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Tom Augustine
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Filmmaker and writer
FAST AND FURIOUS 6

(Can’t do FAST FIVE coz it’s a pure five bagger)
December 4, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Does it bite off more than it can chew? Probably. But the attempt is often genuinely astonishing. Two episodes in.
November 30, 2024 at 9:54 PM
— but that it *moves* in the same way as the graphic novel. Sequences unfold and you can almost see the way it would have been drawn. The way it flows between stories, time periods, mediums, perspectives.
November 30, 2024 at 9:54 PM
But man, when this show is on, it is ON. There’s parts I genuinely can’t believe made it to the screen. The ambition is virtually unparalleled in modern television. What I most appreciate is that it not only has such granular fealty to the story without being a rote retread —
November 30, 2024 at 9:54 PM
One of those shows that is genuinely of great quality, hamstrung by an aggressively underwhelming ending. Needed an extra episode desperately, this thing has absolutely zero breathing room.
November 30, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Yo
November 13, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Reposted by Tom Augustine
people need to actually rewatch The Battle of Algiers, imo, instead of just talking about how awesome The Battle of Algiers is
October 15, 2023 at 2:16 PM
Please tell me there’s a super cut of Speed Racer to that 21 Savage song out there for the love of God
August 20, 2023 at 9:28 AM