Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The BBC tonight boldly answering the question, "what would it be like if we made #Strictly Come Dancing in much the usual way, except Josh Widdecombe is plonked down into the centre of the stage to stand awkwardly next to whatever's going on" 020
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I am actually an extremely chill person This is the only thing that really gets under my skin 110
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Ready to throw a tantrum right here on Platform 3 of Undisclosed UK Railway Station 110
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026My LIFE for a proper, decent rail network where you aren't delayed by an HOUR because you missed a train by 10 SECONDS because the previous train you were on was delayed by 10 MINUTES 120
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Absolutely insane that train tickets are not refundable If I've spent £100(!!!) on a train ticket months in advance, it should at least be refundable if I can't make the journey! Flabbergasting lack of consumer protection for what is meant to be a public service 020
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I understand the fundamental appeal of spiderman. It's got a great hook But Marvel's live action filmmaking division have demonstrated that they do not, so it's hard to fathom why people keep on going to see these films 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Genuinely don't know This server was created during the Liz Truss era to help reassure people that the treasury was Wise and Trustworthy immediately after Kwasi Kwarteng crashed the economy 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Yes it is. You can join it: discord.gg/hm-treasury-...discord.ggJoin the HM Treasury Discord Server!We're the UK Government's economic & finance ministry. Our aim is to promote strong & sustainable economic growth. | 32068 members 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Big day for the official HM Treasury discord server 131
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Apparently some people care about this outcome for reasons other than the loss of a bank holiday that was dangled in front of our faces, but I don't know why 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Football is not SUPPOSED to have an impact on material conditions It is supposed to be entertainment for its own sake Should've just brought in an extra annual bank holiday (or four) and had done with it 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Doubly annoyed with him for making me have to care about football results on the basis that, for the first time ever, it would actually have some kind of impact on my material conditions 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Many reasons to criticise Keir Starmer, but the latest one is his irresponsible decision to dangle a bank holiday in front of everyone, on the basis of totally uncontrollable random factors ("will a man you've never heard of score a goal in a game of football?"). Bastard 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026English football fans are going to find out what I have to experience every year when I want to watch the Oscars 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Time to repost all our best Keir Starmer memes 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Andy Burnham has the opportunity to do one of the funniest things in the history of UK politics: watch Keir Starmer fall on his sword, see over 300 MPs lining up to anoint him, and then decline to stand for the leadership 080
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Feeling pretty disenfranchised by British politics at the moment! Love to be continually told that a man with absolutely no distinguishing features from Keir Starmer is the saviour of the country who is going to magically make everything better if we all just shut up and coronate him 042
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Race Across the World is the best thing on telly Why isn't it on every week, all year round? Ridiculous 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Frantically googling "who is emma willis" and "is josh widdecombe a terf" Seems like the answer to the latter is "no", so it seems like a winning presenting lineup to me. I think it'll be cosy #Strictly 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The BBC be like: "David Attenborough's Blue Planet 2 alerted the world to plastic pollution, and this resulted in Change! Do not ask us what change this was. It was Change. Hey, they increased the plastic bag charge! That's Change, right?" 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026British people be like: "isn't David Attenborough brilliant? What a lovely old man! Anyway, time to go and vote Reform to reject everything he's ever stood for" 031
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 21/04/2026My ultimate ambition is to be as happy in my life as Michael Portillo is whenever he's standing in a beautiful Japanese city 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Sorry everyone, I made a deal with a monkey's paw to trade out any possibility of more Buffy for two lost episodes of Doctor Who 1112
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Agreed And Vanessa Williams doesn't seem to have said anything so far 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The BBC really making Claudia Winkleman prove herself tonight by having her do her first chat show gig with four of the most annoying people available Why would they put Jeff Goldblum on this 😭 110
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Anyone else noticed that the second series of pokemon diamond and pearl has the best theme tune ever composed 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 04/03/20265 things I like 1. Beautiful cities 2. Lake District peaks 3. Memorable films 4. Improv 5. Cats 5 people to whom I do not apologise 1. @shellsbian.bsky.social 2. @ryanrigby.bsky.social 3. @kimberleychiu.bsky.social 4. @claralaherty.bsky.social 5. @andrewphillip.bsky.social 060
