Daniel Peretti
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I've been trying to figure out the right way to paraphrase that Santayana line about history in order to fit our current moment. Here's what I've got:
Fascists lie about history because they want to repeat it.
Fascists lie about history because they want to repeat it.
August 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've been trying to figure out the right way to paraphrase that Santayana line about history in order to fit our current moment. Here's what I've got:
Fascists lie about history because they want to repeat it.
Fascists lie about history because they want to repeat it.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Hello, I am a creative writing professor in a film. I am in my 50s, yet sleeping with my female students in their 20s. I still have a full head of hair, but haven't written anything of merit for 20 years. I've a drinking problem, am grouchy yet loveable, and will be redeemed by the end of the movie.
July 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Hello, I am a creative writing professor in a film. I am in my 50s, yet sleeping with my female students in their 20s. I still have a full head of hair, but haven't written anything of merit for 20 years. I've a drinking problem, am grouchy yet loveable, and will be redeemed by the end of the movie.
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Hello, I am a law professor in a film. My office is the size of a ballroom, panelled in ancient oak. My desk is teak, with a leather top, and has no technology of any sort on it. I wear only tweed, and have a secretary called Margaret.
Hello, I am a scientist in a film. All my liquids are brightly coloured. The time it takes to perform tests and experiments is dependent on plot requirements, not biology or chemistry. Also, my safety glasses are extremely stylish.
Hello. I am an expendable character in an action film. If you shoot me with a regular gun I will scream in pain before I die. But if you shoot me with a silencer I will - obligingly - just let out a quiet gasp.
July 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hello, I am a law professor in a film. My office is the size of a ballroom, panelled in ancient oak. My desk is teak, with a leather top, and has no technology of any sort on it. I wear only tweed, and have a secretary called Margaret.
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Hello, I am a scientist in a film. All my liquids are brightly coloured. The time it takes to perform tests and experiments is dependent on plot requirements, not biology or chemistry. Also, my safety glasses are extremely stylish.
Hello. I am an expendable character in an action film. If you shoot me with a regular gun I will scream in pain before I die. But if you shoot me with a silencer I will - obligingly - just let out a quiet gasp.
Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. I never use the toilet.
July 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hello, I am a scientist in a film. All my liquids are brightly coloured. The time it takes to perform tests and experiments is dependent on plot requirements, not biology or chemistry. Also, my safety glasses are extremely stylish.
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Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. I never use the toilet.
July 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. I never use the toilet.
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Me walking out of Superman for the second time: “Man, this is the movie of the summer!”
Me walking out of Fantastic Four: “Man, Superman is the movie of the summer!”
Me walking out of Fantastic Four: “Man, Superman is the movie of the summer!”
July 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Me walking out of Superman for the second time: “Man, this is the movie of the summer!”
Me walking out of Fantastic Four: “Man, Superman is the movie of the summer!”
Me walking out of Fantastic Four: “Man, Superman is the movie of the summer!”
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The new Superman film is a lot of fun: bright colours, sincerity, a fair bit of silliness. This is objectively the correct vibe for a Superman film, and I'm happy we finally found our way back there.
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The new Superman film is a lot of fun: bright colours, sincerity, a fair bit of silliness. This is objectively the correct vibe for a Superman film, and I'm happy we finally found our way back there.
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In “Superman Smashes the Klan,” Superman is obviously anti-Klan. But according to scholar Chris Gavaler, the popular mythologization of the Klan is tied to the birth of the superhero in ways that might affect our understanding of Superman’s approach to justice. 1/12 #Superman
July 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In “Superman Smashes the Klan,” Superman is obviously anti-Klan. But according to scholar Chris Gavaler, the popular mythologization of the Klan is tied to the birth of the superhero in ways that might affect our understanding of Superman’s approach to justice. 1/12 #Superman
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In advocating for inclusivity, “Superman Smashes the Klan” draws (quite literally) on an internationally-inflected style that brings manga, Max Fleischer, and DC house style together to create a charming mosaic that advances the themes and meanings of the story. #Superman 1/12
July 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
In advocating for inclusivity, “Superman Smashes the Klan” draws (quite literally) on an internationally-inflected style that brings manga, Max Fleischer, and DC house style together to create a charming mosaic that advances the themes and meanings of the story. #Superman 1/12
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i saw superman yesterday, it is as good as everyone says it is, truly just peak superhero content
movie thar makes me wanna be a better person fr
movie thar makes me wanna be a better person fr
July 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
i saw superman yesterday, it is as good as everyone says it is, truly just peak superhero content
movie thar makes me wanna be a better person fr
movie thar makes me wanna be a better person fr
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This is such a little thing, but I was so glad that Superman didn't have Budweiser product placement. Both Man of Steel and Superman Returns show Clark drinking a Budweiser and I just think he'd have better taste than that.
