Martyn Hackett
@rivernorthexile.com
Random thoughts thrown at the wall of the internet. Brought to you in association with Coffee and Autism.
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Youtube: www.youtube.com/@rivernorthexile
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/zanv
Give me movies that actually look like movies. Lens flare and bokeh. Shadows and contrast. Lurid colours. Leading lines.
("Ghosts of Mars" is still a mess, though)
#Letterboxdfriday #filmsky #lastfourwatched
("Ghosts of Mars" is still a mess, though)
#Letterboxdfriday #filmsky #lastfourwatched
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Give me movies that actually look like movies. Lens flare and bokeh. Shadows and contrast. Lurid colours. Leading lines.
("Ghosts of Mars" is still a mess, though)
#Letterboxdfriday #filmsky #lastfourwatched
("Ghosts of Mars" is still a mess, though)
#Letterboxdfriday #filmsky #lastfourwatched
Happy Dracula Day to all who celebrate.
It's Dracula day over at HAMMER TIME! 🧛🏻♂️ This week we explore Terence Fisher's 1958 film - one of the best cinematic adaptations of Bram Stoker's novel - including of course Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing's iconic performances and MUCH MORE! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Happy Dracula Day to all who celebrate.
Roger Ebert: "Videogames aren't art"
Also Roger Ebert: Publishes a book called "Awake in the Dark"
Sam Lake: "Hmm..."
Also Roger Ebert: Publishes a book called "Awake in the Dark"
Sam Lake: "Hmm..."
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Roger Ebert: "Videogames aren't art"
Also Roger Ebert: Publishes a book called "Awake in the Dark"
Sam Lake: "Hmm..."
Also Roger Ebert: Publishes a book called "Awake in the Dark"
Sam Lake: "Hmm..."
Romance, possession, Yetis; this week had a lot going on. Plus, it rained Yakuza...
#lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday #filmsky
#lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday #filmsky
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Romance, possession, Yetis; this week had a lot going on. Plus, it rained Yakuza...
#lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday #filmsky
#lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday #filmsky
MF's complaining about Steam Deck frame rates and ROG Ally updates has me looking up second-hand 3DS prices, I remember when shit just worked.
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
MF's complaining about Steam Deck frame rates and ROG Ally updates has me looking up second-hand 3DS prices, I remember when shit just worked.
Picked this up to write a campaign based in the "John Wick" continuity (provisionally called "High Table"). The more I dig back into the movies, the more I realize the hierarchical structure is oddly like "Vampire: The Masquerade".
#ttrpg
#ttrpg
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Picked this up to write a campaign based in the "John Wick" continuity (provisionally called "High Table"). The more I dig back into the movies, the more I realize the hierarchical structure is oddly like "Vampire: The Masquerade".
#ttrpg
#ttrpg
My gaming backlog is ridiculous. This is just what I came name off the top of my head.
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
My gaming backlog is ridiculous. This is just what I came name off the top of my head.
There's a proven correlation between a movie's quality and the fate of Jared Leto's character.
•American Psycho: Dead
•Panic Room: Dead
•Fight Club: Maimed
•Tron Ares: Dead, but gets over it
•Suicide Squad: Very much alive
#filmsky
•American Psycho: Dead
•Panic Room: Dead
•Fight Club: Maimed
•Tron Ares: Dead, but gets over it
•Suicide Squad: Very much alive
#filmsky
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
There's a proven correlation between a movie's quality and the fate of Jared Leto's character.
•American Psycho: Dead
•Panic Room: Dead
•Fight Club: Maimed
•Tron Ares: Dead, but gets over it
•Suicide Squad: Very much alive
#filmsky
•American Psycho: Dead
•Panic Room: Dead
•Fight Club: Maimed
•Tron Ares: Dead, but gets over it
•Suicide Squad: Very much alive
#filmsky
Reposted by Martyn Hackett
In 2010: "The internet isn't real life"
In 2020: "The internet IS real life"
In 2025: "Please can the internet stop being real life"
In 2020: "The internet IS real life"
In 2025: "Please can the internet stop being real life"
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In 2010: "The internet isn't real life"
In 2020: "The internet IS real life"
In 2025: "Please can the internet stop being real life"
In 2020: "The internet IS real life"
In 2025: "Please can the internet stop being real life"
"The Continental" was a massive disappointment. Great soundtrack, but visually it's just brown mush.
Should have stuck to horror movies.
#filmsky #lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday
Should have stuck to horror movies.
#filmsky #lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"The Continental" was a massive disappointment. Great soundtrack, but visually it's just brown mush.
Should have stuck to horror movies.
#filmsky #lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday
Should have stuck to horror movies.
#filmsky #lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday
I think about the ending of "AC: Revelations" a lot. Having played his part, Ezio leaves the stage. It hits WAY HARDER than Desmond Miles' standard "Chosen One" story.
Trying to turn 200 words of scattered observations about that into a coherent essay.
#assassinscreed #EzioAuditore
Trying to turn 200 words of scattered observations about that into a coherent essay.
#assassinscreed #EzioAuditore
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I think about the ending of "AC: Revelations" a lot. Having played his part, Ezio leaves the stage. It hits WAY HARDER than Desmond Miles' standard "Chosen One" story.
Trying to turn 200 words of scattered observations about that into a coherent essay.
#assassinscreed #EzioAuditore
Trying to turn 200 words of scattered observations about that into a coherent essay.
#assassinscreed #EzioAuditore
Great essay for spooky season by @thejenna.bsky.social
This is the sort of thing I'm trying to make; 10-ish minutes, make the most of the video medium and (hopefully) be entertaining in the process.
Also positivity, because we need more of that on the internet.
youtu.be/GLes6pX0SwU?...
This is the sort of thing I'm trying to make; 10-ish minutes, make the most of the video medium and (hopefully) be entertaining in the process.
Also positivity, because we need more of that on the internet.
youtu.be/GLes6pX0SwU?...
you're wrong, JUMP SCARES are GOOD
YouTube video by Jenna Stoeber
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Great essay for spooky season by @thejenna.bsky.social
This is the sort of thing I'm trying to make; 10-ish minutes, make the most of the video medium and (hopefully) be entertaining in the process.
Also positivity, because we need more of that on the internet.
youtu.be/GLes6pX0SwU?...
This is the sort of thing I'm trying to make; 10-ish minutes, make the most of the video medium and (hopefully) be entertaining in the process.
Also positivity, because we need more of that on the internet.
youtu.be/GLes6pX0SwU?...
Seriously, bring this back full time.
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Seriously, bring this back full time.
October rolls on and we stay spooky, but expect at least one swerve next week...
#filmsky #lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday
#filmsky #lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday
October 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
October rolls on and we stay spooky, but expect at least one swerve next week...
#filmsky #lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday
#filmsky #lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday
Reposted by Martyn Hackett
The amount of effort required to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than producing it, which is why we're all drowning. This is called the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle and it explains the entire internet
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The amount of effort required to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than producing it, which is why we're all drowning. This is called the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle and it explains the entire internet
Finished reading the excellent "Make Us Whole" by @unabridgedgamer.bsky.social
Thorough without ever being dry or dull.
This, however, was the result...
Good job it's spooky month.
Thorough without ever being dry or dull.
This, however, was the result...
Good job it's spooky month.
October 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Finished reading the excellent "Make Us Whole" by @unabridgedgamer.bsky.social
Thorough without ever being dry or dull.
This, however, was the result...
Good job it's spooky month.
Thorough without ever being dry or dull.
This, however, was the result...
Good job it's spooky month.
To beat a dead horse of a joke: The music video for the new Nine Inch Nails album is kinda rubbish.
#Letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
#Letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
To beat a dead horse of a joke: The music video for the new Nine Inch Nails album is kinda rubbish.
#Letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
#Letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
So glad I got a VPN (I live the UK, try going online without one now). The US version Tubi is *crazy good*.
October 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
So glad I got a VPN (I live the UK, try going online without one now). The US version Tubi is *crazy good*.
Man, that Broncos game was uglier than yer mum, but a win's a win I guess.
October 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Man, that Broncos game was uglier than yer mum, but a win's a win I guess.
October 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
New film podcast has joined the list: "Hammer Time" (Every Hammer Horror movie in order). So expect one to be in the 4 on the regular, starting with "Quatermass".
Good work, @bunnydarke.bsky.social !
#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
Good work, @bunnydarke.bsky.social !
#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
New film podcast has joined the list: "Hammer Time" (Every Hammer Horror movie in order). So expect one to be in the 4 on the regular, starting with "Quatermass".
Good work, @bunnydarke.bsky.social !
#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
Good work, @bunnydarke.bsky.social !
#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
Seeing the Jets are 0-5 this season and doubly disappointed I can't get to the London game to see the Broncos batter them.
October 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Seeing the Jets are 0-5 this season and doubly disappointed I can't get to the London game to see the Broncos batter them.
Been listening to the "Tron: Ares" soundtrack a fair bit.
Am I imagining it, or does "Shadow Over Me" echo Daft Punk's "End Of Line"?
Am I imagining it, or does "Shadow Over Me" echo Daft Punk's "End Of Line"?
October 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Been listening to the "Tron: Ares" soundtrack a fair bit.
Am I imagining it, or does "Shadow Over Me" echo Daft Punk's "End Of Line"?
Am I imagining it, or does "Shadow Over Me" echo Daft Punk's "End Of Line"?
Reposted by Martyn Hackett
