James
@jamesscrambles.bsky.social
Laboratory Life. Sometimes Filmmaker/Writer.
Too gay to function. A giant mess.
Wannabe film critic.
Perth/Boorloo Western Australia.
Too gay to function. A giant mess.
Wannabe film critic.
Perth/Boorloo Western Australia.
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Sometimes they are spiritual sequels to Packed To The Rafters but even the ones with a kangaroo are just Packed To The Rafters with a kangaroo.
December 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Sometimes they are spiritual sequels to Packed To The Rafters but even the ones with a kangaroo are just Packed To The Rafters with a kangaroo.
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As the best film lists roll out, remember: if you don't know some of the films on the list, that's not a slight against you. That's an invitation to discover something someone else loved. Don't take someone else's lists as an affront to the films you love. Both can be valid.
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
As the best film lists roll out, remember: if you don't know some of the films on the list, that's not a slight against you. That's an invitation to discover something someone else loved. Don't take someone else's lists as an affront to the films you love. Both can be valid.
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FIYERO: finally after years of pent-up feelings we can FUCK
ELPHABA:
ELPHABA:
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
FIYERO: finally after years of pent-up feelings we can FUCK
ELPHABA:
ELPHABA:
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"These are young men who love without qualification or care for gender norms—time and again Ponyboy observes and remarks upon his brothers’ and friends’ beauty. It’s not sexual, but can be if that’s how you want to read it."—@alishamgl.bsky.social on S.E. Hinton! www.rogerebert.com/features/rig...
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"These are young men who love without qualification or care for gender norms—time and again Ponyboy observes and remarks upon his brothers’ and friends’ beauty. It’s not sexual, but can be if that’s how you want to read it."—@alishamgl.bsky.social on S.E. Hinton! www.rogerebert.com/features/rig...
Just saw Wicked: For Good and maybe my lifelong love affair with the musical has been killed for good?
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Just saw Wicked: For Good and maybe my lifelong love affair with the musical has been killed for good?
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The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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Wrote about how Xbox’s age verification checks are part of a wider trend toward digital surveillance and Microsoft’s ongoing complicity in the use of its ID software in the genocide of Palestinians.
As new online safety laws loom in the UK and Australia, Microsoft will begin a global effort to verify the age of its Xbox users
www.well-played.com.au/xbox-to-requ...
www.well-played.com.au/xbox-to-requ...
Xbox To Require Age Verification Amid Sweeping New Online Safety Laws
Microsoft's ongoing complicity in digital surveillance hits Xbox players
www.well-played.com.au
July 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Wrote about how Xbox’s age verification checks are part of a wider trend toward digital surveillance and Microsoft’s ongoing complicity in the use of its ID software in the genocide of Palestinians.
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How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?
July 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?
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First Switch 2 review!
Mario Kart World is charming, bordering on ambitious, but its efforts to shake up the formula have an uneven impact on that signature racing fun.
A game I like but can't quite love without some updates and a major asterisk in the form of its price tag.
Mario Kart World is charming, bordering on ambitious, but its efforts to shake up the formula have an uneven impact on that signature racing fun.
A game I like but can't quite love without some updates and a major asterisk in the form of its price tag.
REVIEW // Mario Kart World
The Switch 2’s premium launch title expands the scope of the franchise onto well paved roads, but not without a few bumps
Review: www.well-played.com.au/mario-kart-w...
The Switch 2’s premium launch title expands the scope of the franchise onto well paved roads, but not without a few bumps
Review: www.well-played.com.au/mario-kart-w...
June 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
First Switch 2 review!
Mario Kart World is charming, bordering on ambitious, but its efforts to shake up the formula have an uneven impact on that signature racing fun.
A game I like but can't quite love without some updates and a major asterisk in the form of its price tag.
Mario Kart World is charming, bordering on ambitious, but its efforts to shake up the formula have an uneven impact on that signature racing fun.
A game I like but can't quite love without some updates and a major asterisk in the form of its price tag.
Finally Thirsted it up, so I can post this.
May 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Finally Thirsted it up, so I can post this.
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Ohana means the state
May 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ohana means the state
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It's so sneaky/sinister that Disney turned the ice cream guy into a native Hawaiian man. Lilo taking pictures of white mainland tourists is a kind of coping mechanism for being treated like an attraction/novelty, it's a vital part of her character. Disney clearly wants to defang the original film.
March 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It's so sneaky/sinister that Disney turned the ice cream guy into a native Hawaiian man. Lilo taking pictures of white mainland tourists is a kind of coping mechanism for being treated like an attraction/novelty, it's a vital part of her character. Disney clearly wants to defang the original film.
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if you think about it, "trans uhaul lesbian" and "dick van dyke" mean the same thing
May 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
if you think about it, "trans uhaul lesbian" and "dick van dyke" mean the same thing
The end sequence of Final Reckoning is just a worse version of the Fallout climax and I'm understanding none of the praise.
May 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The end sequence of Final Reckoning is just a worse version of the Fallout climax and I'm understanding none of the praise.
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Every interview with Yvette Cooper
May 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Every interview with Yvette Cooper
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Found this in some old photos: the cartoon that got my biggest twitter numbers
May 24, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Found this in some old photos: the cartoon that got my biggest twitter numbers
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Yugi, nooo!
Yami!
He better be the best pharaoh in all of Egypt!
Yami!
He better be the best pharaoh in all of Egypt!
April 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Yugi, nooo!
Yami!
He better be the best pharaoh in all of Egypt!
Yami!
He better be the best pharaoh in all of Egypt!
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Head On!
What's your go to Australian film to recommend to people?
For me it's Muriel's Wedding or The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour.
For me it's Muriel's Wedding or The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour.
a woman with a flower in her hair is wearing red hoop earrings
ALT: a woman with a flower in her hair is wearing red hoop earrings
media.tenor.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Head On!
Anora sweep is everything I needed today.
March 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Anora sweep is everything I needed today.
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Nothing makes me feel more ancient than telling my kids they need to press the start button, a button that no longer exists on modern video game controllers
February 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Nothing makes me feel more ancient than telling my kids they need to press the start button, a button that no longer exists on modern video game controllers
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Finally hit The Episode in the Twin Peaks rewatch. Season 2 is kind of a disaster before and after it but Lynch and Frost returning to deliver arguably the most upsetting thing put to network television is still remarkable.
February 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Finally hit The Episode in the Twin Peaks rewatch. Season 2 is kind of a disaster before and after it but Lynch and Frost returning to deliver arguably the most upsetting thing put to network television is still remarkable.