Matt Martinez
@mrm1138.bsky.social
Has anyone read Frozen Hell, the earlier novella-length draft that eventually became "Who Goes There?" I'm curious if the cuts made to get it down to short story length were to the story's benefit or detriment.
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Has anyone read Frozen Hell, the earlier novella-length draft that eventually became "Who Goes There?" I'm curious if the cuts made to get it down to short story length were to the story's benefit or detriment.
What is the context for this?
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What is the context for this?
And from what I've heard about those "Quiverfull" families, sexual abuse runs pretty rampant.
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
And from what I've heard about those "Quiverfull" families, sexual abuse runs pretty rampant.
Yeah. I'm reminded of when conspiracy theorists jumped all over Bill Gates talking about vaccines to help stop overpopulation. They thought it meant he was putting contraceptives in the vaccines, but it actually had to do with children's life expectancy and not needing "back-up" kids.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yeah. I'm reminded of when conspiracy theorists jumped all over Bill Gates talking about vaccines to help stop overpopulation. They thought it meant he was putting contraceptives in the vaccines, but it actually had to do with children's life expectancy and not needing "back-up" kids.
Because they want to force white women to have more children and outbreed the "scary" brown people.
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Because they want to force white women to have more children and outbreed the "scary" brown people.
I couldn't believe how well the effects work held up on that huge of a screen. It still looks better than most things released today. But yeah, overall, the visuals looked so beautiful. It's absolutely the best way to see it.
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I couldn't believe how well the effects work held up on that huge of a screen. It still looks better than most things released today. But yeah, overall, the visuals looked so beautiful. It's absolutely the best way to see it.
I get the impression you haven't seen many movies. Anyway, go watch Charlie Shackleton's ten-hour film Paint Drying and get back to me.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I get the impression you haven't seen many movies. Anyway, go watch Charlie Shackleton's ten-hour film Paint Drying and get back to me.
My brother showed it to me when I was six, and somehow it really captured my imagination. Getting to see it in IMAX 70mm remains one of my very favorite moviegoing experiences.
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My brother showed it to me when I was six, and somehow it really captured my imagination. Getting to see it in IMAX 70mm remains one of my very favorite moviegoing experiences.
And from the accounts I've heard, he was a genuinely good person. My favorite thing he ever did was Masque of the Red Death. I can only assume Roger Corman had seen The Seventh Seal not too long before making it.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
And from the accounts I've heard, he was a genuinely good person. My favorite thing he ever did was Masque of the Red Death. I can only assume Roger Corman had seen The Seventh Seal not too long before making it.
When I watched this movie, I wondered if his character being the lead prosecutor in the trial was realistic. It seems like it would be an enormous conflict of interest. Great movie, though.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When I watched this movie, I wondered if his character being the lead prosecutor in the trial was realistic. It seems like it would be an enormous conflict of interest. Great movie, though.
I just saw this and rather liked it. I don't know why it got such bad reviews and flopped so hard.
October 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I just saw this and rather liked it. I don't know why it got such bad reviews and flopped so hard.
They'd all deny that that's the reason they wanted to show to be canceled. Instead, they'd say it's "bad writing." Fact of the matter is that they were hating it before an episode even aired. Hell, they started hating when the cast was announced.
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
They'd all deny that that's the reason they wanted to show to be canceled. Instead, they'd say it's "bad writing." Fact of the matter is that they were hating it before an episode even aired. Hell, they started hating when the cast was announced.
And rob the world of a gender-neutral restroom?
October 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And rob the world of a gender-neutral restroom?
Burn it to the ground to purify the land.
October 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Burn it to the ground to purify the land.
Just think, only a couple years or so after Freedom Cry was released, America started to lose its damn mind.
October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just think, only a couple years or so after Freedom Cry was released, America started to lose its damn mind.
That's even less convincing than, "I have a black friend."
October 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
That's even less convincing than, "I have a black friend."
You'd think so, but we've reached a point in the history of the US where more people are comfortable sharing their racist views and identifying with Klansmen and Nazis.
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
You'd think so, but we've reached a point in the history of the US where more people are comfortable sharing their racist views and identifying with Klansmen and Nazis.
He'll just shove a marmalade sandwich in that clown's mouth.
September 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
He'll just shove a marmalade sandwich in that clown's mouth.
It looks like what you'd get if you asked a little kid to draw a future car.
August 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It looks like what you'd get if you asked a little kid to draw a future car.
I became an Andy Diggle fan with his Adam Strange miniseries. I immediately grabbed the available trades of The Losers and added the series to my pull list.
August 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I became an Andy Diggle fan with his Adam Strange miniseries. I immediately grabbed the available trades of The Losers and added the series to my pull list.