Diamanda Hagan
@diamandahagan.bsky.social
Screams from the netherworld of fandom. I tweet about random shit and stuff.
I'm sorry to tell you that it has a sequel.
And tht there's at least one other killer tree movie (not counting Day of the Triffids, because its all highbrow and stuff.)
And tht there's at least one other killer tree movie (not counting Day of the Triffids, because its all highbrow and stuff.)
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I'm sorry to tell you that it has a sequel.
And tht there's at least one other killer tree movie (not counting Day of the Triffids, because its all highbrow and stuff.)
And tht there's at least one other killer tree movie (not counting Day of the Triffids, because its all highbrow and stuff.)
Interviewer: So this 2025 Twink, somehow got widowed in the 60s, went to space in the 70s, shredded a drug lord in the 80s and got called a dinosaur in 1995?
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Interviewer: So this 2025 Twink, somehow got widowed in the 60s, went to space in the 70s, shredded a drug lord in the 80s and got called a dinosaur in 1995?
Frankenstein the True Story makes him the guy who's obsessed with making a dude out of body parts and Victor's his meek assistant. David McCallum plays him.
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Frankenstein the True Story makes him the guy who's obsessed with making a dude out of body parts and Victor's his meek assistant. David McCallum plays him.
Well said 50s hearthtrob-turned-boat-hobo, drug aficionado, occasional communist, single father, WW2 vet and 20th century acting royalty Sterling Hayden.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Well said 50s hearthtrob-turned-boat-hobo, drug aficionado, occasional communist, single father, WW2 vet and 20th century acting royalty Sterling Hayden.
I'm watching a 1990s, micro-budget X-files-y thing set in a Lovecraft-knock off setting starring some Classic Who actors.
It's a heady mix.
It's a heady mix.
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I'm watching a 1990s, micro-budget X-files-y thing set in a Lovecraft-knock off setting starring some Classic Who actors.
It's a heady mix.
It's a heady mix.
Editing a History Short for mid December. Trying to rebuild my video buffer :)
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Editing a History Short for mid December. Trying to rebuild my video buffer :)
Have a pic of Titanic when it stopped in at Queenstown, Ireland. A stoker was hanging out on top of the dummy funnel and apparently being mistaken for an omen of disaster by some passengers who then left the ship.
Amazing example of being right for the wrong reason.
Amazing example of being right for the wrong reason.
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Have a pic of Titanic when it stopped in at Queenstown, Ireland. A stoker was hanging out on top of the dummy funnel and apparently being mistaken for an omen of disaster by some passengers who then left the ship.
Amazing example of being right for the wrong reason.
Amazing example of being right for the wrong reason.
Poet Lionel Johnson was born in the 1860s, he wrote a poem about religion and being gay in Victorian Britain, it was called The Dark Angel.
Almost a century later Games Workshop turned him into Primarch Lion'el Johnson of the Dark Angels (because GW is deeply silly.)
Almost a century later Games Workshop turned him into Primarch Lion'el Johnson of the Dark Angels (because GW is deeply silly.)
October 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Poet Lionel Johnson was born in the 1860s, he wrote a poem about religion and being gay in Victorian Britain, it was called The Dark Angel.
Almost a century later Games Workshop turned him into Primarch Lion'el Johnson of the Dark Angels (because GW is deeply silly.)
Almost a century later Games Workshop turned him into Primarch Lion'el Johnson of the Dark Angels (because GW is deeply silly.)
People aren't ready to understand that silent movie Wings from 1927 has some of the best war movie footage ever made.
And why? Because they didn't use special effects. They had a military testing ground, a lot of tech and veterans from WW1 and no concept of health and safety.
And why? Because they didn't use special effects. They had a military testing ground, a lot of tech and veterans from WW1 and no concept of health and safety.
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
People aren't ready to understand that silent movie Wings from 1927 has some of the best war movie footage ever made.
And why? Because they didn't use special effects. They had a military testing ground, a lot of tech and veterans from WW1 and no concept of health and safety.
And why? Because they didn't use special effects. They had a military testing ground, a lot of tech and veterans from WW1 and no concept of health and safety.
Alien Earth was great but setting it before Alien, the wild-ass names and Timothy Olyphant playing Andrew Divoff in Faust Love of the Damned were kinda baffling choices.
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Alien Earth was great but setting it before Alien, the wild-ass names and Timothy Olyphant playing Andrew Divoff in Faust Love of the Damned were kinda baffling choices.
What makes this even better is that England's 'lions' aren't lions, they're leopards. In heraldry a big cat is a lion when its on 2 legs (rampant) and a leopard when it's on 4 (passant.).
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What makes this even better is that England's 'lions' aren't lions, they're leopards. In heraldry a big cat is a lion when its on 2 legs (rampant) and a leopard when it's on 4 (passant.).
This all makes total sense but King William of Scotland was nicknamed The Lion and his personal standard, a lion became another of Scotland's symbols.
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This all makes total sense but King William of Scotland was nicknamed The Lion and his personal standard, a lion became another of Scotland's symbols.
Part of the myth of Unicorns is that they HATE lions, and one of the claimed reasons that King William of Scotland chose the Unicorn as a national symbol of Scotland is because lions were a national symbol of England.
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part of the myth of Unicorns is that they HATE lions, and one of the claimed reasons that King William of Scotland chose the Unicorn as a national symbol of Scotland is because lions were a national symbol of England.
Sent Patrons a new video, Part 2 of the tale of the Jeannette.
October 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sent Patrons a new video, Part 2 of the tale of the Jeannette.
So, this design?
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
So, this design?
There's also this one that apparently has much less providence than the other two.
October 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
There's also this one that apparently has much less providence than the other two.
Here's the other, still less like a totenkopf.
October 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Here's the other, still less like a totenkopf.
Pretty sure they're full of shit, whoever they are. This is one of the 2 def OG pirate Jolly Rogers still in existence, out of the 2 it's the one that looks most like a totenkopf and as you can see, it doesn't look like a totenkopf.
October 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Pretty sure they're full of shit, whoever they are. This is one of the 2 def OG pirate Jolly Rogers still in existence, out of the 2 it's the one that looks most like a totenkopf and as you can see, it doesn't look like a totenkopf.
Most unexpected rection to a loved one's death was Adrian Edmonson shifting to playing restrained, effete-upperclass space bastards after Rik Mayall's passing.
October 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Most unexpected rection to a loved one's death was Adrian Edmonson shifting to playing restrained, effete-upperclass space bastards after Rik Mayall's passing.
In Thailand I saw a large piece of art depicting the Ramayana. There was a large fearsome machine about to crush some guys and I said to Omega..
"Don't you know what that is? It's The Juggernaut, bitch!"
Because that's where the word comes from.
"Don't you know what that is? It's The Juggernaut, bitch!"
Because that's where the word comes from.
October 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
In Thailand I saw a large piece of art depicting the Ramayana. There was a large fearsome machine about to crush some guys and I said to Omega..
"Don't you know what that is? It's The Juggernaut, bitch!"
Because that's where the word comes from.
"Don't you know what that is? It's The Juggernaut, bitch!"
Because that's where the word comes from.
Not seen Tron Ares because even my love of Evan Peters has its limits but was thinking about why they've not had much (or any) Tron in Tron since the OG and concluded it was because they felt de-aging Boxleitner wasn't worth it.
Then I remembered the old programmes in Tron 1 and am confused again.
Then I remembered the old programmes in Tron 1 and am confused again.
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Not seen Tron Ares because even my love of Evan Peters has its limits but was thinking about why they've not had much (or any) Tron in Tron since the OG and concluded it was because they felt de-aging Boxleitner wasn't worth it.
Then I remembered the old programmes in Tron 1 and am confused again.
Then I remembered the old programmes in Tron 1 and am confused again.
best ive found.
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
best ive found.
Sent Patrons a new review! A return to the work of George Clarke, who made Battle of the Bone and The Knackery. Now up for Patrons at Patreon.com/diamandahagan
September 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Sent Patrons a new review! A return to the work of George Clarke, who made Battle of the Bone and The Knackery. Now up for Patrons at Patreon.com/diamandahagan
Im watching a show where Rik Mayall plays Richie from Bottom as a rich, eccentric, Sherlock Holmes ish sexual magnet.
It's an odd mix.
It's an odd mix.
September 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Im watching a show where Rik Mayall plays Richie from Bottom as a rich, eccentric, Sherlock Holmes ish sexual magnet.
It's an odd mix.
It's an odd mix.