A. Das
rohandas.bsky.social
A. Das
@rohandas.bsky.social
Writer, editor, digital programmer, sometimes movie critic. CMS@MIT, CRC@NYU. Editorial/programming: @TEDTalks, @io9, @slant_magazine, @livemint, @SundayGuardian. NYC/Kolkata.
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon could do a lot with this.
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You didn't get the number of 'no's' in the first burst correct.
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I have a feeling they’re going to be testing that theory soon enough, unfortunately.
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I'm thinking of getting one of the Discworld Librarian reading a book - no way I end up regretting that.
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
While we're on this subject, have any of you seen BAAL? Worth tracking down?
October 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Jamie Delano (who I'm a huge fan of), Grant Morrison and Paul Jenkins at the very minimum.
October 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Was thinking the exact same thing watching it. In fact, probably applies to the entire roster of British Invasion comics people.
October 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I fully had some sort of transportive experience watching it, head-tripping through time and space. Alan Clarke psychopomp. And some credit to David Rudkin too. From what I can tell, this was his baby as much as Clarke's.
October 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
100 percent agree. Leaves the competition in the dust.
October 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Penda's Fen is one of the greatest, most quintessentially British movies I've ever seen. He somehow made an entire psychohistory of England in 90 minutes with a TV budget while making time for one of the most affecting depictions of father/son relationships in cinema.
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The third comment you screenshotted also indicates just how much the media has misrepresented him and muddied his positions. When people get to hear directly from him with the full context they immediately realize he’s not the beret wearing utopian saboteur he’s made out to be.
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
And then a Substacker who makes 35k a year to break daily stories will do some digging and discover that what she *does* have is an entire screening room with a 20,000-dollar 4K laser projector, a 7.1 Atmos setup and reclining leather seating.
October 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Still waiting for a 25th Hour release. Fucking Disney.
October 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM