Mark Spatny
@markspatny.bsky.social
Emmy winning VFX Supervisor/Producer. Shows: THE PERIPHERAL, HEROES, DOCTOR WHO, STATION 19, LETHAL WEAPON, TOUCH, GRACEPOINT, RUNAWAYS. Nine years on the board of the TV Academy. Comic book and sci-fi fanboy. Representation: https://innovativeartists.com
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Mark Spatny
@markspatny.bsky.social
· Sep 29
How The Roddenberry Archive is preserving 'Star Trek' history - befores & afters
A new podcast with OTOY's Mark Spatny.
beforesandafters.com
Please enjoy the latest Befores & Afters podcast, where I talked with Ian Failes about what The Roddenberry Archive is doing to preserve the history of Star Trek and Gene Roddenberry's legacy in television and films. @beforesmag.bsky.social
beforesandafters.com/2025/09/29/h...
beforesandafters.com/2025/09/29/h...
Sign found up in the window of a shop in the Magnolia Park shopping district in Burbank, CA. Note the fine print:
January 25, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Sign found up in the window of a shop in the Magnolia Park shopping district in Burbank, CA. Note the fine print:
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Be safe. I also saw reports they are taking people from the Costco parking lot, 7-11 parking lots and even pulling up to bus stops and taking people. Sickens me that these monsters and thugs are terrorizing my neighborhood
January 25, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Be safe. I also saw reports they are taking people from the Costco parking lot, 7-11 parking lots and even pulling up to bus stops and taking people. Sickens me that these monsters and thugs are terrorizing my neighborhood
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🚨 EMERGENCY STREAM TONIGHT 🚨
All proceeds will go to the Minnesota chapter of the National Lawyers Guild! Join us at 7:30PM CT on Twitch and YouTube
All proceeds will go to the Minnesota chapter of the National Lawyers Guild! Join us at 7:30PM CT on Twitch and YouTube
January 24, 2026 at 11:34 PM
🚨 EMERGENCY STREAM TONIGHT 🚨
All proceeds will go to the Minnesota chapter of the National Lawyers Guild! Join us at 7:30PM CT on Twitch and YouTube
All proceeds will go to the Minnesota chapter of the National Lawyers Guild! Join us at 7:30PM CT on Twitch and YouTube
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A look at the original PACIFIC OVERTURES set design, our latest crossword, and more…
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/boris-aron...
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/boris-aron...
Boris Aronson's Pacific Stage
Set design as historiography in Pacific Overtures | Plus, more from our conversation with Christine Toy Johnson, and a V-word-themed crossword
thesondheimhub.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:32 PM
A look at the original PACIFIC OVERTURES set design, our latest crossword, and more…
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/boris-aron...
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/boris-aron...
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What if a job on the crew of a television show could actually be your full-time job!?
January 24, 2026 at 2:23 AM
What if a job on the crew of a television show could actually be your full-time job!?
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TRIVIA: The recurring role of the mayor of Portland is played by actor Kyle MacLachlan, while the role of the mayor's assistant is played by Sam Adams. Adams was the actual mayor of Portland when Portlandia started filming (he served as mayor from January 2009 to December 2012). (IMDB) 🖤
January 23, 2026 at 10:06 PM
TRIVIA: The recurring role of the mayor of Portland is played by actor Kyle MacLachlan, while the role of the mayor's assistant is played by Sam Adams. Adams was the actual mayor of Portland when Portlandia started filming (he served as mayor from January 2009 to December 2012). (IMDB) 🖤
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Great lecture tonight on production-side VFX Supervison by Ian Markiewicz talking about his work on Sandman. Thanks to the Gnomon School, the Television Academy, and VES for the invitation.
January 23, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Great lecture tonight on production-side VFX Supervison by Ian Markiewicz talking about his work on Sandman. Thanks to the Gnomon School, the Television Academy, and VES for the invitation.
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metaverse i was not familiar with your game
January 23, 2026 at 6:02 AM
metaverse i was not familiar with your game
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This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
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No studio will ever generate 4 options and be like one of these is perfect. They will generate hundreds/thousands driving up executive indecision and take just as long. The actual problem is not how long artist take, its leadership not knowing exactly what they want. AI will not solve that.
Capcom is another studio embracing gen-ai sadly. Popular titles include: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Okami, Street Fighter, Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, and Mega Man. -y
Sources: giznewsdaily.com/capcom-discu...
www.ign.com/articles/cap...
Sources: giznewsdaily.com/capcom-discu...
www.ign.com/articles/cap...
Capcom Experimenting With Generative AI to Create 'Hundreds of Thousands of Unique Ideas' Needed to Build In-Game Environments - IGN
Capcom is experimenting with generative AI to create the "hundreds of thousands of unique ideas" needed to build in-game environments.
www.ign.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:10 PM
No studio will ever generate 4 options and be like one of these is perfect. They will generate hundreds/thousands driving up executive indecision and take just as long. The actual problem is not how long artist take, its leadership not knowing exactly what they want. AI will not solve that.
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According to Kristi Noem and DHS, revealing the identity of an ICE agent is "doxing" and subject to criminal prosecution.
As @wired.com found out, many, many, many ICE agents appear happy to "dox" THEMSELVES...on conventional job websites like LinkedIn:
As @wired.com found out, many, many, many ICE agents appear happy to "dox" THEMSELVES...on conventional job websites like LinkedIn:
ICE Agents Are ‘Doxing’ Themselves
The alleged risks of being publicly identified have not stopped DHS and ICE employees from creating profiles on LinkedIn, even as Kristi Noem threatens to treat revealing agents' identities as a crim...
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:26 PM
According to Kristi Noem and DHS, revealing the identity of an ICE agent is "doxing" and subject to criminal prosecution.
As @wired.com found out, many, many, many ICE agents appear happy to "dox" THEMSELVES...on conventional job websites like LinkedIn:
As @wired.com found out, many, many, many ICE agents appear happy to "dox" THEMSELVES...on conventional job websites like LinkedIn:
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#Japanuary is time to watch Japanese TV, and NHK World Japan is an easy entry point. Subtitles and English commentaries, National and international news, documentaries galore, anime and manga content - fill yer boots!
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
NHK WORLD-JAPAN
We are the international service of NHK, the sole public media organization of Japan.
www3.nhk.or.jp
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 AM
#Japanuary is time to watch Japanese TV, and NHK World Japan is an easy entry point. Subtitles and English commentaries, National and international news, documentaries galore, anime and manga content - fill yer boots!
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
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I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
Delicious to me
January 22, 2026 at 6:29 AM
I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
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I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
rcjohnso / scripts
Free screenplays for Brick, Brothers Bloom and Looper.
www.rian-johnson.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
Hey Pasadena Comic Con, copy editing is a thing, look into it.
January 22, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Hey Pasadena Comic Con, copy editing is a thing, look into it.
My wife started binging My Lady Jane today and it appears to be a horned up telenovela plot set in a medieval England that has magical people who can transform into animals, poisoned kings, treasonous cousins, ethnic cleaning, modern music, and aristocratic oral. These writers had the good drugs.
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM
My wife started binging My Lady Jane today and it appears to be a horned up telenovela plot set in a medieval England that has magical people who can transform into animals, poisoned kings, treasonous cousins, ethnic cleaning, modern music, and aristocratic oral. These writers had the good drugs.
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Holly Hunter as Captain Nahla Ake, STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY (2026)
January 19, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Holly Hunter as Captain Nahla Ake, STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY (2026)
Quote an actor in the wrong film:
“A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!"
“A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!"
January 20, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Quote an actor in the wrong film:
“A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!"
“A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!"
Obviously this is all completely insane, but I'm very curious who the 'we' is when Donald asserts that 'we' also landed boats in Greenland when the Scandinavians did, way back in 986 A.D. and again when they resettled Greenland in 1720, when obviously the U.S. didn't exist yet.
January 19, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Obviously this is all completely insane, but I'm very curious who the 'we' is when Donald asserts that 'we' also landed boats in Greenland when the Scandinavians did, way back in 986 A.D. and again when they resettled Greenland in 1720, when obviously the U.S. didn't exist yet.
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Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius: