Garry Planticus
@garyplant.bsky.social
Regular person doing regular things. Certainly not into cosplaying the characters from The French Connection
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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Reviews said: “This is a quiet, deliberately somewhat uncomfortable, and engaging film, meant for rainy afternoons when you can leave the theatre and walk the streets and wonder.” Free on YouTube!
EXIT – Martyn Pedler
EXIT is an arthouse drama, written by Martyn Pedler and directed by Marek Polgar. A cult believes the city is a maze, and its members obsessively search for the lost exit.
martynpedler.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Reviews said: “This is a quiet, deliberately somewhat uncomfortable, and engaging film, meant for rainy afternoons when you can leave the theatre and walk the streets and wonder.” Free on YouTube!
My first memory of him was watching Warholl’s Frankenstein as a teenager with a bunch of friends, expecting a straight forward horror. Unforgettably not that. What a career.
Udo Kier has passed away at 81. A singular screen presence, Kier had a long history in the horror genre, starring in films including Mark of the Devil, Andy Warhol's Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula, Blade, Feardotcom, Rob Zombie's Halloween, and Dario Argento's Mother of Tears.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
My first memory of him was watching Warholl’s Frankenstein as a teenager with a bunch of friends, expecting a straight forward horror. Unforgettably not that. What a career.
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Achtung, Baby!
For your #Noirvember pleasure, here are ten more international, ie, non-American, noirs that you might want to catch up with. Another past post from my Substack, it’s free to read at the link below.
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
Noirvember update: why we still need to watch more international noir
It’s Noirvember again.
andrewnette.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Achtung, Baby!
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Martin Scorsese is 83.
I love Marty but he went way overboard de-ageing Pacino & DeNiro in some scenes of The Irishman.
I love Marty but he went way overboard de-ageing Pacino & DeNiro in some scenes of The Irishman.
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Martin Scorsese is 83.
I love Marty but he went way overboard de-ageing Pacino & DeNiro in some scenes of The Irishman.
I love Marty but he went way overboard de-ageing Pacino & DeNiro in some scenes of The Irishman.
This is quite a compelling argument
You absolutely have to bribe your top quintile with goodies, because 1) it limits zero-sum brain disease spread 2) it creates a powerful constituency for a public services floor, & 3) the admin/cognitive load of means testing means they'll get theirs anyway, so you end up subsidising them regardless
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is quite a compelling argument
Epstein has been dead six years, so if the emails were not years old that would be pretty remarkable
Years-old emails from Jeffrey Epstein mentioning Donald Trump have been released, raising new questions about the extent of their relationship. Here's what we know about the ties between them.
What we know about Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
Years-old emails from Jeffrey Epstein mentioning Donald Trump have been released, raising new questions about the extent of their relationship. Here's what we know about the ties between them.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Epstein has been dead six years, so if the emails were not years old that would be pretty remarkable
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
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John "jigsaw" Kramer going down to bunnings and buying thousands of dollars or equipment while jason voorhees is zipping through the self serve with a $10 machete
October 8, 2023 at 12:42 PM
John "jigsaw" Kramer going down to bunnings and buying thousands of dollars or equipment while jason voorhees is zipping through the self serve with a $10 machete
Dealing with all the Americans talking about an endless baseball game in my Bluesky feed right now…
An expert says it can be lonely caring for or supporting someone living with a dependence or addiction.
What loving someone with an addiction or dependence can look like
An expert says it can be lonely caring for or supporting someone living with a dependence or addiction.
www.abc.net.au
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Dealing with all the Americans talking about an endless baseball game in my Bluesky feed right now…
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“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy
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"[Reassuring platitude.] [Reassuring platitude.] [Reassuring platitude.]"
Texts You Should Send Me After We Hang Out
Hey, thanks so much for coming tonight. I’ve just checked with everyone else at the party, and we’re all in agreement that you behaved really norma...
buff.ly
October 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"[Reassuring platitude.] [Reassuring platitude.] [Reassuring platitude.]"
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Over 70 million people voted for him. There are very many kind and well intentioned people who support Trump. There are, however, absolutely no kind, well intentioned, and smart people who voted for him.
October 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Over 70 million people voted for him. There are very many kind and well intentioned people who support Trump. There are, however, absolutely no kind, well intentioned, and smart people who voted for him.
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My Duolingo lessons are teaching how to say “We are still trapped in the dream.” I’m learning useful phrases like “We only dreamt we woke up” and “The Dream Master won’t let us leave”
August 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My Duolingo lessons are teaching how to say “We are still trapped in the dream.” I’m learning useful phrases like “We only dreamt we woke up” and “The Dream Master won’t let us leave”
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*columbo voice* there's just one thing I don't understand... why did you commit the murder? and how exactly did you do it?
September 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
*columbo voice* there's just one thing I don't understand... why did you commit the murder? and how exactly did you do it?
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This is extremely cool.
An Aussie scientist won an international ‘environmental peace prize’ for a technique that turned enormous chunks of the Sahara desert into farmland & forest. 50% of Niger turned from dust to life.
40 years of amazing work.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
An Aussie scientist won an international ‘environmental peace prize’ for a technique that turned enormous chunks of the Sahara desert into farmland & forest. 50% of Niger turned from dust to life.
40 years of amazing work.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Australian wins peace prize for farming idea feeding millions in Africa
A Victorian scientist whose farming technique has revolutionised agriculture in Niger has been awarded an international peace prize.
www.abc.net.au
September 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This is extremely cool.
An Aussie scientist won an international ‘environmental peace prize’ for a technique that turned enormous chunks of the Sahara desert into farmland & forest. 50% of Niger turned from dust to life.
40 years of amazing work.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
An Aussie scientist won an international ‘environmental peace prize’ for a technique that turned enormous chunks of the Sahara desert into farmland & forest. 50% of Niger turned from dust to life.
40 years of amazing work.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Goofy is always the silliest of Mickey's friends, that's a lot of pressure, probably needs a couple of drinks before a take to loosen up a little, there's been a few "accidents" but he's got things under control
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Goofy is always the silliest of Mickey's friends, that's a lot of pressure, probably needs a couple of drinks before a take to loosen up a little, there's been a few "accidents" but he's got things under control
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Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again
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It's time to do that thing you've been wanting to do
September 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's time to do that thing you've been wanting to do
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The money quote:
September 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The money quote: