Dustin
@mayflyunderground.bsky.social
Occasionally rants about politics, movies, music, and board games.
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Dustin
@mayflyunderground.bsky.social
· Feb 6
We're here today in the hopes that you will see the light. But if you do not see the light, we will bring the fire. ~Ayanna Pressley
@merriam-webster.com After the Democratic party cave last night, can I submit the word "bootlicker" as my nominee for word of the year?
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
@merriam-webster.com After the Democratic party cave last night, can I submit the word "bootlicker" as my nominee for word of the year?
Weird how if I charge $20 to get into a venue/event, that's fine, but if I charge $20 to get out I'm committing a crime.
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Weird how if I charge $20 to get into a venue/event, that's fine, but if I charge $20 to get out I'm committing a crime.
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You should block the MAGA government-created Bluesky accounts.
Do not engage them.
Do not give them a single scrap of what they want.
Do not engage them.
Do not give them a single scrap of what they want.
October 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You should block the MAGA government-created Bluesky accounts.
Do not engage them.
Do not give them a single scrap of what they want.
Do not engage them.
Do not give them a single scrap of what they want.
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Found in House Republican conference: 219 able-bodied adults who refuse to work.
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Trump Live Updates: Johnson Blocks Epstein Vote as Justice Dept. Seeks Interview with Maxwell
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July 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Found in House Republican conference: 219 able-bodied adults who refuse to work.
Some great atmosphere and truly grotesque body horror shine in a glacially paced 2 hours of confusing non-linear, long-winded narrative. It's creepy over cohesive. A clunky pastiche of early 2000s J-horror and found footage, it's 20 years late to the party and didn't bring anything new.
1/5
1/5
April 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Some great atmosphere and truly grotesque body horror shine in a glacially paced 2 hours of confusing non-linear, long-winded narrative. It's creepy over cohesive. A clunky pastiche of early 2000s J-horror and found footage, it's 20 years late to the party and didn't bring anything new.
1/5
1/5
An inclusive horror comedy that has plenty of laughs and feels, and looks great throughout. The big sticking point is that it's teenage+ themes of identity, guilt, demonic possession, and the prison industrial complex are at odds with a tone, style, and narrative more akin to a kids movie.
3/5
3/5
April 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
An inclusive horror comedy that has plenty of laughs and feels, and looks great throughout. The big sticking point is that it's teenage+ themes of identity, guilt, demonic possession, and the prison industrial complex are at odds with a tone, style, and narrative more akin to a kids movie.
3/5
3/5
AI thinks music is a sport, so I don't think we should let it run Social Security. Or anything else, for that matter.
April 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
AI thinks music is a sport, so I don't think we should let it run Social Security. Or anything else, for that matter.
Plot, dialogue, acting, cinematography, wardrobe: all of it is bad. One of the worst high-budget disasters I've ever seen. Every corner that could be cut, is: no character has purpose beyond bad exposition, the camera cuts to avoid VFX shots, the ADR is inexplicably awful. Morbius was better...
0/5
0/5
April 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Plot, dialogue, acting, cinematography, wardrobe: all of it is bad. One of the worst high-budget disasters I've ever seen. Every corner that could be cut, is: no character has purpose beyond bad exposition, the camera cuts to avoid VFX shots, the ADR is inexplicably awful. Morbius was better...
0/5
0/5
Fuck me, that was painful. This cycle of abuse in the guise of inspiring greatness cuts to the bone in every scene. We watch a determined young drummer destroy himself to get the approval of his sadistic mentor and a chance to be the best. It sticks with you, interpreting the final performance.
5/5
5/5
April 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Fuck me, that was painful. This cycle of abuse in the guise of inspiring greatness cuts to the bone in every scene. We watch a determined young drummer destroy himself to get the approval of his sadistic mentor and a chance to be the best. It sticks with you, interpreting the final performance.
5/5
5/5
While it has some funny and iconic moments, this day-in-the-life comedy is just as boring, stupid, and pointless as it's inspiration: Clerks. The ending is trying to say something, but it's muddled at best. "Beat a man with your fists, not a gun" is as close to a lesson as it gets.
1/5
1/5
April 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
While it has some funny and iconic moments, this day-in-the-life comedy is just as boring, stupid, and pointless as it's inspiration: Clerks. The ending is trying to say something, but it's muddled at best. "Beat a man with your fists, not a gun" is as close to a lesson as it gets.
1/5
1/5
Anyone who says "this isn't what I voted for" as their 401k crumbles: welcome to the opposition, glad you made it. But admit to yourself that this is exactly what you voted for: a conman who bankrupts his companies and screws over his partners.
April 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Anyone who says "this isn't what I voted for" as their 401k crumbles: welcome to the opposition, glad you made it. But admit to yourself that this is exactly what you voted for: a conman who bankrupts his companies and screws over his partners.
The post-apocalyptic detective story of S1 is abandoned in favor of a split story: a nerfed lead does fetch quests while the Silo spends 10 episodes trying to figure out if a rebellion is happening. The characters all suck and each episode is filler that ends with an empty mystery box. Bad.
1/5
1/5
April 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The post-apocalyptic detective story of S1 is abandoned in favor of a split story: a nerfed lead does fetch quests while the Silo spends 10 episodes trying to figure out if a rebellion is happening. The characters all suck and each episode is filler that ends with an empty mystery box. Bad.
1/5
1/5
The history is really interesting, including the sometimes ham-fisted inclusion of Ian Fleming, but the narrative falls flat over its 2h runtime. The tension of war and threat of discovery (à la Valkyrie or Spy Gone North) is mired by unnecessary side plots and a misplaced love triangle.
3/5
3/5
April 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The history is really interesting, including the sometimes ham-fisted inclusion of Ian Fleming, but the narrative falls flat over its 2h runtime. The tension of war and threat of discovery (à la Valkyrie or Spy Gone North) is mired by unnecessary side plots and a misplaced love triangle.
3/5
3/5
A really strong satire of American capitalism's exploitation of black voices. A lot of touching character moments and cringey comedy centered around Wright's conflicted black academic in a white-focused world. The ending, though pointed, is jarring and loses the heart-felt character drama.
4/5
4/5
April 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A really strong satire of American capitalism's exploitation of black voices. A lot of touching character moments and cringey comedy centered around Wright's conflicted black academic in a white-focused world. The ending, though pointed, is jarring and loses the heart-felt character drama.
4/5
4/5
What if a character arc was a straight line that blips a bit in the final 10 seconds? The performances are good despite the characters being unbearably awful - except Igor & Garnik. The film is bloated and gratuitously eye-fucks Madison, while painting a picture of sex workers as gold-diggers.
1/5
1/5
April 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
What if a character arc was a straight line that blips a bit in the final 10 seconds? The performances are good despite the characters being unbearably awful - except Igor & Garnik. The film is bloated and gratuitously eye-fucks Madison, while painting a picture of sex workers as gold-diggers.
1/5
1/5
Bong Joon-ho is back with biting and timely social commentary, cool creatures, and his trademark dark humor. It's a solid movie, but runs about 20 min too long and has some wishy-washy character arcs. Pattison does a great job (x2) and Ruffalo eats the scenery as space-Trump.
4/5
4/5
March 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Bong Joon-ho is back with biting and timely social commentary, cool creatures, and his trademark dark humor. It's a solid movie, but runs about 20 min too long and has some wishy-washy character arcs. Pattison does a great job (x2) and Ruffalo eats the scenery as space-Trump.
4/5
4/5
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Hands off the Post Office, it works just fine. It would help if Congress stopped skimming off money
March 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Hands off the Post Office, it works just fine. It would help if Congress stopped skimming off money
What if The Twilight Zone, but poorly written and made on an 90s kids TV show budget? The logic of the film is confusing at best, the twists are comically dumb, the set design is nonsensical, and the acting is pretty awful throughout. Derivative of the many, many better time travel stories.
1/5
1/5
March 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
What if The Twilight Zone, but poorly written and made on an 90s kids TV show budget? The logic of the film is confusing at best, the twists are comically dumb, the set design is nonsensical, and the acting is pretty awful throughout. Derivative of the many, many better time travel stories.
1/5
1/5
The interesting thing is by carrying out the analogy, it gets more true: Otho then does bring the ghosts back to life... badly, causing them to rot in front of their eyes because he doesn't know what he's doing.
March 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The interesting thing is by carrying out the analogy, it gets more true: Otho then does bring the ghosts back to life... badly, causing them to rot in front of their eyes because he doesn't know what he's doing.
A promising concept gets mired in "hit my head amnesia". The series of events are mostly fun and cleverly written, except for "quirky misunderstanding where I fuck my friend's supposed girlfriend, hahaha". The humor is there sometimes, but chained to very stupid characters aside from Madonna.
2/5
2/5
March 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A promising concept gets mired in "hit my head amnesia". The series of events are mostly fun and cleverly written, except for "quirky misunderstanding where I fuck my friend's supposed girlfriend, hahaha". The humor is there sometimes, but chained to very stupid characters aside from Madonna.
2/5
2/5
It's like a noir, but the private dick is boring and the femme fatale is invested in therapy. Fonda is great, despite her terrible haircut. The story moseys along, revealing the villain way too early and then waits an hour for the protagonists to catch up in an anti-climactic finale.
2/5
2/5
March 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It's like a noir, but the private dick is boring and the femme fatale is invested in therapy. Fonda is great, despite her terrible haircut. The story moseys along, revealing the villain way too early and then waits an hour for the protagonists to catch up in an anti-climactic finale.
2/5
2/5
NCAA Men's Final 4 prediction.
Championship: Florida vs Duke
Winner: Duke
Championship: Florida vs Duke
Winner: Duke
March 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NCAA Men's Final 4 prediction.
Championship: Florida vs Duke
Winner: Duke
Championship: Florida vs Duke
Winner: Duke
NCAA Women's Final 4 prediction.
Championship: UCLA vs Texas
Winner: UCLA
Championship: UCLA vs Texas
Winner: UCLA
March 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
NCAA Women's Final 4 prediction.
Championship: UCLA vs Texas
Winner: UCLA
Championship: UCLA vs Texas
Winner: UCLA
A satire that goes the correct distance into farce and is more relevant now that it was in 2018. Lots of funny moments and a WTF turn in the 3rd act. It has a few loose ends in the narrative, like characters who just stop existing once they've served their purpose, but overall a fun, dark film.
4/5
4/5
March 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A satire that goes the correct distance into farce and is more relevant now that it was in 2018. Lots of funny moments and a WTF turn in the 3rd act. It has a few loose ends in the narrative, like characters who just stop existing once they've served their purpose, but overall a fun, dark film.
4/5
4/5
Well shot, but incredibly slow and doesn't have any plot to speak of. It starts with a woman clinging to her nomadic lifestyle instead of dealing with her trauma and ends the exact same way. Instead of tackling the exploitation it glimpses, it romanticizes the hardship that leads people to it.
2/5
2/5
March 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Well shot, but incredibly slow and doesn't have any plot to speak of. It starts with a woman clinging to her nomadic lifestyle instead of dealing with her trauma and ends the exact same way. Instead of tackling the exploitation it glimpses, it romanticizes the hardship that leads people to it.
2/5
2/5