Shane Wilson
@shanewilson.bsky.social
Writer, cast member of Whirled News Tonight, contributor to 366 Weird Movies, co-host of The Completists, father of 1 brilliant son.
Things I’ve learned following a surprise binge over the last few days:
1) No show benefits more from the “Skip Intro” button than Star Trek: Enterprise.
2) Season 4 is leagues better that everything preceding it.
3) Travis Mayweather is the most inessential character in 60 years of the franchise.
1) No show benefits more from the “Skip Intro” button than Star Trek: Enterprise.
2) Season 4 is leagues better that everything preceding it.
3) Travis Mayweather is the most inessential character in 60 years of the franchise.
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Things I’ve learned following a surprise binge over the last few days:
1) No show benefits more from the “Skip Intro” button than Star Trek: Enterprise.
2) Season 4 is leagues better that everything preceding it.
3) Travis Mayweather is the most inessential character in 60 years of the franchise.
1) No show benefits more from the “Skip Intro” button than Star Trek: Enterprise.
2) Season 4 is leagues better that everything preceding it.
3) Travis Mayweather is the most inessential character in 60 years of the franchise.
@suboptimaldad.gobirds.online Very glad to see that we’ll be getting our head-to-head out of the way this week. I’ve already kicked off with a 5/6 that I expect to be a crushing loss.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
@suboptimaldad.gobirds.online Very glad to see that we’ll be getting our head-to-head out of the way this week. I’ve already kicked off with a 5/6 that I expect to be a crushing loss.
The tragic story of a man who gets a job immediately after getting out of the hospital, drinks high-end wine, and immediately has two stunningly beautiful women fall in love with him. The poor bastard.
"'Tierra' is notably odd for being a character study about a character with very little character."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on Julio Medem's "Tierra" (1996)
IT CAME FROM THE READER-SUGGESTED QUEUE: TIERRA [EARTH] (1996)
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November 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The tragic story of a man who gets a job immediately after getting out of the hospital, drinks high-end wine, and immediately has two stunningly beautiful women fall in love with him. The poor bastard.
November 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I like to think that we’re about to start the 46th inning of Game 3 of the World Series.
November 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I like to think that we’re about to start the 46th inning of Game 3 of the World Series.
@slangsonsports.bsky.social Sarah, is this only the second time that the World Series has gone to November? The only other time I can recall is in 2001.
Also, with Opening Day back on March 27, is this the longest baseball season ever? And the first to go from March to November?
Also, with Opening Day back on March 27, is this the longest baseball season ever? And the first to go from March to November?
November 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@slangsonsports.bsky.social Sarah, is this only the second time that the World Series has gone to November? The only other time I can recall is in 2001.
Also, with Opening Day back on March 27, is this the longest baseball season ever? And the first to go from March to November?
Also, with Opening Day back on March 27, is this the longest baseball season ever? And the first to go from March to November?
I think the first time I ever encountered a golem was in a Commodore 64 game. Then it was an X-Files episode. But now, it’s time to wrap up my month-long Halloween extravaganza by unveiling this double dose of highly entertaining golem-themed motion pictures. Get that candy, kids.
2 golems, from 1920 to 1979. "When Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, the Mummy, and a host of other horror icons were lining up at the doors of Universal Studios in search of eternal fame, somehow the humble golem failed to get the invite."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social)
THEY CAME FROM THE READER-SUGGESTED QUEUE: THE GOLEM (1920) / GOLEM (1979)
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October 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I think the first time I ever encountered a golem was in a Commodore 64 game. Then it was an X-Files episode. But now, it’s time to wrap up my month-long Halloween extravaganza by unveiling this double dose of highly entertaining golem-themed motion pictures. Get that candy, kids.
Well, that blows.
Although, when you strand that many runners, you kind of don’t deserve the win.
Although, when you strand that many runners, you kind of don’t deserve the win.
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Well, that blows.
Although, when you strand that many runners, you kind of don’t deserve the win.
Although, when you strand that many runners, you kind of don’t deserve the win.
The Dodger Stadium organist playing “The Neverending Story” is high-level shade.
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The Dodger Stadium organist playing “The Neverending Story” is high-level shade.
I usually wait until the Series ends to say that it’s time for @notmrtibbs.com to get started on the Tracker, but at this point in the game, I think he may already be good to go.
October 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I usually wait until the Series ends to say that it’s time for @notmrtibbs.com to get started on the Tracker, but at this point in the game, I think he may already be good to go.
Mariners players are screaming at their TVs about how they’d have won this by now.
October 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Mariners players are screaming at their TVs about how they’d have won this by now.
It can be a real curse when a movie’s title manages to capture the entire plot AND the whole tone of the piece. After that, where else is there to go? Happily for FRANKENHOOKER, there’s plenty of room for silliness, gross-out spectacle, and excellent physical comedy from a former Pet of the Month.
