Chris Otto (Papergreat)
@papergreat.bsky.social
Journalist by day. He/him. ALLY.
Blogs about books, ephemera, movies & history at papergreat.blogspot.com
Digs folklore, Ruth Manning-Sanders books, cinema from Japan and lots of other niche stuff
Has 23 indoor cats & takes care of the feral cats & skunks
Blogs about books, ephemera, movies & history at papergreat.blogspot.com
Digs folklore, Ruth Manning-Sanders books, cinema from Japan and lots of other niche stuff
Has 23 indoor cats & takes care of the feral cats & skunks
Pinned
I've moved here from X, where I had the same username and liked to discuss books, movies, ephemera, 1970s nostalgia, folklore, folk horror and, when their bullpen wasn't melting down, the Phillies. Hope to eventually find all those great people from X here.
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This is sick
8 rare & iconic versions of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the Chain Reactions Limited Edition Mediabook. Available 12/2 only on Dark Sky Selects.
Pre-Order: buff.ly/MLDPGbT
Pre-Order: buff.ly/MLDPGbT
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is sick
After finally watching the Knives Out 3 trailer, I kind of want a mash-up where Benoit Blanc goes to Crockett Island to investigate the new priest who has taken over mass for Monsignor Pruitt
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
After finally watching the Knives Out 3 trailer, I kind of want a mash-up where Benoit Blanc goes to Crockett Island to investigate the new priest who has taken over mass for Monsignor Pruitt
Local man wants TV station to stop airing commercials.
Happy 90th birthday to the 🐐 TOM ATKINS! #BOTD 1935 🎃💀🧙
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Local man wants TV station to stop airing commercials.
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Handwriting makes me more aware of every word I use. That is getting lost
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Handwriting makes me more aware of every word I use. That is getting lost
If this weekend, in your living room, will be your first viewing of One Battle After Another, may I suggest:
-- lights out
-- volume up
-- phone off
You won't even feel the time fly by.
-- lights out
-- volume up
-- phone off
You won't even feel the time fly by.
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025)
Streaming: November 14, 2025
PVOD (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.)
#OneBattleAfterAnother
🔗 whentostream.com/one-battle-a...
Streaming: November 14, 2025
PVOD (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.)
#OneBattleAfterAnother
🔗 whentostream.com/one-battle-a...
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
If this weekend, in your living room, will be your first viewing of One Battle After Another, may I suggest:
-- lights out
-- volume up
-- phone off
You won't even feel the time fly by.
-- lights out
-- volume up
-- phone off
You won't even feel the time fly by.
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Flair Patterned Plexiglas by Rohm & Haas (1965)
December 15, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Flair Patterned Plexiglas by Rohm & Haas (1965)
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1946 Massachusetts State College Interscholastic Fruit Judging contest winners.
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
1946 Massachusetts State College Interscholastic Fruit Judging contest winners.
Safe to say nobody has any clue what Phillies are thinking this winter. Bader + Marsh + Crawford + their love affair with Kemp (platoon with Marsh??) fills up the outfield spots really fast. Where do they add RH thump? And don't say Bregman.
Dave Dombrowski says Harrison Bader's camp 'knows that we'd like to bring him back'
Dave Dombrowski says Harrison Bader's camp 'knows that we'd like to bring him back' | OnPattison
Despite Harrison Bader declining his half of a $10 million mutual option for 2026 last week, the Phillies remain interested in re-signing the veteran outfielder.
onpattison.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Safe to say nobody has any clue what Phillies are thinking this winter. Bader + Marsh + Crawford + their love affair with Kemp (platoon with Marsh??) fills up the outfield spots really fast. Where do they add RH thump? And don't say Bregman.
Rojas situation is a bit trickier than some think
Sure, they'll listen to offers, but they can't just give him away.
If he's part of a package that gets them something needed, fine.
But his glove has value, even to the Phillies. If they enter 2026 with Crawford as the CF, Rojas is nice insurance
Sure, they'll listen to offers, but they can't just give him away.
If he's part of a package that gets them something needed, fine.
But his glove has value, even to the Phillies. If they enter 2026 with Crawford as the CF, Rojas is nice insurance
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Rojas situation is a bit trickier than some think
Sure, they'll listen to offers, but they can't just give him away.
If he's part of a package that gets them something needed, fine.
But his glove has value, even to the Phillies. If they enter 2026 with Crawford as the CF, Rojas is nice insurance
Sure, they'll listen to offers, but they can't just give him away.
If he's part of a package that gets them something needed, fine.
But his glove has value, even to the Phillies. If they enter 2026 with Crawford as the CF, Rojas is nice insurance
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Book Cover of the Day:
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
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I am the only person staying in a closed-for-the-winter field centre, next to a graveyard, in the darkest village in Britain. And this is the book I have chosen for my evening entertainment. How delightfully gothic.
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I am the only person staying in a closed-for-the-winter field centre, next to a graveyard, in the darkest village in Britain. And this is the book I have chosen for my evening entertainment. How delightfully gothic.
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Doing some sorting out of things upstairs… just found this postcard that Prunella Scales wrote to me when I was working for a theatre company in the early 2000s. I never met her but it was such a lovely gesture, and it made the day of the lowly admin monkey I was. RIP Prunella S.
