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sucks to be a collector now, toys OR movies. Trying to bail out

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4/9/2025, 11:39:32 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not sure I'd call it a hero, but I love the little scamp! πŸ‘ www.ign.com/articles/the...

4/9/2025, 11:36:36 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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now we need a thread about how we awkward, neurodivergent, mentally ill etc folks didn't know something was probably a date

4/9/2025, 4:08:12 AM | 62 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

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 = 🀭

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4/9/2025, 4:22:36 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Okay now I'm totally in

4/9/2025, 3:30:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Wasn't sure how much I should dislike this guy and then he made it crystal

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4/9/2025, 2:58:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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

3/9/2025, 11:05:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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?" πŸ˜…

3/9/2025, 11:02:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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!

3/9/2025, 11:01:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

[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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3/9/2025, 10:37:55 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Ew, why does this just taste like vinegar? O...oh?

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3/9/2025, 10:32:44 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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πŸ€œπŸ€›

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youtu.be/SnMyroAH0rg?...

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Man of Tomorrow. In theatres July 9, 2027

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3/9/2025, 4:46:31 PM | 7396 1667 | View on Bluesky | view

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On the set of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

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3/9/2025, 7:27:02 PM | 217 36 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Friend?

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3/9/2025, 7:50:29 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

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

3/9/2025, 5:31:32 PM | 60 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Read the whole thread. Don't worry, it's not another harbinger

3/9/2025, 3:58:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If it is, lock me up!

3/9/2025, 11:57:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dealing with blinding ignorance every day

3/9/2025, 11:53:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

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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3/9/2025, 11:45:51 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Stumbled into what may be one of my favorites of the year. Zipper suuuucks

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2/9/2025, 11:21:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bigger thrills and scope than modern Marvel, and yet...

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2/9/2025, 3:34:58 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

PB Crisps are finally back!

2/9/2025, 3:25:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Ron Jeremy, best known as Guy in the Crowd from Ghostbusters (1984)

2/9/2025, 3:14:10 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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His character surprised me!

2/9/2025, 2:25:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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...

2/9/2025, 2:24:04 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

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 🎬

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2/9/2025, 2:23:45 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

#NW the one with less dancing

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2/9/2025, 1:36:31 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

my crew

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2/9/2025, 12:36:29 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If only

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1/9/2025, 8:57:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Could be!

1/9/2025, 8:56:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

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

1/9/2025, 8:07:11 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

I don't go on Bluesky for one weekend and seemingly miss everything

1/9/2025, 8:04:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well commish, I'm thinking it's Moon Ring Society from No Man's Sky πŸ”

1/9/2025, 7:55:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

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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1/9/2025, 7:35:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

(Referring to the cat licking his butt) "Donk! That's so loud! It's like he's eating a watermelon!" HER: "Ugh! EW!" πŸ˜…

1/9/2025, 3:40:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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May steal this idea! πŸ‘€

1/9/2025, 3:20:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

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 🫠). But yeah, dare I say I need a new social media... one that tries to recapture the "family scrapbook" angle...

1/9/2025, 3:09:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

The Night HE Quenched Thirst!

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1/9/2025, 2:02:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Anyway just needed to come back to thank Letterboxd for hiding my two main sections in the update πŸ‘

1/9/2025, 1:58:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

I meant the REGULAR weekend. Not the extended, holiday weekend. Yeah! That's the ticket... πŸ‘€

1/9/2025, 1:57:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Taking a 🟦☁️ break through the weekend! Have a good one!✌️

29/8/2025, 6:17:53 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Speaking as a fan, not sure the prolonged Nirvana needle drop works, but-- Wait was that Jason Schwartzman?!

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28/8/2025, 11:46:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wow congrats on your posts getting naming rights to a skyscraper

Tower with β€œBS” in red letters
28/8/2025, 11:34:35 PM | 172 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/8/2025, 11:02:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

I think I was just blocked by someone I really liked. Ooof. Sorry

28/8/2025, 10:51:36 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Give me all the sword and sandals with rubber monsters!

28/8/2025, 10:29:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Late to the party, but this looks like so much freaking fun! youtu.be/GcVrttrXQD8?...

28/8/2025, 10:23:31 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Cancelled Amazon Prime πŸ‘

28/8/2025, 10:02:59 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/8/2025, 5:13:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

Be excellent to each other, and pump on, dudes!

28/8/2025, 1:48:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

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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Solid show!

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πŸ‘

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27/8/2025, 11:43:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Drewcifer DIEtsch πŸŽƒ (@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."

Lex Luthor in Superman Boy Kavalier in Alien: Earth
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Profile picture Braaains Bro Ben! 🧠 (@basementbroben.bsky.social)

That second or two of looking at the Google Doc before it loads more assigned jobs

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The Social Network (2010)

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27/8/2025, 11:51:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This recently started happening to me and I would like it to stop thank you

27/8/2025, 11:27:27 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Holy shit lol

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27/8/2025, 11:26:20 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Eduardo Roza: Gay, Nerd, Filmmaker πŸ“½οΈ (@eduardoroza.bsky.social) reposted

#cats

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Eat your heart out, Disney Adults

27/8/2025, 11:22:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fat Kid Deals@fatkiddeals.com β€’ 21m BREAKING: Cracker Barrel has officially announced that it has changed its decision and will be keeping the original logo Dr. Scott Crotum @tdickyb.bsky.social Ah what the fuck. My dad already killed himself
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Thought her charging station was a bedpan, and I had even more questions

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Alternate title

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27/8/2025, 2:32:05 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Enjoying Alien: Earth well enough but I'm struck by Smee's "Big" performance πŸ‘

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Sometimes my clickbait-fu fails me #gawrsh

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This time rolls back with my hairline

27/8/2025, 1:27:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I consider 9:30 my critical "Can I fit a movie in?" deadline

27/8/2025, 1:27:04 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This movie is so relentlessly unpleasant, I'm taking a breather πŸ™…β€β™‚οΈ

26/8/2025, 11:30:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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 πŸ˜…

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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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Misdirection, but still

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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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Home?

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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

26/8/2025, 2:55:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*Turns into a piss target*

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Relatable

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"I'm sorry boy, but it's either this or we cut back on fracking"

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Profile picture 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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Hell yeah brother

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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!"

26/8/2025, 4:33:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Heard someone call a death a "heavenly birthday"

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Right there with you!

25/8/2025, 11:16:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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 🎬

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Profile picture 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."

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Well he IS kinda a snack πŸ’…

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Tell them you interpret it as 6-7 hugs and watch that trend vanish

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