Daniel Dockery

It's time to go back to Gotham City. My book, I AM THE NIGHT: THE ULTIMATE UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY OF BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, comes out today! It's a narrative history of the landmark cartoon, packed with new interviews and deep-dive research. Grab a copy here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Godzilla vs Biollante is an inspired sequel with a majestic new kaiju for Godzilla to tangle with. The story, blending sci-fi espionage with a scientist's desperate grief, didn't light up the box office. But it did ensure that, years later, Biollante would become a fan-favorite.

The psychic children all revealing that they've been dreaming of Godzilla's return is one of my favorite scenes in the entire franchise.

It was a shark.

If you see me go silent and begin smiling out of nowhere, there's at least like a 40% chance that I'm thinking of this

HALLOWEEN was released on this day in 1978 and there's probably no movie I've written about more! Here are just a few of the things! For @vulture.com, a deep dive into its making and impact: buff.ly/w9gpicV

ABBOTT: Japanese developers today have unique names, like FromSoftware COSTELLO: From what ABBOTT: FromSoftware COSTELLO: I thought you said it was from Japan ABBOTT: It is COSTELLO: But what's the name of the developer ABBOTT: FromSoftware COSTELLO: The Software's From Japan, though ABBOTT: Yes

Tama's retrospectives are great and I was lucky enough to be the script doctor on this one. Check it out!

He did blurb it! It was very kind:

I got an ARC of this. It’s great.

Hi everyone, sorry to be a pain and share this again but I’m doing my best to promote this & I’m on my own. Anyway, MONSTERS, MAKEUP & EFFECTS: VOL 3 is set to be released in December & you can preorder it here: darkinkbooks.com/store/p/pre-... Any shares would be appreciated. Thank you! 🖤

This is one of those episodes that you watch when you're young and for years you think to yourself "Was that real? Did my mind make that up? There's no way that was a plot in the future techno Batman show" and then you realize, oh my god, it totally was

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EVERYONE STOP AND WATCH THIS

With CLAYFACE now in theaters, it would be a great time to catch up with @itsthepicpod.bsky.social conversation with author @dandock.bsky.social on Batman: The Animated Series. youtu.be/DLVwI_Enqug?...

He did blurb it! It was very kind:

Clayface is out today and if you want the story behind the Batman: The Animated Series episodes that influenced it, complete with new interviews with the show's staff, maybe consider picking up my latest book, I AM THE NIGHT!

I've been watching Tama's videos for about twelve years and she's always stuck out to me as a curious, knowledgeable and likable Pokémon video essay creator. So I was delighted to be able to serve as Script Doctor for her video on HeartGold/SoulSilver, some of my favorite Pokémon games.

The American dub of the film (named GODZILLA 1985) has one of the most interesting changes in the history of the franchise. In the original, a Soviet sub with a nuclear missile heads to Tokyo bay. Godzilla damages the sub, and the captain dies trying to prevent the missile launch.

They picked the wrong #2 from 2004 to remaster

Ignoring all of the previous films aside from the original, The Return of Godzilla deposits the kaiju in the Cold War 80s and begins the Heisei era of the character. The buildings are taller, the tone is heavier, and Godzilla is angrier than he's been since 1964. It's a solid effort.

The magic of cinema

Clayface is out today and if you want the story behind the Batman: The Animated Series episodes that influenced it, complete with new interviews with the show's staff, maybe consider picking up my latest book, I AM THE NIGHT!

Thorwald realizing that he's being watched in Rear Window is one of my favorite movie scenes in history. Shatters the fourth wall that's been expertly created and suddenly makes everyone, characters and audience alike, complicit in the voyeurism.

Netflix will have a documentary about this out by the end of next week

Sure, why not

My favorite Stephen King novel is 'Salem's Lot. It successfully blends a lot of themes that King has focused on in his career - the dissection of familiar horror iconography, the dark undercurrents of the American small town, and the troubling realizations of growing up.

One of my favorite parts of Psycho is the framing in the first half - how it escalates into all of these figures looming over Marion. And then, suddenly, it rights itself when she gets to the motel and meets Norman. The film increases tension and then breaks it at the moment we least suspect.

Which Sopranos character are you

It's one of the reasons I wrote a book about Batman: The Animated Series. If I was just relying on nostalgia, my thesis about its importance would be flimsy and hollow. But no - it really is still THAT good. read.macmillan.com/lp/i-am-the-...