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Jay Seaver
@jayseaver.bsky.social
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I watch and write about movies, obsess over the Red Sox, take 3D pictures, and wish certain things had been cooler when I was 13. He/him. www.jaysmovieblog.com, https://letterboxd.com/JaySeaver/, https://www.pillowfort.social/JaySeaver
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Jay Seaver @jayseaver.bsky.social · Dec 31
If you missed #FilmRolls the first time around, it's simple - I've got a bunch of movies I've never seen, so I have selected two competitors to race from one end of this shelf to the next watching whatever disc they land in! This time around, welcome Dale Arden and the Atari Centipede!
The game board - a block of square shelving four cubes across by five tall, packed full of Blu-rays and other discs! A d20 showing 1 with an Atari Centipede figure on one side and a Dale Arden figure with a blaster on the other.
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"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
jayseaver.bsky.social
Wordle 1,691 4/6*

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Fair

Pips #171 Hard 🔴
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Kind of tricky

Strands #703
“For the enthusiast”
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Got it

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Puzzle #969
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Weird day

🟠 Align 2/4/2026
⏰ 02:06 🔄 14 globe.com/align

Eh
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
jayseaver.bsky.social
Bunny thinks this, but...

(Looks at boxes from move 6+ years ago)
willquinnart.bsky.social Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 11h
Daily bunny no.3219 will unpack tomorrow
A bunny lies on a blanket on an uncovered mattress, in an apartment on the top floor of a house somewhere. A stack of cardboard boxes is beside them, but only an alarm clock and a mug next to the bunny's bed are unboxed
February 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
The subway is her favorite thing. When she saw there were steps to go underneath the street to see what's below the buildings and then when she got to the bottom there's a goddamn train
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
jayseaver.bsky.social
Watched REVENGE OF THE SITH at the Coolidge, because when there's a Star War on the big screen, you go and sit in the front row.

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A ★★★½ review of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
The prequel trilogy really shows George Lucas's strengths and weaknesses in equal measure, but seeing this in a theater with an audience for what is probably the first time since the original release ...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
jayseaver.bsky.social
On the blog: Two movies from the Chinas playing North American theaters in BUSTED WATER PIPES (fun) and BACK TO THE PAST (big hit in Hong Kong).

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#filmsky #moviesky #BustedWaterPipes #BackToThePast
From the Chinas: <I>Busted Water Pipes</I> & <I>Back to the Past</I>
Chinese box office numbers are crazy - I've got no idea how accurate the page I usually use is, because the numbers can be absolutely all o...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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comicbookian.bsky.social
None of the snow in NYC has melted in the past week and sidewalks are down to one narrow little trail to walk down, but I’m not going to let that get in the way of my passion: walking as slowly as humanly possible while staring directly at my phone.
February 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
jayseaver.bsky.social
There's no way "Melania" is actually doing well enough in downtown Boston to still have 4 shows a day at those theaters for a second week, which leads me to ask if paying to rent screens is part of that $35M publicity budget that gets thrown around.
February 3, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Wordle 1,690 3/6*

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Pips #170 Hard 🔴
1:14

Guessed right to start

Strands #702
“On key”
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Ugh that took forever

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Oof

Par 6 Letter Boxed in 3

🟠 Align 2/3/2026
⏰ 00:40 🔄 12 globe.com/align

Decent
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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willquinnart.bsky.social
Daily bunny no.3218 is an appreciator of the arts
Many bunnies, in a line, quietly move stolen paintings and items from a museum at night. Two bunnies are carrying a large portrait, while one roles a ceramic vase along the floor
February 3, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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foundepisodes.bsky.social
#StarTrekTNG "In Praise Of Thy Image"

The Enterprise encounters a Vagran (Lady Talia), the last of a race of Titans who created Armus, and who intends to create more. Mirror Universe Picard challenges Picard to a duel with his Ressikan electric guitar.

Thank you @djtalia.bsky.social !!
A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows: Banzai (Peter Weller) battles an evil warlord (Matt Frewer) and the only one who can help him is a wisecracking truck driver (Kurt Russell). 7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)—Science Fiction; 60 min. The Enterprise encounters a Vagran (Lady Talia), the last of a race of Titans who created Armus, and who intends to create more. Mirror Universe Picard challenges Picard to a duel with his Ressikan electric guitar. [SCI] MOVIE(CC)—Science Fiction; 2 hrs. “Marvin The Martian vs. Predator.” Mel Blanc.
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 AM
jayseaver.bsky.social
Another January, another movie with Jason Statham as an ex-special-ops guy pulled into action because of a civilian who has befriended him in SHELTER.

