"The constant push-pull of joy and terror, or comedy and horror, ensures that Obsession’s repetitive formula never gets old, where Bear is constantly juggling his and Nikki’s bizarre thought processes." #horror #movies medium.com/theuglymonst...

Imagine being the person who cut both Taxi Driver and Star Wars, two of the best edited films ever made! Her brilliant career feels infuriatingly brief, cut short by the stress of working with one of the most difficult friend groups in Hollywood history.

"Do you want to run through a field of red flowers as a purple orc girl armed to the teeth? Have you ever dreamed of hunting eldritch horrors with a magic sword that may or may not hate you?" #GiftArticle #hobbies medium.com/theuglymonst...

"As the world gets more politically charged and discussions around a piece of media’s stance become increasingly heated, entertainment is inevitably less subtle in response." #StarWars #superheroes medium.com/theuglymonst...

I would like to imagine that I ran Peter Thiel off personally with this condemnation of his being a fake Tolkien fan.

"Much acclaim has already been levelled at the film’s direction, cinematography and acting — rightfully so — but the film’s most invaluable and underrated quality is its writing." #Obsession #horror #Medium medium.com/theuglymonst...

"...the player is reminded of the political climate of that era from the start as an altercation with a bigoted neighbour leads to life-shattering events when Sean and Daniel’s father, Esteban, is shot by a police officer." #gaming #LifeIsStrange medium.com/theuglymonst...

"AI is nothing but a copyright-infringing third-party toy company, a serial plagiarizer in the first degree backed by good PR, and other shameful turns of phrase." #Peacemaker #AIslop medium.com/theuglymonst...

"The 2016 version of ‘The Magnificent Seven’ is ‘Seven Samurai’ for the modern age. The villain is a capitalist." #movies #politics medium.com/theuglymonst...

"Index Card RPG is escapism done right." #gaming #TTRPGs #Medium medium.com/theuglymonst...

"If you’ve existed on the internet for any length of time, you’ll be aware of Rule 34, but just in case you’re new here¹ or are particularly innocent, Rule 34 is basically this: If it exists, someone online has turned it into smut." #NoPaywall #gaming medium.com/theuglymonst...

"This storyline importantly gives Grogu time to shine, both developing his independence and showing off how powerful he has become." #StarWars #movies #GiftArticle medium.com/theuglymonst...

Aw!

Happy Wednesday, bitches! ✨ #writing #booksky #worldbuilding #scifi #fantasy

OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...

"The Boys overstayed its welcome." #NoPaywall medium.com/theuglymonst...

Why isn’t there a Galaxy Quest for Lord of The Rings

"...you never had so much fun being a soulless bureaucrat drone in your life!" #gaming #politics #GiftArticle medium.com/theuglymonst...

"I don’t think it’s a bad film by any means, but it had room to be much more." #StarWars #movies medium.com/theuglymonst...

Real focused on making CBS News successful, Bari is.

"We have seen two much of Homelander to liken him to other superhero media. He was fascinating because there was once a mask that could be observed, barely obscuring the real, malevolent personality." #TheBoys #KarlUrban medium.com/theuglymonst...

"Historically, art has a way of inciting people into action, of winning over the hearts and minds to a worthy cause." #Medium #Andor #TheBoys #Daredevil medium.com/theuglymonst...

Here's an easy way to explain the three main Vampire sects to new players: The Camarilla is classical music with a faint hint of post-punk in the background. Anarchs are a fusion of nu metal, grunge and hip hop. The Sabbat is the unholy child of black metal, church hymns and narcocorridos.

What are the absolute best covers ever published by Marvel, DC, Image and Valiant? Here are my four choices:

"Hickman’s decade-defining Krakoa era finally let Cyclops’ revolutionary idea loose, giving the mutants a chance to experience real change in their living conditions." #Marvel #GiftArticle medium.com/theuglymonst...

"To Jeremy Allen White’s credit, his voice does fall away into the character after a while and Rotta [the Hutt] gets a decent chunk of screen time." #TheMandalorianAndGrogu #StarWars #Medium medium.com/theuglymonst...

