T. Alan Newton
@talannewton.bsky.social
Filmmaking and fiction.
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Just walked into a restaurant and Indiana Jones is playing on CMT. I guess they don’t play videos anymore either.
December 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just walked into a restaurant and Indiana Jones is playing on CMT. I guess they don’t play videos anymore either.
18.5 Never had AOL but my childhood neighbors had a waterbed, so I at least saw one of those in the wild.
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
18.5 Never had AOL but my childhood neighbors had a waterbed, so I at least saw one of those in the wild.
Stranger Things has gone on so long the same actors have been able to play both the children and the adults in their version of IT.
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Stranger Things has gone on so long the same actors have been able to play both the children and the adults in their version of IT.
This definitely feels like “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” Who will be the first to make a feature film stitching together these clips?
"Users of the AI video creation platform [Sora] will now be able to create clips of 200 characters from Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars franchises."
"Whether that ultimately destabilizes the production and content creation side of the entertainment industry may be the big question."
"Whether that ultimately destabilizes the production and content creation side of the entertainment industry may be the big question."
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI in Major Deal That Boosts Sora In Hollywood
Users of the AI video creation platform will now be able to create clips of 200 characters from Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars franchises.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This definitely feels like “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” Who will be the first to make a feature film stitching together these clips?
Lock, Stock, and One Smoking Barrel (2025)
Man arrested, accused of robbing Tulsa liquor store with antique gun
Man arrested, accused of robbing liquor store with antique gun
The Tulsa Police Department arrested a man accused of robbing a south Tulsa liquor store with an antique gun on Friday night.
www.fox23.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Lock, Stock, and One Smoking Barrel (2025)
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
two men are talking to each other with the words back off man i 'm a scientist on the bottom
Alt: Dr. Peter Venkman saying “Back off, man… I’m a scientist” in the movie Ghostbusters
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
I’m sure there’s a joke in here about renaming HBO Max yet again, but this just seems depressing. deadline.com/2025/12/netf...
Netflix Wins Bidding War For Warner Bros. Discovery, Will Start Exclusive Deal Talks
Netflix has emerged victorious with what appears to be the highest bid for Warner Bros. Discovery and the two sides are set to start exclusive talks.
deadline.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I’m sure there’s a joke in here about renaming HBO Max yet again, but this just seems depressing. deadline.com/2025/12/netf...
I feel this. I was looking at my daily word counts in Pacemaker this morning and thinking “There’s no way I’ll make that.” I was aiming to finish half a manuscript by New Years but even a quarter would be an accomplishment.
Many of you are freaking out because you've done the math and it's going to be very hard to finish that manuscript by New Year's.
That's okay. It really is.
Targets are to help you get words on the page. No one will know or care that you finish days or weeks after your date.
Just. Keep. Writing.
That's okay. It really is.
Targets are to help you get words on the page. No one will know or care that you finish days or weeks after your date.
Just. Keep. Writing.
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I feel this. I was looking at my daily word counts in Pacemaker this morning and thinking “There’s no way I’ll make that.” I was aiming to finish half a manuscript by New Years but even a quarter would be an accomplishment.
I never saw any of his plays performed, but reading them was certainly an influence on my theatre days. RIP
November 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I never saw any of his plays performed, but reading them was certainly an influence on my theatre days. RIP
Fun fact: We are now further away from the release of Jurassic Park (June 11, 1993) than the year the dinosaurs depicted in the movie ruled the earth (65 million BC).
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Fun fact: We are now further away from the release of Jurassic Park (June 11, 1993) than the year the dinosaurs depicted in the movie ruled the earth (65 million BC).
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen —
Smothers Brothers
Weezer
Ben Folds
Radiohead
Wilco
Smothers Brothers
Weezer
Ben Folds
Radiohead
Wilco
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen —
Smothers Brothers
Weezer
Ben Folds
Radiohead
Wilco
Smothers Brothers
Weezer
Ben Folds
Radiohead
Wilco
A solid list. My only change would be possibly bumping up AotC to 9. Rise of Skywalker is the only one I haven’t rewatched.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A solid list. My only change would be possibly bumping up AotC to 9. Rise of Skywalker is the only one I haven’t rewatched.
This came at the perfect time for me as I find myself doing these very same things.
It would be weird to play soccer using the tennis rules. So why are we writing fiction with the unnecessary limitations of film? I have some theories. And I wrote about 12 things film teaches us wrong (and 4 it teaches us right) about writing prose. Please join me!
open.substack.com/pub/rebeccam...
open.substack.com/pub/rebeccam...
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This came at the perfect time for me as I find myself doing these very same things.
Reposted by T. Alan Newton
It's 2024, y'all. You have a project you've been dying to write. You've spent years telling yourself you'll do it. You've also spent years wondering if you're even good enough to try.
I'm here to tell you that you are.
2024 is the year you prove to yourself and the world what you're capable of.
I'm here to tell you that you are.
2024 is the year you prove to yourself and the world what you're capable of.
January 1, 2024 at 8:53 PM
It's 2024, y'all. You have a project you've been dying to write. You've spent years telling yourself you'll do it. You've also spent years wondering if you're even good enough to try.
I'm here to tell you that you are.
2024 is the year you prove to yourself and the world what you're capable of.
I'm here to tell you that you are.
2024 is the year you prove to yourself and the world what you're capable of.