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Trevor
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I wasn't a big fan of the tweet format anyway and it's increasingly obvious that an unfiltered instant delivery method for my weird, inebriated thoughts to an audience isn't the best idea. So idk if i'm sticking it out on Bluesky long term.

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Should i liveskeet all of the James Bond movies
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I'm watching this again, and there's a scene where Fred the Doofus goes into a theater. I hadn't caught it on the first viewing, but the movie he goes to see is The Nude Vampire, another Jean Rollin film, which i haven't seen but i did reference in those skeets.
Watching another PH Indicator release, Lips Of Blood. This is a Jean Rollin film, like my first PH experience which i didn't liveskeet. I'm 32min in, there's been 5min worth of story. We spent 30 establishing Fred as a doofus, and he just now accidentally released the vampires. It's is 86min long.
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
watching 3:10 To Yuma (1957, dir. Delmer Daves)

liveskeeting bad movies this week really helped me engage with the material & stay focused. today i've been in & out of consciousness, in & out of pain, & binged Bob's Burgers & played mobile games. Let's try skeeting a good movie for a change.
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Will Smith's 1998 hit Just The Two Of Us is famously about his relationship with his son Trey. The last line is, "Just the two of us, for the rest of *your* life." That's weird, right? Is Will expecting to outlive his son?
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
alright i'm done with the Ormonds and Estus Pirkle now.
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The Believer's Heaven was a flop after Footmen & Burning Hell. Estus: "When you preach about Heaven, people do not respond to that as much as when you preach about Hell. People aren't as pulled by wanting to be somewhere good as they are wanting to be pushed from somewhere that's bad."

I disagree.
....this dude is selling real estate in Heaven. i fuckin swear.

Estus just described a huge, opulent mansion somewhere in America, with b-roll, and was like "Wouldn't you want to live in a place like that?" uhhh NO?? Then he was like, "this is nothing compared to even the least mansion in Heaven!"
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
oh yeah, also idk why Nicolas Winding Refn spearheaded the restoration on these. He's from Denmark and he's best known for violent crime thrillers, so i doubt he's Southern Baptist. on his Wikipedia page yhere's a quote about how his parents loved French New Wave so he rebelled with American horror.
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Final thoughts on From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of The Ormond Family thread.
December 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
starting Forgotten Memories (1997)

This is the 18th and final film in the Nicolas Winding Refn-curated boxed set From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of The Ormond Family. This is June's last film in any capacity, and Tim's last as writer or director. It clocks in at a svelte 20min.
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
starting June Carr: The Virtual Vaudevillain (1997)

The 17th film in the Ormond boxed set, this 30-min short allows the family's matriarch to ruminate on her long career in showbiz, from her Vaudeville roots through these last few documentaries.
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
starting Lash LaRue: A Man and His Memories

This is the 16th film in the Ormond boxed set. At 71 minutes, it's Tim's longest directing effort, and the final Ormond movie to technically qualify as a "feature film." The next two put together run shorter than this.

Almost done.
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
starting A Tribute To Houdini (1987)

This is the 15th film in the Ormond boxed set. It, plus the next 3, are buried in the Special Features of the last disc, and it is immediately apparent that it's sourced from an aged VHS tape.
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
i'd hoped that, after Ron's death, Tim Ormond would find his own identity when he took the reins. For his first 2 features, this has not been the case. There are 4 short documentaries left, all were straight to video, and i think they're all secular. We'll see how this goes.
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
starting The Sacred Symbol (1984)

This is the 14th film in the Ormond boxed set, Tim's second as director and first as writer. It's also the last one intended for public exhibition (theater or church screenings), the rest were direct to VHS. and i *think* it's the last religious film.
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
i miscounted, there were 6 left totalling 5 hours 20 minutes. i do not know if i have the stamina for all of this in one day, the first one was pretty rough.
alright i'm finishing the Ormond boxed set today. at this point i just want to be done with it. there are 5 films left which add up to about 4 1/2 hours. i think 2 more faith movies, then some documentaries.
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
starting It's About The Second Coming (1982)

The 13th film in the From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost & Saved Films of The Ormond Family boxed set. This is the final script Ron Ormond wrote before his death, and is Tim Ormond's directorial debut. I think it might be about the Second Coming.
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
alright i'm finishing the Ormond boxed set today. at this point i just want to be done with it. there are 5 films left which add up to about 4 1/2 hours. i think 2 more faith movies, then some documentaries.
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
one small correction, for posterity, since i can't edit skeets: Ron Ormond died in 1981, not 1982.
starting 39 Stripes (1979)

This is the 12th film in the From Hollywood to Heaven boxed set. This is Ron Ormond's final completed film as director before his death in 1982. It's an allegedly true biography of Ed Martin, a convict who converted to Christianity in 1944 and began a prison ministry.
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
i think i'm done for the night. i don't know if the oxycodone actually helped with the pain at all and it certainly didn't make me loopy. i'm not tired, but i don't know if i can handle another Ormond at this time, even though everything that's left is very short.
December 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I forgot about the book while watching Estus's sermon trilogy, but flipped through it & found that, actually, they DID travel to the middle east to film stuff. So this is not white Texans in cosplay, they *ACTUALLY FILMED RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES WITHOUT PERMISSION LIKE STALKERS* fuck you forever Estus.
YOUR rituals are strange and meaningless, you fucking bigot. Shut up, Estus.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
starting 39 Stripes (1979)

This is the 12th film in the From Hollywood to Heaven boxed set. This is Ron Ormond's final completed film as director before his death in 1982. It's an allegedly true biography of Ed Martin, a convict who converted to Christianity in 1944 and began a prison ministry.
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
There is an hour-long audio recording of an Estus Pirkle sermon from 1970 included on disc 3, which comes with the note "we thought this historical recording was important to preserve for this collection, we hope you agree" and i simply do not and i am not going to listen to it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
starting The Believer's Heaven (1977)

This is the 11th film in the boxed set From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost & Saved Films of The Ormond Family and their fourth reactionary conservative film produced with Baptist minister Estus Pirkle. I'm on powerful painkillers. Let's go.
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
starting The Grim Reaper (1976)

This is the 10th film in the Nicolas Winding Refn-curated boxed set From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost & Saved Films of The Ormond Family and their third conservative reactionary film produced with Baptist minister Estus Pirkle. I am on powerful drugs. Let's goooo.
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
not much can be done for a broken rib, just rest & powerful painkillers. so of course. i'm gonna finish off this boxed set. i've just taken my first oxycodone. time to liveskeet more 50-year-old alarmist Baptist propaganda. on narcotics. idk if this will be more unhinged or less coherent than usual.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM