Like "my favorite Spidey stories" threads? Confidentially, we in the fan community refer to them as "long underwear rants"! And as you know, they're a dime a dozen! But, we think you may find our @benreilly149.bsky.social thread just a bit...different!
HOLY SHIT I LOVED CLAYFACE
This is Sony's shitty villain spinoff movies does right. Doesn't feel like a superhero thing at all. Doesn't feel like some cringe AU either (the way Joker kinda did)
The two leads were great
All the body horror stuff is great and I buy him becoming a villain at the end
My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today.
Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.
I would argue that Shatner going to space frames him as a fascinating and complicated figure; he refused to play into Bezos' Captain Kirk fantasies and waxed poetic about human fragility & mortality. Which is exactly the kind of ego-bashing cool shit Kirk would pull with cosmic deities!
I'm not judging really, but when his name is mentioned, it's always for some feud or some goofy thing he said on social media, or going to space or doing a heavy metal album...
A lot of times now, they don't even mention Kirk or Star Trek. Which, fair, he is no longer anchored to the character.
The question of what TOS might have been had it focused more on the supporting players is a fascinating one.
I will say that personally I think the show benefitted from its strong focus on the Kirk/Spock/McCoy dynamic. Their chemistry is just off the charts.
No big message, it's just that I haven't watched TOS for a million years and digging around, I was surprised to find how potent a lot of it still was.
All the actors are great, I am sure they would have killed if they had been allowed some camera time.
But Shatner is impressive, however dated.
There was a famous storyline in the 70’s comics about the Joker dumping a chemical into the water which transformed fish to look like him. He then wanted a royalty payment every time someone ate a fish. The person who requested this commission took the idea a step further!
NIGHTMATT BEGINS!
That’s right - for FREE right now on the DOES THIS COME IN CHROMIUM Patreon you can listen to me, @aleemartinez.bsky.social, and @benreilly149.bsky.social talk all about the episode where NightMan fought a (sadly not from space) mummy!
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Calling all NightFans, the beacon has been activated! You may not have seen it because the signal is just a black beam against the backdrop of night (probably a waste of electricity) but it's there.
Now is the time to let Marvel know you want a NightMan 99 comic from @mattbegins.bsky.social !
NIGHTMATT BEGINS!
That’s right - for FREE right now on the DOES THIS COME IN CHROMIUM Patreon you can listen to me, @aleemartinez.bsky.social, and @benreilly149.bsky.social talk all about the episode where NightMan fought a (sadly not from space) mummy!
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Spocktober 2026 - Day 26 - 1986 Spock
"The hell I can't."
- Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
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#spocktober#spocktober26#startrek#spock#llap
I wish Larry Hama had done dozens of those "dinner with Serpentor" strips.
DR. MINDBENDER: (Increasingly agitated) You can't possibly be telling me the Battle of Agincourt was decided by a game of horse!
SERPENTOR: No, no, no, of course not...but yes.
If you're a psychology grad student consideraing a dissertation on niche obsessions, you're going to want to get in on the ground floor for @mattbegins.bsky.social 's NIGHTMATT.
NIGHTMATT BEGINS!
That’s right - for FREE right now on the DOES THIS COME IN CHROMIUM Patreon you can listen to me, @aleemartinez.bsky.social, and @benreilly149.bsky.social talk all about the episode where NightMan fought a (sadly not from space) mummy!
www.patreon.com/doesthiscome...
NIGHTMATT BEGINS!
That’s right - for FREE right now on the DOES THIS COME IN CHROMIUM Patreon you can listen to me, @aleemartinez.bsky.social, and @benreilly149.bsky.social talk all about the episode where NightMan fought a (sadly not from space) mummy!
www.patreon.com/doesthiscome...
NIGHTMATT BEGINS!
That’s right - for FREE right now on the DOES THIS COME IN CHROMIUM Patreon you can listen to me, @aleemartinez.bsky.social, and @benreilly149.bsky.social talk all about the episode where NightMan fought a (sadly not from space) mummy!
www.patreon.com/doesthiscome...
NIGHTMATT BEGINS!
That’s right - for FREE right now on the DOES THIS COME IN CHROMIUM Patreon you can listen to me, @aleemartinez.bsky.social, and @benreilly149.bsky.social talk all about the episode where NightMan fought a (sadly not from space) mummy!
www.patreon.com/doesthiscome...
An interesting and worthwhile conversation from @maklelan.bsky.social and Dan Beecher about Jesus' troubling exchange with a Syro-Phoenician woman pleading for his help.
I think she is the only figure in the bible who successfully recontextualuzes/repurposes Jesus' (in this case hostile) rhetoric.
I am now fascinated by the question of whether the account of Jesus' exchange with the Syro-Phoenician woman was a pushback against Paul's inclusiveness or an attempt to crack the door open, be it ever so slightly, for gentile converts to Christianity.
The Parker Legacy (Thanks for the memories, Pete!) reposted
For anyone who may not have seen this yet, a stellar conversation with @jmdematteis.bsky.social that covers in detail some of his Spider-Man work that is typically passed over in discussion. If you're a fan of his work you'll definitely want to check it out.
HOLY SHIT I LOVED CLAYFACE
This is Sony's shitty villain spinoff movies does right. Doesn't feel like a superhero thing at all. Doesn't feel like some cringe AU either (the way Joker kinda did)
The two leads were great
All the body horror stuff is great and I buy him becoming a villain at the end
Daily X read. Graydon Creed on the rise. Jameson opens an investigation into him. Quicksilver and Joseph staying at the mansion. Xavier depressed. Most of X gather for a family diner. Beast gets his butt stuck in a bathtub.