"As much as 'Frankenhooker' delivers exactly the eyes-covered, laughing-in-shock amusement you’re expecting, the movie genuinely surpasses itself in the finale. The title may be on the nose, but the tale it tells is a refreshing punch in the groin."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social)
APOCRYPHA CANDIDATE: FRANKENHOOKER (1990)
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October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It can be a real curse when a movie’s title manages to capture the entire plot AND the whole tone of the piece. After that, where else is there to go? Happily for FRANKENHOOKER, there’s plenty of room for silliness, gross-out spectacle, and excellent physical comedy from a former Pet of the Month.
@bluejays.com You’re AL champs. You’re in the World Series. Why aren’t you here? You’ve already got the account, and several of your fellow teams are on board. Come on in!
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@bluejays.com You’re AL champs. You’re in the World Series. Why aren’t you here? You’ve already got the account, and several of your fellow teams are on board. Come on in!
Sure, your horror anthology might have Stephen King and Clive Barker. But does it have the Chattering Teeth of Death? Matt Frewer doing murderous hand puppetry? Christopher Lloyd in skintight leather and a lace choker? Then my friend, you’re not QUICKSILVER HIGHWAY. Try again next time.
"If you’re out driving and happen to pass by a strange-looking man in a Rolls-Royce towing an Airstream trailer, don’t stop for one of his stories. Not because of the horrible fate that awaits you. But because there are better things to do."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social)
IT CAME FROM THE READER-SUGGESTED QUEUE: QUICKSILVER HIGHWAY (1997)
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October 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Sure, your horror anthology might have Stephen King and Clive Barker. But does it have the Chattering Teeth of Death? Matt Frewer doing murderous hand puppetry? Christopher Lloyd in skintight leather and a lace choker? Then my friend, you’re not QUICKSILVER HIGHWAY. Try again next time.
Pablo Larraín sets aside Jackie Kennedy and Princess Di to focus his attention on a much more intriguing subject: how Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet was a vampire. A cautionary tale for any public servants out there who maybe don’t want to be remembered by history as literal monsters.
"Invoking the vampire legend is a canny choice, because it not only connects Chile to the broad historical arc of oppressive dictatorships, but provides a context to help understand the grotesque body count under Pinochet’s rule."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "El Conde" (2023)
IT CAME FROM THE READER-SUGGESTED QUEUE: EL CONDE (2023)
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October 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Pablo Larraín sets aside Jackie Kennedy and Princess Di to focus his attention on a much more intriguing subject: how Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet was a vampire. A cautionary tale for any public servants out there who maybe don’t want to be remembered by history as literal monsters.
This is notable as a zombie film where there are so many little pieces of satire to squeeze in that the zombie part feels like almost an afterthought. Still, I’m pretty sure the zombies are in the right, so you can’t say the filmmakers didn’t take a stance.
"'Gory Gory Hallelujah' has so many targets for its smug disdain that it plays like a sketch film... This is a film that is not the slightest bit interested in nuance."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social)
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IT CAME FROM THE READER-SUGGESTED QUEUE: GORY GORY HALLELUJAH (2003)
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September 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is notable as a zombie film where there are so many little pieces of satire to squeeze in that the zombie part feels like almost an afterthought. Still, I’m pretty sure the zombies are in the right, so you can’t say the filmmakers didn’t take a stance.
Things I expect this idiot administration to announce before 2025 is over:
- Pearl Milling Co. is ordered to restore the name of Aunt Jemina
- Tomatoes are from the deadly nightshade family, and no one must eat them
- US embassy in China being moved from Beijing back to its original home in Peking
- Pearl Milling Co. is ordered to restore the name of Aunt Jemina
- Tomatoes are from the deadly nightshade family, and no one must eat them
- US embassy in China being moved from Beijing back to its original home in Peking
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Things I expect this idiot administration to announce before 2025 is over:
- Pearl Milling Co. is ordered to restore the name of Aunt Jemina
- Tomatoes are from the deadly nightshade family, and no one must eat them
- US embassy in China being moved from Beijing back to its original home in Peking
- Pearl Milling Co. is ordered to restore the name of Aunt Jemina
- Tomatoes are from the deadly nightshade family, and no one must eat them
- US embassy in China being moved from Beijing back to its original home in Peking
Really loving the new Duolingo mechanic wherein you get punished for right answers. Savvy. Real motivator to continue. Enjoy that sweet Woodoku ad money, guys.
September 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Really loving the new Duolingo mechanic wherein you get punished for right answers. Savvy. Real motivator to continue. Enjoy that sweet Woodoku ad money, guys.
You know, you write a review hoping to reference the unsettling trend toward censorship and authoritarianism as reflected in the arts, and then the despot goes and makes things even worse prior to publication. So just know that while I’d love to take credit for my insight, fascism is just too fast.
Shane Wilson ( @shanewilson.bsky.social) screens a double feature of anti-authority experimental shorts made decades apart.
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THEY CAME FROM THE READER-SUGGESTED QUEUE: GHOSTS BEFORE BREAKFAST (VORMITTAGSSPUK) (1928) / APOCRYPHA CANDIDATE: ALICIA (1994)
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September 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You know, you write a review hoping to reference the unsettling trend toward censorship and authoritarianism as reflected in the arts, and then the despot goes and makes things even worse prior to publication. So just know that while I’d love to take credit for my insight, fascism is just too fast.
@suboptimaldad.gobirds.online It appears that your better half has locked in promotion to League Two. Hearty congrats to the whole clan!
Meanwhile, over here desperately trying to keep my head above water…
Meanwhile, over here desperately trying to keep my head above water…
September 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@suboptimaldad.gobirds.online It appears that your better half has locked in promotion to League Two. Hearty congrats to the whole clan!
Meanwhile, over here desperately trying to keep my head above water…
Meanwhile, over here desperately trying to keep my head above water…
The phone number for the Walt Disney Company is (818) 560-1000.
The complaint line for Disney shareholders is (855) 553-4763.
To contact ABC about their programming, call (818) 460-7477.
These are just fun phone numbers to have around. I’m sure they’d love to shoot the breeze with you.
The complaint line for Disney shareholders is (855) 553-4763.
To contact ABC about their programming, call (818) 460-7477.
These are just fun phone numbers to have around. I’m sure they’d love to shoot the breeze with you.
September 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The phone number for the Walt Disney Company is (818) 560-1000.
The complaint line for Disney shareholders is (855) 553-4763.
To contact ABC about their programming, call (818) 460-7477.
These are just fun phone numbers to have around. I’m sure they’d love to shoot the breeze with you.
The complaint line for Disney shareholders is (855) 553-4763.
To contact ABC about their programming, call (818) 460-7477.
These are just fun phone numbers to have around. I’m sure they’d love to shoot the breeze with you.
Is this the greatest turntable-scratching animated golden-age sci-fi adventure about intergalactic dentists who battle worm-infested babies to protect the fundamentals of hip hop? You know, I think it might just be.
"...a hip-hop sci-fi musical in which rapid-fire scratching and carefully chosen radio drama samples combine to tell a story that would have been at home in the days of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Wave Twisters"
IT CAME FROM THE READER-SUGGESTED QUEUE: WAVE TWISTERS (2001)
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September 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Is this the greatest turntable-scratching animated golden-age sci-fi adventure about intergalactic dentists who battle worm-infested babies to protect the fundamentals of hip hop? You know, I think it might just be.
No one’s doing particularly well these days, but certainly not the kids. SNORKELING is sympathetic and occasionally insightful look at the disconnection and despair that teens are feeling. (Although you may be surprised to learn that drugs are not great. It’s true!)
"...has some interesting ideas about the reasons the kids are not alright these days and is very sympathetic about why they’re downright anxious to get away from it all. But the only way out it can think of is to harsh everyone’s mellow"--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Snorkeling"
CAPSULE: SNORKELING (2025)
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September 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
No one’s doing particularly well these days, but certainly not the kids. SNORKELING is sympathetic and occasionally insightful look at the disconnection and despair that teens are feeling. (Although you may be surprised to learn that drugs are not great. It’s true!)
If you’re going to take on the moniker ”M dot Strange,” you’d better be prepared to live up to the immense expectations that carries. My friends, that bar has been cleared, and I’m pleased to offer two Apocrypha in a row with this animated stew of madness. Say it with me: “I live. I hunger.”
"Multiple forms of animation and visual styles share space in a bouillabaisse of dread and visual overstimulation... sometimes eclectic, often cacophonous, and frequently intriguing."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "We Are the Strange" (2007)
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September 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you’re going to take on the moniker ”M dot Strange,” you’d better be prepared to live up to the immense expectations that carries. My friends, that bar has been cleared, and I’m pleased to offer two Apocrypha in a row with this animated stew of madness. Say it with me: “I live. I hunger.”
A genuine honor to write the entry that inducts this epic of sweet, fun-loving insanity into the Apocrypha. Michelle Yeoh at her best, spectacular editing, and a solid answer to the question of what to do when you have more ideas than you know what to do with: use ‘em all!
More Apocrypha! "The unique territory that this story stakes out for itself is to not merely go from the ridiculous to the sublime, but to contend that the ridiculous _is_ the sublime."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Everything Everywhere all at Once" (2022)
62*. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022)
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August 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A genuine honor to write the entry that inducts this epic of sweet, fun-loving insanity into the Apocrypha. Michelle Yeoh at her best, spectacular editing, and a solid answer to the question of what to do when you have more ideas than you know what to do with: use ‘em all!