Richard Murphy

Richard Murphy

@richmurph.bsky.social

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Minions & Monsters is an absolutely unhinged love letter to the early days of cinema and the artist’s struggle with the creative process. It should be shown as a double-header with Fellini’s 8 1/2.

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Taking the opportunity to repost this story (from John Boorman’s book) about how shooting the last shot of Zardoz caused Sean Connery to fall into so fierce a rage it led to a man changing his identity

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social

If you've seen Zardoz, you already know it's a wild ride; it you haven't seen Zardoz, strap in: it's time to talk about the highs and lows of John Boorman's film, featuring false gods and failed utopias, and Sean Connery in thigh-high boots

This is going to be one of those sequels where all the best ideas are stolen from the first film, isn’t it.

IGN@ign.com

Check out the new poster for Spaceballs: The New One, arriving in theaters April 2027. 🚀 👽 🛸

What’s mad about Sam Neil is that my entire timeline is posting about their favourite Sam Neill performance and they’re all different and they’re all bang on the money.

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I've done this job enough and seen enough c suite shitehousery that I thought nothing could surprise me, but every revelation public or private just makes my jaw ever more slack. Was there ever really anything remotely resembling a plan?!

games about sitting in your car for a quiet 10 minutes once you get back from work are about to become a thing.

Mat Piscatella@matpiscatella.bsky.social

"An entire generation has now grown up playing video games and is ageing... where they have time, money, and the desire to keep playing. The first publishers to actually see this player will capture a structural advantage. The rest will arrive 10 years late, exactly like they did with women."

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co

Martin Scorsese is now a partner & advisor for a generative AI startup He says he's using AI during preproduction to storyboard projects “I’m interested in the intersection of technology and storytelling ... cinema is a young medium ... we have to be open to how it can evolve" (via NY Times)

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only The Simpsons 24 Band of Brothers Father Ted The Sopranos Curb your Enthusiasm The Raccoons Parks and Rec Mad Men Better Call Saul University Challenge Neon Genesis Evangelion Bluey The Office (US) The League of Gentlemen

Kyle Orland@kyleor.land

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only— Six Feet Under Gilmore Girls Steven Universe The Simpsons (seasons 1-10) King of the Hill The Office Mad Men Watchmen Bojack Horseman Somebody, Somewhere Seinfeld Better Off Ted Pushing Daisies Joe Pera Talks To You Better Call Saul

This would get me back into SW

IGN@ign.com

Star Wars actor John Boyega has revealed he's spoken with new Lucasfilm president Dave Filoni about a return to the franchise after previously suggesting he was done playing Finn. https://bit.ly/4rV1iwd

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"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world." #AIslop #refuseresist

bbc.comNewcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creativesAs two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.

When cosplaying has become a profession for some, adaptations needs to do more creative development to make projects more interesting.

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social

Prime Video have shared a first look at Kratos and Atreus in the God of War series which is now in production.