Nolan McBride of Frankenstein

Massive H/T to @fthismovie.bsky.social for coining the phrase Hopkins Bump. He was quite delighted to hear about it

HELLBOY Franchise Retrospective: Failed Superhero Blockbusters

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Happy Halloween!

I really can't overstate how much I loved this book.

Illustration of Hellboy from Hellboy Library Edition Volume 1

Happy Hell-oween! 🎃

Art comes from #Hellboy Library Edition Volume 1 by @mikemignola.bsky.social

James Gunn’s American Project He is few critics’ idea of a respectable auteur, but his work is more consistently progressive than any other comic-book material today.

I wrote a piece on the work of writer and director James Gunn, who is engaged in a pretty incredible ongoing enterprise that despises bigotry and authoritarianism and reaffirms patriotism for progressives. www.vulture.com/article/jame...

a pumpkin with a face carved into it is lit up Alt: a pumpkin with a face carved into it is lit up

May the Gods of Confection fill you with chocolate, and caramel, and nougat, too; and may they miss you with the Candies of the Corn. Happy Halloween, everyone!

Thank you! I actually stole it from my seasonal Slack name at work 😆

Love that movie so much.

Doubling down in the yes cuz this movie is real dope. Very cool take on werewolves.

Yeah, it’s also not true

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection does not make use of AI upscaled or generated art. The fully 3D assets can be seen in the game's main menu animation. These were rendered out in 2D for the scrolling backgrounds seen in the timelines and other areas.

Great job, dude!

Trump Admin Attempts To Ban Trans Youth Care Nationwide With New Federal Rules Three new rules pushed by the Trump administration may serve as the next wave of a federal crackdown on trans youth care.

1. This morning, a flurry of movement in federal rulemaking signals Trump's intent to ban transgender youth care nationwide.

If these rules go into effect, the administration may be successful in doing so.

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No More Secrets: The Making of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Since 2024, Digital Eclipse has worked on one of its biggest projects in secret. The time has come to pull back the curtain on Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kolletion—its design, its documentary, and the othe...

I interviewed @digitaleclipse.bsky.social to write No More Secrets: The Making of #MortalKombat🐉 Legacy Kollection!
Read about… 📖
🕹️ Emulating MK4
🎥 Making the documentary
👾Digital Eclipse’s history
🎮And more!
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not feeling great about the quality and safety of these reactors getting built on the command of mr real estate bs and with regulatory agencies understaffed.

Last week, I wrote about Doublespeed, essentially a click farm that sells “synthetic influencers” to astroturf whatever product or service you want across social media, despite it being a clear violation of every social media platform's policy on inauthentic behavior. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. a16z’s Speedrun is also backing: Creed: An AI company “rooted in Christian Values” which produces Lenny, a “Bible-based AI buddy who's always got your back with wise words, scripture-inspired guidance, and a listening ear whenever you need it.” Zingroll: The “world’s largest Netflix-quality AI streaming platform,” which is another way of saying it’s a Netflix populated exclusively with AI Slop. Vega: which is building “AI-powered social orbits.” What does that mean? Not entirely clear, but the company has produced one of the most beautiful Mad Libs paragraphs I’ve ever seen: “We’re building the largest textual data moat on human relationships by gamifying the way people leave notes for each other. For the first time, LLMs can analyze millions of raw, human-written notes at scale and turn them into structured meaning, powering the most annotated social graph ever created.” Moona Health: an AI-powered Sleep care app the company says is covered by insurance. “Our AI-powered platform automates insurance claims and scheduling and analyzes sleep data – providing personalized session guidelines to therapists,” Moona says. Jooba: “The world’s first autonomous recruiting firm.” Margin: “The World’s first AI powered credit card.” Margin says “Customers earn points, with dynamic rewards that adapt to their preferences in real time.” First Voyage: A wellness app that gives you AI “mythological pets that turn wellness into play.” Axon Capital: billed as “DeepMind for Finance,” Axon says it has “pioneered brain-inspired, low-latency AI for financial markets.”

This is so bleak:

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Halo co-creator says ICE’s Halo-themed recruitment ad “makes me sick” Another Halo maker says ad "ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation." ALSO: A developer whose game just launched on Xbox slams Microsoft’s silence

NEW: I spoke to original Halo devs about that ICE Halo post

One: "abhorrent”

Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”

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First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium The Complete History of Horror from the Pages of the #1 Horror Magazine

I'm filled with butterflies and beaming with pride to announce FIRST IN FRIGHT: THE FANGORIA COMPENDIUM, a hard-cover, full-color book that details the history of Fango, the publication I've loved all my life. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

2 days until the next @shacknews.com #longread!

We made this "go crazy" button and people just keep on pressing it!

I’m real excited to check it out

Closing out this year with BODY SNATCHERS. Big fan of both previous adaptations but never seen this one.

It rules. The rare case where knowing what the ultimate outcome is doesn’t take away almost a single surprise cuz it’s that wild.

Movies #4 and #5 are CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD and I BOUGHT A VAMPIRE MOTORCYCLE.

Movie #3 is one I’ve been meaning to see for a while, THE MANITOU, which sounds bonkers.

Movie #2 is a pick from @katmcbride.bsky.social, HISTORY OF THE OCCULT.

Today is Night Of The Creeps, @monsterpopcorn.com’s and my annual horror marathon. Six brand-new-to-us spooky flicks from across decades and sub-genres. First up this year is LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH.