Mac Rogers
@macrogers.bsky.social
Playwright, audio dramatist, screenwriter, good time charlie. Listen to my audio dramas at gideon-media.com. He/him
Reposted by Mac Rogers
My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
My Bond pitch to square this circle: make the next movie all about Going Outside Even Though Outside Is Scary. Have Q be forced out of their workshop into a globetrotting adventure with 007, make it a complicated celebration of getting out of your house, traveling, hooking up, getting into trouble.
The Harkaway thread (and replies) I QT’d is worth reading independent of the article because it gets into some of the actual problems facing a relaunch of the Bond franchise, principally: what the hell is the take now that you’ve just done dour, but going full-fun doesn’t remotely read the room?
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My Bond pitch to square this circle: make the next movie all about Going Outside Even Though Outside Is Scary. Have Q be forced out of their workshop into a globetrotting adventure with 007, make it a complicated celebration of getting out of your house, traveling, hooking up, getting into trouble.
Yet another fantastic angle for the Dems to inevitably let go to waste: "Trump is explicitly promising to make your health insurance much harder, much more time consuming. Here he is on video vowing to double the hours you're already spending on the phone. You'll be entirely on your own."
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yet another fantastic angle for the Dems to inevitably let go to waste: "Trump is explicitly promising to make your health insurance much harder, much more time consuming. Here he is on video vowing to double the hours you're already spending on the phone. You'll be entirely on your own."
Reposted by Mac Rogers
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
Reposted by Mac Rogers
Do an adaptation of this tweet:
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Do an adaptation of this tweet:
This article is so bizarre that I’m struggling to believe it’s true. Just reboot! Audiences are so used to reboots, to contradictory timelines, they spent zillions on an X-Men franchise whose chronology could only be explained as an ancillary effect of the Time War. No one will care!
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This article is so bizarre that I’m struggling to believe it’s true. Just reboot! Audiences are so used to reboots, to contradictory timelines, they spent zillions on an X-Men franchise whose chronology could only be explained as an ancillary effect of the Time War. No one will care!
DiCaprio has managed a truly remarkable career in this day and age of being a largely reliable box office draw who doesn't rely on IP or sequels or even likable characters. No one else this millennium has his record of getting audiences out of their houses to watch tough or unusual movies.
Chainsaw Man & Regretting You led the international box office while Black Phone 2 & One Battle After Another are at or near milestones
‘Black Phone 2’ Rings Past $100M Global, ‘One Battle’ Nears $200M WW; ‘Chainsaw’, ‘Regretting You’ Lead Overseas – International Box Office
Chainsaw Man & Regretting You led the international box office while Black Phone 2 & One Battle After Another are at or near milestones
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
DiCaprio has managed a truly remarkable career in this day and age of being a largely reliable box office draw who doesn't rely on IP or sequels or even likable characters. No one else this millennium has his record of getting audiences out of their houses to watch tough or unusual movies.
Obviously many other examples, but Silver is probably the single most dramatic case of someone whose mind was completely annihilated by Twitter. Like the before and after is SO stark.
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Obviously many other examples, but Silver is probably the single most dramatic case of someone whose mind was completely annihilated by Twitter. Like the before and after is SO stark.
Death By Lightning is now the FIFTH time (including two Waco miniseries and an audio drama) this has failed to happen! What's going on, guys?
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Death By Lightning is now the FIFTH time (including two Waco miniseries and an audio drama) this has failed to happen! What's going on, guys?
Is there... some other way you're supposed to hold a book?
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Is there... some other way you're supposed to hold a book?
My main emotion is relief, but I'm also curious why the right-wing six are passing on this particular chance to undo progress. Maybe because they take their cues from Trump and he doesn't really care about this issue?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My main emotion is relief, but I'm also curious why the right-wing six are passing on this particular chance to undo progress. Maybe because they take their cues from Trump and he doesn't really care about this issue?
Opening credits of DEATH BY LIGHTNING had me going down a rabbit hole with the song "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You" and no two (of the several dozen) versions of this song seem to have the same lyrics.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Opening credits of DEATH BY LIGHTNING had me going down a rabbit hole with the song "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You" and no two (of the several dozen) versions of this song seem to have the same lyrics.
Reposted by Mac Rogers
All good writing is embarrassing
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
All good writing is embarrassing
People have been saying variations on this for a while, but the true divide in the Democratic tent is between people who get what’s happening and people who don’t. A centrist and a leftist who both get what’s happening can work together, but neither can work with a liberal who doesn’t.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
People have been saying variations on this for a while, but the true divide in the Democratic tent is between people who get what’s happening and people who don’t. A centrist and a leftist who both get what’s happening can work together, but neither can work with a liberal who doesn’t.
Reposted by Mac Rogers
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
I’ve heard so much acclaim for the lead performances, but I honestly don’t know if I can bear it. Like, the better it is, the harder it’ll be to get through.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’ve heard so much acclaim for the lead performances, but I honestly don’t know if I can bear it. Like, the better it is, the harder it’ll be to get through.
Reposted by Mac Rogers
Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
Reposted by Mac Rogers
Moderate Democrats saw that voters were energized and might expect something from them, so they needed to put a stop to that ASAP
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Moderate Democrats saw that voters were energized and might expect something from them, so they needed to put a stop to that ASAP
Feeling increasingly vindicated in my early selection (as far back as late Season 1) of Aimee Lou Wood’s Aimee as the best character and performance on SEX EDUCATION, to the point of even slightly preferring her to a Doctor Who.
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Feeling increasingly vindicated in my early selection (as far back as late Season 1) of Aimee Lou Wood’s Aimee as the best character and performance on SEX EDUCATION, to the point of even slightly preferring her to a Doctor Who.
Episode 1 of DEATH BY LIGHTNING is more evidence of an emerging principle of storytelling: everything should have a conclave in it.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Episode 1 of DEATH BY LIGHTNING is more evidence of an emerging principle of storytelling: everything should have a conclave in it.
Veep-ass administration
The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Veep-ass administration
Goal: write something mordant
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Goal: write something mordant
jonesin for some edu-tainment
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
jonesin for some edu-tainment
I'm so delighted with how this came out! I loved writing it, and Nate and @finalrune.com crushed it.
Spooky season's not over yet. Click through.
Spooky season's not over yet. Click through.
As a #voiceactor, it's always a treat to work with the amazing @finalrune.com, but then to work with another all time fav in @macrogers.bsky.social - a truly magical experience.
Listen to “Home After Midnight,” part of Undertow: Familiar Haunts, a new season or eerie brilliance.
bit.ly/3Ln3Nbf
Listen to “Home After Midnight,” part of Undertow: Familiar Haunts, a new season or eerie brilliance.
bit.ly/3Ln3Nbf
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm so delighted with how this came out! I loved writing it, and Nate and @finalrune.com crushed it.
Spooky season's not over yet. Click through.
Spooky season's not over yet. Click through.