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026My main opinion about the Pokemon TV show is that the episodic quality level is inversely proportional to how good the fans think it is Ash shouting "PIKACHU USE THUNDERBOLT!" as he battles a Powerful Opponent: boring. Better in the games All the little pokemons forming a band: epic television 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Well, yes (I'm watching the Diamond and Pearl ones from 20 years ago and they're great) Though I must state for the record that a significant part of the appeal is that those little pokemons are sooooo CUTE 110
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026"It's actually very sophisticated, with a surprisingly literate, intelligent sense of humour - it's much more high-brow than you would expect - indeed, it's culturally enriching!" ~ me when I tell people that I'm watching the pokemon tv show intended for children 120
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Of course, based on the demographics of this series, the producers are evidently much closer to doing an all-white series instead 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 02/01/2026They should do an all-Black series of #TheTraitors so we can find out what happens when there isn't the factor of racism involved 191
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026In 2023, I watched 125 films, but Letterboxd year in review still told me that my most watched actor was Anthony Daniels So that can happen to the best of us :P 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026By way of clarification, Lola refers to Jacques Demy's 1961 film, and Black Christmas refers to Bob Clark's 1974 film. 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Thank you very much, and have a lovely 2026! 110
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026And so ends the thread for 2025! Some special mentions: Phenomena The Company of Wolves The Rules of the Game Black Christmas Bianca The 400 Blows The Stepford Wives Lola Delicatessen The Lost Boys Ginger Snaps Spirit of the Beehive A League of their Own All bangers in their own right 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/20261. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) The most epic adaptation of Shakespeare ever filmed. A sprawlingly epic samurai film, as a warlord confronts his children carving up his empire. Blood! Flags! Swords! Water and fire and hills! Vivid, glorious reds, yellows, greens, blues! Nothing else hits like this. 120
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/20262. Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974) Every Wim Wenders film unfolds like the most magical dream, in the truest sense of film as dream. It conjures a sense of place and experience like nothing else. A man finds himself with a little girl, as they hunt through Europe for a remembered house. 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/20263. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1969) Absolutely monumental filmmaking. Totemic. Watching this is like witnessing the entire grandiosity of human history placed before your very eyes. A masterwork of precision, every shot constructed like in nothing else. Astonishing. 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/20264. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982) A 5 hour runtime washes away as this delightfully compelling tale of a family in 1900s Sweden unfurls into an epic of intimate proportions. Profound joy, tragic loss and the terror of power dynamics are brought to life with visual beauty. 110
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/20265. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, 2002) There is rhythm and groove in every pore of this kinetic realisation of violent crime in 1970s Rio. Impossible to look away from, constantly changing gear and exploding with life even as the streets explode into blood and death. 110
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/20266. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003) A man is in prison, but he doesn't know why, until one day he mysteriously emerges out into the world in a suitcase. What's going on? Whatever it is, it's a perfectly executed, dynamic thriller with some shocking twists and direction to die for from Park. 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/20267. Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997) A terrifying whirlwind of nightmarish terror and confusion, as a pop idol finds her world and sense of reality crashing around her amidst the madness of celebrity obsession and the darkness of fandom. Another masterclass in animation from Satoshi Kon. 110
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/20268. Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953) A couple travel from their rural town to the big city to visit their adult children, but find themselves more of a burden than a blessing. An intimate, moving, tragic portrait of life. It will make you call your parents and wallow in regret and fear. 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/20269. Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich, 1973) A travelling conman finds himself in debt to a forthright young girl in the Depression-era American south. It is a timeless film, and a perfect road trip film and a portrait of a lovely relationship with all the thrill of a crime movie. 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 01/01/202610. I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun, 2024) What if you got too into a TV show? Or maybe... maybe you're not into it enough What can that kind of obsession help you learn about yourself? When that path opens, you can embrace your identity, or suppress it. This is a unique exploration of that. 130
