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Sam McNally

@samtmcnally.bsky.social
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Writer, Director, making short films and developing feature films. Videography, photography and post-prod at mcnallyfilms@gmail.com Writing for Johnson², Transmission for Them and other TTRPG bits. He/ Him

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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Being on TV the last few weeks, even as like silly vague background bits, has massively boosted my confidence, finally been the push I needed to book in some live shows of my own and put my writing further out there directly
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Electric engineer arrived unexpectedly early at 8.30 in the morning as I was sleeping and I am visibly disorientated trying to remember the layout of my own home
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Getting what feels like normal summer days in late September is so disconcerting
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I was in my pants on live TV tonight.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thank you for everyone who watched me crawl on the floor and be passed out at a bar x Catch up on it on channel 4 if you missed it!
Me with a pint from the Lycett Arms tv show
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Me and some friends I write with are going to be live on the Lycett Arms tonight on channel 4!
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The new spiderman was actually pretty great. Some obvious cop copaganda but my god a marvel film with shadows that doesn't just look like a bank advert? Finally!
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm sort of enjoying people watch in horror as life long neo-liberal Andy Burnham continues to be a neo-liberal and u-turn on basically any popular policy he ran on. Awful for the country but anything that puts a death nail in labour at this point.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was a phenomenal song writer but also, on all accounts, a genuinely kind person who her best to help the people around her and never forgot where she game from. A genuine loss to the world.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Most of the robots that can go faster than Usain Bolt just use wheels.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Fantasy is "here drink this potion, it will heal you." Science Fiction is "Hey have you tried... drugs?"
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My shitty bike got stolen 😭
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Once again we thank the original shitty rig
A picture of a hastily made cardboard box camera obscura
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Journalism" like this should absolutely be illegal.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I am SO excited for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. A film by Jane Shoenbrun with Hannah Einbinder AND Gillian Anderson? With glass painting backgrounds!? It was made for me actually
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Internet access should be nationalised, it's essential to access most public services now and also what do you mean my bill will jump from £20 to £63 in what universe does that make sense
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is a feature of capitalism. Sony don't make games, they make money. The same way that, say, H&M don't make clothes, they make money. At a certain point under capital a company has to sacrifice everything that got it started at the altar of making more money, often ending in it's total collapse.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Gta 6, the only game that costs £100 and a netflix subscription lmao, what are we doing
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James Woodfield @jameswoodfield.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
According to the parliamentary annual report & accounts for the 2025/26 financial year, the cost of subsidising the bars in the House of Commons alone was around £5.8 million. Meanwhile, to save £3 million less than that, Jodrell Bank is being defunded and shut down. share.google/MRHIvCsCsKoc...
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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm yet to see a machine that has quite the aura of a sea plane. Unparalleled vibes.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Christopher Nolan's fear of engaging with the fantasy elements of the Oddysey in the name of chasing realism (and the trend of chasing "realism" more broadly) made the story much less stylish than it could have been. I still enjoyed it but was underwhelmed.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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Neuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This film was so good and so much fun, even more so for the fact the cast and script take it sincerely which makes it really enjoyable to watch.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Might have to re-read neuromancer before January, very excited to see all that put on screen, I just hope it can match the frenetic energy of a story like that. (Cyberpunk nailed that bit)
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Cast one of the two characters for my next short film this week which is very exciting! And always flattering when someone who does telly work offers to waive their fee because they like the script.
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"why does the UK change leaders so often?" there are diminishing returns wrt how long each vessel can house thatcher's spirit. by the end of the century we'll be getting through 1000 prime ministers a day
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Fuuuuuuuck I need to be on this thing ASAP
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Here's what the landlord lobby don't want you to know: If rents went down by 20%, renters would save £2400 a year. The government would save £2 billion a year. And landlords would still make 4.5 times as much profit as the average business.
Polanski welcomes report showing "scare stories" about rent controls false and how they could slash poverty and save government billions
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/07/2026
Mamdani got into office and instantly: • Froze rent for 2 million New Yorkers • Cut subway fares in half for low-income riders • Fully funded NYC parks • Added $680M for public schools • Launched free child care for 2-year-olds If establishment politicians actually wanted to help you, they could.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Cairn was such a wonderful experience. The moment to moment gameplay has so much weight in something as simple as pick where your hands and feet are going to go. A beautifully written story that knows to keep it focused and was just fun to play.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Another year another failed BFI short film funding attempt. Working class artists really deserve more ways to find funding in this country.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Well over 20⁰ at night in the uk. Vote for me and I'll round up all the oil execs and-
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is not what real change looks like. www.opendemocracy.net/blair-tribut...
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‘Blair tribute act’: Zack Polanski on Burnham’s plan to hire top lobbyist
New PM’s likely chief of staff, James Purnell, runs lobbying firm whose clients include tech giants and water companies
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Someone needs to start telling Spielberg no because Disclosure Day was so fucking lame
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Kier Starmer is just a fascist.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This is basically the reason I wrote so much horror
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The last shot of Heat is spectacular, two men who are the same and yet the opposite holding hands, one looking to the lights of an airfield with his back to us, one dead looking into the darkness facing us, such a perfect image to end the film.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The black sails finale does such a good job of rounding off the show, such a well written programme. It's also interesting seeing the real life pirates mixed with the fictional. if you're in the UK it's free on itvx and I highly recommend it.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
English lit students think they're taught Shakespeare to learn about meter and flow but they're wrong, it's about learning how making up words is sick and getting them into the lexicon is funny
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Man black sails is so good, proper prime time television there and the production is just insane, pirate shows also just fucking rock in general
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Keifer @dannyvegito.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Kratos somberly reckoning with his violent and aspiring to be a better father while his dead wife is doing double jumps and air combos in another realm is so fucking funny. imagine if Laura Palmer was doing DOOM shit in the Black Lodge
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is a semi regular experience for me lmao
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Having a lot of fun with First Light, trying to take it slow as I've heard the campaign isn't too long, but it's just good classic video game fun. Makes me want to see what they do with Hitman next but also really makes you remember just how damn good Uncharted 4 looks.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The bond game has one of the best tutorials I've played in a while, cutting between different aspects to show time passing as you go is just so effective, I can't wait to see what else comes with it
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
On a train in 32º heat and the air-conditioning is broken, I might not make it honestly
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A little random roll table for anyone like me travelling by train today. Based on true events.
A ttrpg random roll table 

Where's the piss? 
Roll 1 D 6
1 is on the floor
2 is on the walls 
3 is in the bin
4 is on the ceiling 
5 is in the sink
6 is on you 
And 7 is in the toilet
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A little random roll table for anyone like me travelling by train today. Based on true events.
A ttrpg random roll table 

Where's the piss? 
Roll 1 D 6
1 is on the floor
2 is on the walls 
3 is in the bin
4 is on the ceiling 
5 is in the sink
6 is on you 
And 7 is in the toilet
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
One of the really sad things about this labour government for me, as well as all the extra harassment trans people are facing, is there will undoubtedly be young trans people choosing not to transition in order to maintain their physical safety at the sacrifice of truly discovering themselves.
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Sam McNally @samtmcnally.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Got a small job assisting the writer on a feature film, plotting out the timeliness of a character from the book it's an adaption of! It's a teeny tiny job but it's my first paid writing/ researching gig on a feature film! 😁
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