Tansy Gardam
@tansyg.bsky.social
chaotic foolish. writer, critic and recovering TV producer. host of Going Rogue, a podcast about troubled films and the industry that makes them, if you even care.
if I get one vibe from Verbinski it is that this man is supremely hinged? like you don’t make stuff on the scale he does without a lotta hinges.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
if I get one vibe from Verbinski it is that this man is supremely hinged? like you don’t make stuff on the scale he does without a lotta hinges.
watching the daily wire rename their long-gestating fantasy series and also purge most of the making of materials as they finally announce a release date
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
watching the daily wire rename their long-gestating fantasy series and also purge most of the making of materials as they finally announce a release date
yes... hahaha.... YES
November 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
yes... hahaha.... YES
What keeps me up at night? I'm glad you asked.
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
What keeps me up at night? I'm glad you asked.
one of my favourite post-production fixes in Artemis Fowl is the whole bit with a safe behind a portrait where they added one insert of Colin Farrell's face then cropped the frame for any other shots so you couldn't see it was fully a portrait of a different guy when they shot it.
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
one of my favourite post-production fixes in Artemis Fowl is the whole bit with a safe behind a portrait where they added one insert of Colin Farrell's face then cropped the frame for any other shots so you couldn't see it was fully a portrait of a different guy when they shot it.
I know Holes only got some drive-by praise in the last episode of Going Rogue but that was purely for time because I could (and originally did) say so much more about Holes.
November 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I know Holes only got some drive-by praise in the last episode of Going Rogue but that was purely for time because I could (and originally did) say so much more about Holes.
once again I have questions about the German book cover industry
October 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
once again I have questions about the German book cover industry
watching the bts of the DnD movie and they got the cast to play a campaign as their characters and I’m losing my mind over how into it Regé-Jean Page got.
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
watching the bts of the DnD movie and they got the cast to play a campaign as their characters and I’m losing my mind over how into it Regé-Jean Page got.
love when an actor appears onscreen and you know, ontologically, they are australian.
October 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
love when an actor appears onscreen and you know, ontologically, they are australian.
new bonus episode up on the Patreon now
October 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
new bonus episode up on the Patreon now
sickness got me buying the fancy little treats
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
sickness got me buying the fancy little treats
finally started watching THE LOWDOWN and lee just like me fr
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
finally started watching THE LOWDOWN and lee just like me fr
Springsteen when you ask what instruments he's gonna use to record Nebraska
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Springsteen when you ask what instruments he's gonna use to record Nebraska
honest question do we think Felicity Jones is only interested in playing wifes or is it the only role she's ever offered?
October 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
honest question do we think Felicity Jones is only interested in playing wifes or is it the only role she's ever offered?
hello i have just learned about Terry Pratchett's multiple German publishers who either used unbelievably bad covers or put soup ads in the middle of the book.
October 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
hello i have just learned about Terry Pratchett's multiple German publishers who either used unbelievably bad covers or put soup ads in the middle of the book.
never have I seen a more "we have x at home"
October 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
never have I seen a more "we have x at home"
having to upload a headshot for a work pass and very nearly accidentally gave them this
October 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
having to upload a headshot for a work pass and very nearly accidentally gave them this
6) The film was AP'd by Branagh's former assistant William Moseley. The film also has a cameo by the actor William Moseley, in a scene where Hamish McColl (the writer) also cameos. It took longer than you'd think to confirm that these are different people.
October 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
6) The film was AP'd by Branagh's former assistant William Moseley. The film also has a cameo by the actor William Moseley, in a scene where Hamish McColl (the writer) also cameos. It took longer than you'd think to confirm that these are different people.
4) Lara McDonnell (Holly) appeared in Branagh's next film Belfast as Cousin Who Wants To Do Crime, and she also did work experience on Death On The Nile
October 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
4) Lara McDonnell (Holly) appeared in Branagh's next film Belfast as Cousin Who Wants To Do Crime, and she also did work experience on Death On The Nile
3) this is just for kids who grew up in my house in the early 2000s but Miranda Raison, who played Artemis's mother, was Jo from Spooks. Laurence Kinlan, who played Holly's father, was Dan Kelly in the Heath Ledge Ned Kelly. Neither are in the final cut.
October 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
3) this is just for kids who grew up in my house in the early 2000s but Miranda Raison, who played Artemis's mother, was Jo from Spooks. Laurence Kinlan, who played Holly's father, was Dan Kelly in the Heath Ledge Ned Kelly. Neither are in the final cut.
2) the design for Butler (and by extension Juliet) was inspired by Cheddar Man - in 2018 they'd just done DNA testing on the 10,000 year old human remains and found he had brown skin and blue eyes
October 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
2) the design for Butler (and by extension Juliet) was inspired by Cheddar Man - in 2018 they'd just done DNA testing on the 10,000 year old human remains and found he had brown skin and blue eyes
ok it's time for all the things I had to cut from the Artemis Fowl episode of the pod
1) The same year that he was part of VFX tests for Artemis Fowl (2002), Nonso Anozie played King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company - he holds the Guinness World Record for Youngest Lear at 23.
1) The same year that he was part of VFX tests for Artemis Fowl (2002), Nonso Anozie played King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company - he holds the Guinness World Record for Youngest Lear at 23.
October 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ok it's time for all the things I had to cut from the Artemis Fowl episode of the pod
1) The same year that he was part of VFX tests for Artemis Fowl (2002), Nonso Anozie played King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company - he holds the Guinness World Record for Youngest Lear at 23.
1) The same year that he was part of VFX tests for Artemis Fowl (2002), Nonso Anozie played King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company - he holds the Guinness World Record for Youngest Lear at 23.
new episode (actually) out now!
this one goes out to all the kids who self identified as "readers" in primary school
open.spotify.com/episode/3CVj...
this one goes out to all the kids who self identified as "readers" in primary school
open.spotify.com/episode/3CVj...
October 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
new episode (actually) out now!
this one goes out to all the kids who self identified as "readers" in primary school
open.spotify.com/episode/3CVj...
this one goes out to all the kids who self identified as "readers" in primary school
open.spotify.com/episode/3CVj...
ok this time fr open.spotify.com/episode/3CVj...
October 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
ok this time fr open.spotify.com/episode/3CVj...
new episode tomorrow
October 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
new episode tomorrow