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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 7h

My wife's reaction when I didn't like Practical Magic:

A screencap from the opening scene of Practical Magic where a group of Puritans is about to hang a witch.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 19h

And yet, is there a single statue of him on Bajor?

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've made no secret of my frustrations with this season of Strange New Worlds. But it also gave us one of the most beautiful finales in Star Trek history, and a reminder of why I love this show and this franchise, however much longer we get to enjoy each of them.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Frankenstein" may be my favorite Guillermo del Toro film since Pan's Labyrinth, and I don''t say that lightly.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't know what's stranger: Paris Hilton promoting Paw Patrol on behalf of walmart or the fact that the algorithm thought I was the target audience for that.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm hot blooded, check it and see:

A Vicks branded thermometer with a reading of 100.3

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Which is a long walk to say that the one-two punch of listening to episodes about Adolf Eichmann and Jimmy Savile bruised my soul.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I like Behind the Bastards, but sometimes listening to the show feels like drinking poison for fun. It's not just that evil people exist; it's that so many institutions that enable, excuse, and even encourage them, to where they never face accountability. It's a hard thing to confront over and over.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm a glutton for punishment, so I rewatched Cars 2, and it hit me that while the movie is obviously paying homage to the James Bond series, it's also drafting off Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. And hoo boy, replacing John Candy with Larry the Cable Guy goes exactly as well as you'd think.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If your Bergman be Ing-mar, Then that director's a star, But if your Bergman be Ing-rid, Here's looking at you, kid.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ventus' outfit actually works surprisingly well for a car's detailing. But otherwise these are profoundly cursed!

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I like Strange New Worlds' big genre swings. But part of my problem with the Oops All Crunchberries approach to them in s4 is simple -- when the show does pure classic Star Trek, it's so damn good at it! "Orders of Magnitude" was an absolutely tremendous episode and I'd love to see more in that vein

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

♫ Take time when you're spreading jam, 'cause you'll like the meal ♫

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

make a band edible: Dave Cashews Band

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If I moved to Paris, I wouldn't tell anyone, but there would be Seines.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm a bit worn out by Star Trek: Strange New World's constant genre-shifting. But it does show what a stellar actor Anson Mount is. He's able to modulate his performance to the different tones and settings effortlessly. That's not an easy thing to do and it helps anchor all of the show's genre-flips

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You are in for sixty years' worth of treats if you're interested!

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There's a power outage delaying the SMU-Florida State game. And woe be to the ESPN cameraman, who's clearly desperate to capture footage of anything even remotely interesting and finds himself reduced to doing a slow pan across a row of stadium lights that...aren't on. Riveting, hilarious television

A screen cap from the broadcast of a set of lights on top of FSU's stadium with only a couple of the bulbs illuminated. The chyron at the bottom reads, "SMU at Florida State delayed due to power outage - next update at 8:20 ET"

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is a deep cut, and I love it.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Me [Flummoxed, Trying to Think of Something]: Um...uh...but then the refs found another, super secret clock that no one else could see. And it said there was one mysterious extra second left. So the other team used it to score a touchdown and win the game. My 5yo Niece: Yaaaay!

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Me: And then the brave Western Michigan players batted away the final pass just as time expired, and the underdogs won the big game! The End. My 5yo Niece: But I wanted the other team to win. Tell the story again!

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Look, it's an uphill battle, but I just attended a professional wrestling show in a Texas county that Trump won by 11 points, and one of loudest chants of the night was "Fuck ICE!" So amazing things are possible!

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Another live action meme from last night's #AEW show

A picture of Don Callis clapping his hands at ringside, behind a sign with an image of Grampa Simpson that reads, "There are too many members of the Don Callis family. Please eliminate 3. I am not a crackpot."

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The Buy In is a treat because the commentary among Excalibur, Tazz, and Tony Schiavone is so loose and fun. It's the closest thing we've gotten to their casual commercial break banter in ages. #AEWAllIn

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Will Ospreay: My "I didn't suffocate you with a plastic bag" shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt. #AEWAllIn

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Too many cats are shirking their civic responsibilities these days.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

We rewatched Pixar's Cars, and the movie has its ups and downs, but it reminded me how silly the gripes about the plausibility of a car-based world were. The setting is clearly just a fun excuse for creative visuals in an all ages film. It's like harping on the Gross Domestic Product of Neverland.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

For all the complaints about Strange New Worlds' "a new genre every week" approach, this week's episode was pure, meat and potatoes Star Trek, replete with guts and guile, ample problem-solving, and a ticking clock. And it was excellent! Easily the best of the season! So maybe they're onto something

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you see this post your getaway vehicle

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tim Curry was magic. That devilish grin. That oily baritone. That go-for-broke energy. Not every project he did was brilliant, but he was always brilliant in every project. A one-of-a-kind performer who could charm or scare you as a kid and absolutely wow you as an adult. What a legacy he left us!

A close up shot of Tim Curry with his trademark grin.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Me, when I'm mad about something that happened in a 1960s episode of Doctor Who:

A photoshop of a scene from Futurama where Fry runs to the head-in-a-jar of William Hartnell and yells out, "Mr. Hartnell! I came as soon as I heard what happened decades ago!"

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Get you an icon who'll fund everything from Covid vaccines to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

But Vicki just meets a wet rag of boy and decides he's worth giving up penicillin for after knowing him for all of two days? All for a contrived Shakespeare homage? Meh.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm watching Doctor Who for the first time, and Vicki's goodbye is easily the worst companion exit so far. Susan's romance was sudden, but she'd expressed a desire to be independent and settled long before. Ian and Barbara's exit was abrupt, but it made sense that they'd want to go home eventually.

Vicki in a Trojan toga-like garment of the left, holding Troilus' hand and looking coy, while Troilus stands on the right, in Trojan warrior garb, looking admiringly at Vicki.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Adopt her and bring her inside, my friend!

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"I don't know why our customers are so spooked just because our toilet is right in front of a door!"

A toilet that backs up to what looks like a door to the outside.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It's a little out there, but it has a lot of interesting elements to it! The story arc is called "The Romans". It's in season 2, and the first episode of the arc is entitled "The Slave Traders".

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You can also cap it off with the 1960s Doctor Who story arc where The Doctor rubs elbows with Nero.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

While watching it, I wondered how the show could survive without Livia and Sian Phillips' brilliant performance, but then John Hurt showed up just in time!

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It's one of the fun things about these early episodes. Sometimes the dialogue is loose and the patter is so freewheeling! You so rarely see that on television anymore. Makes the characters seem more like real people somehow.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It drove me nuts, because the rhythm of the original theme and the new beat they put under it didn't align for some godforsaken reason!

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Great article. It's flown under the radar comparatively, but the retirement of the play app is a real bummer. The Bounty Hunter game and the World Showcase scavenger hunt really brought new life to those areas, and I hope there's ultimately some replacement for them.

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Andrew Bloom @andrewbloom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Better enlightenment through pop songs!

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