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Thoughtful Sloth
@thoughtfulsloth.bsky.social
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Enjoyer of film, TV, books, comics, video games, sumo, science, streaming, scifi, fantasy, anime, manga, crosswords, mysteries, city pop, electronica, & other slothy things. Age: Old enough to remember restaurants w/ smoking sections & CDs were new media.
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An excellent piece on crafting characters, plots, and the alchemy of storytelling. While it is a bit long, it's worth the time.
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Tim Robinson's comedy is such a conflict for me. I enjoy weird surrealism, but can't stand cringe & yelling as humor. Tried 2 eps of The Chair Company & that's all for me. It has some funny ideas & actors I like, but feels too male ragey & makes light of others' trauma. Not for me.

#tvsky #tv 📺
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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#Pluribus is on solid ground so far (sometimes in the air too). The first 2 eps are tight & excellent practices of visual storytelling. Also very contemporary formed. We're getting some smart contempo media as of late. Excited to see where it goes. Everything's 💯% Ep2 opening 👩‍✈️!

#tvsky 📺 #tv #scifi
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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'Fantastic 4: First Steps' is a visually slick film with a middling script that gives us glimpses of complex characters that are sadly largely reduced flat by a typical plot that doesn't capitalize on its stellar cast. Cool designs & solid performances only go so far.

#filmsky #mcu #film #movies 🎥
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Watching de Palma's 'Obsession' (1976) and the highlight so far is the dramatically scored shots of this very shocked cathedral.

#filmsky #movies #film 🎥
Image of the title shot for the film 'Obsession' (1976) in which the title is in blue text, and behind it is an image of a gate with stairs leading up to the front of a cathedral. The cathedral is mostly white with grey blue accents and some gold. Toward the top of the cathedral's slanted apex are two round features in the facade on either side and a larger rectangle in the middle and a bit below. The position of these features makes the front of the cathedral look surprised, with its eyes stunned and its mouth agape in shock. The sky behind it is white, it looks gloomy overcast and maybe it just rained.
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Enjoyed #Peacemaker S2. Another heartfelt exploration of its characters that adds new dimensions to the genre. My biggest complaint may be the ending's pacing (both dragging & rushed) & its 2 self indulgent band performances. Also reverts to an MCU next story setup. Still good though.

#tvsky #tv 📺
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Really big fan of ACTOR3's work.
A photo of a movie's description screen on Amazon Prime with a focus on the "Starring" subgroup, which lists actors "Linda Hayden, Patrick Wayne, ACTOR3." Under that group is "Directors", which is "Piers Haggard." The text is white and the background is a black and white image of a young white woman's face turned to look behind her right shoulder. Her mouth is slightly parted showing her front teeth and we can see just the bottom of one eye which has her gaze fixed on something over her shoulder. Her hair looks lightly colored. All around her is black.
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Ball and hole. That red ball of hate took me a few hours to master. The well is a nice hilarious gimmick. Love it.

#babysteps #videogames #gamesky 🕹
Nate, a young man in a grey onesie with bare feet and scruffy brown facial hair and glasses, from the game Baby Steps stands on a concrete set of stairs among rolling grass hills behind him. Nate faces the camera on the bottom stair, behind him to his right is a large red ball that the player must walk on to reach the stairs. Nate seen from behind standing at the edge of a well's open hole. A small white bird is on the stone behind Nate at his feet. Around them is a white stone wall and rolling valley hills of dead tan grass. Nate is seen falling into the well, one hand our, feet just about to slip in. Nate is more in the hole, his arm and feet barely visible over the well's stone wall.
October 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Something I've yet to see an article about is connecting Trump's history of shady construction and property valuations with this "project." Obviously his initial lies of its size and costs (sound familiar?) are a problem, but can we expect it to get better? This reeks of Trump's typical playbook.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 20d
President Trump is plowing ahead with plans to build a grand ballroom where the East Wing of the White House currently stands. The plans have not gone through the committee tasked with overseeing such projects. n.pr/48FiK1R
Trump plows ahead with East Wing demolition despite calls for caution
President Trump is plowing ahead with plans to build a grand ballroom where the East Wing of the White House currently stands. The plans have not gone through the committee tasked with overseeing such projects.
n.pr
October 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Submitting job applications to all major studios & streamers for a position I made up called "Prequel Spritzer," in which I attend all meetings regarding franchises and any time someone says the word "prequel" I spray them in the face with water and shout "No! Stupid! Trash!"

#tvsky #filmsky 📺 🎥
October 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Only Democrats with detailed, actionable 4 year plans for repairing the country should be allowed on the next primary debate stage. Don't have a plan? Stay home. We need serious, smart, and ready to haul ass to get things done in 4 years candidates. Anything else isn't worth the time.
October 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Going between nunsploitation and witch films, I realized the main difference between a convent and a coven is that one only gets fun when sin happens and the other is fun sins all the time.
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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That latest episode of #SlowHorses holy crap! I did not expect that particular cascade of events. This show.

#tvsky #tv #television 📺 #appletvwithouttheplusbutformerlywiththeplusthestreamingappnotthe
October 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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It's wild & depressing that 'Born in Flames' remains relevant to US politics, speaking to present issues, while also showing how far we have yet to advance. While some of its politics are flawed & tactics dated, other aspects still present valuable ideas on organization & protest. 🎥 #filmsky #movies
Born in Flames - Wikipedia
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October 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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The natural progression of this is for ICE to wear their own inflatable costumes as they assault protestors wearing costumes, thus opening a tear in the fabric of reality, and we become a Tom & Jerry / Itchy & Scratchy cartoon.
October 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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If life were a novel and I a journalist or representative, I would find it curious that some republican governors bussed immigrants to democratic cities, and those govs are now ready to send their national guard to those dem cities to assist in detaining those same immigrants and cause unrest. 🤔🕵‍♀️🕵‍♂️
October 14, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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A short story of choice in four frames.

1) Oh, no. A temptation.
2) Do I dare?
3) Not today, Progress Satan.
4) Lookit my shadow!

#gamesky #babysteps #videogames 🕹
Nate stands at the edge of a broken overlook. The overlook has haphazardly aligned wooden boards for a floor and very skimpy thin metal pipes for guardrails along its edge at waist height. But the corner of the overlook directly ahead of Nate has missing guardrails, creating an open edge Nate could easily step over and fall. Nate was placed here after a cutscene in which another character contemplated falling because they would not be hurt in the video game world, but they would have to walk all the way back to this spot. It is implied Nate is also thinking about it, but the other character decides not to and walks away. Nate still wears his onesie and a knitted grey donkey hat that looks like a donkey head. We see the view of what's over the ledge of the lookout ahead of Nate. Nate and the view are seen from above. Down below is mostly a light blue haze that blocks a lot of details, but through the haze at the middle of the screen we can see two cliff edges disappearing into a hole further below. Two of the cliffedges nearly touch, looking like a thin strip of rock that formed a walkway but lost part of the middle of the bridge. Nate is seen from behind walking away from the edge on the wooden lookout. He walks toward a stable rock bed ahead. Thin metal railings are on either side as Naye walks in the middle with enough room to fall without falling over the edge. Nate still wears his grey knitted donkey hat. The back of his onesie is completely muddy with only the sides of his torso and legs appearing slightly clean. He is barefoot. Nate is seen from behind walking over a sand dune. Ahead of him is a dip in the dunes and another rising sand dune. Nate's shadow is cast on the side of the rising dune up ahead, it looks like a dark outline of his body in the same pose. The shadow is cast by the sun which lights Nate's back and lower body. He still wears the donkey hat and his back is still muddy. Farther in the distance we can see some palm trees around what looks to be water from a blue lake or oasis. Light blue fog starts to cover everything in the distance.
October 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Spent some time at this chill spot for a vibe with the soundtrack.

#gamesky #babysteps #videogames 🕹
The character Nate from the video game 'Baby Steps' is seen from behind, wearing a knitted donkey hat. In front of him is the sun toward the bottom left of the screen and Nate, the sun drifts toward the horizon behind some blue clouds and looks pink. To Nate's right, on top of a rocky cliff, is a street lamp with bugs flying around it. Small black bugs fly all around the screen. The sky is light blue and purple ahead of Nate. Nate stands in the same position but is seen from the front with rocky cliffs behind him and a broken cobble stone path leading to Nate's right (screen left). The front of Nate's onesie is soiled with brown mud showing where he has fallen and slid. Nate has a bit of a somber look on his face. The donkey hat is grey with floppy ears, red button eyes, and a tuff of black hair. The monkey's snout is white or light grey. Nate is a 30 year old white male with brown hair and beard, he wears wire frame glasses. Nate in the same position but seen from above. Nate's back faces the bottom of the screen. The donkey hat is closest to the camera as we seen Nate's body fill much of the lower screen. Ahead of Nate, filling the upper screen, a ledge a step away leads to a puffy slope that glistens slick in the setting sun. It looks slipper and steep, heading down.
October 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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I have not used Plex in a while. I started it up and saw this. I have no idea what this means. What has changed? Why is marketing writing the release notes? Just tell me what you changed like I'm a human, please. I just want to watch trashy movies.

#filmsky 🎥 #uidesign #plex
A photo of Plex's update screen on a television. The background is a gradient from the upper left corner in blue and the lower right in purple. In the center of the screen are two lines of white text, an image underneath, five blue dots beneath that image showing what number screen you are on, and a white "continue" button that says continue but you can't see the text in the image because of the photo quality and the white is too bright. The middle image is another photo of the new interface with a "Favorites" window selected. The favorites window shows a menu bar at the top where favorites is selected, the title of the selected movie, an image from the movie to the right, a description under the title of the left, followed by a line of movie and TV show box art at the bottom. The movie "Halloween" and the TV show "Mad Men" are among seven. "Out of the Furnace" is the movie selected. The image at the center of the UI has another small icon over it on its top left corner. Only the "Continue" button is selectable, you cannot click the center image to get more details on what has changed.
October 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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This is literally the plot of 'You've Got Mail' but with "mechanic shop" instead of "book shop."

I will not be watching it.

#filmsky #films #movies 🎥
Photo of the description for the movie 'Maintenance Required' which reads: "Charlie, the fiercely independent owner of an all-female mechanic shop, is forced to reevaluate her future when a flashy corporate competitor moves in across the street. Seeking comfort, she turns to an anonymous online confidant - unaware she's confiding in Beau, the very rival threatening her business. As sparks fly both online and off, the truth threatens to blow everything apart." It is tagged as a comedy and a romance. 103 minutes, from 2025, pg-13. The title of the movie is a red logo with a wrench shaped icon replacing the "i" in "maintenance." Behind the description is an out of focus image presumably from the movie which seems to be a neon sign with unreadable white lettering and green and orange colors surrounded by a white neon oval. The Amazon Prime logo is in the top left corner above the title logo. Green text says the movie is #3 in the US.
October 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Assaulting an old couple is awful and cowardly. There is no excuse for such behavior.
October 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Good news, for now.
portlandmercury.com Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · Oct 5
In her ruling, US District Court Judge Karin Immergut said the Trump administration violated the 10th Amendment, and failed to provide evidence that activation of Oregon's National Guard was necessary. The temporary restraining order will be in effect until October 18.
Federal Judge Grants Restraining Order Blocking Trump From Deploying Troops to Portland
A federal judge has granted the state of Oregon a temporary restraining order, legally prohibiting the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland through at least October 18...
www.portlandmercury.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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This is animal cruelty (toward me).

#babysteps #videogames #gamesky 🕹
A photo of Nate from the game 'Baby Steps' with a soccer / football at rest between his feet. Nate stares ahead toward a goal up a very slight incline in the short distance. We cannot see his face, but Nate stands with the slack disappointment that only a broken human can bear. Further behind the goal is Box Hell, where Nate's failure prevents him from ever going again, the shattered peices of his soul waft among the cardboard dust. It all reminded him of childhood and the disappointment that remained there as well. Maybe there is a therapist nearby.
October 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Scifi: Here we travel to parallel universes, where people are rocks, have hotdog fingers, or made of paint! Or have evil versions of themselves! Or it's hell!

Me: Can I go to one where people are held accountable for doing terrible things to others?

Scifi: Or everyone is a robot! Or bobble heads!
October 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Internet, please help me out. Can you find for me the source of the scene I'm thinking of: A man shouts, "I'm going to live forever!" Shortly before dying. I think it was Will Arnett, but my friends doubt that. Searching online was unhelpful. Any leads welcomed.

#tvsky #filmsky #tv #film 📺 🎥
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM