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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 10h

September has come to a close, so I wrote up an update to everything I've been doing the last month it two. briancave.substack.com/p/weeklyhero...

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WeeklyHero Writes Wrap-Up October 2026

I wish I had used this name from the get go.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 23h

The Turtles are back in theaters with their second animated film, and this is the most Teenage the Turtles have ever been. SepTMNTber - Mutant Mayhem Review buff.ly/1bIDwFs

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SepTMNTber - Mutant Mayhem Review

Mutant Mayhem is now available on streaming! Check out the review of the latest installment in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle franchise.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Turtles are back on the small screen with a series I initially wrote off. After giving it a second try and watching its follow-up movie, this became one of my favorite things TMNT. SepTMNTber - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles buff.ly/eF0BqIf

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SepTMNTber - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Okay, so I wrote this when the show first premiered five years ago. Since then, Rise got its own movie on Netflix, which I reviewed. I’ve since gone through the first season, which is also on Netflix…

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

‘Pragmatism, along with lived experience, taught whenever one had good fortune, bad fortune would surely follow.’ — Werecats Emergent by @mark-engels.com

Chapter Two of Werecats Emergent (paperback)

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dan Gilvezan, original voice actor for Bumblebee, wants to play him again. Show your support for him. himhttps://c.org/WZTbgHdJZn

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Hasbro: Use the Original G1 Transformers Voice Actors on All G1 projects

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've got a lot of thoughts about seeing this again and Awakening, but I need some time to process them all.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Missed it last weekend but going to see Transformers tomorrow and checking out Optimus Prime: Awakening. I love being able to watch it on a Saturday morning.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This sequel tries to right the wrongs of the Secret of the Ooze by introducing Bebop and Rocksteady and they even bring along Krang and Casey Jones, but is it enough to save this series? SepTMNTber - Out of the Shadows Review buff.ly/6LWn2Be

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SepTMNTber - Out of the Shadows Review

Review of the 2013 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wasn't able to watch Transformers in the theater this week, so I'm glad they are doing more showings and I can watch this weekend!

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Transformers Optimus Prime: No Matter The Cost

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Turtles head back to the big screen, but this time they face a twin threat bigger than the Shredder and Krang - Michael Bay and Megan Fox! Will the Turtles survive this disappointing duo? SepTMNTber - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) Review buff.ly/5HDItHR

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SepTMNTber - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) Review

Review of the 2014 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don't collect a ton of toys anymore but I do love me some crossover figures. I think I like these GI Joe/TMNT fortress a lot more than the MotU/TMNT ones, but the articulation is a bit lacking.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy #SaturdayMorning, everyone! What was your favorite #cartoon to watch when you were a kid?

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Turtles do like their parallel worlds! The 2003 Turtles meet the 1986 Turtles and more! It's a love letter to the original show that was done again with the 2012 series! SepTMNTber - Turtles Forever Review buff.ly/sH1W8Fi

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SepTMNTber - Turtles Forever Review

Before I even get started, let me say I absolutely love the idea of these two shows and wish more cartoons did this. Each one crosses over the then-current cartoon with the original show. Both…

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The Saturday Morning Podcast 🎙️ @satmornpod.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of my kids criticized the look of the turtles and said it was terrible. I told him if this movie was made now, they’d be CGI. I’ll take the suits created by Muppet Master Jim Henson over CGI any time. If anyone ever makes a live action Minions movie, I hope they go with rubber suits.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ok hear me out, a Lord of the Rings remake but with these two taking the one ring to mordor.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Watching my son play Dead Island 2 and he just made the most overpowered pair of brass knuckles ever.

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Dead Island 2 Deadisland2

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Sami Sadek @skullgrin140.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Because the last Transformers/MOTU crossover piece worked out rather well, I did another one. Megatron & Skeletor - A collaboration between myself & friend fellow artist @artistdaniela.bsky.social. #Transformers #Maccadam #MOTU

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ack-Ack Macaque is my most prescient book. Published in 2013, it features a tech billionaire with plans to colonise Mars, a crisis in the British royal family, brain implants, MMO games, and rogue AI. It also won the BSFA Award for Best Novel and a new edition is now available. #books

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Love finding your next great read on Kindle Unlimited? 📚 Check out this month’s KU Review Drive! Grab awesome indie titles, discover new authors, and help us out by leaving an honest review when you finish. 🔗 books.bookfunnel.com/kureviews-se... #BookSky #KindleUnlimited #IndieAuthors #Books

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Turtles are back in the theater, and this time it's 3D animated with an original story. How did the Turtles do against mythological creatures and immortal jerks?SepTMNTber - TMNT (2007) Review buff.ly/x8RQo8R

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SepTMNTber - TMNT (2007) Review

Review of the 2007 animated film TMNT starring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"G.I. Joe was no slouch in the weird department. Besides all the technical marvels - the Weather Dominator, the teleporting M.A.S.S. Device from the first miniseries, the electricity-dampening Pyramid of Darkness from the next one - there was still plenty of other weirdness showing up." #GIJoe

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Shonna White @shonnathewhite.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Enjoy my series: Book Marketing Sucks. I'm Going To Get Stupid With It. A series where I insert my book, Lost Infernal, into random photos because I decided this was a good idea while whacked out on cough syrup. I honour past me and her weird decisions.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Every Day is Saturday Morning #2 is up and this time I wrote about GI Joe, which premiered 43 years ago TODAY with the "A Real American Hero" ministries. #SaturdayMorning #80scartoons briancave.substack.com/p/every-day-...

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Every Day is Saturday Morning #2: G.I. Joe

A Real American Hero

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

2003 gave us a return of the Turtles in animated form, and was it ever an improvement on the last series. The Turtles are darker here, with a much greater emphasis on action and sci-fi. The SepTMNTber - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) Review buff.ly/FDh0hWF

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SepTMNTber - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) Review

I'll admit, this show passed me by when it came out. At the time, I was in the Air Force and working on my own creative projects and didn't have time to watch much in the way of cartoons. I watched…

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

🌃 Urban fantasy 🐺 Shifter vs Shifter 🔫 Lasers galore 👻 Ghostly gun 🧬 Dinosaur people 🤖 Giant robot head 🐆 Metal kitty 🦹 Bad dads 💸 99c ebook! #booksky 📚💙 tinyurl.com/OldSchoolEvil

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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Every Day is Saturday Morning #2: G.I. Joe

A Real American Hero

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

When I heard we were getting a new Turtles live-action series, I was stoked! But then I saw the costumes, the sets, and the weirdest thing of all? A new Turtle, and this was a girl? What the shell? SepTMNTber - Next Mutation Review buff.ly/exq96ck

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SepTMNTber - Next Mutation Review

After the success of the live-action TMNT movie, there was a whole slew of other live-action Turtle projects floating around. One of the biggest (and definitely worst) was the Coming out of their…

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My love for the Turtles might have slipped by 1993 because I didn't even see this movie in theaters. Watching it years later, I know I didn't miss anything but lower-quality costumes and a terrible time-travel story SepTMNTber - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Review buff.ly/LXQYeuA

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SepTMNTber - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Review

Review of the 1993 movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I was so stoked after the first movie, especially with rumors that we'd see Bebop and Rocksteady in live-action. What we got certainly wasn't them, but Tokka and Rahzar were still pretty cool. SepTMNTber - Secret of the Ooze Review buff.ly/mGkfldp

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SepTMNTber - Secret of the Ooze Review

A review of the 1991 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret of the Ooze.

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Miss M 🧜🏻‍♀️ @diaryofadorkette.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Watching Jem and the Holograms, and does anyone else ever look at Jem’s hair and see the chunky hair pieces as Big League Chew bubble gum?

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When the first book in the Menopausal Superheroes series (Going Through the Change) made her way into the world back in 2015, I hired an artist (Charles Dowd) to draw my heroes for me. I'm still using that art for promotional things a decade later. Today, I ordered them as stickers!

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

As a kid, I never imagined that the Ninja Turtles would get a live action movie and they would look so freaking fantastic. This was the first movie I ever watched in theaters more than once. SepTMNTber - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Movie Review buff.ly/ipet8ix

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SepTMNTber - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Movie Review

It's SepTMNTber and we are looking back on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies starting with the original.

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 04/09/2026

#SongsOfSeptember Day 3 My urban fantasy thrillers feature the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats, torn apart as militaries on three continents vie to exploit their deadly talents. Protagonist Pawly seeks to know the truth about who--and what--she is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8P9...

pawly young woman lynx werecat with blonde hair main character from werecats emergent by mark j engels raging wearing a washington capitals hockey jersey jeans and a hoodie tied around her waist by the arms raging sinking her claws into someone's wrist who had attacked her with her mother and a family friend rushing up on either side to restrain her artwork by malcolm chan

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Did you have a favorite Transformers episode? Who was your favorite Autobot and Deception?

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Toonami Nation @toonamiswim35.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When you think about Adult Swim you have to think about the show that is the reason for it's existence...Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast. It is saddening that George Lowe or C. Martin Croker is not around to see AS turn 25 today,The show's legacy is important not just to Adult Swim but Toonami's as well.

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I would kill to see this made

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DD Ward ..."Interim Pirate Queen" @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Confess your movie heresies! Which beloved movie classic... • ...Do you hate? • ...Have you never seen? • ...Do you think is mid? • ...Do you just not get?

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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A few years ago, I spent all of September reviewing every TMNT cartoon and movie. Now that I've started Every Day is Saturday Morning, I felt like it's a good time to share them, starting with the original cartoon. SepTMNTber - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) Review buff.ly/iXq8jDM

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SepTMNTber - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) Review

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been a huge part of my life ever since the first cartoon debuted in 1987. I watched the show religiously. I had as many of the toys as my parents could afford, and I…

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If you’re in the New Jersey area tomorrow, go meet WIZARDS co-host @themikeschwartz.bsky.social at Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash to get some books signed!

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