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Happened to be in wrestling once. Flat on my back in two seconds. Worth it.
Retro Gamer, YouTuber, Voice Artist, Doctor Who Fan, Podcaster, Wrestler.
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Happened to be in wrestling once. Flat on my back in two seconds. Worth it.
Scott Pearson (@scottpearson.bsky.social) reposted
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light, including my novella Honor in the Night, is one of Simon & Schuster's ebook deals this month. It's an alternate timeline sequel to The Trouble with Tribbles—with serious & far-reaching consequences. And structured like Citizen Kane, starring Nilz Baris!
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
I smell a sitcom! And also that agent. The rubbish collection service around there is appalling.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Would that make you Suddenly Susan?
John Jackson Miller (@farawaypress.com) reposted
Three of my streaming-series novels — THE HIGH COUNTRY, THE ENTERPRISE WAR, and DIE STANDING are part of this month's Simon & Schuster $1.99 e-book deal promotion. As are many others — check them out! www.simonandschuster.com/p/star-trek-...
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Best quiche trick I’ve learned- make the liquid filling out of eggs and sour cream. And I sewed a reversible waistcoat in high school.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
If only he were content merely to spectate.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
I really need to update my name on there! Sorry I couldn't stay longer. :)
Tom Servo (@angelus04.bsky.social) reposted
Just went live on #Twitch time to start #KirbysAdventure : www.twitch.tv/angelus_05
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
"You'd better not be dressed as a c*nty stacker carpark support column when I get back"
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Co-written by Mike Tucker, so Ace's characterisation is spot on.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
As a standalone, rompy EDA, I quite liked Demontage. The PDA Illegal Alien was originally pitched for TV for Season 26, rejected in part because it had a WWII setting and Fenric was already in the pipeline.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
100% agree. I also like that they don't try to disguise the fact Bond's older, and it helps kick off the plot.
Albert Cordero Art (@albertcorderoart.bsky.social) reposted
Illustration for "Star Trek Adventures" the role playing game, for the Second Edition Exploration Guide. © 2025 Modiphius Entertainment #startrek #startrekadventures #modiphius #ttrpg
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Best songs per Bond (skipping Lazenby obvs.): Goldfinger A View to a Kill The Living Daylights The World is Not Enough No Time to Die
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Goldeneye is up there. I think Gladys is great but License to Kill is missing something for me.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Incidentally: Great song, wrong singer: For Your Eyes Only, Sheena Easton Great singer, wrong song: Thunderball, Tom Jones
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
Some Bond songs are great but have the wrong singer, and vice versa. But I think the best combinations of singer and song are Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey and (the controversial one) No Time to Die by Billie Eilish.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Denise Richards very believably plays a scientist who’s never been taken seriously because of her looks. Highly underrated performance.
Michael Nabert (@sustainablesong.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
You can tell how dedicated James Bond is to the subtlety of effective spycraft by the fact that his catchphrase is pointedly telling everyone his real name. Twice.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
I concur totally. I also like think that Bond 1 ended up with Octopussy, and Bond 2 ended up with Natalya.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
‘Another Way to Die’ is a pretty good Bond song, but the rejected Shirley Bassey song ‘No Good About Goodbye’ is far superior. youtu.be/bE497uouhZc
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
I’ve seen this theory expounded with the observation that with the academic titles of Doctor and Master taken, James Bond can only be The Bachelor
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
Reactions to bringing Blofeld back in Spectre: Casual viewers: Who? Die hard fans: Why?
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
It’s entirely understandable Connery wanted to leave after You Only Live Twice. Both it and Thunderball pale in comparison to the first three films.
Obverse Books (@obversebooks.co.uk) reposted
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Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
When you put the clocks forward
verypete lambert (@quiteamess.bsky.social) reposted
Post a meme made by you
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Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Jenna Coleman sprung off Doctor Who into a great career, and rightly so. Matt Lucas allows the Doctor’s gruffness to be funny because it doesn’t feel threatening. Heaven Sent is an amazing piece of SF AND character drama.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Dramatically fascinating, and brilliantly acted. But making the oldest Doctor also be a grumpy old man for so long is a predictable choice. It’s so much more fun when he goes against that with fun, cheeky moments. And Capaldi/Mackie’s chemistry is up there with Baker/Sladen and Tennant/Tate.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
TWWFTE is an easy 7/10. TWD is 3/10.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Satirically, I hasten to add.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
Post a meme made by you
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
You are Bugs Bunny and I claim my five pounds.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
And he’s arguably defanged by the end of The Edge of Destruction, which would be halfway through Kill the Moon in new money.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Just realised that the funniest performance was Rebecca Romijn’s. Give her more comedy.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
What did you think of the Farscape one?
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
6. The Masque of Madragora 5. The Hand of Fear 4. The Deadly Assassin 3. The Talons of Weng-Chiang 2. The Face of Evil 1. The Robots of Death
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
Well, that was a competent episode of Red Dwarf. #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Gross. Thank you.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Do I want to know what “AIr thanks foid” means?
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
I have not seen the latest ep yet. I found the first three to be just about fine (the end of ep 3 is annoying in a “Let’s not do anything too interesting” way). 4-7 have been varying levels of pretty great. But I do feel that the risk taking of the first two seasons isn’t there.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Time well spent!
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Pavlov’s dong.
Amanda Bryana (@amandabryana.bsky.social) reposted
I am sickened by how many people in the UK seem to have fallen for this shit.
Bethan M Jenkins (@gwenynen.bsky.social) reposted
I've known Sarah and Sylvia for about 20 years now. What the state has put them through has really been unconscionable. Unfair, heartless, inhumane.
Ⓢⓘⓜⓞⓝ 🏳️🌈 (@catastrophicblues2.bsky.social) reposted
Rylan Clark can get in the bin. Celebs should not be allowed to spout lies because the gullible believe it.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Red Dwarf did explain in a super fast text scrawl how Lister gave birth to twins but returned them to their mother’s home dimension as they were rapidly aging in his dimension. So it also managed to resolve its Series II cliffhanger without having to remake ‘Best of Both Worlds.’
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Red Dwarf Series III totally abandoned its intended opener, ‘Dad,’ as the male pregnancy plotline started in the Series II finale was deemed impossible to resolve without resorting to cheap stereotypes. Ten years later, Enterprise said “Hold my beer” and made ‘Unexpected.’
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
Let's see you at 21 (also ish)
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Doctor Who's 2016 gap year.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
He stopped making Avatar for 15 years, but then he fell off the wagon.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
They seem not to be programmed with Asimov's laws, which is how you can tell they're not really made by geeks at all.
TrekCore.com 🖖 (@trekcore.com) reposted
STAR TREK: RESURGENCE is now available for Nintendo Switch! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... #StarTrek
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
You are not alone.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
I use Nord- I find it very easy to use, and it can be installed at the modem level if your modem supports that. Mine doesn't, but the computer and phone apps work well enough that I haven't needed to install it on the modem.
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Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
I did an interview with her where she flashed the audience.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Another/Out of this World! So brilliant.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
“Seriously? Right on top of my salad?”
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Teakachu!
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Even Qui Gon Jinn had to test a blood sample.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
Even Qui Gon Jinn had to take a blood sample.
Jessie Gender (@jessiegender.bsky.social) reposted
Susan Stryker continues to be absolutely amazing.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Whoever is holding on to the other five eps of The Space Pirates just needs an old suitcase and they can do the funniest thing.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
ISTR the initial NZ deal was for five years, which would be up about now. Can’t say I’ve heard anything about it, though I haven’t done much work for Warners.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
“I bring Sutekh’s gift of a bunch of fives to all human life!”
Captain Peter Quinn (@captainpeterquinn.bsky.social) reposted
hey Farage, fuck off
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Most of the others come from the original Showa Japanese series, but there are some original monsters in the Heisei and Millennium series too. Enjoy!
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Pass me a script!
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
There's even one based on a terrier! Maybe! It's hard to tell...
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
"GO!"
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Aside from the big 4 (Godzilla, Mothra, Ghidorah, Rodan), who's your favourite Toho Kaiju?
✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Buy Go-Man! (@hamishsteele.bsky.social) reposted
✨ GO-MAN: CHAMPION OF EARTH is OUT NOW! ✨ Tobi is a lonely, autistic boy living in a futuristic city under constant monster attack. He dreams of joining the Robug Squad to defend the Earth when he's big, but when a magical plant turns him into the superhero Go-Man - he might have got big too soon!
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, I'm not blocked. He just deleted the entire thread. :D
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
Blocked again for saying AI images are creatively bereft to someone who didn't even prompt the image! AI image bros are so touchy. Maybe they can prompt an image of a snowflake.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Look- I absolutely want Ncuti to come back after one special with Billie. But I also want the Rani and Mrs Flood to reveal an evil plan to the Piper Doctor and when she asks why they reply, “Because we want to.”
Nathan Bottomley (@nathanbottomley.com) reposted
Making the long journey to Greece. gunsandfrocks.com/2025/08/26/h...
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
🎶 Diego, the sex-mad tortoise, Saved his species singly...🎶
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
If you accept a little half-beat, his title fits the tune of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Listening to Trixie and Katya this morning. Trixie said she received a suspension on Instagram for commenting the F-slur on a story about gay whales, but those comments seem to be perfectly fine when people put them under her drag photos.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
You know that bit in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy convinces the Scarecrow to come with her to the Emerald City because even if the Wizard can't help, he'll be no worse off? That. Send it in, you gorgeous talent.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
He's definitely a Winifred Shaw.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Michael Landes made some excellent points. As a kid, I remember being disappointed by him being replaced in Lois and Clark (and by Tracy Scoggins vanishing). When I say that my parents were not surprised that I was gay...
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
The Mind Robber (1968)
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
No new pictures; where are you mentally?
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
I wouldn’t have known that was chicken. I thought they were ribs.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
So much the same as yours except the bottom two!
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
6. Planet of Evil 5. The Brain of Morbius 4. The Android Invasion 3. Pyramids of Mars 2. The Seeds of Doom 1. Terror of the Zygons
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Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
And you know what- I didn't MEAN to misspell 'Cylon' but the point stands.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
At least it wasn't Premier Lynn.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
If you feel it's safe to do so, I would recommend putting it in writing in case it's ever somehow bounced back to you as, "how did you let this happen without telling us?"
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Is she Basil Fawlty with a concussion?
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social)
I get the desire to prompt and share AI-generated images. "Give me Captain Fartballs as a Clyon!" I get that. What I don't get is the inordinate anger from the prompter when you point out, "That's AI slop." They seem to identify with the AI creation, and that's concerning.
Brendan Jones (@retrobrendo.bsky.social) reply parent
Have you done an episode of the Australian radio spoof, Dr Poo, featuring Dr Poo, Dana Sock, and Dennis the denim cat? Do I need to come over there with my LP? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_...