Ignatzkat
@ignatzkat.bsky.social
Movie dork and also other stuff dork. Cladistically a fish. Good at trivia if there's not too many sports questions
The episode director's said it was inspired by the Zagreb Films short Surogat, which won the Best Animated Short Oscar in 1962. But Surogat looks clearly inspired by the American studio UPA, and I haven't seen much else from Eastern Europe that looks like that.
January 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The episode director's said it was inspired by the Zagreb Films short Surogat, which won the Best Animated Short Oscar in 1962. But Surogat looks clearly inspired by the American studio UPA, and I haven't seen much else from Eastern Europe that looks like that.
"Building an actual working car out of an apple is a tremendous achievement, but your conclusion that small town America was originally settled by giant worms in Tyrolean hats is poorly supported"
January 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
"Building an actual working car out of an apple is a tremendous achievement, but your conclusion that small town America was originally settled by giant worms in Tyrolean hats is poorly supported"
I like that you have to specify "Francisco" because in most contexts he's clearly the most famous Franco, but in this one there's a risk of a reader wondering why Jess is catching a stray
January 5, 2026 at 5:48 AM
I like that you have to specify "Francisco" because in most contexts he's clearly the most famous Franco, but in this one there's a risk of a reader wondering why Jess is catching a stray
Grip was at the Academy of Natural Sciences earlier this year and I had the odd experience of "oh hey! Didn't expect to run into you here" with a piece of taxidermy
December 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Grip was at the Academy of Natural Sciences earlier this year and I had the odd experience of "oh hey! Didn't expect to run into you here" with a piece of taxidermy
I heard it in my head as Annie Murphy
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I heard it in my head as Annie Murphy
the Poster's Lament
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
the Poster's Lament
And things have been getting worse for the past decade or so due to bigger commuter vehicles, screens, and probably post-pandemic "rules are done lol" norms
December 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
And things have been getting worse for the past decade or so due to bigger commuter vehicles, screens, and probably post-pandemic "rules are done lol" norms
Look, they don't have "the astonishing and fundamentally life-affirming diversity of human interests and experiences" in the tags so some of us make do
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Look, they don't have "the astonishing and fundamentally life-affirming diversity of human interests and experiences" in the tags so some of us make do
The baryon-hoarding planetoisie will fall and their atomic mass will be redistributed among the solartariat
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The baryon-hoarding planetoisie will fall and their atomic mass will be redistributed among the solartariat
Roam hits the same sort of pleasure centers that the Stone Roses do, but I don't think those guys could do Love Shack
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Roam hits the same sort of pleasure centers that the Stone Roses do, but I don't think those guys could do Love Shack
I hope your scholarship is better and less AI-sloppy than your art. You're signaling a lack of interest in accuracy to everyone who sees it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I hope your scholarship is better and less AI-sloppy than your art. You're signaling a lack of interest in accuracy to everyone who sees it.
I bet if I knew anything specific about Watership Down, I could've made a really choice reference here
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I bet if I knew anything specific about Watership Down, I could've made a really choice reference here
"Every parade has a right to exist"
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Every parade has a right to exist"
Kaiju: What if war, imperialism, and environmental destruction could STOMP ON PEOPLE?
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Kaiju: What if war, imperialism, and environmental destruction could STOMP ON PEOPLE?
Every year I go to a 24-hour horror movie marathon, which generally ends with a big fun crowd-pleaser like Army of Darkness, The Frighteners, and such. The year they ended with The Descent had one of the quietest pack-up-and-leave phases I've seen. Definitely gnarly, definitely rules.
October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Every year I go to a 24-hour horror movie marathon, which generally ends with a big fun crowd-pleaser like Army of Darkness, The Frighteners, and such. The year they ended with The Descent had one of the quietest pack-up-and-leave phases I've seen. Definitely gnarly, definitely rules.
Just had a moment of reverse pareidolia and instead of seeing a pumpkin face, I was trying to figure out what the Wu Tang had to do with things
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just had a moment of reverse pareidolia and instead of seeing a pumpkin face, I was trying to figure out what the Wu Tang had to do with things
I won't say that recent Mountain Goats are as consistently great as they were in the 2000s, but any band that can put an "Extraction Point" or "Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light" on the board has still got plenty of juice. (There's also the question of when to start that 20-year clock...)
October 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I won't say that recent Mountain Goats are as consistently great as they were in the 2000s, but any band that can put an "Extraction Point" or "Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light" on the board has still got plenty of juice. (There's also the question of when to start that 20-year clock...)
Ever since I couldn't justify going to Oakland for it in 2012, I've been hoping to someday catch a screening of Napoleon with the full three-simultaneous-projectors Polyvision setup. I'd hoped the new Netflix-funded restoration would lead to some of those, but haven't heard about anything.
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Ever since I couldn't justify going to Oakland for it in 2012, I've been hoping to someday catch a screening of Napoleon with the full three-simultaneous-projectors Polyvision setup. I'd hoped the new Netflix-funded restoration would lead to some of those, but haven't heard about anything.
C418 ft Hazel Dickens - "They'll Never Keep Us Down (Chicken Jockey Version)"
September 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
C418 ft Hazel Dickens - "They'll Never Keep Us Down (Chicken Jockey Version)"
If you've mentally locked in your answers and won't change them if you see relevant info in an old question, it's officially okay to look at your opponent's past answers to find out what their deal is for scoring purposes!
September 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you've mentally locked in your answers and won't change them if you see relevant info in an old question, it's officially okay to look at your opponent's past answers to find out what their deal is for scoring purposes!
Start fights among historians everywhere your kids go by naming them Spinoza and Machiavelli
September 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Start fights among historians everywhere your kids go by naming them Spinoza and Machiavelli
The good news is that the Library of Babel definitely has them. The bad news is,
August 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The good news is that the Library of Babel definitely has them. The bad news is,
I just watched Decline of Western Civilization Part 2 and based on those interviews, within the hair metal scene lipstick seems like the controversial dividing line between "I'm such a manly man that I can dress like THIS to get chicks!!" and "nah, performing masculinity isn't what I'm here for"
August 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I just watched Decline of Western Civilization Part 2 and based on those interviews, within the hair metal scene lipstick seems like the controversial dividing line between "I'm such a manly man that I can dress like THIS to get chicks!!" and "nah, performing masculinity isn't what I'm here for"