Dalton Valette
@daltonvalette.bsky.social
Rider of Rohan | 007 enthusiast | Political junkie | Reader | Writer | He/him | 🏳️🌈
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age on Apple TV is a marvel. Truly outstanding across the board.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age on Apple TV is a marvel. Truly outstanding across the board.
As I think more about the design of the creature in Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, I keep thinking about this quote from Mary Shelley; Victor’s initial reaction to the living creation.
“His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! —Great God!”
“His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! —Great God!”
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As I think more about the design of the creature in Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, I keep thinking about this quote from Mary Shelley; Victor’s initial reaction to the living creation.
“His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! —Great God!”
“His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! —Great God!”
As a lover of literature, I adored Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know.
As someone who could perchance call themselves a historian (on a good day), I am definitely going to have an existential crisis thanks to this.
As someone who could perchance call themselves a historian (on a good day), I am definitely going to have an existential crisis thanks to this.
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
As a lover of literature, I adored Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know.
As someone who could perchance call themselves a historian (on a good day), I am definitely going to have an existential crisis thanks to this.
As someone who could perchance call themselves a historian (on a good day), I am definitely going to have an existential crisis thanks to this.
If you needed any other motivator to see the new film “One Battle After Another.” This film is a masterstroke in tension, humor, and ridiculing hateful ideology.
September 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you needed any other motivator to see the new film “One Battle After Another.” This film is a masterstroke in tension, humor, and ridiculing hateful ideology.
And finally, the nature of Portugal. There were peacocks at São Jorge Castle next to olive trees hundreds of years old whose bark had become almost stone like. Fiddler crabs, seaweed, and clams on the beaches of Sintra and hibiscus at botanical gardens.
September 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
And finally, the nature of Portugal. There were peacocks at São Jorge Castle next to olive trees hundreds of years old whose bark had become almost stone like. Fiddler crabs, seaweed, and clams on the beaches of Sintra and hibiscus at botanical gardens.
The details of Portugal. From tiles scattered around the cobblestone streets of Lisbon to the glint of freshly poured Port to a pair of smiles from newlyweds celebrating life, Portugal offered everything one could hope for in a vibrant, destination expedition.
September 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The details of Portugal. From tiles scattered around the cobblestone streets of Lisbon to the glint of freshly poured Port to a pair of smiles from newlyweds celebrating life, Portugal offered everything one could hope for in a vibrant, destination expedition.
The grandeur of Portugal. From the vast expanse of the North Atlantic to the Medieval cityscapes of Porto and the terraced vineyards of the Douro Valley. For a country the size of Maine, everything in and surrounding Portugal can seem unimaginably grand.
September 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The grandeur of Portugal. From the vast expanse of the North Atlantic to the Medieval cityscapes of Porto and the terraced vineyards of the Douro Valley. For a country the size of Maine, everything in and surrounding Portugal can seem unimaginably grand.
I approve of my hotel room number.
September 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I approve of my hotel room number.
To me, he was just “Uncle Bob.” Some of my earliest childhood memories are all thanks to Robert Redford. Thanksgiving at the A-frame or holed away in the Mouse House, Pete’s Dragon on VHS, everything that you could hope for at Sundance.
September 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
To me, he was just “Uncle Bob.” Some of my earliest childhood memories are all thanks to Robert Redford. Thanksgiving at the A-frame or holed away in the Mouse House, Pete’s Dragon on VHS, everything that you could hope for at Sundance.
This really has been an extraordinarily strong year for books and it’s all thanks to writers like Jinwoo Chong, Stephen Graham Jones, Rob Hart, and Taylor Tracy!
September 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This really has been an extraordinarily strong year for books and it’s all thanks to writers like Jinwoo Chong, Stephen Graham Jones, Rob Hart, and Taylor Tracy!
Sad to see this becoming more and more common. This popped up when I was looking at getting some books from the UK.
If able, please support small businesses and keep reading! 📚
If able, please support small businesses and keep reading! 📚
September 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Sad to see this becoming more and more common. This popped up when I was looking at getting some books from the UK.
If able, please support small businesses and keep reading! 📚
If able, please support small businesses and keep reading! 📚
A much delayed photo dump from my California trip earlier this month—Los Angeles and San Francisco.
August 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A much delayed photo dump from my California trip earlier this month—Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Seeing Black Swan in IMAX warped my brain chemistry not going to lie.
August 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Seeing Black Swan in IMAX warped my brain chemistry not going to lie.
I’m thrilled that my presidential history Instagram account The President Guy has reached 10,000 followers!
Thank you all so much for following, liking, commenting, and sharing about American history!
Thank you all so much for following, liking, commenting, and sharing about American history!
July 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I’m thrilled that my presidential history Instagram account The President Guy has reached 10,000 followers!
Thank you all so much for following, liking, commenting, and sharing about American history!
Thank you all so much for following, liking, commenting, and sharing about American history!
89/100. Not bad!
June 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
89/100. Not bad!
My NYT film list, not in order and put about 60 seconds of thought into this, but feeling pretty happy with this.
June 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My NYT film list, not in order and put about 60 seconds of thought into this, but feeling pretty happy with this.