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Paradise Tower’s #1 fan. Random Doctor Who/Star Trek thoughts originally but I’m on my remedial cinephile arc lately.

Joined December 2020
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Thread of “On This Day in Doctor Who Comics History” posts 1/23
ON THIS DAY IN DOCTOR WHO COMICS HISTORY: In 1965, “The Daleks” strip premieres in futuristically themed comics magazine TV Century 21, giving the titular menaces their first appearance and first origin story with the beginning of 3-part story “Genesis of Evil”. (1/2)
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The only man on earth who could have sold this in a believable way.
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One of the best things about Babylon 5 was letting Walter Koenig play against the type we all knew him for and really show off some range. Treat yourself and watch some Babylon 5 and see Koenig play an absolutely terrifying and delightful freak.
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I couldn’t find any Revolutionary Girl Utena “True” gifs anywhere so I had to take matters into my own hands.
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He’ll always be Pavel Chekov to me (was a delight to revisit The Voyage Home this year, where he has some of his best moments from the movie series) but so too was he Babylon 5’s Alfred Bester. RIP.
Horrible news about Walter Koenig
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Look, it had an ending that was retreading weak territory from other NuWho stories but there was a remarkably fresh and interesting approach to doing a Doctor Who story in the first half and I think that got proper praise
One of the weirder parts of RTD2 was the week after The Story & The Engine came out and for some reason all of Doctor Who Twitter was acting like they'd just watched the second coming of Heaven Sent. That episode was mid as hell I'm sorry.
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My watchlist is cheering with joy
Some films deserve a second chance on the big screen🎥 ✨ This November, Regal’s Deep Cuts celebrates overlooked gems, cult classics and films that never got the spotlight they deserved. Rediscover old favorites or find a new favorite you missed the first time around. See them back on the big screen, only at Regal this November. 🎟️Get tickets now: regmovi.es/4yCxjfR
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Everyone needs to appreciate Days of Heaven more NOW
“From the time the sun went up till it went down, theys were workin' all the time. Nonstop. Just keep going. You didn't work, they'd ship you right out of there. They don't need you. They can always get somebody else.”
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Alas only got to 3 this week, but they were a pretty damn good crop. I enjoyed A Serious Man, and enjoyed being challenged by Japón, but seeing The Devils for the first time in a theater was undeniably the highlight of the week, filmwise.
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Saw The Devils restoration in theaters last night. Honestly I’m a little insulted for the film that its reputation has been so defined by its most salacious scene, impactful though it is, because there’s some remarkably strong historical & political insight here done so uniquely.
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Saw a true classic of cinema, went to go see a modern classic once again in theaters, quite enjoyed a very underseen Cambodian drama about a farming family’s struggle for survival, and finished things off with going to see something frankly dreadful in theaters.
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Way late to doing that “my 9 movies” thing that was going around but I’m doing it now anyway
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Activision executive says “no offense to Zelda,” but GTA 6 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 are the biggest games of the year nintendoeverything.com/activ…
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“digg for gold”
Strikin’ gold, like only DIGGER could. DIGGER is now on @Fortnite! 🪏 The Pit (4590-4493-7113) 🪏 Winter Rockets vs Cars (0105-1573-8859) #DiggerMovie - Only in theaters October 2. Tickets on sale now: fandan.co/Digger
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The Social Reckoning more like The Social Dreckoning
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You never *want* to be watching a relatively crummy transfer of a film, but there’s something inspirational about when the power of the compositions can soundly rise above the lacking fidelity when there’s no option but to resort to one.
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So glad I went back for a Digger rewatch, so much great detail in the production design and cinematography to take in, but with the context of the whole piece, the whole back half played on a very different emotional register in a way that was really fascinating to experience.
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Digger now more than ever!
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