Andrew Johnson
@ajohnsonterp.bsky.social
Lapsed journalist. Now: brand, UX, marketing, creative content/digital strategy. For my thoughts on film, head over to film101.club. For work stuff, andrewelliottjohnson.com. Everything else - tennis, basketball, football, soccer - will be right here.
I just finished Bring Up the Bodies, and I gotta be honest. I didn't think a book about Henry the MF VIII would be so relevant to our world. I thought we had moved beyond cowardly lecherous monarchs. I was so f**king wrong obviously. Hilary Mantel is an absolute giant.
April 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I just finished Bring Up the Bodies, and I gotta be honest. I didn't think a book about Henry the MF VIII would be so relevant to our world. I thought we had moved beyond cowardly lecherous monarchs. I was so f**king wrong obviously. Hilary Mantel is an absolute giant.
On Raging Bull and living in a country where the government has been infiltrated by a bunch of Jake LaMottas. Even more perfect than I thought, on a day where it was revealed people at DoD accidentally texted war plans to a journalist.
The prisoner
#35 in the series is ‘Raging Bull', a film that asks what the rest of us are supposed to do with the likes of Jake LaMotta.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
On Raging Bull and living in a country where the government has been infiltrated by a bunch of Jake LaMottas. Even more perfect than I thought, on a day where it was revealed people at DoD accidentally texted war plans to a journalist.
These days, any time I log in to a bank/credit card account and see the message that its backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government, I feel like I'm being threatened.
March 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
These days, any time I log in to a bank/credit card account and see the message that its backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government, I feel like I'm being threatened.
People should buy Michael's book. (And sure, read the essay too, to indulge in some self-promotion)
Wow, thank you for this terrific essay, Andrew! Love the analysis of both the book and the “Anora” ascendance.
Oscar Wars, a great book by @michaelschulman.bsky.social changed my whole perspective on the Oscars themselves. Some thoughts on the institution and what this year's award winners might mean.
March 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
People should buy Michael's book. (And sure, read the essay too, to indulge in some self-promotion)
Oscar Wars, a great book by @michaelschulman.bsky.social changed my whole perspective on the Oscars themselves. Some thoughts on the institution and what this year's award winners might mean.
Oscar history, American history
A reconsideration of the importance of the Academy Awards and what lessons we should take from this annual tradition.
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March 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Oscar Wars, a great book by @michaelschulman.bsky.social changed my whole perspective on the Oscars themselves. Some thoughts on the institution and what this year's award winners might mean.
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Oscar winner Kieran Culkin
March 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Oscar winner Kieran Culkin
Your obligatory promoted film reading ahead of this evening's Oscars ceremony. I'm actually looking forward to it!
Pre-reads for the 97th Academy Awards
The Oscars are this Sunday night (tonight, as I am writing this), which, for a cinephile, means all of a sudden, everyone else wants to talk about the movies and compare their relative merits (yay!).
www.film101.club
March 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Your obligatory promoted film reading ahead of this evening's Oscars ceremony. I'm actually looking forward to it!
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“Most of our fears or anxieties about technology are best understood as fears or anxiety about how capitalism will use technology against us.” — Ted Chiang
February 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Most of our fears or anxieties about technology are best understood as fears or anxiety about how capitalism will use technology against us.” — Ted Chiang
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I am always saying this
February 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I am always saying this
At long last, the best of 2024, with my best good friend @kingmyno.bsky.social
Best of 2024 — In Reel Deep
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February 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
At long last, the best of 2024, with my best good friend @kingmyno.bsky.social
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i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence
February 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence
I've been reading Michael Schulman's Oscar Wars in the runup to this year's show. I expected it to be light and escapist, but, so far at least, I've found it to be quite inspiring, particularly as a window in to what a successful labor movement looks like.
February 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I've been reading Michael Schulman's Oscar Wars in the runup to this year's show. I expected it to be light and escapist, but, so far at least, I've found it to be quite inspiring, particularly as a window in to what a successful labor movement looks like.
I watched the Rambo movies for the first time in my life and came away ... chilled. The problem we have as a country - specifically with the right wing - can be boiled down to a bunch of man-children fancying themselves as John Rambos (aka perpetual victims who lash out with righteous destruction)
I Alone Can Fix It: The Franchise
How John Rambo encapsulates the bleak, dimwitted political movement now in power.
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January 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I watched the Rambo movies for the first time in my life and came away ... chilled. The problem we have as a country - specifically with the right wing - can be boiled down to a bunch of man-children fancying themselves as John Rambos (aka perpetual victims who lash out with righteous destruction)
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Sorry you can't afford to own a home, we had to beat China in the race to develop a better plagiarism app
January 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Sorry you can't afford to own a home, we had to beat China in the race to develop a better plagiarism app
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Roommate put on Emilia Perez so we could see what’s going on there and for all the talk of it being offensive or reductive what they don’t tell you is that this movie is also boring and has terrible songs
January 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Roommate put on Emilia Perez so we could see what’s going on there and for all the talk of it being offensive or reductive what they don’t tell you is that this movie is also boring and has terrible songs
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kids used to dream of going to space but now they dream of maximizing shareholder value by utilizing artificial intelligence in marketing
January 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
kids used to dream of going to space but now they dream of maximizing shareholder value by utilizing artificial intelligence in marketing
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I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
January 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
This is where we are. Shortcuts. Hubris. Outrageous sums of money to "conquer" something. This is Zuck/Musk's version of masculinity. I think this is the right take: nature will probably have a response.
The Extreme Everest Shortcuts Edition
On hubris and high-altitude innovation.
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January 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is where we are. Shortcuts. Hubris. Outrageous sums of money to "conquer" something. This is Zuck/Musk's version of masculinity. I think this is the right take: nature will probably have a response.
Still thinking about Roger Thornhill, and Cary Grant's performance as Rodge. Film 101 marches on with North by Northwest.
An unserious man
#34 in our series is ‘North by Northwest’ - a film that is both peak Alfred Hitchcock and a self-parody of one of the greatest directors of all time thanks to a performance from Cary Grant that works ...
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January 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Still thinking about Roger Thornhill, and Cary Grant's performance as Rodge. Film 101 marches on with North by Northwest.
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Making animated movies into live action: tiresome, unnecessary, lame
Re-making every classic film into a muppet movie with a single human actor: sophisticated, erudite, revolutionary
Re-making every classic film into a muppet movie with a single human actor: sophisticated, erudite, revolutionary
January 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Making animated movies into live action: tiresome, unnecessary, lame
Re-making every classic film into a muppet movie with a single human actor: sophisticated, erudite, revolutionary
Re-making every classic film into a muppet movie with a single human actor: sophisticated, erudite, revolutionary
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And then there is this. AI should do specific jobs not give us random incorrect information
*takes a deep hit of the dankest AI booster nootropics* actually this is an example of the AI developing dad humor, meaning that AGI is just around the corner
We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨
January 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
And then there is this. AI should do specific jobs not give us random incorrect information
Here's an article about AI that won't make you roll your eyes. As with anything in this genre, it's doing a job no human being should have to do, not making a Netflix movie
Yes, AI really can be used to tackle potholes
It's not bullshit, it's already happening.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Here's an article about AI that won't make you roll your eyes. As with anything in this genre, it's doing a job no human being should have to do, not making a Netflix movie