Paul Franklin
@paulfranklin.bsky.social
Filmmaker, 2x Oscar winning visual effects designer, Inception, Interstellar, Dark Knight Trilogy, various Harry Potters, Venom etc. Creative Director at beloFX. Filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291518/
@world-of-telly.bsky.social Long drive down the M6 today - very much enjoyed several eps of your podcast, especially Moonbase 3, which I remember watching, aged 7, with my parents on Sundays in 1973. Pretty sure there was a feature on Blue Peter about the programme's SFX, possibly with Matt Irvine?
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
@world-of-telly.bsky.social Long drive down the M6 today - very much enjoyed several eps of your podcast, especially Moonbase 3, which I remember watching, aged 7, with my parents on Sundays in 1973. Pretty sure there was a feature on Blue Peter about the programme's SFX, possibly with Matt Irvine?
I love the Nancy comics, this one is funny on so many levels
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 04,1954
November 04,1954
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I love the Nancy comics, this one is funny on so many levels
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October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
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Recently, I have used various LLMs as a Google search substitute because they're easier to query and the answers are presented in a seemingly coherent manner. But last week, when asking a simple question: "can I travel between these two London train stations using contactless payment?" (cont)
October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Recently, I have used various LLMs as a Google search substitute because they're easier to query and the answers are presented in a seemingly coherent manner. But last week, when asking a simple question: "can I travel between these two London train stations using contactless payment?" (cont)
Tough day, amused ourselves by getting ChatGPT to make stupid ads for old cars.
October 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Tough day, amused ourselves by getting ChatGPT to make stupid ads for old cars.
What’s it like inside your head?
October 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
What’s it like inside your head?
Very sad to hear about Dave Ball’s death. 35 years ago this was in heavy rotation at our house: Floatation, The Grid
youtube.com/watch?v=OBpb...
youtube.com/watch?v=OBpb...
The Grid - Floatation
YouTube video by ohnoitisnathan103
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October 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Very sad to hear about Dave Ball’s death. 35 years ago this was in heavy rotation at our house: Floatation, The Grid
youtube.com/watch?v=OBpb...
youtube.com/watch?v=OBpb...
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This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
I’m not sure why whatever benighted algorithm it was served this up to me today (perhaps image searches for weird creature references?) - do people actually wear these things? Is it even real?
October 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’m not sure why whatever benighted algorithm it was served this up to me today (perhaps image searches for weird creature references?) - do people actually wear these things? Is it even real?
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🎵 Bluedot headliner Hannah Peel returns to #JodrellBank for an exclusive evening of music and discussion!
In conversation with Prof. Tim O’Brien, this event fuses science and storytelling to explore new ways of understanding the Universe through sound.
🎟️ www.jodrellbank.net/events/in-co...
In conversation with Prof. Tim O’Brien, this event fuses science and storytelling to explore new ways of understanding the Universe through sound.
🎟️ www.jodrellbank.net/events/in-co...
September 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🎵 Bluedot headliner Hannah Peel returns to #JodrellBank for an exclusive evening of music and discussion!
In conversation with Prof. Tim O’Brien, this event fuses science and storytelling to explore new ways of understanding the Universe through sound.
🎟️ www.jodrellbank.net/events/in-co...
In conversation with Prof. Tim O’Brien, this event fuses science and storytelling to explore new ways of understanding the Universe through sound.
🎟️ www.jodrellbank.net/events/in-co...
If you see this, post a dragon 🐉
September 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If you see this, post a dragon 🐉
For old-school space nerds visiting the @sciencemuseum.org.uk in London - lower right of the CSM control panel on display next to the Apollo 10 Command Module.
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
For old-school space nerds visiting the @sciencemuseum.org.uk in London - lower right of the CSM control panel on display next to the Apollo 10 Command Module.
Director Iain Softley and Fisher “The Plague” Stevens on stage at the @princecharlescinema.com last night for the 30th anniversary screening of Hackers
September 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Director Iain Softley and Fisher “The Plague” Stevens on stage at the @princecharlescinema.com last night for the 30th anniversary screening of Hackers
In a packed @princecharlescinema.com waiting for the 30th anniversary screening of Hackers!
September 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In a packed @princecharlescinema.com waiting for the 30th anniversary screening of Hackers!
Holy hooting heck - 30 years today since this baby was released into the world. This is where my career in feature film VFX began.
Hack the planet!!!
Hack the planet!!!
September 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Holy hooting heck - 30 years today since this baby was released into the world. This is where my career in feature film VFX began.
Hack the planet!!!
Hack the planet!!!
It's the 30th anniversary of Hackers - the mighty @princecharlescinema.com screens the movie on Thursday 18th Sept, with an in-person intro by director Iain Softley. 35mm sold out, but still tix for the digital screening. My first feature film VFX job!
princecharlescinema.com/film/6780863...
princecharlescinema.com/film/6780863...
Hackers Film Times and Tickets | The Prince Charles Cinema
Browse film times and buy tickets for Hackers at The Prince Charles Cinema
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September 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
It's the 30th anniversary of Hackers - the mighty @princecharlescinema.com screens the movie on Thursday 18th Sept, with an in-person intro by director Iain Softley. 35mm sold out, but still tix for the digital screening. My first feature film VFX job!
princecharlescinema.com/film/6780863...
princecharlescinema.com/film/6780863...
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Christopher Nolan’s INTERSTELLAR orbits back to the PCC from Fri 19th Sep on 70mm. Few films demand the grandeur of celluloid quite like this one: a sweeping voyage across galaxies, black holes, and the limits of human endurance.
🎟️ : tinyurl.com/f5w59x96
🎟️ : tinyurl.com/f5w59x96
September 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Christopher Nolan’s INTERSTELLAR orbits back to the PCC from Fri 19th Sep on 70mm. Few films demand the grandeur of celluloid quite like this one: a sweeping voyage across galaxies, black holes, and the limits of human endurance.
🎟️ : tinyurl.com/f5w59x96
🎟️ : tinyurl.com/f5w59x96
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SHOWING TODAY 🎞️
- PSYCHO
- EASY RIDER
- TWO-LANE BLACKTOP
- THE TOXIC AVENGER UNCUT
- DREAMS
- VANISHING POINT
- UN FLIC
- THIS IS SPINAL TAP
princecharlescinema.com
- PSYCHO
- EASY RIDER
- TWO-LANE BLACKTOP
- THE TOXIC AVENGER UNCUT
- DREAMS
- VANISHING POINT
- UN FLIC
- THIS IS SPINAL TAP
princecharlescinema.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
SHOWING TODAY 🎞️
- PSYCHO
- EASY RIDER
- TWO-LANE BLACKTOP
- THE TOXIC AVENGER UNCUT
- DREAMS
- VANISHING POINT
- UN FLIC
- THIS IS SPINAL TAP
princecharlescinema.com
- PSYCHO
- EASY RIDER
- TWO-LANE BLACKTOP
- THE TOXIC AVENGER UNCUT
- DREAMS
- VANISHING POINT
- UN FLIC
- THIS IS SPINAL TAP
princecharlescinema.com
@dirkmaggs.bsky.social lovely to find you on here, Dirk!
August 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
@dirkmaggs.bsky.social lovely to find you on here, Dirk!
The deep 3D animator geek within me (actually not that deep) wants to point out that this is a dodecahedron, not a tetrahedron
August 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The deep 3D animator geek within me (actually not that deep) wants to point out that this is a dodecahedron, not a tetrahedron
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So I was turned on to the smart Apple TV series Murderbot by my friend David Dastmalchian, who's in it, and found it to be a bright spot in current sci-fi programming. It's very clever and unique and well worth a visit. Highly recommended.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEio...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEio...
Murderbot — Official Trailer | Apple TV+
YouTube video by Apple TV
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July 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So I was turned on to the smart Apple TV series Murderbot by my friend David Dastmalchian, who's in it, and found it to be a bright spot in current sci-fi programming. It's very clever and unique and well worth a visit. Highly recommended.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEio...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEio...
Long day at the Vfx coal face. Winding down with TNG’s The Measure of a Man and a glass of wine. What an episode - @melindas.bsky.social wrote a truly brilliant script and the cast knocked it out of the park and into orbit. Pretty soon this is going to be reality.
July 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Long day at the Vfx coal face. Winding down with TNG’s The Measure of a Man and a glass of wine. What an episode - @melindas.bsky.social wrote a truly brilliant script and the cast knocked it out of the park and into orbit. Pretty soon this is going to be reality.
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
The London A to Z. Before the internet/smartphones *everyone* carried one with them. Mine would slowly disintegrate in the bottom of my bag, requiring an annual replacement.
What’s a real thing from your childhood that kids these days would find completely foreign?
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
July 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The London A to Z. Before the internet/smartphones *everyone* carried one with them. Mine would slowly disintegrate in the bottom of my bag, requiring an annual replacement.
Post a kick-ass woman! (The brilliant Tove Jansson)
July 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Post a kick-ass woman! (The brilliant Tove Jansson)