My *** review on @Letterboxed.social: boxd.it/cXYZdx

#filmsky #moviesky #Shelter #JasonStatham
A ★★★ review of Shelter (2026)
Second-best movie this weekend with a couple people winding up alone on an island during the first act, although I suppose it's possible that describes Iron Lung as well. Still, it wouldn't be late Ja...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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Wordle 1,689 5/6*

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Whew

Pips #169 Hard 🔴
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Ouch

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“Formidable flock”
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Par 5 Letter Boxed in 4

🟠 Align 2/2/2026
⏰ 01:02 🔄 18 globe.com/align

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February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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ceej.online
growing up means coming to appreciate the subtle, mature pleasures of spicy mustard on a breakfast sandwich. hot sauce still has its place, of course, but the raging fires of youth must give way to broader scaffolds of sensation
February 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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quarterpast.bsky.social
Time to kick off a (year-long) commemoration of one of THE OLDEST video games known to history! 🎊

It’s “Bouncing Ball” — a candidate for the first-ever video game — celebrating its (75th) Diamond Anniversary this year!

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February 2, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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hels.bsky.social
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how all those super appealing quick-cut cooking videos reveal two deep truths: cooking is actually pretty easy (just chopping and mixing and searing and braising), AND it’s pretty tedious (that’s why we need all those quick-cuts babyyy)
February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
jayseaver.bsky.social
You know you've been watching a lot of movies when you also have to do #LetterboxdMonday! #LastFourWatched

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Screen capture of recent activity from Letterboxd - SEND HELP (****), CLOUD (****), BACK TO THE PAST (***) and BUSTED WATER PIPES (****)
February 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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qwantz.com
what about mortifying defeats, or cringeworthy losses? how precisely do those factor in

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T-Rex: One time in high school I signed up for a fully-optional math test, as part of a fully-optional math competition! T-Rex: And then I didn't study at all!! T-Rex: Not even a li'l! Dromiceiomimus: Wait, WHY didn't you study for this thing? T-Rex: Because I was a LITERAL TEEN. I thought I'd be fine! I'd figure it out on the day or whatever. Dromiceiomimus: Did you do well? T-Rex: NOT EVEN CLOSE. Last place!! Utahraptor: Sounds like a real humiliating defeat! T-Rex: Oh yeah, it was! T-Rex: BUT: the plus side is, it taught me I wasn't preternaturally smart or competent - I could fail like anyone else, and good things take work. And that's a great thing to learn! Utahraptor: True. I can think of SEVERAL people who could stand to learn that, and the world would be a better place if they did! Narrator: HUMILIATING DEFEATS: AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. T-Rex: So, if you really think about it, my last-place finish actually makes me a better person than everyone who DID do well, and - Off panel: NO.
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it.

The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.

Let's talk about it.
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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johnthorn.bsky.social
Who was MLB's first Black player? Not Jackie Robinson in 1947, not Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother Weldy in 1884 … but William Edward White, in 1879. He passed for white for much of his life but, uniquely among MLB players, he was born a slave. ourgame.mlblogs.com/pioneers-wil...
PIONEERS: William Edward White
First in a season-long series
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February 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
jayseaver.bsky.social
SEND HELP: Sam Raimi back in wild territory where he can take big swings is a bunch of fun. Worth finding a 3D show, too.

My **** review of #SendHelp on @Letterboxd.social: boxd.it/cXmwzD

#moviesky #filmsky #SamRaimi
A ★★★★ review of Send Help (2026)
Weird sensation to be giggling like a madman as Rachel McAdams fights a wild boar because it is just the Sam Raimiest sequence imaginable, and the movie has gone heavy on cringe presenting Linda as a ...
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February 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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If Punxsutawney Kitaen sees her shadow today that means 6 more weeks of rolling around on the hoods of Jaguars.
February 2, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Spiritually option #3 even if located in the blue dot.
February 2, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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February 2, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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we've all seen The Monoliths. the huge, featureless black stones which stand silently on every horizon but one. but did you know they weren't always featureless. scientists now think that, prior to their Arrival, they were brightly painted and covered in elaborate inscriptions
February 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM