James Callan
@scarequotes.com
Moviegoer, movie lover. PNW denizen. UX content worker. Word nerd. Ich spreche ein wenig Deutsch. Handy on a trivia team. Hard cider, iced tea. he/him, cis
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/xrv
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What they really mean is "Pointing out the film's real-world harm and also poking holes in our defense that it was a pioneering work of art makes us uncomfortable and that should be illegal."
But that's saying the quiet part out loud, so they turn to wilder accusations.
But that's saying the quiet part out loud, so they turn to wilder accusations.
November 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What they really mean is "Pointing out the film's real-world harm and also poking holes in our defense that it was a pioneering work of art makes us uncomfortable and that should be illegal."
But that's saying the quiet part out loud, so they turn to wilder accusations.
But that's saying the quiet part out loud, so they turn to wilder accusations.
Sneak Previews, December 1978:
Gene: What I would wish for is better holiday movies next year. This year‘s crop was pretty bad
Roger: You’re right, Gene. There were four or five good pictures. The rest were disappointing. It’s been a bad Christmas season for the movies.
Gene: What I would wish for is better holiday movies next year. This year‘s crop was pretty bad
Roger: You’re right, Gene. There were four or five good pictures. The rest were disappointing. It’s been a bad Christmas season for the movies.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Sneak Previews, December 1978:
Gene: What I would wish for is better holiday movies next year. This year‘s crop was pretty bad
Roger: You’re right, Gene. There were four or five good pictures. The rest were disappointing. It’s been a bad Christmas season for the movies.
Gene: What I would wish for is better holiday movies next year. This year‘s crop was pretty bad
Roger: You’re right, Gene. There were four or five good pictures. The rest were disappointing. It’s been a bad Christmas season for the movies.
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Is that a ghost
Some of those dogs at the dog show are just obscene abominations unto the lord.
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Is that a ghost
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
Watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes yesterday, which gave me the idea for a niche movie list.
Sticks together strong
Movies that include a scene where someone literally demonstrates a version of the Aesop fable "The Old Man and his Sons," aka "The Bundle of Sticks."
letterboxd.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes yesterday, which gave me the idea for a niche movie list.
The order of the opening credits in Community is a fascinating time capsule given everyone’s career since the show came out.
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The order of the opening credits in Community is a fascinating time capsule given everyone’s career since the show came out.
copacetic
Let’s all go around the table and say one word we’re thankful for.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
copacetic
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This Christmas, you will be visited by three ghosts. One of them will be the blowjob ghost from GHOSTBUSTERS but the other two? Terrifying.
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This Christmas, you will be visited by three ghosts. One of them will be the blowjob ghost from GHOSTBUSTERS but the other two? Terrifying.
On the eve of one of the most etiquettey of holidays, I confess that I've wondered if getting certification as an etiquette consultant would offer an interesting spin to my content/UX work.
(Probably the kind of thing I should be saying on LinkedIn for those precious metrics.)
(Probably the kind of thing I should be saying on LinkedIn for those precious metrics.)
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
On the eve of one of the most etiquettey of holidays, I confess that I've wondered if getting certification as an etiquette consultant would offer an interesting spin to my content/UX work.
(Probably the kind of thing I should be saying on LinkedIn for those precious metrics.)
(Probably the kind of thing I should be saying on LinkedIn for those precious metrics.)
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Psst... The Reveal is having a Black Friday sale. First-time and returning paid subscribers can now get 20% off an annual subscription. That's just $40 for one year of everything we publish and more. Here's the link: thereveal.film/reveal-black...
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Psst... The Reveal is having a Black Friday sale. First-time and returning paid subscribers can now get 20% off an annual subscription. That's just $40 for one year of everything we publish and more. Here's the link: thereveal.film/reveal-black...
Train Dreams has a ratio of voiceover-compared-to-lines-spoken-by-main-character that might just outdo The Man Who Wasn't There.
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Train Dreams has a ratio of voiceover-compared-to-lines-spoken-by-main-character that might just outdo The Man Who Wasn't There.
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
We've got a local restaurant called Goon Burger.
Wonder how their year's been going.
Wonder how their year's been going.
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We've got a local restaurant called Goon Burger.
Wonder how their year's been going.
Wonder how their year's been going.
Michael Mann's FAJIT
NINE YEAR FAJITA HEIST
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
I remember seeing a story years ago where a prison cook was caught having stolen $1.2 million of fajitas over 9 years.
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Michael Mann's FAJIT
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Our long national nightmare is over.
Several years ago, the Stylebook advised that you heat your oven, because "preheat" is redundant.
That might be true linguistically, but we heard you. Common usage in cookbooks calls for preheating.
That might be true linguistically, but we heard you. Common usage in cookbooks calls for preheating.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our long national nightmare is over.
"We’re but children on this earth, pulling bolts out of the Ferris wheel, thinking ourselves to be gods."
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"We’re but children on this earth, pulling bolts out of the Ferris wheel, thinking ourselves to be gods."
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Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Wild to check out the Gen X subreddit and see posts from people who reached their 50s and basically declare, "Well, I'm tired of everything. Can't wait to die!"
(Many of these people insist that they're not depressed, just realistic.)
(Many of these people insist that they're not depressed, just realistic.)
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Wild to check out the Gen X subreddit and see posts from people who reached their 50s and basically declare, "Well, I'm tired of everything. Can't wait to die!"
(Many of these people insist that they're not depressed, just realistic.)
(Many of these people insist that they're not depressed, just realistic.)
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let’s all watch deadwood
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
let’s all watch deadwood
This motion picture contains no visual depiction of the godhead.
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This motion picture contains no visual depiction of the godhead.
I find it odd that the Hollywood Theatre here in Portland got theatrical releases for Jay Kelly, Train Dreams, and Frankenstein, but they're not showing Wake Up, Dead Man. I'll be headed to the Laurelhurst for that one.
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I find it odd that the Hollywood Theatre here in Portland got theatrical releases for Jay Kelly, Train Dreams, and Frankenstein, but they're not showing Wake Up, Dead Man. I'll be headed to the Laurelhurst for that one.
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(A) stop feeling pressure to be perfect;
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
(A) stop feeling pressure to be perfect;
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
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being married is like being an anthropologist of one person in particular, and the field work only ends when one of you dies
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
being married is like being an anthropologist of one person in particular, and the field work only ends when one of you dies
Email from LinkedIn
Subject:
James, your posts got 9 impressions last week
Body intro:
James, your posts made an impact and your audience showed up.
(True enough in the sense that I don't think of myself as having "an audience" on LinkedIn, I guess.)
Subject:
James, your posts got 9 impressions last week
Body intro:
James, your posts made an impact and your audience showed up.
(True enough in the sense that I don't think of myself as having "an audience" on LinkedIn, I guess.)
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Email from LinkedIn
Subject:
James, your posts got 9 impressions last week
Body intro:
James, your posts made an impact and your audience showed up.
(True enough in the sense that I don't think of myself as having "an audience" on LinkedIn, I guess.)
Subject:
James, your posts got 9 impressions last week
Body intro:
James, your posts made an impact and your audience showed up.
(True enough in the sense that I don't think of myself as having "an audience" on LinkedIn, I guess.)
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane