🚨Attention UK @thepoduniverse.com fans!🚨 The 2011 @nationaltheatre.org.uk production of #Frankenstein is being shown at 11.30pm tonight on Sky Arts.

My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.

JFC how huge were the founding fathers

This from @realgdt.bsky.social talking about 'Frankenstein' is so good.

You know the one simple trick that fix Britain? Stop being taken in by charlatans who say there's one simple trick to fix everything, rather than, y'know, a lot of hard work to fix things properly.

@lastexittonowhere.bsky.social - a movie and TV-inspired clothing brand that I love - recently sent me a David Fincher shirt as a giveaway prize. To express my gratitude, I made this... commercial? youtu.be/1Sd7NJkZW84?...

It's a minor complaint, but I wish John Williams' original score featured more in James Gunn's Superman. However, the fact that it complements scenes like this warms my heart; that heroic optimism that I love shines through. Spoilers for Superman, I suppose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-FL...

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

If you do find your name, go here to file to get your money! www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Timeline cleanse

Almost forgot that it's #Swordtember! I can't draw, but I love the premise. Feel free to share your finest blades.

In 2022, two amateur screenwriters pledged to complete the Dark Universe of monster movies that Universal abandoned. It started as a joke. It became an obsession. This is their story. youtu.be/PuZD_KNcaRE?...

Aaah, go on then. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Kneel before Zod.

About fifteen years ago, I was working a summer job. Lattes by day, pints by night. One night, a confident young man asked me for something that sounded like a cocktail; something like a "fuzzy duck", or a "mucky puddle". Eventually, he clarified that he wanted a "coke shandy."

Any recommendations? Ideally, I'm looking for courses in #NWEngland, with a native #BSL speaker.

This is Deacon Darkstrider he’s very naughty he once forgot to say thank you to the bus driver and now he’s been in hell for 300 years let that be a lesson (Fanart of one of my players characters in our dnd campaign) #dndart #dnd5e #ocart

Some times, I get a mashup stuck in my head to the point that I need to exorcise it. These two tracks use the same key and feature an almost identical tempo, which is handy.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach are preparing to open their new ride next year called "Avitkas". I wonder if anyone has spotted it is an anagram of "Sativa, K" yet. (I'm a local. I feel like I'm allowed to make these jokes.)

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

Marvin the Martian was the referee in Space Jam because, as both an alien and a toon, he was the only one that could be impartial.

Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man (and Wolf Woman), and the most lovable Invisible Man you’ve never seen join forces in a 30-part saga of imaginary DARK UNIVERSE movies! Follow the whole process from story break to full-cast table reads, streaming wherever you find podcasts. DarkUniversePod.com

This looks like some proper fun.

Tried rewatching Disney's Lone Ranger the other day. I know it's not perfect, but it has its moments. My attempt at a fix: couldn't Tonto have been an orphan raised by the Apache? It would've given him more reason to trust the first (fellow) white men he meets.

The title card alone has me SHOOK.

Can anyone recommend a good Foundation Level/Level 1 #BSL course?

Junction 4/Men's Sheds is a local charity group that supports theatre performances in the North West of England and beyond. If you'd like to learn more, and might be willing to pledge to their latest project, please check out the link below. www.spacehive.com/junction4sme...

There's a lot to like here, but I really enjoy the cut between Clark's regular guy voice and his "Miss Lane", presumably Superman voice.

Deep dish communion wafers.

As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe. But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵

I'd love to go to the #MetGala, especially if I could loiter in the background of everyone else's photos. Maybe I'd be eating a footlong sub or something.

Skybox is looking for pitches on Sinners from Black writers. If that's you, we want to hear from you! Email me at [email protected] with your best stuff.

Another week, another mixed bag from Doctor Who. I really dug the set-up, but the twist(?) did nothing for me. Weirdly, another one I would've loved as a drawn out two-parter.

Why not invest a couple minutes of your afternoon enjoying one of the master storytellers

The middle of that Doctor Who episode didn't quite work for me. However, I enjoyed the rest! Would've gladly taken a two-parter with some of those concepts explored.

We're very nearly at 1000 YouTube subscribers! If you're a fan of the pod but usually listen via another podcatcher, consider giving us a follow here, too. We're planning to do more video stuff in the future so it'll be worth your while. www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4...

A movie that takes place where you're from.

I’m looking to do some press ahead of the big @darkuniversepod.bsky.social season finale, wrapping up a cycle of 29 imaginary films spinning out of the 2017 Mummy remake. Our show is about the joy and challenges of the creative process and we love to talk about it. Book me on your podcast!

Usually I enjoy debating the Jehovah's Witnesses that come canvassing. They dropped this off without knocking, which is a shame. I'd love to know if they also think this is just Zac Efron. More like Baywatchtower, am I right?

Why do I feel like the concept of 'Threads, the TV series' sums up how awful it must be to pitch and develop original ideas right now?

Slow with the drawing lately but I did this lil portrait with v sketchy lines of a certain butch weregnoll I know #dnd #dndart #characterart

🚨Attention, UK @darkuniversepod.bsky.social fans!🚨 The original 'The Ghost and Mrs. Muir' is being broadcast on Film4 in 45 minutes!

Quick pitch: Freakiest Friday. Jamie-Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan wake up to find they're the only two people on Earth that haven't been body-swapped.

Blasphemy. Gratuitous gore. Dusty Rhodes references. @darkuniversepod.bsky.social does it all.

Sometimes, I'm a man of simple pleasures. Certain sociopolitical similarities aside, #DaredevilBornAgain scratches many itches.

Someone needs to stop me.

Friday competition time! 🎉 #Marvel's Hawkeye and Loki Season 2, and #StarWars' Ahsoka and The Mandalorian Season 3 are OUT NOW on 4K steelbook. We have sets of all four to give away! To enter: RT, follow Empire, and reply telling us your favourite show of the four... UK entrants only, must be 18+