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Going for a movie I know jack about. Living it up like the 1990's. The promise of annihilation that surrounded Y2K feels just as real today. Just around the corner at the next set of traffic lights, or some such...

@wcmartell.bsky.social I'm thinking of creating a process to capture many of your methods (and some of my own) in an @obsidian.md vault starting with the idea bins.

@wcmartell.bsky.social curious how fast you fill those bins? (context: tip387, not some kink) 5 pages a day, 6 weeks for a decent first draft, tracks for me for specs, because bins have been filling. When it’s an assignment, do you allow a bin buffer period? How do you manage?

February Watch Dump

Seems backwards that my journey with films that I worked on with Dharma & Netflix goes from Guilty to Accused. #Netflix #Dharma

Been doing a Scream binge from 1 to 6, making note of motives, red herrings, characters in relation to thematic question. Conclusion: There are solid reasons why the original still holds the top spot. It’s the most thought out. #scream

Thoroughly enjoyed this Q&A. An hour well spent. #LeeChild

Flat White — A racist fat shaming beverage? or just an ignorant tasty bystander? #coffee

Reacher vs Luke Cage I’d watch that.

That @wcmartell.bsky.social has done it again. He’s opened another rabbit hole 🕳️ with his top script tip on opening with “grabbers” (294) — Thought I’d share what I found.. I’ll watch one every couple of days.. #TheFalcon #TNT #classics #screenwritng #filmsky

Self-reflection. As opposed to alter-ego reflection, or alternate universe reflection? or would that be refraction? Bah, point is.. Look at your own puddle of blood, water and tears. Then throw a pebble into it. Don’t forget to ‘gram it. 🤳🏼

People that call without announcing themselves prior are the heights of inconsiderate. Please, drop dead. ☠️ My phone is for my convenience, not yours. Sorry, but it’s live and let live or this. No happy medium. No purgatory. Just a deep hell of ringing hurt. Yes. It bothers me that much.

No Other Choice (2025) 🟠🟢🔵 boxd.it/csXRsN #filmsky

They could have just called Ikkis something like “Ghar Nahi Aaoge” 🫢 #filmsky #bollywood

Rick-rolled in 2025. Maybe the internet’s still got some juice left. ‘Twas just the Easter egg in that Easter Xmas film we needed! A sign of hope and faith that the cyberdyne skynets haven’t defeated us yet. We live to die another day, to live free and die hard… to.. bah.. you get the drift..

Week 52 is over already. These last days a mere formality. They only exist in the world of slavery. Yes, corporate culture does count. Not a limerick. Not a haiku. Is this poetry?

Entered Nakatomi Tower. See y’all on the other side.

Oh wait, we’re on week 50? Better start looking at my screenshots for potential listicles that I could make, but probably won’t.

Bested by an almond croissant.

Third time (the deep dive, application and sense making phase) into “Save the Cat Writes Horror”. I clearly need 3 more highlights for everything to click into place. @jamie-nash.bsky.social and I are childhood friends now — in my head.

Fascinating read from almost a decade ago. Ultimately it suggests the nodes in unity are the “value”. When combined with the growing AI advances, do we maintain any semblance of control in the very near future of sentients? #musing #societalfear #beesknees #hivemind

"It all starts with the cat." Screenwriting Tip Of The Day by William C. Martell - Snowball! Escalating Conflict via @glasp.bsky.social www.scriptsecrets.net/tips/tip371.... Could the film "Caught Stealing" have been called: "Save the Cat" ? 😀 #filmsky #moviesky #screenwriting

Black Dynamite > A House of Dynamite

Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope. Yes, THAT Pope.

All these AI advances happening all around me and yet my watch still doesn’t passive aggressively taunt or engage in a discourse with me about my life choices in the voice of K.I.T.T. I don’t think my demands are unreasonable. I expected more from 2025.

Sometimes life surprises you. Most times. Every goddamn time.

Left-handed Zora — Voh ek zehreeli haseen naagin hai!

Learned the term “performative reading” exists today. Find it quite ironic conceptually, as well as the fact there is now a term for it, as well as the fact that “influencers” are being maligned for it. Can’t help but if I’ve misunderstood something? Influencer = Actor. Performative = Pretending.

Feel I’ve been doing adulting all wrong. A more childlike approach would have been more joyful. Still time to fix that. *shoves-hand-down-cookie-jar*

It’s truly impressive how well South Park remains immersed in current events. For decades it’s managed to educate ignorant people like myself — more than any news channel or the algorithm driven slim view of social media that reaches my view. Kudos to the makers.

It’s finally out for the public! Haven’t been this excited for a software update since Encarta 96. #obsidian #bases

Hibernated. Worked some. Caffeinated. Worked some more. Burned out. Fell ill. Here I am... What did I miss?

Myself, I feel very safe.

— Just, no. The rise of the em-dashers is an affront to my identity. All these GPT LLM loving sons of peaches be seeding their outputs to the world like their own. You were not language savvy before, nor were you one to concern yourself with the visual aesthetic of a sentence. — Mahatma Gandhi

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I miss seeing the world with rose tinted glasses. Ignorance actually was bliss. Such is the muddy tainted lens of hindsight, I suppose. #morningmusing #newsoftheworld #lulz

One of my most favourite films. I’d seen it thrice in theatres and loved it every time just the same. Has held up on every rewatch since too.

Fast Fantastic and Four yes?? #family

Totally agree with @kermodemovie.bsky.social on the film Companion — the marketing gives away much.. and it still delivers. But those that just watch it blind will have a better “experience” with it. #filmsky #moviesky #nospoilers

🟠🟢🔵 | John Wick | 🎥 ✍️ | Derek Kolstad Been a few years since I last saw this. Loved the setup still. The payoff and climax felt somewhat underwhelming this time round though. #FilmSky #moviesky #letterboxd

🟠🟢🔵 | Desperados | 🎥 ✍️ | Ellen Rapoport Didn't hate it. Didn't care for it. Attempted it as a "background watch", which I feel is just not for me. #FlmSky #moviesky #letterboxd

Don’t worry guys… I’ve been caffeinating regularly… Generally.. 1 Iced Cortado 1 Hot Cortado

Stop smirking!! Michael C. Hall’s awkward interactions, even in interviews where he kinda bumbles through are charming.They feel like an extension of Dexter, the right fit. This kid is just too darned smug all the time.

I’ve started recently reading these Page 1 posts that I used to just scan. A couple of weeks on, my belief is reinforced from my dev pleb days that it’s very very clear which scripts and/or films I’d enjoy… Right there on Page One. Note to all writers: First impressions really do matter!

Now that we’re halfway through #DexterOriginalSin it seems like a good time to reflect. Overall the vibe is on point. The plusses of original #Dexter 🔪 feel retained, the music, humour, tone, tension, the VO. Even the story structure. The minus I hope they lose. Last episodes that don’t satisfy.

🟠🟢🔵 | Boiling Point | 🎥 ✍️ | James B. Harris Many familiar faces before they got to shine. Goes to show how patience and perseverance pays. Showing up is a large part of getting that “lucky” break.  As for the film itself, Pretty abysmal! #FilmSky #MovieSky #letterboxd

Richard Brody on why DVD owners shouldn’t throw out their collections just yet.

If you see this, post a red-haired character #Filmsky #Movies #Moviesky Sidebar: Yea’ it may have been TV, but many double episodes were no less than films, the pilot included. #TVsky

Winning 🏆 #Delta #GameBoy Considering we’re now unleashing Gen Beta spawn into the world, how do you think Gen Delta will see these games? #weekend #musing #hashtagsgoon