Creator of Like Stories of Old. Curious about films, and life. patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld
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Apr 30
About 2 years ago, I was reading Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing when I came across a passage that stopped me dead in my tracks. It told of a heretic, a priest, and the meaning of life. And today, more than anything, I just need to pass on this tale: youtu.be/mxP1MeDYhrc
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Jun 12
Disclosure Day operates as if dark secrets are still hiding in the shadows, and not dancing around in broad daylight for all to see. Is there still a transformative power here? Or did Spielberg lose touch with the reality of today's world? My review: youtu.be/GR4w6HTJmBs
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Jun 7
“Where’s the Horizon?”
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New 2nd channel video! If you liked Obsession, here's 5 more movies to watch: youtu.be/mqe-MD69lrQ
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Fuck that, I want The Odyssey to make billions. I want Nolan's next carte blanche to be even blancher. The culture needs more - not less - passionated, grandiose filmmakers to go nuts, to risk it all, and make stuff for the ages
Jun 4
i want the odyssey to be a megalopolis style disaster, like the culture needs it to be terrible
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My extended thoughts on Backrooms: a fantastic concept rendered into a near masterpiece - brought down only by a stifling script that breaks atmospheric immersion and layers what should have been a direct, sensory experience with needless metaphors: youtube.com/watch?v=c6luBKLB…
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May 31
New video! The live of a mediocre movie is often short-lived: watched, enjoyed, and then promptly forgotten. But on rare occasions, such a movie will persist in the mind and, as if almost by accident, plant a seed that grows into something life-changing: youtu.be/I0CpxSfg-Vg
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May 29
New video out now on Nebula! In which I talk about 6 mediocre movies that should have been long forgotten but somehow stayed with me: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-medioc…
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May 29
Frustrating thing about #Backrooms is that it's a 5 star concept with a 2 star execution - which simultaneously leaves you with the excitement of experiencing something genuinely refreshing, and with the pain of missed potential
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May 26
New 2nd channel video! If you liked Project Hail Mary, here's 5 more movies to watch (that aren't Interstellar, Arrival, Sunshine, The Martian or Ad Astra) youtu.be/c30udzoziJg
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May 19
Lots of people offering explanations, like I understand the "why" (horror has always been low-risk/high-reward) I just kind of miss the time when movie culture would also go wild over a "Clerks", "Slacker", "Pi", "Following", "Monsters", "Primer" or "Chronicle" or something
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May 18
Great to see new filmmakers getting their big break but kinda wish there was more variety in genre here
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May 19
Lots of people offering explanations, like I understand the "why" (horror has always been low-risk/high-reward) I just kind of miss the time when movie culture would also go wild over a "Clerks", "Slacker", "Pi", "Following", "Monsters", "Primer" or "Chronicle" or something
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May 19
The only exception I can think of is the 'thoughtful drama', which we're still getting a good amount of -"Aftersun", "Past Lives", "Sorry, Baby", "The Quiet Girl", "Shiva Baby" - but other than that genre diversity in feature debuts does seem to have declined significantly imo
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I maintain my position that Nolan is generally overrated by filmbro’s but still seriously underrated by cinephiles
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For further elaboration, here’s my 4-hour critique of Nolan’s career and work: youtu.be/twk5RpmhseY?is=XDFh…
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Apr 29
New video out now on Nebula! a 40-minute video essay on 20 pages of a Cormac McCarthy novel, the 2025 movie Train Dreams, and... well, the meaning of life
nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-st…
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Apr 28
Reality has outpaced it
Anyone else just… completely lose interest in The Boys?
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Seeing this casually pass the feed in between the horrifying images of Israel's genocidal rage just adds another layer of grief to an already deeply tragic state of affairs. We could have filled our hearts with awe and wonder. Created miracles. What have we become?
Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back.
Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-multimed…
ALT A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASA
ALT Earth setting behind the Moon as seen by the Artemis II crew. Over half the left side of the image is filled by the gray lunar surface, pocked with craters. Credit: NASA
ALT A close view of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the gray surface, fading to dark on the left side of the image. Credit: NASA
ALT A crescent Earth setting behind a hemisphere of the Moon. Credit: NASA
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