Today, March 18, in 1982, Seattle high schooler David Lightman teaches his friend Jennifer Mack about war dialing, hacking, phreaking, and the importance of infosec (WarGames, 1983)
Today, October 26, in 1985, at 1:18 AM, Marty McFly films Dr. Emmett Brown’s first temporal experiment, sending his time machine DeLorean and pet dog Einstein one minute into the future (Back to the Future, 1985)
Today, December 24, NYPD detective John McClane arrives in Los Angeles to reconcile with his estranged wife Holly at the Nakatomi Corporation Christmas party (Die Hard, 1988)
I'm calling it quits on my Halloween Countdown as I've not made enough new horror art for it this year, and cos of nerve pain, I'm trying to minimise time on my computer and clay desk atm. Urgh. Maybe next year! 😬
Anyways, here's a throwback to a few of my horror/dark genre movie posters 🖤
Today, August 21, Mei gets lost trying to bring fresh corn to her mother, who is in the hospital. With forest spirit Totoro’s help, her older sister Satsuki finds her, and they ride the Catbus to deliver the corn (My Neighbor Totoro, 1988)
31 years ago, on December 11, 1992, The Muppet Christmas Carol was released. Arguably the most heartfelt, maybe even the best adaptation of Charles Dickens' novella, and perhaps of any book that has ever been written [slight possibility of exaggeration, citation needed].
Written by Jerry Juhl and directed by Brian Henson. Starring Sir Michael Caine, with a brilliant score by Miles Goodman and songs by Paul Williams. It is the first Muppet film to come out after the passing of Jim Henson and puppeteer Richard Hunt, who was openly gay and tragically passed away at the age of 40 due to HIV/AIDS complications, and it is dedicated to both their memories.
Today, February 19, in 1998, hacker Trinity fends off two units of police officers and faces off with sinister sentient computer programs known as Agents (The Matrix, 1999)
Today, December 22, Kevin McAllister wakes up in the third floor bedroom to find that he is alone in the house, after wishing that his family would disappear (Home Alone, 1990)
RIP Norman Jewison. What a good, decent person and director he was. He passed away at 97. Directed such films as IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.
Of the 574 federally recognized tribal nations, only five have free press protections in tribal law.
But some #Indigenous journalists are fighting tribal council for a free press --- so they can hold tribal government accountable.
And others are making documentaries about it.
Next Sunday in #Portland, watch BAD PRESS, which follows a Mvskoke journalist's crusade for a free tribal press during a Muscogee (Creek) Nation election.
Today, January 11, in 1974, truck driver “Large Marge” dies in an accident. 10 years later, a young boy hitchhiking to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas gets a lift from her apparent ghost (Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, 1984)
Today, September 18, Klaatu delivers his message of absolute peace to a group of Earth's leaders, informing them that if the planet cannot contain its violent tendencies, it will be incinerated for the safety of the rest of the universe (The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951)
This is INSANE. #Disney deleting huge swathes of content made explicitly for D+ to take a tax write-off, including newer shows that ended THIS CALENDAR YEAR. Most of the shows are non-#Marvel and non-#StarWars that they produced.
This is so anti-creatives it’s mind-blowing. To throw out your own content. 😖