Moai Ou

Moai Ou

@moaiou.bsky.social

Transformers & Gundam dork bringing shitposts & toy pictures. Translator of Japanese movie programs (https://tinyurl.com/jmovieprograms). Be excellent to each other. He/Him

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My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

Today's Japanese Movie Program translation: Steven Spielberg's "Duel" (1971) English: archive.org/details/jmp-... Japanese: archive.org/details/jmp-... I watched this a lot on TCM and for reasons beyond me, the line "My snakes! I gotta find my snakes!" is burned into my brain #filmsky #moviesky

archive.orgJapanese Movie Program - Duel (1971) [English Translation]The Japanese movie program for the 1971 Steven Spielberg film, Duel.This program is read in the traditional Japanese right-to-left format.This version has been translated into English using Google Tra...

I knew RAM prices were stupid bc of AI garbage, but somehow missed how bad hard drives have gotten, too. The 18gb drive I got for my Plex server was $250 3 years ago and is now going for $750. Can we have Butlerian Jihad now?

Had to say goodbye to my floofy friend of 12 years, Bob. She was our sweet girl and our little weirdo and she will be missed terribly.

She was a stray that we took in and gave a wonderful life to. Bob was a placeholder name that ended up sticking. She loved to try different (safe) human food & especially loved cheese She fought a respiratory illness the last year that got to be too much for her But she can rest now. Love you, Bob

Happy to have seen Transformers: The Movie in theaters again. Though I don't remember the first time since I wasn't quite 2 yet. Shout out to the guy next to me who downed no less than 5 chicken sandwiches during the movie.

I'm here to chew ass and kick bubblegum. Today's Japanese movie program translation is John Carpenter's "They Live" (1988). English: archive.org/details/jmp-... Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... For me, this one's tied with "The Thing" as my favorite Carptenter film. #filmsky #moviesky #OBEY

archive.orgJapansese Movie Program - They Live (1988) [English Translation]The Japanese movie program for the 1988 John Carpenter film, They Live.This version has been translated into English using Google Translate & cleaned up and image edited by myself. While typos fro...

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This image was posted on Something Awful within the hour of the second tower being hit iirc

the beggars out of here getter@milesklee.bsky.social

always mystified by the suggestion that Gen Z and younger were the ones who disrespectfully turned 9/11 into a meme. i was at a school in NJ where classmates lost parents, didn't know if my own dad was okay, you could see Ground Zero from a nearby hill, and the lads were cracking jokes by lunchtime

Got a tiny couch as an excuse to take some toy pictures since I haven't done that for a bit. #figurephotography #toyphotography #snailshell #フィギュア

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I'm deeply saddened to read of Peter Cullen passing Like many of my generation (& countless since), his Optimus Prime *was* my childhood, showcasing a warmth beyond just being a battle-hardened hero that meant everything to me Thank you for all you gave us, Peter RIP

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“Be Strong enough to be gentle.” Peter Cullen tells the story of how his brother inspired the voice he would use to play Optimus Prime. It’s a simple yet poignant quote that sums up why Optimus and Peter are so beloved. Til All Are One. 💔

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Heartbroken to hear about the passing of the legendary Peter Cullen. Its nearly impossible to overstate what transformers meant to me as a kid. I had a pretty crap childhood and one of the things that bought me just a glimmer of joy was transformers.

The whole "Deep Thought/42" thing in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy sure takes a different tone nowadays. Maybe 42 really *was* a nonsense answer and the Mice were so sold on their wondrous AI that they would have believed anything it said. 1/2

Deep Thought even does the whole "trying to please the user" bit. "Sorry that that's an unsatisfying answer. I'll do better next time and design a smarter computer for you!" And even then, Earth's question doesn't jive with 42 (yes, yes, base 13 aside)! AI slop on a galactic scale! 2/2

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if you yell at anyone working in customer service i think you should be tied to a waterwheel that takes exactly 300 seconds to make a full rotation

More random art from Japanese movie programs I'm scanning Yaoi artist Haruko Kumota was commissioned to draw a 2-page synopsis manga of "Withnail & I" for its program I'm sure there's several fans out there happy to know there is official yaoi art of the 8th Doctor, Paul McGann #filmsky #moviesky

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the clippy and bonzi buddy Kaiju I made before my skill regression began in earnest