Darren Mooney
@darrenmooney.bsky.social
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Is Hollywood Ready for a Generation of YouTube Filmmakers? | The Backdrop
YouTube video by Second Wind
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For @SecondWindGroup.com, I discussed the arrival of YouTubers like the Philippous, Chris Stuckmann and Kogonada into mainstream filmmaking.
What happens when directors arrive from new media? What does Hollywood want from them? What do they want from it?
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What happens when directors arrive from new media? What does Hollywood want from them? What do they want from it?
WATCH: youtu.be/h5sFC7m4KoE?...
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At long last, a piece I've been working on since summer is ready. A dive into the work and influence of Glen Morgan and James Wong, from The X-Files, to Space:Above and Beyond, and Millennium. Come with me as I argue that modern television owes them an unpayable debt. ericsipple.com/the-writers-...
The Writers Who Invented Modern Television
Let’s pick a fight right out of the gate: Modern television began on September 24, 1995. Like all beginnings, it went unnoticed, misattributed to other moments, and lost under the shadows of more visi...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
At long last, a piece I've been working on since summer is ready. A dive into the work and influence of Glen Morgan and James Wong, from The X-Files, to Space:Above and Beyond, and Millennium. Come with me as I argue that modern television owes them an unpayable debt. ericsipple.com/the-writers-...
Also, there'll be a live stream today to mark two years of @secondwindgroup.com!
Feel free to drop in, if you want.
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Feel free to drop in, if you want.
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Celebrating Second Wind's 2nd Anniversary!
YouTube video by Second Wind
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November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Also, there'll be a live stream today to mark two years of @secondwindgroup.com!
Feel free to drop in, if you want.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu2e...
Feel free to drop in, if you want.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu2e...
Really sweet video from @nickjcal.bsky.social on two years of @secondwindgroup.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpIB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpIB...
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Really sweet video from @nickjcal.bsky.social on two years of @secondwindgroup.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpIB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpIB...
It is depressing but predictable that the mere prospect of a consensual blowjob between consenting adult men is likely to be more damaging to a world leader than the far more likely possibility that he assaulted children.
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It is depressing but predictable that the mere prospect of a consensual blowjob between consenting adult men is likely to be more damaging to a world leader than the far more likely possibility that he assaulted children.
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Unrelate but I've been listening to your DS9 podcast w/ Jack and just loving it. You mention "Our Man, Bashir" a few times. I picked this piece I just love at Comicon back in Sept. Figure you'd appreciate it.
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Unrelate but I've been listening to your DS9 podcast w/ Jack and just loving it. You mention "Our Man, Bashir" a few times. I picked this piece I just love at Comicon back in Sept. Figure you'd appreciate it.
“Don’t hurry the journey at all.
Better it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
“Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.”
Better it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
“Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“Don’t hurry the journey at all.
Better it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
“Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.”
Better it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
“Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.”
Oof. Really loved “Poker Face.”
However, from the framing, this really just feels like a polite way of swapping out the star.
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However, from the framing, this really just feels like a polite way of swapping out the star.
deadline.com/2025/11/peac...
Mike Fleming Jr: Peacock Folds On ‘Poker Face’ Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants 2-Season Deal With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth Charlie Cale
Peacock Folds 'Poker Face' Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants A New Deal, Two Seasons With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth
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November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Oof. Really loved “Poker Face.”
However, from the framing, this really just feels like a polite way of swapping out the star.
deadline.com/2025/11/peac...
However, from the framing, this really just feels like a polite way of swapping out the star.
deadline.com/2025/11/peac...
Still marvelling at how Steven Moffat’s “Doctor Who” pulled the single best twist on the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in “A Christmas Carol.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Still marvelling at how Steven Moffat’s “Doctor Who” pulled the single best twist on the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in “A Christmas Carol.”
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This was tremendous fun to do. Glad to be a part of it.
Would you like to play a game?
CHESS MOVIES
Drafted by @williambibbiani.bsky.social & @darrenmooney.bsky.social
Listen everywhere!
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CHESS MOVIES
Drafted by @williambibbiani.bsky.social & @darrenmooney.bsky.social
Listen everywhere!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This was tremendous fun to do. Glad to be a part of it.
Really good read from Adam Serwer on the weird reactionary obsession with "Dungeons and Dragons."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
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November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Really good read from Adam Serwer on the weird reactionary obsession with "Dungeons and Dragons."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
It is so funny that the "Predator" cast contains two governors, and the "Predators" cast contains two two-time Oscar winners.
It really is such a wonderfully strange franchise.
It really is such a wonderfully strange franchise.
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It is so funny that the "Predator" cast contains two governors, and the "Predators" cast contains two two-time Oscar winners.
It really is such a wonderfully strange franchise.
It really is such a wonderfully strange franchise.
I thought #Christy was… fine.
A solid execution of a compelling story, albeit one that reaches the limits of Sydney Sweeney as both performer and celebrity. This is no “I, Tonya” and she is no Margot Robbie.
Only really roars to life when Chad Coleman is on screen as Don King.
A solid execution of a compelling story, albeit one that reaches the limits of Sydney Sweeney as both performer and celebrity. This is no “I, Tonya” and she is no Margot Robbie.
Only really roars to life when Chad Coleman is on screen as Don King.
