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I think my biggest recurring romcom complaint is that, inevitably, there's at least one character or couple that gives me the "Oh great, THIS guy's onscreen." Thankfully, Polar Opposites' cast was likable across the board.

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 12h

You and I Are Polar Opposites will probably go down as one of my favorite rom com anime ever. I wrote about its final episode and its running theme of goofy small talk being just as important as big, dramatic moments: www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...

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This thread has added so, so many songs to my workout playlist.

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 14h

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barleybap but she's dressed as a spooky skeleton @barleybap.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Theme deck for Magic running four copies of Craw Wurm. Your goal isn't to deplete your opponent's life total, but to get all four Craw Wurms summoned at once, at which point you must declare "my, how the tables have wurmed", and dramatically flip the table, scattering cards everywhere.

Craw Wurm, a 6/4 green creature with no abilities and a casting cost of two green, four colourless. It has pretty sickass art of a long green wyrm with a fanged mouth.

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A masterpiece of nuclear anxiety and post-war angst, the original 1954 Godzilla uses the monster as a symbol of mankind's relentless atomic hubris. Feeling almost documentary-like in some scenes, its hellfire atmosphere stuns even today. It remains singular in the wider franchise.

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I think I've figured out what I want my next big daily thread to be. Let's talk about the King of the Monsters:

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There is half a toy aisle at your local department store devoted to it!

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We gotta stop referring to things as "cult" when what we really mean is "movies that didn't get a sequel in the last few years"

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Go-Man Vs. the Star Dragon OUT NOW! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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I don't know anything about Digimon.... or at least I didn't until @derekbgayle.bsky.social gave me a crash course on the latest @glitterjaw.bsky.social Presents!

Artwork depicting the eight digimon og kids (Sorry I dont know their names) longside their digimon (sorry I dont know their names either)

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Last week, I took my wife to Japan. They made her leave - she wouldn't stop stepping on the buildings HEY I GET NO RESPECT.

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Mom Friend S. Pumpkins @momfriend64.northsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think I've figured out what I want my next big daily thread to be. Let's talk about the King of the Monsters:

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Overjoyed to have my contributions to the extended #beckbook universe finally out in the world, and beyond grateful to @robbyduguay.com and @sheaviolin.bsky.social for making these songs so, so much more than they started out being

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Along with interviews, there's also plenty of analysis about the show's themes and characters. If you've enjoyed any of my BTAS threads or my long episode rundown, congrats: Here's 80,000+ words of it all in one place. bsky.app/profile/dand...

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From behind the scenes battles to onscreen victories, I AM THE NIGHT details the creation and impact of the greatest superhero cartoon of all time. It also digs into the wider TV animation landscape of the 90s, and features people behind shows like Animaniacs, Gargoyles, and X-Men.

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Learn from co-creator Eric Radomski about establishing the black backgrounds and trademark "dark deco" look! Gain insight into the BTAS storytelling process from producer Alan Burnett! Hear about what it took to create and reinvent characters like Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze from writer Paul Dini!

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It's time to go back to Gotham City. My book, I AM THE NIGHT: THE ULTIMATE UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY OF BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, comes out today! It's a narrative history of the landmark cartoon, packed with new interviews and deep-dive research. Grab a copy here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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The 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers deserves to be in the same conversation as The Thing and The Fly when it comes to providing new angles to the story. A pod people sci-fi/horror for a generation experiencing post-Watergate paranoia.

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Nice! What all is on the syllabus?

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Instead, it's allowed to wrap on a note of pure, cold assimilation. Donald Sutherland's distorted, inhuman expression, one of the most famous images in horror history, comes off like a trumpet of the apocalypse. Society as we know it ends when there's no one left to question things.

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The original Invasion, Thing and Fly remain fantastic and even haunting at times (especially Thing's "Keep watching the skies..." broadcast.) But the original Invasion had a scene of open-ended optimism forced upon its conclusion. This remake does not suffer the same fate.

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One thing that's important to note is that Invasion, along with the two other remakes mentioned above, weren't total tonal overhauls of the originals. I think sometimes we reframe horror movie history to suit the arc we'd like to fit it in, and as such, we defang potent work from the past.

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The vibe of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is relentlessly creepy. This alien usurp of the human race isn't a nasty subversion of home grown Americana. The America they exist in is an awkward facsimile of life with cracks all around. An atmosphere of constant dread.

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The 70s was the heyday of the paranoid thriller - The Conversation, The Parallax View, The Day of the Condor, All The President's Men, etc. This feeling that our institutions and systems hadn't just failed us, but that they were running an entire shadow play alongside us.

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

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Part of Alien's beauty lies in the fact that it emerged in the wake of a bunch of films that were all about the limitless wonder of outer space. And then there's this one, which details what happens when you get lost in a claustrophobic nightmare pocket of the universe.

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

BIZARRE CRIMES, my 31-day @popheist.com essay series on THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, continues today with an exploration of how, and why, astrology becomes a key theme in the film. This should be a gift link. Like what you read? Subscribe for just 7 bucks a month and read 'em all, and more!

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Bizarre Crimes 5: Malefic Planets - Pop Heist

The world of the film's villains is ruled in many ways by symbols, and Pam subscribes to the same kind of symbolic power in the stars.

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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In case you missed it - real proud of this one

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Very true. It's an intricate (and often close) relationship. There's really few equivalents.

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Today would've been the sixty-fifth birthday of Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi. It tends to get swallowed up in the enormous franchise it became, but I truly believe that his original manga can provide a valuable lesson to artists about process and work and improvement over time.

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Hard to think of a more likable monster movie cast than the one in Tremors. It's my ideal horror-comedy hybrid, one where the jokes come from how fun the characters are rather than subverting any of the tension.

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But it's also the story of a man who, as his late thirties turned over into his forties, became a standout creator in his field, beloved and respected internationally. RIP Kazuki Takahashi

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Yu-Gi-Oh!, like many of its manga peers, is the story of a high schooler overcoming obstacles and finding a friend group stronger than any physical might.

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One can lament what was lost when Yu-Gi-Oh! became centered on an indefinitely marketable card game, but what was gained was, in my opinion, one of the most consistently solid artists that Weekly Shone Jump has ever seen. Horror, fantasy, teenage angst, all melded under his pen.

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For Takahashi, it's clear that he's getting better and more confident. His line work is sharper and cleaner, his emotions more defined, his pacing more effective. He takes bigger chances with his art, allowing his arenas to sprawl out on the page. His monsters and expressions feel fearsome.

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This contrasts sharply with something that often marks a creator's early manga - transformation. The narrative evolves, but so does the skill. That kind of cycle, that constant repetition and thought gives one practice like few other industries.

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But there's more to it than that. A manga author's life is a grinding one. The schedule is punishing, the expectations are immense, and the industry is hyper-competitive. It's easy to say a creators "fell off," but it's usually that they're crushed.

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