Matt Denny
@mattdenny.bsky.social
Film & TV Studies Teaching Fellow interested in the gothic, theories of authorship, postmodernism, post-classical style & robots. Tony Scott evangelist (he/him/his)
Just remembered I own a 3D printer
Orks should have trains and they should be called Trainz and the model should be covered in grots (little space gremlin dudes) and at least one of them should have stripey dungarees, a hat, and a red neckerchief
Convinced a subsection of Warhammer Guys are just Model Train Guys Trying Really Hard NOT To Be Model Train Guys
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Just remembered I own a 3D printer
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Orks should have trains and they should be called Trainz and the model should be covered in grots (little space gremlin dudes) and at least one of them should have stripey dungarees, a hat, and a red neckerchief
Convinced a subsection of Warhammer Guys are just Model Train Guys Trying Really Hard NOT To Be Model Train Guys
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Orks should have trains and they should be called Trainz and the model should be covered in grots (little space gremlin dudes) and at least one of them should have stripey dungarees, a hat, and a red neckerchief
Orks should have trains and they should be called Trainz and the model should be covered in grots (little space gremlin dudes) and at least one of them should have stripey dungarees, a hat, and a red neckerchief
Convinced a subsection of Warhammer Guys are just Model Train Guys Trying Really Hard NOT To Be Model Train Guys
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Orks should have trains and they should be called Trainz and the model should be covered in grots (little space gremlin dudes) and at least one of them should have stripey dungarees, a hat, and a red neckerchief
Marley was dog, to begin with
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Marley was dog, to begin with
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Incredible, really.
“There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is,” said the restaurant manager.
“There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is,” said the restaurant manager.
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Incredible, really.
“There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is,” said the restaurant manager.
“There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is,” said the restaurant manager.
The initial image of light coalescing into a bird has big 70s children's tv show about paganism vibes. Just needs a library music backing track
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The initial image of light coalescing into a bird has big 70s children's tv show about paganism vibes. Just needs a library music backing track
And of course the most important "inspired by Michael" creation, Tom Bombadil
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And of course the most important "inspired by Michael" creation, Tom Bombadil
Spent a good portion of my lecture yesterday telling my students about Fearless Nadia/Mary Ann Evans and lamenting that I still can't track down a copy of Hunterwali.
Any advice on sourcing this 1930s Indian stunt film, for research?
Any advice on sourcing this 1930s Indian stunt film, for research?
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Spent a good portion of my lecture yesterday telling my students about Fearless Nadia/Mary Ann Evans and lamenting that I still can't track down a copy of Hunterwali.
Any advice on sourcing this 1930s Indian stunt film, for research?
Any advice on sourcing this 1930s Indian stunt film, for research?
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Fritzi Ritz By Ernie Bushmiller
December 16,1938
December 16,1938
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Fritzi Ritz By Ernie Bushmiller
December 16,1938
December 16,1938
Just starting giggling to myself remembering the haunted look on Maisie Adam's face when she realised the two possible options of "I could paint my face" to make herself black and white
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Just starting giggling to myself remembering the haunted look on Maisie Adam's face when she realised the two possible options of "I could paint my face" to make herself black and white
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 13,1952
November 13,1952
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 13,1952
November 13,1952
The year is 3035. Corporations have replaced nations. All religions are subscription services. Amazon is reportedly struggling to think of a way to bring the PontiffPrime back from the dead after the permanent exit of @YahBoyDaPope II in the previous installment
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The year is 3035. Corporations have replaced nations. All religions are subscription services. Amazon is reportedly struggling to think of a way to bring the PontiffPrime back from the dead after the permanent exit of @YahBoyDaPope II in the previous installment
Amazon creating it's own problem with Bond has prompted me to sort-of-remember a good joke about the The Witcher recasting where people comment on Geralt being different and Jaskier/Dandelion saying he calls all his Witchers Geralt but I can't remember where I saw it and can't credit the author
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Amazon creating it's own problem with Bond has prompted me to sort-of-remember a good joke about the The Witcher recasting where people comment on Geralt being different and Jaskier/Dandelion saying he calls all his Witchers Geralt but I can't remember where I saw it and can't credit the author
"I'm not owned! I'm not owned!!"