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I thought #Christy was… fine.
A solid execution of a compelling story, albeit one that reaches the limits of Sydney Sweeney as both performer and celebrity. This is no “I, Tonya” and she is no Margot Robbie.
Only really roars to life when Chad Coleman is on screen as Don King.
A solid execution of a compelling story, albeit one that reaches the limits of Sydney Sweeney as both performer and celebrity. This is no “I, Tonya” and she is no Margot Robbie.
Only really roars to life when Chad Coleman is on screen as Don King.
I can now say that “The Running Man”
does not stick the landing, literally or figuratively.
A solid if unexceptional first two acts build to a surprisingly compelling third act that collapses at the last minute into the most catastrophic blockbuster ending of the decade.
does not stick the landing, literally or figuratively.
A solid if unexceptional first two acts build to a surprisingly compelling third act that collapses at the last minute into the most catastrophic blockbuster ending of the decade.
a man in a white jacket is holding a glowing object
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November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I can now say that “The Running Man”
does not stick the landing, literally or figuratively.
A solid if unexceptional first two acts build to a surprisingly compelling third act that collapses at the last minute into the most catastrophic blockbuster ending of the decade.
does not stick the landing, literally or figuratively.
A solid if unexceptional first two acts build to a surprisingly compelling third act that collapses at the last minute into the most catastrophic blockbuster ending of the decade.
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The 250 came back off hiatus for a special episode, continuing our All-ien season as @tadajess.bsky.social & Emma Kiely join us to discuss Dan Trachtenberg’s “Predator: Badlands.”
Vietnam, colonialism, masculinity, “Ma” and plenty of shirtless Adrien Brody talk.
www.soundcloud.com/the250/437-p...
Vietnam, colonialism, masculinity, “Ma” and plenty of shirtless Adrien Brody talk.
www.soundcloud.com/the250/437-p...
437. Predator: Badlands - All-ien 2025 (#---)
Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Joey Keogh, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by
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November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The 250 came back off hiatus for a special episode, continuing our All-ien season as @tadajess.bsky.social & Emma Kiely join us to discuss Dan Trachtenberg’s “Predator: Badlands.”
Vietnam, colonialism, masculinity, “Ma” and plenty of shirtless Adrien Brody talk.
www.soundcloud.com/the250/437-p...
Vietnam, colonialism, masculinity, “Ma” and plenty of shirtless Adrien Brody talk.
www.soundcloud.com/the250/437-p...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#NowWatching A Surprise Film at ODEON
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November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#NowWatching A Surprise Film at ODEON
Thinking about “Predator: Badlands” and - just as with “Prey” - how cool it is the movie has its own distinct soundscape.
As easy as it would have been to just recycle Alan Silvestri’s iconic score for the original, Sarah Schachner and Benjamin Wallfisch give it its own sound.
As easy as it would have been to just recycle Alan Silvestri’s iconic score for the original, Sarah Schachner and Benjamin Wallfisch give it its own sound.
a poster for predator badlands shows a warrior
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November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Thinking about “Predator: Badlands” and - just as with “Prey” - how cool it is the movie has its own distinct soundscape.
As easy as it would have been to just recycle Alan Silvestri’s iconic score for the original, Sarah Schachner and Benjamin Wallfisch give it its own sound.
As easy as it would have been to just recycle Alan Silvestri’s iconic score for the original, Sarah Schachner and Benjamin Wallfisch give it its own sound.
Really enjoyed my rewatch of #PredatorBadlands.
Really impressed at how well it understands what the essence of a “Predator” movie is, and what it means to put a Predator at the heart of that, letting them be the hero of their own little Vietnam movie.
A really great time.
Really impressed at how well it understands what the essence of a “Predator” movie is, and what it means to put a Predator at the heart of that, letting them be the hero of their own little Vietnam movie.
A really great time.
a poster for predator badlands shows a woman with white eyes and scratches on her face
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November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Really enjoyed my rewatch of #PredatorBadlands.
Really impressed at how well it understands what the essence of a “Predator” movie is, and what it means to put a Predator at the heart of that, letting them be the hero of their own little Vietnam movie.
A really great time.
Really impressed at how well it understands what the essence of a “Predator” movie is, and what it means to put a Predator at the heart of that, letting them be the hero of their own little Vietnam movie.
A really great time.
This is not the point, but why is it “H2SH” and not “HU2H?
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is not the point, but why is it “H2SH” and not “HU2H?
This is not the point, but why is it “H2SH” and not “HU2H?
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is not the point, but why is it “H2SH” and not “HU2H?
I find myself growing less patient with the strange insular takes from hardcore fandoms about whether given media “is or is not [franchise] movie.”
Because it is always the dumbest shallowest nonsense, and you end up having to play, “Is this take bad faith or just illiterate?”
Because it is always the dumbest shallowest nonsense, and you end up having to play, “Is this take bad faith or just illiterate?”
a poster for predator badlands shows a warrior
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November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I find myself growing less patient with the strange insular takes from hardcore fandoms about whether given media “is or is not [franchise] movie.”
Because it is always the dumbest shallowest nonsense, and you end up having to play, “Is this take bad faith or just illiterate?”
Because it is always the dumbest shallowest nonsense, and you end up having to play, “Is this take bad faith or just illiterate?”