Lawrence of Canadia
@cactuarlar.bsky.social
Film junkie. Fake writer. Punthusiast. Mostly harmless. Forever oscillating between hopeful and cynical.
Pinned
Locked into an introvert’s ouroboros of always wanting slightly more engagement on social media and then recoiling in terror from getting too much
I'm jealous of you, in a way, because some of his works were exceptionally formative for me (Sandman, Neverwhere), and I now have to mentally navigate the separation of the art from the artist whenever I want to revisit them
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I'm jealous of you, in a way, because some of his works were exceptionally formative for me (Sandman, Neverwhere), and I now have to mentally navigate the separation of the art from the artist whenever I want to revisit them
sometimes I play a little game called Imagine If I Was Given The Money That Instead Went Into This Bullshit and I never win because there are no winners
AI-Generated Podcasts Starring Characters Like God Of War's Kratos Might Be Sony's Worst Patent Ever https://kotaku.com/sony-playstation-ps5-ai-genai-podcast-patent-kratos-aloy-2000665334
Sony Patents AI-Generated Podcasts By Characters Like Kratos
The podcast would give you updates on games you’re playing in the simulated voices of your favorite characters
kotaku.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
sometimes I play a little game called Imagine If I Was Given The Money That Instead Went Into This Bullshit and I never win because there are no winners
And I stand by slowly repeating your statement back to you
February 3, 2026 at 3:35 AM
And I stand by slowly repeating your statement back to you
The dog in question
February 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The dog in question
We’re watching the Westminster dog show, when, suddenly,
Lo: I feel like this dog could do my taxes
Me: …
Me: “I feel”
Me: “like this dog”
Me: “could do my taxes”
Lo: Look at him! He looks so smart!
Lo: I feel like this dog could do my taxes
Me: …
Me: “I feel”
Me: “like this dog”
Me: “could do my taxes”
Lo: Look at him! He looks so smart!
February 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
We’re watching the Westminster dog show, when, suddenly,
Lo: I feel like this dog could do my taxes
Me: …
Me: “I feel”
Me: “like this dog”
Me: “could do my taxes”
Lo: Look at him! He looks so smart!
Lo: I feel like this dog could do my taxes
Me: …
Me: “I feel”
Me: “like this dog”
Me: “could do my taxes”
Lo: Look at him! He looks so smart!
Her skin alone is so beautiful that I’d be able to find common ground in a conversation with Buffalo Bill
February 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Her skin alone is so beautiful that I’d be able to find common ground in a conversation with Buffalo Bill
what’s the thing that killed Tasha Yar doing at the Grammys
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 AM
what’s the thing that killed Tasha Yar doing at the Grammys
[R.E.M. voice] sometimes
February 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
[R.E.M. voice] sometimes
A woman growing increasingly incapable of dealing with the unraveling circumstances of her life. Just a nonstop stress ride.
February 1, 2026 at 1:09 AM
A woman growing increasingly incapable of dealing with the unraveling circumstances of her life. Just a nonstop stress ride.
An incredible film that I will never, ever, ever, ever watch again
February 1, 2026 at 12:41 AM
An incredible film that I will never, ever, ever, ever watch again
This screen only has to be up for about 12 seconds before I start calling my computer a god damn liar
January 30, 2026 at 5:54 AM
This screen only has to be up for about 12 seconds before I start calling my computer a god damn liar
Been trying to articulate some version of this sentiment all day, in addition to despising the fact that I am becoming someone who would take a non-insignificant amount of comfort upon hearing of those deaths
Being on social media right now is just a constant struggle within yourself to not publicly wish death on certain people
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Been trying to articulate some version of this sentiment all day, in addition to despising the fact that I am becoming someone who would take a non-insignificant amount of comfort upon hearing of those deaths
Anyone who’s seen the movie would not consider this surprising
January 23, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Anyone who’s seen the movie would not consider this surprising
I did not have “Yorgos Lanthimos, a man too Greek to be beholden to any decipherable modern human desires, is accused of making Oscar bait” on my bingo card for this or any numerable year
Saw a tweet earlier that casually threw Bugonia into the category of "Oscar Bait" which I think speaks to just how much the actual concept of Oscar Bait has more or less died.
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I did not have “Yorgos Lanthimos, a man too Greek to be beholden to any decipherable modern human desires, is accused of making Oscar bait” on my bingo card for this or any numerable year
Singing GTFO to the tune of YMCA is an unassailable way to tell someone to go away
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Singing GTFO to the tune of YMCA is an unassailable way to tell someone to go away
If there's one Oscar win I want to see happen most this year, it's Sinners for visual effects. Twinning an actor on screen has never looked so good, and natural, and real, and it demands to be recognized. I'm already as emotionally invested in this as I was the year Whiplash won for film editing.
January 22, 2026 at 11:34 PM
If there's one Oscar win I want to see happen most this year, it's Sinners for visual effects. Twinning an actor on screen has never looked so good, and natural, and real, and it demands to be recognized. I'm already as emotionally invested in this as I was the year Whiplash won for film editing.
Airline email casually telling me that my itinerary in August has been "adjusted" from a 6:30pm departure nonstop flight to an 8:30am departure 2-stop flight. That qualifies as an adjustment in the same way that setting my head on fire qualifies as a haircut.
January 21, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Airline email casually telling me that my itinerary in August has been "adjusted" from a 6:30pm departure nonstop flight to an 8:30am departure 2-stop flight. That qualifies as an adjustment in the same way that setting my head on fire qualifies as a haircut.
Reposted by Lawrence of Canadia
Storyboard art for The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions
Sketches by Don Bluth, color by unknown artists
Sketches by Don Bluth, color by unknown artists
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Storyboard art for The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions
Sketches by Don Bluth, color by unknown artists
Sketches by Don Bluth, color by unknown artists
I hope at least one person at Davos walks up to him and sincerely asks if he’s ever considered fucking off and dying
January 21, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I hope at least one person at Davos walks up to him and sincerely asks if he’s ever considered fucking off and dying
Sic mundus, bro
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Sic mundus, bro
Positioning AI as an analogue to COVID is a hell of a move if your main point is "give it a chance"
January 20, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Positioning AI as an analogue to COVID is a hell of a move if your main point is "give it a chance"
Trying to mentally unpack whether Shinji lingerie is a laughable mismatch or the most on-brand collaboration the series has ever had
January 20, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Trying to mentally unpack whether Shinji lingerie is a laughable mismatch or the most on-brand collaboration the series has ever had
Knocking one star off my review if I go see it and your ear breaks the immersion
January 20, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Knocking one star off my review if I go see it and your ear breaks the immersion
Dan Trachtenberg knows how to make a good Predator movie, which is great because he seems to want to keep doing it
January 18, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Dan Trachtenberg knows how to make a good Predator movie, which is great because he seems to want to keep doing it
One of the best threads of all time. Exactly why social media should exist. Smug cat behavior will outlive me and I take comfort in knowing that.
Having a good Father’s Day. Freed a pigeon from our living room earlier. Now there’s a cat in our bedroom. We don’t own a cat.
January 16, 2026 at 7:24 PM
One of the best threads of all time. Exactly why social media should exist. Smug cat behavior will outlive me and I take comfort in knowing that.