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Doing some sorting out of things upstairs… just found this postcard that Prunella Scales wrote to me when I was working for a theatre company in the early 2000s. I never met her but it was such a lovely gesture, and it made the day of the lowly admin monkey I was. RIP Prunella S.
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Thinking a lot about how poorly our brains recognize long term subtle changes, like climate change or biodiversity loss. We've lost something like 1 out of every 4 individual birds in the US since 1970, more for some species.
There should be at least 25% more birds around you right now.
There should be at least 25% more birds around you right now.
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thinking a lot about how poorly our brains recognize long term subtle changes, like climate change or biodiversity loss. We've lost something like 1 out of every 4 individual birds in the US since 1970, more for some species.
There should be at least 25% more birds around you right now.
There should be at least 25% more birds around you right now.
This ridiculousness seems to imply that they think "Moonraker" in its entirety is also canon for whatever Bond next takes the screen.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This ridiculousness seems to imply that they think "Moonraker" in its entirety is also canon for whatever Bond next takes the screen.
This is correct from everything I've heard too, across the country. They need cash, and they have the best deals to spend it.
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is correct from everything I've heard too, across the country. They need cash, and they have the best deals to spend it.
Yikes. I did not know this.
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Yikes. I did not know this.
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Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
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"The Phillies should do X" is so dependent on what are teams doing this offseason. Really with the exception of the Padres SP and Japanese FAs the top FAs are from competitive teams who should in theory want to retain or acquire a replacement for those FAs. But are they actually all trying?
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The Phillies should do X" is so dependent on what are teams doing this offseason. Really with the exception of the Padres SP and Japanese FAs the top FAs are from competitive teams who should in theory want to retain or acquire a replacement for those FAs. But are they actually all trying?
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Images from films starring one of the towering figures of Japanese cinema, Tatsuya Nakadai - RIP
Yojimbo (1961)
High and Low (1963)
The Face of Another (1966)
Kill! (1968)
Yojimbo (1961)
High and Low (1963)
The Face of Another (1966)
Kill! (1968)
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Images from films starring one of the towering figures of Japanese cinema, Tatsuya Nakadai - RIP
Yojimbo (1961)
High and Low (1963)
The Face of Another (1966)
Kill! (1968)
Yojimbo (1961)
High and Low (1963)
The Face of Another (1966)
Kill! (1968)
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
David Lynch.
Robert Redford.
Diane Keaton.
Gene Hackman.
Val Kilmer.
Terence Stamp.
Joan Plowright.
Michael Madsen.
Prunella Scales.
George Wendt.
Claudia Cardinale.
Tatsuya Nakadai.
Sally Kirkland.
Knock it the hell off, 2025.
Robert Redford.
Diane Keaton.
Gene Hackman.
Val Kilmer.
Terence Stamp.
Joan Plowright.
Michael Madsen.
Prunella Scales.
George Wendt.
Claudia Cardinale.
Tatsuya Nakadai.
Sally Kirkland.
Knock it the hell off, 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
David Lynch.
Robert Redford.
Diane Keaton.
Gene Hackman.
Val Kilmer.
Terence Stamp.
Joan Plowright.
Michael Madsen.
Prunella Scales.
George Wendt.
Claudia Cardinale.
Tatsuya Nakadai.
Sally Kirkland.
Knock it the hell off, 2025.
Robert Redford.
Diane Keaton.
Gene Hackman.
Val Kilmer.
Terence Stamp.
Joan Plowright.
Michael Madsen.
Prunella Scales.
George Wendt.
Claudia Cardinale.
Tatsuya Nakadai.
Sally Kirkland.
Knock it the hell off, 2025.
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this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
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RIP to truly one of the greatest actors of all time. The man excelled in every role he was cast in and there will never be another Tatsuya Nakadai.
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
RIP to truly one of the greatest actors of all time. The man excelled in every role he was cast in and there will never be another Tatsuya Nakadai.
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First film of his I ever saw. No one had a batter career than him
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
First film of his I ever saw. No one had a batter career than him
Oh no!
The Human Condition trilogy
Kwaidan
Ran
The Sword of Doom
Yojimbo
High and Low
The Face of Another
Inn of Evil
Kagemusha
Basically the history of post-war Japanese cinema is all tied to Tatsuya Nakadai. Even had a bit part in Seven Samurai
The Human Condition trilogy
Kwaidan
Ran
The Sword of Doom
Yojimbo
High and Low
The Face of Another
Inn of Evil
Kagemusha
Basically the history of post-war Japanese cinema is all tied to Tatsuya Nakadai. Even had a bit part in Seven Samurai
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Oh no!
The Human Condition trilogy
Kwaidan
Ran
The Sword of Doom
Yojimbo
High and Low
The Face of Another
Inn of Evil
Kagemusha
Basically the history of post-war Japanese cinema is all tied to Tatsuya Nakadai. Even had a bit part in Seven Samurai
The Human Condition trilogy
Kwaidan
Ran
The Sword of Doom
Yojimbo
High and Low
The Face of Another
Inn of Evil
Kagemusha
Basically the history of post-war Japanese cinema is all tied to Tatsuya Nakadai. Even had a bit part in Seven Samurai