Old Nerd Joel
@blindbeholder.bsky.social
"20's are for regretting, 30's are for being dignified, and 40's... older than I ever wanna be"
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Old Nerd Joel
@blindbeholder.bsky.social
· Jun 23
Pinning a post for my rambling threads featuring: The Last Jedi, Andor, Rogue One, and Better Call Saul season 1 & 2. 🧵
I'm up to God Loves, Man Kills in my Claremont Era read.
It's somehow incredibly prescient (A hate rally in MSG) & ideologically funded hate sqauds doing lynchings (Purifiers).
It's also unfortunately horribly dated (Kitty dropping a full chested N word) & an immediately rapey gang latinos.
It's somehow incredibly prescient (A hate rally in MSG) & ideologically funded hate sqauds doing lynchings (Purifiers).
It's also unfortunately horribly dated (Kitty dropping a full chested N word) & an immediately rapey gang latinos.
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I'm up to God Loves, Man Kills in my Claremont Era read.
It's somehow incredibly prescient (A hate rally in MSG) & ideologically funded hate sqauds doing lynchings (Purifiers).
It's also unfortunately horribly dated (Kitty dropping a full chested N word) & an immediately rapey gang latinos.
It's somehow incredibly prescient (A hate rally in MSG) & ideologically funded hate sqauds doing lynchings (Purifiers).
It's also unfortunately horribly dated (Kitty dropping a full chested N word) & an immediately rapey gang latinos.
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I think my most toxic trait, when it comes to engaging with media, is no matter how deplorable, evil, or downright morally reprehensible a given protagonist is, I will somehow find some way, through mental gymnastics or simple logic, to relate to them.
Despite being nothing like them.
How???
Despite being nothing like them.
How???
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I think my most toxic trait, when it comes to engaging with media, is no matter how deplorable, evil, or downright morally reprehensible a given protagonist is, I will somehow find some way, through mental gymnastics or simple logic, to relate to them.
Despite being nothing like them.
How???
Despite being nothing like them.
How???
An actual image of Gunn writing at lightspeed to try and outpace our society's and Warner Bros' structural implosion.
October 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
An actual image of Gunn writing at lightspeed to try and outpace our society's and Warner Bros' structural implosion.
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Hawkeye by Fraction and Aja. I forget the issue number.
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Hawkeye by Fraction and Aja. I forget the issue number.
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1 (2011)
August 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1 (2011)
Never read it, but this looks like Civil War.
August 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Never read it, but this looks like Civil War.
Infinity Guanlet.
August 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Infinity Guanlet.
New X-men #1
August 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New X-men #1
Uncanny X-Men #137
August 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Uncanny X-Men #137
Spider-Man Blue. (Only cause I'd recognize Tim Sale anywhere).
August 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Spider-Man Blue. (Only cause I'd recognize Tim Sale anywhere).
God Loves, Man Kills.
August 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
God Loves, Man Kills.
I haven't posted on Instagram since May. The last time I used Twitter the blue octogenarian was still Prez, and I managed to quit YouTube for an entire week now.
Guys...
Guys...
August 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I haven't posted on Instagram since May. The last time I used Twitter the blue octogenarian was still Prez, and I managed to quit YouTube for an entire week now.
Guys...
Guys...
I literally can't distinguish satire from reality anymore.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I literally can't distinguish satire from reality anymore.
this information feels like a personal attack, ngl.
August 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
this information feels like a personal attack, ngl.
So, no Eisenberg then? I'm assuming JAW is The Zuck.
Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White are in talks to star in 'The Social Network 2'
(via THR | Deadline)
(via THR | Deadline)
July 31, 2025 at 2:08 AM
So, no Eisenberg then? I'm assuming JAW is The Zuck.
I knew Kojima had fucking TASTE!
July 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I knew Kojima had fucking TASTE!
Batman Returns is still...uhhh...whips.
Board-certified psychosexual cinema...FOR KIDS!
Seriously, this movie is just a freakoff between three abandoned and mistreated miscreants.
It also looks stunning in 4K.
Board-certified psychosexual cinema...FOR KIDS!
Seriously, this movie is just a freakoff between three abandoned and mistreated miscreants.
It also looks stunning in 4K.
July 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Batman Returns is still...uhhh...whips.
Board-certified psychosexual cinema...FOR KIDS!
Seriously, this movie is just a freakoff between three abandoned and mistreated miscreants.
It also looks stunning in 4K.
Board-certified psychosexual cinema...FOR KIDS!
Seriously, this movie is just a freakoff between three abandoned and mistreated miscreants.
It also looks stunning in 4K.
Watched my first Ari Aster film, Midsommar.
Certified Sicko Cinema.
I'm starting Beau is Afraid next.
Certified Sicko Cinema.
I'm starting Beau is Afraid next.
July 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Watched my first Ari Aster film, Midsommar.
Certified Sicko Cinema.
I'm starting Beau is Afraid next.
Certified Sicko Cinema.
I'm starting Beau is Afraid next.
My Fantastic Four.
July 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My Fantastic Four.
That's 60k in a 50k zone.
This is like ticketing grandma.
This is like ticketing grandma.
Emma Watson has been banned from driving in the UK for 6 months
• She was going 38mph in a 30mph zone
• Her fourth driving offense in a two-year span
• She was going 38mph in a 30mph zone
• Her fourth driving offense in a two-year span
July 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
That's 60k in a 50k zone.
This is like ticketing grandma.
This is like ticketing grandma.
The best thing about Jamss Gunn is that if he wrote a flash movie, you can bet your bottom dollar Grodd would be the villain. Instead of, ohh i dunno, fucking General Zod.
July 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The best thing about Jamss Gunn is that if he wrote a flash movie, you can bet your bottom dollar Grodd would be the villain. Instead of, ohh i dunno, fucking General Zod.