July 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is such a little thing, but I was so glad that Superman didn't have Budweiser product placement. Both Man of Steel and Superman Returns show Clark drinking a Budweiser and I just think he'd have better taste than that.
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I hate calling movies "important," but SINNERS and SUPERMAN are vital works of mainstream art at a moment when we're about to lose our country (if we haven't already). Coogler and Gunn are appealing to our better angels (in very different ways), and targeting obvious villains. Now or never, folks.
Just saw Superman. Was gonna do a whole bit about it walking in. That’d be a disservice. It’s an important piece of work and I’m not joking. I don’t even like superhero movies. Sprint to see it. Bring your kids and explain it to them. James Gunn had a time machine when he made it.
July 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I hate calling movies "important," but SINNERS and SUPERMAN are vital works of mainstream art at a moment when we're about to lose our country (if we haven't already). Coogler and Gunn are appealing to our better angels (in very different ways), and targeting obvious villains. Now or never, folks.
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Definitely the best live action DC movie in a long time, and easily one of the best Superman movies since the 1978 one.
Granted, neither of those are high bars, but this movie was way better than I thought it was going to be.
Granted, neither of those are high bars, but this movie was way better than I thought it was going to be.
July 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Definitely the best live action DC movie in a long time, and easily one of the best Superman movies since the 1978 one.
Granted, neither of those are high bars, but this movie was way better than I thought it was going to be.
Granted, neither of those are high bars, but this movie was way better than I thought it was going to be.
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Superman is the story of a man who gets cancelled because his parents are creepy patriarchal racist eugenicists and decides to make up for it by trying to be a better person rather than doubling down on it and bemoaning the excesses of cancel culture--no wonder the online right hates it so much.
July 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Superman is the story of a man who gets cancelled because his parents are creepy patriarchal racist eugenicists and decides to make up for it by trying to be a better person rather than doubling down on it and bemoaning the excesses of cancel culture--no wonder the online right hates it so much.
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A better Superman than Dean Cain
July 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A better Superman than Dean Cain
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It’s a shame Dean Cain turned into another Trump as* licker, I genuinely loved how he played Clark/Superman on “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”.
You’d think a guy who played the character for several seasons of a TV show would have a better understanding of the character.
You’d think a guy who played the character for several seasons of a TV show would have a better understanding of the character.
July 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
It’s a shame Dean Cain turned into another Trump as* licker, I genuinely loved how he played Clark/Superman on “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”.
You’d think a guy who played the character for several seasons of a TV show would have a better understanding of the character.
You’d think a guy who played the character for several seasons of a TV show would have a better understanding of the character.
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A better Superman than Dean Cain.
July 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A better Superman than Dean Cain.
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A Better Superman than Dean Cain
July 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A Better Superman than Dean Cain
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A better Superman than Dean Cain
July 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A better Superman than Dean Cain
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Even though it openly borrows some of the iconography and the theme I enjoyed that Superman was the first Superman movie since Superman 1978 that didn't feel like it was just a sequel or a remake of it.
July 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Even though it openly borrows some of the iconography and the theme I enjoyed that Superman was the first Superman movie since Superman 1978 that didn't feel like it was just a sequel or a remake of it.
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Saw it a few hours ago, it’s a delightful movie. Better than any Superman product I’ve watched in a while.
July 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Saw it a few hours ago, it’s a delightful movie. Better than any Superman product I’ve watched in a while.
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We saw Superman yesterday. Really enjoyable movie.
While it does a few things better, doesn’t really surpass the original Donner film. Maybe close to on the same level.
While it does a few things better, doesn’t really surpass the original Donner film. Maybe close to on the same level.
July 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We saw Superman yesterday. Really enjoyable movie.
While it does a few things better, doesn’t really surpass the original Donner film. Maybe close to on the same level.
While it does a few things better, doesn’t really surpass the original Donner film. Maybe close to on the same level.