Bluesky 2025 Media Thread
Because these are using the bluesky-embed module, I couldn't change a few things - namely, the default light mode theme, actual images/gifs instead of tenor links, generated alt text, etc.
As such these posts are definitely better viewed on bsky itself, I just don't like the way that it threads.
I guess now I can actually do one of these for real... It's Hat's 2025 Media Thread™️: Bandwagon Edition
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) Jan 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
1. Akira (1988)
2. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
3. Perfect Blue (1997)
4. Silicon Valley, Season 1 (2014)
1. Akira (1988) Oh I did not know this movie was like this. I didn't know it wasn't more about motorcycles and urban dystopia than it was about body horror as a metaphor for the dangers and immorality of militarized science. I thought it was an Alita-like, not a Godzilla-like. Oh. it was alright
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) January 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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i probably wouldn't have picked this as the first thing i consume in the new year if I knew that but at least the animation was very impressive to see
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) January 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Replying to a friend's remark that it deserves its hype as a classic, but still felt lacking:
we were discussing it afterwards and it is pretty plain as day when it's all laid out, huh. Maybe we've just heard it one too many times. & I couldn't even really find myself drawn to the characters, because Tetsuo sucks and Kaneda is rather basic. If anything the colonel was the most compelling
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) January 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A fun movie to marvel at but the other aspects fall flat even compared to others from its time period I've gone back to watch, but maybe that is my preference as someone that likes character-driven focus, over this which seemed to almost throw away their characters as it spiralled out of control
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) January 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
2. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) Wonderful movie I missed out on. Beautiful attention to detail and a great classic style of story done very well. Some of the acting was ofc a little ham for the kids, and the ending story beats get a bit disney, but I enjoyed it a lot. Also, hardest opening line
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) January 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Funny story if you manage to navigate my hellish use of bluesky's threading capabilities, we were supposed to watch Battle Royale or Ichi the Killer tonight, but we had an 11 year old with us. Funniest pivot. I think he was bored as a result, though.
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) January 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
3. Perfect Blue (1997) What shouldn't have surprised me was how thoughtful a look it was into still ever-so-real problems regarding fame, esp. for japanese idols and actresses. What I should have expected was how deeply unsettling it would get through anxiety made manifest in a Satoshi Kon work.
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) January 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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What really struck me was the seamless transition from a dark exploration of the other side of fame into a genuine psychological horror. By the end I wasn't sure whose mind we were in, whose psychosis was really being depicted. It all became a blur as everything came to a head. Great film.
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) January 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
4. Silicon Valley, S1 (2014) Terrible people grasping at success in the worst reflection of the uselessness of the tech world, a view that has only gotten more accurate 10 years later. A little stereotypical at times of the demographic, but hardly wrong. I've never been so angry while laughing.
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) February 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Posts from before I remembered I had a media thread:
related to that last share, I watched S1 of Silicon Valley over my recent flights, and I gotta say it was simultaneously infuriating and validating to watch a show that really understood how bereft of common sense the tech industry is, a crapshoot orchestrated by idiots with billions of dollars
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) February 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The most hyperbolic aspects of it were all too true. The coders with heads up their asses finding more success than people just trying to live off their hobbies, the executives moving money without any regard for the people around them, the endless platitudes and cope that your work betters humanity
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) February 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Post-post thoughts
Had a couple more thoughts here too before remembering this thread I think what strikes me the most is how it's almost like a farce, a parody of real life, but may as well be truth the way tech visibly fails forward yet runs our economy (and my patience) into the ground
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) February 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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They kept doing this one bit in particular where guys presenting to the audience would pointedly say "we're making the world a better place, through [incomprehensible word salad]". It really made you believe this machine is propelled by good intentions mangled by the process into a marketing tool
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) February 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
and that SUCKS, but it's also why I think it's not just hilarious as a farce, but a an actually poignant parody and social commentary. They managed to do all that without simply saying it's bad, but showing people trying to hold onto their humanity as they persist in the humanity mangling machine.
— Hat (@drestlemare.neocities.org) February 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM