Cattleprod
@cattleprodtf.bsky.social
Transformers fan and comic nerd, he/him. I mostly lurk and reply.
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Cattleprod
@cattleprodtf.bsky.social
· Sep 22
About 15 to 20 years ago, I needed a username to post on some video game site that doesn't exist anymore. 1979's Alien was on TV, and it was at the scene where they talked about using a prod to corral the alien.
And that's why I have this weird username.
And that's why I have this weird username.
(Spoilers for recent Transformers comics)
Remember the discourse a month or two ago about how violent and grimdark the Skybound Transformers comics are, placing the blame on Robert Kirkman?
Remember the discourse a month or two ago about how violent and grimdark the Skybound Transformers comics are, placing the blame on Robert Kirkman?
December 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
(Spoilers for recent Transformers comics)
Remember the discourse a month or two ago about how violent and grimdark the Skybound Transformers comics are, placing the blame on Robert Kirkman?
Remember the discourse a month or two ago about how violent and grimdark the Skybound Transformers comics are, placing the blame on Robert Kirkman?
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Simply
Having
A wonderful
Having
A wonderful
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Simply
Having
A wonderful
Having
A wonderful
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Ho Ho Ho Old Friend
art by me.
art by me.
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Ho Ho Ho Old Friend
art by me.
art by me.
I periodically forget that there's a show called Taskmaster and think there's suddenly a big fandom for the Marvel villain.
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I periodically forget that there's a show called Taskmaster and think there's suddenly a big fandom for the Marvel villain.
So, Bill's speech about Superman in Kill Bill Volume 2. I remember people debating if it was a deliberately bad take because it's put forth by the villain, but is it any worse than any of Tarantino's actual takes?
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
So, Bill's speech about Superman in Kill Bill Volume 2. I remember people debating if it was a deliberately bad take because it's put forth by the villain, but is it any worse than any of Tarantino's actual takes?
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Run by Nick Lutsko is my favorite song of the year.
Not only is it just incredible, but the lyrics perfectly capture my feelings on the rat race of being an entertainer and the struggle to convince myself that I belong anywhere.
Thanks again, @nicklutsko.bsky.social.
youtu.be/bSd8qyWHy4o?...
Not only is it just incredible, but the lyrics perfectly capture my feelings on the rat race of being an entertainer and the struggle to convince myself that I belong anywhere.
Thanks again, @nicklutsko.bsky.social.
youtu.be/bSd8qyWHy4o?...
Nick Lutsko - Run (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Nick Lutsko
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Run by Nick Lutsko is my favorite song of the year.
Not only is it just incredible, but the lyrics perfectly capture my feelings on the rat race of being an entertainer and the struggle to convince myself that I belong anywhere.
Thanks again, @nicklutsko.bsky.social.
youtu.be/bSd8qyWHy4o?...
Not only is it just incredible, but the lyrics perfectly capture my feelings on the rat race of being an entertainer and the struggle to convince myself that I belong anywhere.
Thanks again, @nicklutsko.bsky.social.
youtu.be/bSd8qyWHy4o?...
Another annoying thing about that AI Coke ad is that M&Ms get a lot of good will out of just reusing their old Santa commercial year after year. If they didn't want to pay for a new one, nobody would've questioned them rolling out an old polar bear commercial.
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Another annoying thing about that AI Coke ad is that M&Ms get a lot of good will out of just reusing their old Santa commercial year after year. If they didn't want to pay for a new one, nobody would've questioned them rolling out an old polar bear commercial.
Target crashed and burned here years ago but I'm living vicariously watching every terrible story about them. Partnering with Starbucks while they're facing an unrelated boycott? ChatGPT? It's like they're looking for every rake they can step on.
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Target crashed and burned here years ago but I'm living vicariously watching every terrible story about them. Partnering with Starbucks while they're facing an unrelated boycott? ChatGPT? It's like they're looking for every rake they can step on.
I was today years old when I realized the Treehouse of Horror segment 'Clown Without Pity' was probably named after this movie.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Wi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Wi...
Town Without Pity - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I was today years old when I realized the Treehouse of Horror segment 'Clown Without Pity' was probably named after this movie.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Wi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Wi...
My favorite small detail in Last Crusade is that Walter Donovan comments that the Nazis want to write themselves into the grail legend. What does Hitler do when he's holding Henry's grail diary? He signs his autograph.
He writes his name in the grail legend.
He writes his name in the grail legend.
RIP Tom Stoppard.
Hardly his most important work, but I remember having my mind blown by learning he had rewritten most of the dialogue on INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, one of the funniest movies ever made
Hardly his most important work, but I remember having my mind blown by learning he had rewritten most of the dialogue on INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, one of the funniest movies ever made
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
My favorite small detail in Last Crusade is that Walter Donovan comments that the Nazis want to write themselves into the grail legend. What does Hitler do when he's holding Henry's grail diary? He signs his autograph.
He writes his name in the grail legend.
He writes his name in the grail legend.
I keep seeing 'no one remembers the names of the characters in Avatar', and I just think... that's pretty normal? Other than John Wick I can't remember the names of any characters in the John Wick movies aside from Lance Reddick's Charon. On a good day I can recall Ian McShane's character.
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I keep seeing 'no one remembers the names of the characters in Avatar', and I just think... that's pretty normal? Other than John Wick I can't remember the names of any characters in the John Wick movies aside from Lance Reddick's Charon. On a good day I can recall Ian McShane's character.
I used to use 'thinks Hunger Games is a Battle Royale ripoff' as shorthand for media illiteracy. Everything they have in common is generic as hell and has been done dozens of times before. I recall when people cried that anything with infiltrators or imposters was a Battlestar Galactica ripoff.
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I used to use 'thinks Hunger Games is a Battle Royale ripoff' as shorthand for media illiteracy. Everything they have in common is generic as hell and has been done dozens of times before. I recall when people cried that anything with infiltrators or imposters was a Battlestar Galactica ripoff.
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Secrets of the universe explained
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Secrets of the universe explained
Muppet Die Hard.
Cleverer people than me refined the concept, but my contribution was Link Hogthrob as the Huey Lewis looking guy at the front desk.
Cleverer people than me refined the concept, but my contribution was Link Hogthrob as the Huey Lewis looking guy at the front desk.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Muppet Die Hard.
Cleverer people than me refined the concept, but my contribution was Link Hogthrob as the Huey Lewis looking guy at the front desk.
Cleverer people than me refined the concept, but my contribution was Link Hogthrob as the Huey Lewis looking guy at the front desk.
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I don't exactly how old Nightwing/Dick Grayson is supposed to be in current continuity, but I've got to be 15-20 years older than him. In my lifetime, Batman media is the only place I've seen Dick used as a preferred name by someone under 40 and not a slang term.
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I don't exactly how old Nightwing/Dick Grayson is supposed to be in current continuity, but I've got to be 15-20 years older than him. In my lifetime, Batman media is the only place I've seen Dick used as a preferred name by someone under 40 and not a slang term.
Big respect to the Bride of Frankenstein, a story invented for the movie, opening with Mary Shelley declaring "And this it what happened next."
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Big respect to the Bride of Frankenstein, a story invented for the movie, opening with Mary Shelley declaring "And this it what happened next."
The current pope was 21 years old when Star Wars came out. It's very likely that the next pope or the one after will have Star Wars as a formative childhood memory.
We could finally see Pope Lando II.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_La...
We could finally see Pope Lando II.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_La...
Pope Lando - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The current pope was 21 years old when Star Wars came out. It's very likely that the next pope or the one after will have Star Wars as a formative childhood memory.
We could finally see Pope Lando II.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_La...
We could finally see Pope Lando II.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_La...
At the end of Prey, Disney+ tells me "You may also like The Predator".
Incorrect.
Incorrect.
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
At the end of Prey, Disney+ tells me "You may also like The Predator".
Incorrect.
Incorrect.
Nearly two months ago they released 10 episodes of Futurama in one go and I still haven't started on them. If they had been one a week I probably would've tried to keep up with them as they came out.
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Nearly two months ago they released 10 episodes of Futurama in one go and I still haven't started on them. If they had been one a week I probably would've tried to keep up with them as they came out.
Cuomo did not write that down.
It turns out that being endorsed by people your voters actively hate is a BAD thing. Someone should write that down.
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Cuomo did not write that down.
I imagined that Attack the Block took place in the same universe as Doctor Who, and the Doctor never showed up at that building because the characters dealt with the aliens on their own.
(This was my headcanon before Jodie Whittaker was the Doctor, I'm not sure how that factors in now.)
(This was my headcanon before Jodie Whittaker was the Doctor, I'm not sure how that factors in now.)
Name movie or tv universes that aren’t connected but should be.
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I imagined that Attack the Block took place in the same universe as Doctor Who, and the Doctor never showed up at that building because the characters dealt with the aliens on their own.
(This was my headcanon before Jodie Whittaker was the Doctor, I'm not sure how that factors in now.)
(This was my headcanon before Jodie Whittaker was the Doctor, I'm not sure how that factors in now.)
For most people, shooting their friend in the face would be remembered as the worst thing they ever did. And yet.
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
For most people, shooting their friend in the face would be remembered as the worst thing they ever did. And yet.
It's November 2nd and Die Hard is on, Halloween really was holding back Christmas.
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It's November 2nd and Die Hard is on, Halloween really was holding back Christmas.