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"I'm not owned! I'm not owned!!"
@cinefeline.bsky.social A devil... or perhaps another scary bunny?
In St Mary's Church, Stottesdon, the medieval sedilia (stone niches where the clergy could sit during mass) are decorated with faces. The carving below is thought to depict the Devil.
#Medieval #Churches #Churchhistory #Shropshire #Folklore #Devil
#Medieval #Churches #Churchhistory #Shropshire #Folklore #Devil
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
@cinefeline.bsky.social A devil... or perhaps another scary bunny?
The Shining is not actually a very good horror film and its status as masterpiece has irreparably harmed the aesthetics of horror cinema
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Shining is not actually a very good horror film and its status as masterpiece has irreparably harmed the aesthetics of horror cinema
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Just a reminder this Oxford-based roundtable on games preservation, archiving & exhibition is next week, and also is a hybrid event 🎮🌏👇
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Just a reminder this Oxford-based roundtable on games preservation, archiving & exhibition is next week, and also is a hybrid event 🎮🌏👇
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Seriously.
Bear: makes bear noises
Fassbender: *does jazzhands*
Bear: bear noises
Fassbender: *does jazzhands*
Bear: bear noises
Ok, now let’s do a scene on a train, with more bear & less jazz hands.
Ok, now let’s take this bear to Europe. More bear sounds, more jazz hands. Etc.
Bear: makes bear noises
Fassbender: *does jazzhands*
Bear: bear noises
Fassbender: *does jazzhands*
Bear: bear noises
Ok, now let’s do a scene on a train, with more bear & less jazz hands.
Ok, now let’s take this bear to Europe. More bear sounds, more jazz hands. Etc.
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Seriously.
Bear: makes bear noises
Fassbender: *does jazzhands*
Bear: bear noises
Fassbender: *does jazzhands*
Bear: bear noises
Ok, now let’s do a scene on a train, with more bear & less jazz hands.
Ok, now let’s take this bear to Europe. More bear sounds, more jazz hands. Etc.
Bear: makes bear noises
Fassbender: *does jazzhands*
Bear: bear noises
Fassbender: *does jazzhands*
Bear: bear noises
Ok, now let’s do a scene on a train, with more bear & less jazz hands.
Ok, now let’s take this bear to Europe. More bear sounds, more jazz hands. Etc.
Unironically my favourite piece of Rossetti art, and definitely in my top five Pre-Raphaelite pieces
The best bit is how Rossetti is roughly the same size and shape as the wombat, emphasising the wombat's humanity and/or the artist's wombatity. A tale as old as wombats.
156 years ago #onthisday, Top the wombat died. He was the pet of the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti who, upon Top's passing, created this self-portrait in mourning. More on Rossetti and co’s curious but longstanding fixation with the #wombat here: publicdomainreview.org/essay/o...
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Unironically my favourite piece of Rossetti art, and definitely in my top five Pre-Raphaelite pieces
Just Remembered that Clare Grogan gave me a cake
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Just Remembered that Clare Grogan gave me a cake
Abbott and Costello meet the spectre of communism
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Abbott and Costello meet the spectre of communism
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There should be the odd sporadic complaint fired off as dusk is falling, with complaints being registered in both organised and more reckless forms during the evening, culminating in a spectacular volley of complaining emails to the council around 9pm
The most British headline I've seen in a long time.
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
There should be the odd sporadic complaint fired off as dusk is falling, with complaints being registered in both organised and more reckless forms during the evening, culminating in a spectacular volley of complaining emails to the council around 9pm
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 04,1954
November 04,1954
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 04,1954
November 04,1954
New Reichardt and new Ducournau in the same month. Great times for filmmakers that make Matt feel stuff
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New Reichardt and new Ducournau in the same month. Great times for filmmakers that make Matt feel stuff
Folks I watched all of it. Superb film even when I can't understand the dialogue
I'd completely forgotten my copy of Titane was a german release and that unfortunately I speak neither French nor German
Might still watch it though
Might still watch it though
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Folks I watched all of it. Superb film even when I can't understand the dialogue