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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

'These people want to build a low-tech utopia where they can play music and groove about. So you know... Hippies. So naturally, knowing nothing about technology, they decided to reach this utopia by taking over the flagship of the Federation. So you know... IDIOTS!"

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Which might be why, in the movie, it IS Gandalf who is the most hesitant about Moria. He might have figured "OK, Moria IS risky, but it's a big place. We might be able to sneak past. I mean, what, are the orcs gonna wake the Balrog to stop us and- oh right orcs are fucking morons. Bugger."

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

and that they might be able to sneak past any orcs unnoticed, and hopefully maybe even find Balin's people there. But to expect orcs, and then run into a Balrog is a bit like going for a drive, expecting there to be some traffic, and discovering someone dropped a nuke on the highway.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

happening, like Gandalf trying to seal a door, and *something* counters his spell, that he realizes "Oh crap, this is something that can challenge me!" Had he known, or even suspected there was a Balrog, he would never have suggested Moria as a route. He expected maybe pockets of orcs.../

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As far as he knew, Balin had went there relatively recently to establish a colony there, but there hadn't been much heard from them in some time. (Gloin and Gimli were in Rivendell partly to find out if there were any news about Balin) It's not until they are in Moria, and WEIRD shit starts.../

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

DID Gandalf know about the Balrog? In the movie, that seems to be the implication, but truth be told, I haven't read the books. I just know about Aragorn's hesitation because I've been getting LOTS of LOTR lore videos lately.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Gandalf suggested Moria because he'd heard Balin had gone there, and most orcs in the Misty Mountains were wiped out at the Battle of the Five Armies. As far as anyone knew, there were probably dwarves in Moria, and probably not orcs.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In the movie, it's Gandalf being waruly of going through Moria. In the book, it is Gandalf who suggests Moria, and Aragorn tells him "‘I too once passed the Dimrill Gate [...] but though I also came out again, the memory is very evil. I do not wish to enter Moria a second time."

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Louise Fletcher. When it comes to women baddies, accept no substitute.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seriously, all the other games in the series have some vaguely bat like creature. And then you have whatever Book of Revelations end times dragon monster this is, and you realize "Oh shit, when they say Dracula is the devil in this game, they FUCKING MEAN IT. That is Teh Satan!"

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I will follow this with interest. Hopefully, eventually, there will be some Castlevania 64 assets, so I can show off final form dracula to people in HD, and show why his design fucking rules.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You just know some dingbat is going to read this and argue "Maids are predisposed to become fascists! Disenfranchise all maids!"

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's an off-shoot of the Just-World fallacy. "If something awful happened to you, then you must have done something to deserve it. She was trafficked, so clearly that's a sign of moral failing on her part. That way, I never have to face the prospect of holding anyone actually guilty accountable"

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don't know much about his politics, but if you've ever watched "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", look up what Sarah Polley (Sally) went through during the production, and you'll start thinking Gilliam is also a collossal ass.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's because the same bacteria that is used to make cheese is also present in pores in your skin, and they create a similar odor. Sweat and oils build up around your ears, so it's more noticeable. Kind of like how parmesan cheese and stomach acid have the same aminoacid, leading to similar smells

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I would say the man lacks self-awareness, talking about how things don't match his idyllic, hypothetical movie makers paradise... but I feel it's just belabouring the point, when he's LITERALLY WEARING ROSE TINTED GLASSES.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I don't know why, but I love the idea of a gun holster integrated in a robot leg. They did it here, and in robocop, and it's awesome both times.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Me, thinking to myself: Man, it sure would be nice if my tiny little blog where I write pedantically about movies had some more readers... The spiteful Monkey's Paw of the universe: *Curls one finger #RIP Tim Curry (1946-2026)

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

He truly embodied an idea put forward by the equally great Christopher Lee. "You can be in bad movies, but you must never be bad in them" Tim Curry took every role he was given, even if the movie itself occasionally was dreck, and made it a joy to watch just by virtue of being in it.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Did you get the promotional stills done like I asked you to?" "Sure thing, boss. Real fuckin sexy, scott half naked and wielding a sword like you wanted." "...Wait, what?"

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

He was introduced in HTTYD 2. Eret, son of Eret. And in all fairness, at least in that movie, he did do a good job.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

That's an old Steven Wright joke, isn't it? "I'm planning to live forever. So far, so good..."

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"It's quick and it's nutrituous" "...Does it taste good?" "It. Is. Quick. And. It. Is. Nutritious!"

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Jokes on him, we already had the controversial reveal about the puppet fucking years ago! A bit late to the party, pal!

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Tesla is the only car manufacturer brave enough to ask the question "What if the futuristic concept Audi driven by Will Smith in I.Robot was designed by a moron with nothing but MS Paint and a 30 second description"

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Habe you ever seen one of those videos where someone sticks a firework in a lock-box or something, and the square box becomes this almost spherical distended metallic freak of nature? ....Yeah....

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

He looks too friendly. Where's the intensity? That's a smile, not a grin! It isn't nearly shit-eating enough! Where's the narcissism, the sneering imperialism? Fuck off with thisDisney Infinity child friendly bullshit, and give me back my scumbag prince of bastard coated slime!

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Ricky Gervais as an actor has the energy of a guy who watches a movie and goes "Why is that guy looking so nervous about those guys with guns? Didn't he read the script? Those guns are firing blanks, so why is he worried? What a moron!"

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Zero attempt to make a character, to fit into the fantasy setting, to match the energy and tone of everyone around him... To him, this isn't a fantastic scene of magic and whimsy where he's a person living that world. This is Ricky Gervais Gets To Be Filmed With Robert DeNiro And Say Words.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Take a movie like Stardust. You have Michelle Pfeiffer as a witch, Robert DeNiro as a transvestite pirate, Mark Strong as a murderous prince, narration by Ian McKellen, Peter O'Toole as a king, and Claire Danes as an anthropomorphic star. And then Ricky Gervais playing "Ricky Gervais In Ugly Hat"

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

But Ricky just dismisses that notion, because he goes into any such idea, not from the perspective of a part of the story, but as an omniscient narrator figure. He knows he's not the clone because he's the one who created the scenario. It's incidentally what makes him such a shit actor too.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

When that question is the basis for LITERALLY EVERY CLONE STORY EVERY MADE IN THE HISTORY OF EVER! Because if you have a copy, a perfect clone, with all your memories and experiences... You couldn't be certain you weren't the clone! That's literally the point!

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Was to ask the question "How would I know which one I was?" Two and a half minutes of Ricky screaming with laughter, going on a long tirade of mock-calling the Guiness Book of Records to ask if that's the dumbest question anyone has ever asked, and what a fucking moron Karl is...

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The thing that made me realize Ricky Gervais is a clueless fuckwit (this was before I learned of all the MANY reasons for it) was him guffawing and mocking and belittling Karl Pilkington for, when presented with the idea of "what would you do if you had a perfect clone of yourself".../

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

If you haven't seen the movie, or watched the scene, or if you did and scrubbed it from your memory, look it up on youtube. It is BIZARRE just how jarring it is!

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

And yes, there's a mid-credit sting of her doing a TV workout routine, but up until that point, I remember watching the movie thinking "That woman just jumped off a building, killing herself and nobody is bringing it up. Why is nobody bringing up that we just watched a suicide in this kids movie!?"

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

to move the plot along... And once that one, singular dialogue has been given, she out of nowhere decides to do a weird cheerleading routine, ending with her somersaulting off a building, implicitly to her death, laughing and cheering all the while. It's equal parts absurd and off-putting.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The one thing that I remember from this movie is the weird Brenda bot, a ditzy sexy robot woman that feels like she fell out of an Austin Powers movie, who comes into the story from absolutely nowhere, serves pretty much no purpose to the plot except deliver one (1) line of dialogue...

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Boomers use explosives, like rocket launchers and grenade launchers, there's no such thing as a "Boomer Rifle" in the game, and it's NOT spelled Sandivar. I should know, since I MADE UP THE NAME, and there is nobody in the game with that name, whether at Nellis or anywhere else.

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I once, for a laugh, asked Google about Sandovar from Fallout New Vegas, and it informed me that it was spelled Sandivar, he he was a Boomer guard at Nellis Air Force base, he uses the Boomer Rifle, which is the standard equipment of the Boomers at Nellis Air Force Base.../

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Pretty sure a woman in a bomb crater sent me there to collect landmines once. For those in the area, there's a guy in the curch who has a unique sniper rifle, just FYI!

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It was a bit like people were tripping over each others lines, there were establishing shots but they super brief, and the story was just jumping from scene to scene with no time to breathe. It's just STUFF HAPPENS BUT NO TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE FIGHT SCENE WAIT NOW NEW STUFF!

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Somewhat related, but some time ago, I decided to rewatch the old 90's spider-man show. And it was a really hard watch, because it all felt like they compressed what SHOULD be about an hour long episode down to 25 minutes. So in that sense, maybe X-Men 97 is a really accurate callback to the 90's

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

God: Good news! I have invented plants down there that will remove the pain. Humans: 🙂 God: Yes, and I'll just- *reads the patch notes* Hmm... Right, so... some of the plants will get you addicted to them, and the others will wreck your kidneys. Humans: 🙃

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

God: Don't worry, this whole "life" thing won't hurt a bit. Humans: Oh, that's good! God: Unless they did decide to install that weird "nervous system" patch, in which case it'll hurt like fuck, but- Angel: *whispers* God: Oh... Well, good news, you're not gonna be bored down there!

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Travis Tee @travis-tee.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just gonna mention, in Batman & Robin, Mr. Freeze built a mobile rocket launching platform capable of reaching lower orbit, and it took him less than 2 years. The richest man in the world cannot do in a decade what a guy who makes ice puns managed, on top of making a power armor run on diamonds.

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