I've seen 3 different people in the last year claim gundam isn't political 🙃

@bobworldbuilder.bsky.social is running a large-scale, single question poll, just for curiosity: which is your favourite TTRPG? I wanted to do my part to share it around non-D&D-exclusive spaces. So pick (or write-in) your favourite here :) forms.gle/A8TBNsCWq9Xe...

Pistolheart Volume 2 is live on Heart of Daggers and Itch! HoD: heartofdaggers.com/products/pis... Itch: ckc09c.itch.io/pistolheart-...

When people try to tell me what RPGs are and aren't "art".

"...'Master' explores the rise of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at American colleges and universities while contending with the realities of a campus climate that hasn’t caught up to these discursive shifts." #horror #movies #GiftArticle medium.com/theuglymonst...

"Everything is a show, a performance for other people, because that is how most families are wired. No one wants to be the topic of a gossip session over tea." #movies #NoPaywall #Indie #Medium medium.com/theuglymonst...

"Most fans of the show have shown flagging interest in its finale in the weeks leading up to it, which seemed destined to be the series’ defining — though far from its first — instance of missed potential." #TheBoys #writing medium.com/theuglymonst...

everything is gender, many will say. few want to take the next step and realize that to understand gender you must understand sex. because that way lies *madness* and yet, like a lovecraftian protagonist, @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social has done so, and returned to us with starry wisdom

"The Boys, ultimately, became what it wanted to make fun of, and in my God honest opinion, it probably should’ve stuck with that." #Superheroes #NoPaywall medium.com/theuglymonst...

"Coded in the DNA of X-Men is a story about tolerance and progressiveness. From them, we can learn that though the world would wish to push us back and lull us into complacency, we must mutate society’s status quo into something better." #comics #protest medium.com/theuglymonst...

"...Witch Watch follows Nico and her growing entourage of retainers — an assortment of classic horror monsters and Japanese folk legends, reinterpreted for the modern day." #NoPaywall #anime medium.com/theuglymonst...

In honour of Rebels, a matter of defiance

"The most damning fate for any series is simply when the magic is lost. The characters have settled into a groove that is entirely unwelcome, where nothing is fresh or urgent." #TheBoys #Medium medium.com/theuglymonst...

"Secondary to the cartoonish violence, women’s feet are plastered across the Tarantino-verse. To quote Brad Pitt, ‘‘Quentin has separated more women from their shoes than the TSA.”" #movies #Filmmaking medium.com/theuglymonst...

"A product’s purpose is not to convey a message. Only the opposite. A corporate machine creates a message that causes consumers to purchase a product. The product is not a delivery system. It is the goal." #NoPaywall #capitalism #Marvel medium.com/theuglymonst...

"...a bunch of dictators with their brains in giant war-robots did a Skynet and obliterated and enslaved most of humanity. Later they decided to chill like some kind of hedonistic robotic Cenobites while stepping on humanity’s throat." #Dune #SciFi medium.com/theuglymonst...

"...the ending was…fine. I guess. A lot of people figured Homelander ending up the way he did felt wrong, that it wasn’t in his character..." #TheBoys #Medium #NoPaywall medium.com/theuglymonst...

If you aren’t a Medium member, here’s a link to read my review of The Devil Wears Prada 2 for free. medium.com/theuglymonst... #moviesky #review #thedevilwearsprada

"The first movie held back quite a bit in trying to only be a serious story, but the sequel leans into the weirdness of it all without any embarrassment." #MortalKombat2 #GiftArticle medium.com/theuglymonst...

"Instead of a straight adaptation, Audio Adventures fully utilized the medium of radio to tell an original story that could only be told sonically." #podcasts #Batman medium.com/theuglymonst...

By this logic, Tekken 2 made me a jeet kune do master

"The Last Ringbearer follows two “orcs,”...who are given a mission by the last Nazgûl — scientists, not ring-wraiths — to destroy Galadriel’s Mirror and thus all magic within Middle-earth." #FanFiction #Medium #LordOfTheRings medium.com/theuglymonst...