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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 16h

With all due respect to Donald Sutherland, who's arguably the better actor, Alan Alda is THE Hawkeye. Like the definitive version of that character. Sutherland's Hawkeye feels like an impostor, despite being there first.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 17h

Not sure what's worse with the Criterion Channel change, the UI now looking super generic or the subs becoming these ugly blocky poorly formatted things you can't do nothing about.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 20h

I can't tell what gender the Steam sale dragon is supposed to be, but the androgyny only makes it more attractive.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 21h

I have never seen a single left-progressive figure take Bernie Sanders to task for his abhorrent positions on Israel and immigration btw.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 21h

Not to add to "the discourse," but it's telling that a lot of online lefties (primarily leftist men, it must be said) are defending Jacob Geller based on taking his words at face value (ya know, the words of a rapist who's trying to defend his public image) and also

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm back from my vacation, and just in time for spooky season! This month's review forecast has horror stories by the likes of Robert Bloch, Joyce Carol Oates, George R. R. Martin, and other masters of the weird and horrific! sffremembrance.com/2026/10/01/t...

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Things Beyond: October 2026

(Cover by Ron Walotsky. F&SF, October 1984.) 95 years ago, there was the publication of a horror anthology. The book was titled Creeps by Night, and the editor was none other than Dashiell Hamm…

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I really hate the "right-wing trad person secretly queer" cliche in part because, like every cliche, it is sometimes true.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bolaño continues to be one of the funniest mfs in the bizz (from Amulet).

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trying to think up a leftist reading of Chainsmoker Cat (which there’s a lot of evidence for tbh) without sounding ridiculous.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Take a shot every time something gay happens in a random episode of MASH, I fucking dare you.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Share a film image that still haunts you.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Final episode of #ChainsmokerCat (hopefully we get a season 2 announcement soon) was basically everything I could've wanted out this weird, gross, but also sincere anime. It's zany as fuck, but its heart (surprisingly) is pure. I'm gonna miss these girls a lot.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not ashamed to admit I would've folded instantly. #ChainsmokerCat

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don’t believe in religious persecution, but we really should look into the LDS Church’s role in facilitating fascism in the US.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Underrated aspect of MASH that sets it apart from other sitcoms, even those made decades later, is how cinematic it all feels, especially without the laugh track. The direction, the sets, the lighting, it's more like TV movies of the era than its fellow sitcoms.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A lot of women, even if they’re not straight, are insecure about the idea of their man having voluntarily taken it up the ass, or sucked another man’s dick. It’s why a lot of bisexual men lie about their orientation or act coy about it.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

PTA lowkey being a Zionist is one of those things that keeps me up at night, as someone deeply influenced by his art.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Did not know so many Letterboxd users go to bat for this movie ngl.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Favorite: Amok Time Least favorite: The Omega Glory Honorable mentions include The Devil in the Dark, Mirror Mirror, Spectre of the Gun, The Conscience of the King, and of course, The Trouble with Tribbles.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Latest episode of #ChainsmokerCat was, actually kinda tame and pleasant for the most part. Also mostly sticking with A and B plots that share a setting, as opposed to there being several unrelated sketches. Poor Tatsuno. Also, does Yomuko have a crush on Imoko?

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Seeing Ed Sheeran’s tour implode in real time feels good ngl.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Zach Snyder is a chud with some woke tendencies, so in that way he’s like Clint Eastwood, except Eastwood’s actually directed some good movies.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Superhuman run of albums here (counting also Time Fades Away).

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Macklemore is so based, I just wish he made good music.😭

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I respect Anna Biller’s commitment to capturing the look of Roger Corman’s Poe movies, but she forgot an important virtue of those movies: their brevity.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Depression is such a life-destroying illness, a ruiner of everything that makes life good, that even “good” sex makes you feel empty somehow. You feel detached, disembodied. You feel empty, and then later ashamed.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Speaking of 9/11 and the war on terror, it’s crazy how The Hurt Locker was this critical smash hit, it won Best Picture and turned Jeremy Renner into a big name actor. And, it kinda doesn’t matter? Like it’s fine as a movie, but it feels totally like a time capsule, in a bad way.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The World Trade Center is immortalized in a ton of art, but maybe the most memorable depiction for me is the cover for arguably the greatest American novel of the 1990s, a cover so good that it’s mostly gone unchanged in the 29 years since Underworld’s publication.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

There’s a scene in the latest #ChainsmokerCat that’s the most unnerving shit I’ve seen in an anime in a minute, and from a show that usually (but not always) plays things for laughs.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Latest episode of #ChainsmokerCat is a goddamn fever dream and a half. Like there's a horny daydream about a "bird fairy," and no, I'm not gonna explain how we get there. This show has a near-endless bag of tricks with which to at turns entertain and alarm the viewer.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

‘Twas the night before Kirkmas, and all through the house…

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"[The End of Oak Street] was supposed to mark [David Robert] Mitchell's return to mainstream filmmaking, but its true audience is of the sort that's more receptive to cult classics like Carnival of Souls and Roger Corman movies." My review: sffremembrance.com/2026/09/09/t...

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The Observatory: How The End of Oak Street Makes Dinosaurs Cool Again

(The Platt family finds something has changed about their neighborhood.) (I’ll be discussing some minor spoilers for The End of Oak Street, but rest assured I will not be going into the film&…

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Someone asks what type of bisexual I am and I show them the You Can See Everything trailer.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Jesus, we’re getting Primetime this month and You Can See Everything next month.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Bugs Bunny is bisexual and genderfluid.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Some director fanboy will be like, “My GOAT has never missed,” and it’s Christopher Nolan.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Bisexuals should become even greedier.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So how do I, as a queer who does not drink, smoke, or have a car, go about meeting fellow queers?

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Not to be hyperbolic, but Akira (both the film and manga) is one of the towering artistic achievements of the 20th century. Up there with In Search of Lost Time, Lawrence of Arabia, Abbey Road, whatever comparisons you wanna make.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

People act like David Cronenberg is this cold unfeeling artist when The Fly and Dead Ringers are two of the most heartbreaking movies to come out of the ‘80s.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It really shouldn’t be 84 degrees in September, just saying.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There’s a bit in the latest #ChainsmokerCat that might be the single most disgusting thing I’ve seen in an anime, which is a high bar for this series. Highly recommended.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ya know, I'm glad there are raging dipshits like J. D. Vance and Michael Knowles who are very clearly born-again Evangelicals who arbitrarily decided to convert to Catholicism as adults. It's such an obvious larp, it kinda unintentionally makes the Church look better.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I sure hope something bisexual happens to me this month.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

With Wendell Berry’s death we’re down to a horribly small group of living silent generation authors.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Flying alone high in the clouds can be scary enough—but then what if you're NOT alone? It's "The Horror of the Heights" by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1913 and reprinted in Famous Fantastic Mysteries! sffremembrance.com/2026/08/31/s...

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Short Story Review: “The Horror of the Heights” by Arthur Conan Doyle

(Cover by Virgil Finlay. Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1947.) Who Goes There? Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he also studied to practice medicine. Ultimate…

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The number of straight/gay/lesbian folks who are insecure about dating a bisexual person is insane. Please get a grip.

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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I need a boyfriend like yesterday.

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