Daniel Thron
@dthron.bsky.social
I am a filmmaker, game developer, writer, and artist. I worked on the original Thief game series, as well as films like Zodiac, Bladerunner 2049, and Dune Part 2.
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Let’s all go into 2026 with savior of the universe energy.
December 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Let’s all go into 2026 with savior of the universe energy.
Hara Kiri is just one of the most badass films I’ve ever seen, damn
December 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hara Kiri is just one of the most badass films I’ve ever seen, damn
An art hero. Something like this can only happen out of pure artistic intent: she inadvertently created a work perfectly symbolic of the love and joy we should all feel in practicing art. Yes it’s hilarious, yes it’s destructive, but yes it’s insanely beautiful.
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Spanish woman who found fame for botching fresco restoration dies - BBC News
Cecilia Giménez's effort to restore the painting Ecce Homo earned the artwork the nickname "Monkey Christ".
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December 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
An art hero. Something like this can only happen out of pure artistic intent: she inadvertently created a work perfectly symbolic of the love and joy we should all feel in practicing art. Yes it’s hilarious, yes it’s destructive, but yes it’s insanely beautiful.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If you haven’t seen this, it’s almost guaranteed to become a holiday classic for the family. Absolutely fantastic little movie.
30 minutes in to Klaus and really enjoying it. How did I not hear about this film til now, yet it came out back in 2019!
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If you haven’t seen this, it’s almost guaranteed to become a holiday classic for the family. Absolutely fantastic little movie.
the first half hour of Marty Supreme proves a great film version of Infinite Jest is now within reach
December 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
the first half hour of Marty Supreme proves a great film version of Infinite Jest is now within reach
Marty Supreme is great; would not be surprised at all if this became the Millennial version of The Graduate.
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December 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Marty Supreme is great; would not be surprised at all if this became the Millennial version of The Graduate.
Pete Davidson doing an ad for Siri in a modernist glass house in the woods reads very much like they turned Ex Machina into a sitcom
December 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Pete Davidson doing an ad for Siri in a modernist glass house in the woods reads very much like they turned Ex Machina into a sitcom
Hate for Alien 3, which by any other standard is a perfectly good B movie, seems mainly a reflection of the (utterly earned) love of Aliens. But as the stylistic leap from Alien to Aliens is so vast, I’ve never seen these films as living in the same world, and so 3 is just another variation for me.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hate for Alien 3, which by any other standard is a perfectly good B movie, seems mainly a reflection of the (utterly earned) love of Aliens. But as the stylistic leap from Alien to Aliens is so vast, I’ve never seen these films as living in the same world, and so 3 is just another variation for me.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
Moby Dick reads like a new novel simulating diving into a YouTube rabbit-hole. Every ranting, distracted, detail-obsessed chapter is another click on a late-night ride of passionate opinions, heartfelt humanism, irony, and dirty jokes, all covertly searching for authenticity and meaning. #booksky
December 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Moby Dick reads like a new novel simulating diving into a YouTube rabbit-hole. Every ranting, distracted, detail-obsessed chapter is another click on a late-night ride of passionate opinions, heartfelt humanism, irony, and dirty jokes, all covertly searching for authenticity and meaning. #booksky
Sequels not as good as the originals, but instead are weird masterpieces of their own:
No chance you’ll agree:
Exorcist II
Probably a nope:
Alien 3
With an explanation:
Psycho 2
Predator 2
Almost no preface:
2010
Babe Pig in the City
Furiosa
Return to Oz
Uncontested:
Exorcist III
No chance you’ll agree:
Exorcist II
Probably a nope:
Alien 3
With an explanation:
Psycho 2
Predator 2
Almost no preface:
2010
Babe Pig in the City
Furiosa
Return to Oz
Uncontested:
Exorcist III
December 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Sequels not as good as the originals, but instead are weird masterpieces of their own:
No chance you’ll agree:
Exorcist II
Probably a nope:
Alien 3
With an explanation:
Psycho 2
Predator 2
Almost no preface:
2010
Babe Pig in the City
Furiosa
Return to Oz
Uncontested:
Exorcist III
No chance you’ll agree:
Exorcist II
Probably a nope:
Alien 3
With an explanation:
Psycho 2
Predator 2
Almost no preface:
2010
Babe Pig in the City
Furiosa
Return to Oz
Uncontested:
Exorcist III
The best one yet; incredibly fun, weirdly powerful.
“All I have is my faith.”
I’m not the first person to note this, but “Fire and Ash” work appreciably better for me on second viewing.
A science-fiction biblical epic, a story about what it means to live believing that God has turned Her face away from you.
I’m not the first person to note this, but “Fire and Ash” work appreciably better for me on second viewing.
A science-fiction biblical epic, a story about what it means to live believing that God has turned Her face away from you.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The best one yet; incredibly fun, weirdly powerful.
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Kubrick’s right: the kid thinks he’s Pinnochio, seeing himself as the poor, misunderstood, good guy - when he is really the Creature from Frankenstein, a story that many today ALSO project themselves into as the poor, misunderstood good guy. But the boy - and the Creature - are in fact the monster.
December 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Kubrick’s right: the kid thinks he’s Pinnochio, seeing himself as the poor, misunderstood, good guy - when he is really the Creature from Frankenstein, a story that many today ALSO project themselves into as the poor, misunderstood good guy. But the boy - and the Creature - are in fact the monster.
I really like John Huston’s Moby Dick, but even that one leaves out the novel’s essential element, which is that it’s batshit insane
December 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I really like John Huston’s Moby Dick, but even that one leaves out the novel’s essential element, which is that it’s batshit insane
Look up “cool motherfucker” in the dictionary and this will slap you in your damn face with hotness
December 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Look up “cool motherfucker” in the dictionary and this will slap you in your damn face with hotness
Loved Avatar; it might be the first time that I thought HFR looked good. Brilliant imagery, insane set pieces, and a wonderful villain. Cameron is still the all-time master of these kinds of thrills, but it really struck me this time what a strange, grand experiment these movies really are.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Loved Avatar; it might be the first time that I thought HFR looked good. Brilliant imagery, insane set pieces, and a wonderful villain. Cameron is still the all-time master of these kinds of thrills, but it really struck me this time what a strange, grand experiment these movies really are.
The most beautifully obscure merch gift I’ve ever gotten
December 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The most beautifully obscure merch gift I’ve ever gotten
god damn these Dune movies are good
December 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
god damn these Dune movies are good
the Roberto Bolaño/Hidetaka Miyazaki crossover I didn’t know I needed
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
the Roberto Bolaño/Hidetaka Miyazaki crossover I didn’t know I needed
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The Insider - Apple TV
After seeking the expertise of former
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December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Watching a Hal Ashby movie and really feeling nostalgic for adults making thoughtful art
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Watching a Hal Ashby movie and really feeling nostalgic for adults making thoughtful art
God damn I almost forgot how good Battle of Algiers is.
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
God damn I almost forgot how good Battle of Algiers is.
#booksky
besides brilliant, gorgeous, frightening, spiritual, and profound, it's notable that Moby Dick is also, in the best way, just plain filthy
besides brilliant, gorgeous, frightening, spiritual, and profound, it's notable that Moby Dick is also, in the best way, just plain filthy
December 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
#booksky
besides brilliant, gorgeous, frightening, spiritual, and profound, it's notable that Moby Dick is also, in the best way, just plain filthy
besides brilliant, gorgeous, frightening, spiritual, and profound, it's notable that Moby Dick is also, in the best way, just plain filthy