Anthony Morris
@morrbeat.bsky.social
Writer of various things (film and TV reviews, occasional op-eds, co-wrote two novels). Intellectual lightweight. Once wrote a short story about the future of road resurfacing that was on a "years best" list
I probably need to hand in my SF nerd card, but I really haven't had the feeling from Pluribus that it wants me to "engage deeply" with *any* of the world-building stuff - it feels like the bare minimum to stave off obvious questions, not something that's meant to be plausible under a spotlight
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I probably need to hand in my SF nerd card, but I really haven't had the feeling from Pluribus that it wants me to "engage deeply" with *any* of the world-building stuff - it feels like the bare minimum to stave off obvious questions, not something that's meant to be plausible under a spotlight
This was stuffed down beside my seat on the train. There’s nothing worse than overthinking in German
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This was stuffed down beside my seat on the train. There’s nothing worse than overthinking in German
Always think the opposite of what Butt-Head does
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Always think the opposite of what Butt-Head does
Increasingly obvious that this image is going to be more and more useful in the coming years
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Increasingly obvious that this image is going to be more and more useful in the coming years
Think of living in space like living at the South Pole: we’ve been able to get there for decades, we have the ability to do it, but nobody does it because it’s expensive, dangerous, boring and pointless. Plus in space, there’s no oxygen and nothing to protect you from cancer-causing radiation
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Think of living in space like living at the South Pole: we’ve been able to get there for decades, we have the ability to do it, but nobody does it because it’s expensive, dangerous, boring and pointless. Plus in space, there’s no oxygen and nothing to protect you from cancer-causing radiation
Who’s solving the Louvre robbery?
October 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Who’s solving the Louvre robbery?
As the only legit way to read the New York Times is in reader mode, their features now come with added post-modernism - as well as also introducing readers to Pynchon's upcoming protagonist, Skip Advertisement
October 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
As the only legit way to read the New York Times is in reader mode, their features now come with added post-modernism - as well as also introducing readers to Pynchon's upcoming protagonist, Skip Advertisement
As a critic, I give these two sentences no stars and two thumbs down - “a terrifying glimpse inside the mind of a lunatic totally divorced from reality”
October 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
As a critic, I give these two sentences no stars and two thumbs down - “a terrifying glimpse inside the mind of a lunatic totally divorced from reality”
The novelisation of JOHNNY MNEMONIC gets more accurate with every passing year
September 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The novelisation of JOHNNY MNEMONIC gets more accurate with every passing year
RIP David Stratton, his passing is a tragic loss to the arts. Being Australia’s best known film critic didn’t prevent his biopic from being both highly entertaining and wildly inaccurate
August 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
RIP David Stratton, his passing is a tragic loss to the arts. Being Australia’s best known film critic didn’t prevent his biopic from being both highly entertaining and wildly inaccurate
Today on V/Line: probably a good thing they’re on a train because I suspect this isn’t a roadworthy vehicle
August 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today on V/Line: probably a good thing they’re on a train because I suspect this isn’t a roadworthy vehicle
Uncovered these during a weekend tidy and yeah, when people argue that there’s still plenty of fiction aimed at men being published they sure don’t mean books like these
August 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Uncovered these during a weekend tidy and yeah, when people argue that there’s still plenty of fiction aimed at men being published they sure don’t mean books like these
This was one of my high school bullies and honestly I couldn’t have been happier
July 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This was one of my high school bullies and honestly I couldn’t have been happier
Just cooking dinner when the new Punisher logo dropped
July 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Just cooking dinner when the new Punisher logo dropped
Honestly I am extremely excited for this insane show because the only way it could possibly work is if the panel is entirely people making quips from 80s Schwarzenegger movies about the crime victims like "Sub Zero? Now plain zero"
July 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Honestly I am extremely excited for this insane show because the only way it could possibly work is if the panel is entirely people making quips from 80s Schwarzenegger movies about the crime victims like "Sub Zero? Now plain zero"
Only just realised that the Johnny Cab in TOTAL RECALL (1990) was based on Ernest Borgnine
June 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Only just realised that the Johnny Cab in TOTAL RECALL (1990) was based on Ernest Borgnine
When will the media stop lying to us?
June 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
When will the media stop lying to us?
This would be "good advice" if the trains from Geelong to Melbourne weren't already so crowded that they regularly leave passengers on the platform during the peak because they can't fit on board
June 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This would be "good advice" if the trains from Geelong to Melbourne weren't already so crowded that they regularly leave passengers on the platform during the peak because they can't fit on board
“3D screening of MACHETE called ‘too realistic’ by fans”
May 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
“3D screening of MACHETE called ‘too realistic’ by fans”
I mean, what does any of this have to do with actually thinking about what you want to say and then using the written word to communicate your ideas? How are you a writer worth reading if you don’t know whether what you’ve written is “logically consistent”?
May 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I mean, what does any of this have to do with actually thinking about what you want to say and then using the written word to communicate your ideas? How are you a writer worth reading if you don’t know whether what you’ve written is “logically consistent”?
Not entirely sure this is a winning argument against movie tariffs
May 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Not entirely sure this is a winning argument against movie tariffs
ABC film critic pivots to demanding “relief at the bowser”
April 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
ABC film critic pivots to demanding “relief at the bowser”
Burn every single cinema to the ground
March 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Burn every single cinema to the ground
If you can seamlessly replace “America” with “The British Empire” in your post there’s a good chance you might want to rethink the whole “coolest thing that ever happened to the planet” angle
March 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
If you can seamlessly replace “America” with “The British Empire” in your post there’s a good chance you might want to rethink the whole “coolest thing that ever happened to the planet” angle
This screenshot could not end on a more perfect note:
March 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This screenshot could not end on a more perfect note: