As academic work and tour prep kept me super busy, I haven't seen Transformers: One yet and am really looking forward to it. Wanted to share some official Chinese posters. This one looks really cool and has manhua energy, the central text says "Frenemy", which in Chinese, sounds a lot more badass 1/

My book, MONSTER KIDS: HOW POKEMON TAUGHT A GENERATION TO CATCH THEM ALL, turns 2 in a few days. That's pretty cool! So I'd like to take some time to talk about what I've learned since its publication:

If you’re a creator of any sort, “would I steal a helicopter to see this through” is not the worst metric for passion in your projects

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Kris Kristofferson once "borrowed" a helicopter from work, flew to Johnny Cash's house and landed on his front lawn. Cash told him to leave, but Kristofferson got him to listen to "Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down." Cash recorded it and Kristofferson won country songwriter of 1979. RIP, you badass.

#Heatafootandahalfasecond.blogspot.com/2024/09/watc...

Watching The Detectives: (Dir. Michael Mann, 2h50m, 1995)

The 1990s would bring a resurgence to the detective, and indeed, crime genre in general; this is not to say the 1970s and 80s are devoid o...

This reminds me of stop-motion animation and how CGI could replace it, but then you'd lose why this is so impressive It serves the same purpose as the CGI-rendered crowd scenes of Hunchback (1996) but where one is a showcase of neat tech, the other is a showcase of what masters of the craft can do

I don't know who needs to hear this, but just in case you need validation from a working scientist and municipal climate commissioner: No, you should not shoot at the hurricane.

afootandahalfasecond.blogspot.com/2024/09/watc...#IntheHeatoftheNight continues to resonate today; a sterling example of detective cinema acting as vehicle to confront racism and enact social change.

Watching The Detectives: In the Heat of the Night (Dir. Norman Jewison, 2h23m, 1967)

The detective movie, by its very nature, is a vehicle of social commentary; the social thriller, in which detectives take on social inequa...

afootandahalfasecond.blogspot.com/2024/09/watc...#IntheHeatoftheNight continues to resonate today; a sterling example of detective cinema acting as vehicle to confront racism and enact social change.

Watching The Detectives: In the Heat of the Night (Dir. Norman Jewison, 2h23m, 1967)

The detective movie, by its very nature, is a vehicle of social commentary; the social thriller, in which detectives take on social inequa...

Our third anniversary episode for 2024, as Thom and Joe head to the streets of New York for the #BeastieBoys#PaulsBoutiquewww.youtube.com/watch?v=Op6t...

The Thom and Joe Show: Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique (1989)

Our third anniversary episode for 2024, as Thom and Joe head to the streets of New York for the Beastie Boys' second album, Paul's BoutiqueIn another bumper ...

On this day in 1984, Metallica released the iconic #RidetheLightningwww.youtube.com/watch?v=ivfN...

The Thom and Joe Show: Metallica: Ride the Lightning (1984)

Our fourth anniversary episode for 2024, as Thom and Joe turn up to eleven, and Ride the Lightning on Metallica's second studio albumIn another bumper episod...