Brandon
@bsparks2112.bsky.social
"That's just regular old living."
I might nerd out about music, books, movies, maybe a little paleontology; nothing to get excited about.
I might nerd out about music, books, movies, maybe a little paleontology; nothing to get excited about.
Currently having the type of #lastfourwatched that makes me question whether or not I actually even like watching movies all that much.
What I need is the cinematic equivalent of a juice cleanse or something.
What I need is the cinematic equivalent of a juice cleanse or something.
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Currently having the type of #lastfourwatched that makes me question whether or not I actually even like watching movies all that much.
What I need is the cinematic equivalent of a juice cleanse or something.
What I need is the cinematic equivalent of a juice cleanse or something.
Top 5 movie genres:
- Sad astronauts with family trauma on a mission to save humanity
- microbudget single-location Twilight Zone homage
- putting a heist team together with high-concept sci-fi twist
- WTF did I just watch?
- the monster is a metaphor but it’s also cool as hell on face value
- Sad astronauts with family trauma on a mission to save humanity
- microbudget single-location Twilight Zone homage
- putting a heist team together with high-concept sci-fi twist
- WTF did I just watch?
- the monster is a metaphor but it’s also cool as hell on face value
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Top 5 movie genres:
- Sad astronauts with family trauma on a mission to save humanity
- microbudget single-location Twilight Zone homage
- putting a heist team together with high-concept sci-fi twist
- WTF did I just watch?
- the monster is a metaphor but it’s also cool as hell on face value
- Sad astronauts with family trauma on a mission to save humanity
- microbudget single-location Twilight Zone homage
- putting a heist team together with high-concept sci-fi twist
- WTF did I just watch?
- the monster is a metaphor but it’s also cool as hell on face value
I have never gone from knowing nothing about a film to adding it to my @letterboxd.social watchlist so fast. This looks like a blast.
Sam Rockwell goes back in time to save humanity from AI in the new trailer for GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE, in theaters in February.
It’s Sam Rockwell Vs. AI In New GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE Trailer
Sam Rockwell goes back in time to save humanity from AI in the new trailer for GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE, in theaters in February.
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I have never gone from knowing nothing about a film to adding it to my @letterboxd.social watchlist so fast. This looks like a blast.
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
RIP Drew Struzan - the best to ever do it.
Lots of his iconic poster art is going around today, so I’m sharing a deeper cut - the poster art that he created as a prop for The Mist, depicting a theoretical Dark Tower film.
Lots of his iconic poster art is going around today, so I’m sharing a deeper cut - the poster art that he created as a prop for The Mist, depicting a theoretical Dark Tower film.
October 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
RIP Drew Struzan - the best to ever do it.
Lots of his iconic poster art is going around today, so I’m sharing a deeper cut - the poster art that he created as a prop for The Mist, depicting a theoretical Dark Tower film.
Lots of his iconic poster art is going around today, so I’m sharing a deeper cut - the poster art that he created as a prop for The Mist, depicting a theoretical Dark Tower film.
This is wild. I really didn’t expect this to ever happen, but it could be amazing. Missing out on seeing them live with Neil is one of my biggest concert regrets.
Next summer Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will take Rush on the road for the first time in 11 years. Marking 50+ years of the band, the tour will celebrate the legacy of their late drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, and it’s happening with his family’s blessing.
Rush Announce Their First Tour Since Neil Peart’s Death
Rush’s Neil Peart, one of the great figures in prog-rock history, passed away in 2020, losing a battle to brain cancer at the age of 67. Peart wasn’t just the drummer for the Canadian institution; he ...
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October 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is wild. I really didn’t expect this to ever happen, but it could be amazing. Missing out on seeing them live with Neil is one of my biggest concert regrets.
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This is honestly some of my least favorite type of nerd griping
"why would that scientist not properly secure a container"
"why is she eating in the lab"
bro do you want to watch a TV show where the monsters escapes or do you want to be an OSHA inspector 😅
"why would that scientist not properly secure a container"
"why is she eating in the lab"
bro do you want to watch a TV show where the monsters escapes or do you want to be an OSHA inspector 😅
Really surprised at the number of folks I've seen griping about this show "not being realistic" and the way characters "make dumb decisions" as if that's not just part of how horror tends to work. Can't tell if this is people being overly reverent of the og film or a media literacy thing, but jeeze
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This is honestly some of my least favorite type of nerd griping
"why would that scientist not properly secure a container"
"why is she eating in the lab"
bro do you want to watch a TV show where the monsters escapes or do you want to be an OSHA inspector 😅
"why would that scientist not properly secure a container"
"why is she eating in the lab"
bro do you want to watch a TV show where the monsters escapes or do you want to be an OSHA inspector 😅
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Apologize for retweeting the same article twice but - and I say this with no hint of irony - this is a pretext to the single largest, easily litigated lawsuit in human history. This is an egregious violation of IP law, law protected quite literally & specifically by the Constitution. Total insanity.
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Apologize for retweeting the same article twice but - and I say this with no hint of irony - this is a pretext to the single largest, easily litigated lawsuit in human history. This is an egregious violation of IP law, law protected quite literally & specifically by the Constitution. Total insanity.
Psyched to see Deafheaven tonight at the Vogue. A week like this one calls for some catharsis.
September 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Psyched to see Deafheaven tonight at the Vogue. A week like this one calls for some catharsis.
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relatedly, severely curb youth travel sports so more kids play on their school team with their schoolmates and just for fun
September 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
relatedly, severely curb youth travel sports so more kids play on their school team with their schoolmates and just for fun
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I don’t think it’s possible for anyone to kill their way to a better tomorrow.
Not that folks don’t keep trying.
Not that folks don’t keep trying.
September 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I don’t think it’s possible for anyone to kill their way to a better tomorrow.
Not that folks don’t keep trying.
Not that folks don’t keep trying.
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Guy who shrieked about tyranny when they closed Applebees during a pandemic: Mr President sir I saw a homeless man downtown today please send in the 82nd Airborne
September 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Guy who shrieked about tyranny when they closed Applebees during a pandemic: Mr President sir I saw a homeless man downtown today please send in the 82nd Airborne
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Nine former heads of the CDC—appointed by presidents of both parties—warn the nation of the immense peril RFK Jr is putting the country in.
Gift link, please send to families and friends www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Gift link, please send to families and friends www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Nine former heads of the CDC—appointed by presidents of both parties—warn the nation of the immense peril RFK Jr is putting the country in.
Gift link, please send to families and friends www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Gift link, please send to families and friends www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
August 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
As someone who has listened to more Staind than is socially acceptable to admit, I can believe that Lewis’s grasp of lyrical subtext is pretty nonexistent. Ironically a lot of Staind songs get at broadly similar personal issues but with all the subtlety of a brick and none of the social context.
This is something you find out when you’re 14
August 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
As someone who has listened to more Staind than is socially acceptable to admit, I can believe that Lewis’s grasp of lyrical subtext is pretty nonexistent. Ironically a lot of Staind songs get at broadly similar personal issues but with all the subtlety of a brick and none of the social context.
Alien: Earth is pretty great so far. Loving the new directions and themes in the storytelling while totally nailing the aesthetic of the classic movies. Some killer needle drops too.
August 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Alien: Earth is pretty great so far. Loving the new directions and themes in the storytelling while totally nailing the aesthetic of the classic movies. Some killer needle drops too.
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the republican party hates public goods and wants to force feed you and your family slop produced by its billionaire allies
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
the republican party hates public goods and wants to force feed you and your family slop produced by its billionaire allies
Utterly shameful. What a depressing place this country is heading towards.
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Utterly shameful. What a depressing place this country is heading towards.
Showing up unprepared to a rehearsal that I didn’t know I was expected at is literally my idea of hell, so uh, not sure if the implications are clear to the meme maker here.
July 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Showing up unprepared to a rehearsal that I didn’t know I was expected at is literally my idea of hell, so uh, not sure if the implications are clear to the meme maker here.
This one is hitting hard. Dude WAS heavy metal. A titanic loss.
Ozzy Osbourne has died at age 76, just weeks after his farewell concert
Ozzy Osbourne Dead At 76
Ozzy Osbourne, the iconic heavy metal vocalist who helped to pioneer the genre as the frontman of Black Sabbath and went on to launch a successful solo career, the influential traveling music festival...
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July 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This one is hitting hard. Dude WAS heavy metal. A titanic loss.
Very hyped for this. Liking the vibes of the single.
We are beyond excited to announce 'Horizons/West', due out on October 3, as well as our first single, "Gnash", streaming on all digital services. thrice.ffm.to/horizonswest
Head to our official store for exclusive Horizons/West vinyl variants and brand new Horizons/West merch thrice.ffm.to/store
Head to our official store for exclusive Horizons/West vinyl variants and brand new Horizons/West merch thrice.ffm.to/store
July 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Very hyped for this. Liking the vibes of the single.
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just adding to the chorus here that this is fucking bullshit, and everyone knows this was an unmistakably political decision
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’
CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night
variety.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
just adding to the chorus here that this is fucking bullshit, and everyone knows this was an unmistakably political decision
*looks around anxiously* Hell of a night on here, huh.
That new NIN track is a banger, though. youtu.be/-Sj-FmI5JfA?...
That new NIN track is a banger, though. youtu.be/-Sj-FmI5JfA?...
Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Nine Inch Nails
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
*looks around anxiously* Hell of a night on here, huh.
That new NIN track is a banger, though. youtu.be/-Sj-FmI5JfA?...
That new NIN track is a banger, though. youtu.be/-Sj-FmI5JfA?...
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