Dave Mueller

@dave-mueller

Screenwriter. Overthinker. Not as helpful with the first thing as you might think. #preWGA

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Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· 28d

@bitterscriptreader.bsky.social This came today! That'll be cool to read this again.

The trade paperback collecting John Byrne's original comic book mini-series Man of Steel. Originally six issues, this is collected into one book. This was when Byrne rebooted Superman for DC back in the mid to late 80s. The Man of Steel mini-series was his first foray, setting the stage for the new Superman. I had the mini-series but sold it years ago when I sold my comics. I have been wanting to read this again due to Adam Mallinger's blog talking about old Superman comics.

I got this on ebay. It was only $10, and probably $16 or $17 with shipping. But its in great shape. Doesn't even look like it's been read.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jul 13

@starfleetdesign.bsky.social I wanted to say thanks for pointing me to the Star Trek font! I finished the character sheet for my game.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jun 18

Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you. I see a lot of contenders...but the champ is here!

A TV Guide ad for a TV show called "Salvage-1". It is, inexplicably, about Andy Griffith somehow owning and operating a space ship from his backyard. He uses the space ship (that he lifts off from his backyard) to *I think* get space debris...? That I'm hoping is worth a lot of money because I feel like flying to space is not cheap. I think for many years I thought this show was a fever dream. I think it only ran for 8 episodes.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jun 15

I actually just saved the pic of the cutout from a post on here a few weeks ago!

A cutaway drawing of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek The Motion Picture. It is a 3/4 view, with sections of the primary and secondary hull removed, allowing you to see the inner workings of this ship. There is a diagram labeling different parts of it below and they backdrop is as if it is orbiting Earth with the sun just rising behind it. The continents are dark, and the sea is deep blue.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jun 15

So after many years of the same one, I finally changed my desktop wallpaper! This is an ode to one of my favorite old school video games, ADVENTURE, on the original @atari.com 2600.

A desktop wallpaper with elements from the Atari 2600 video game Adventure-including dragons that look more like ducks than dragons (but that is 100% their charm). The background is a green to yellow gradient. I also put a little black gradient on the castle because in the pure yellow it was just too much.

I also have my 'mega folders' integrated into the wallpaper itself. I do those, and then I put a folder in them and make that folder invisible. I like it: its like highlighting which are my main topic folders and then there are subfolders inside. I put a little layer shadow on them this time, which I really like. Makes them pop a little.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jun 8

Did you see this post? 😂

A screencap from Twitter. There is an old.woman in a large birdcage and it's captioned 'not letting grandma out until Code Veronica gets a remake'. The original tweet is from 2024. Then when the remake was announced the other day, the OP reposted it with "Grandma is free!!", to which the Resident Evil account clapped back: "Releasing in 2027. Get back in there'

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· May 30

Post something random, or you’ll have an AWFUL June!

A picture from Tumblr of baby yoda looking up at an unseen person (a bouncer at a club), meanwhile the bouncer is holding an ID in front of baby yoda. It's Yoda's ID: a Hawaii driver's license. The picture of old yoda juxtaposed against baby yoda looking bewildered that there's any reason for doubt it really funny.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· May 27

Me too! And @leahfromsd.bsky.social helped me realize that the poster for the script doesn't necessarily have to be a poster for the movie. You can take a key element and emphasize that.

A poster for the screenplay GEMINI. It has a gas mask with different colored lenses for eyes. A young girl is reflected in the lenses. The background is one of the zodiac letter, faded. At the bottom of the page it says 'Screenplay by David Mueller'.

A poster for the original screenplay THE IRREGULARS. It is styled like a comic book cover, with a black mask on a yellow background. A comic style starburst declares 'An original screenplay!' and at the bottom, in comic book font, says 'By...David Mueller'.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· May 16

Saw this on a car while we were out shopping. That's pretty funny!

An iridescent window sticker on the back window a car that says 'If I crash, pause my audiobook!'.

Below the text is a line with a circle like the playback meter on your phone, with a Play-Rewind-Fast Forward buttons beneath it.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Apr 23

Writing prompt. Gives me like an Evil Dead vibe. #Scriptsky

A screencap of a reddit post header: "I found this in my brother's bag, what is it?". These if a portion of the picture they included. There is a small greenish object that looks like two bull horns.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Apr 15

This guy???

The album cover for Jay Ferguson's album that had the hit song Thunder Island. An absolute Yacht Rock banger. The cover is something else. Jay, with his long hair and 70s porn stacked, is sitting on the ground with leg of his khaki pants bent up. His blue striped shirt is almost totally unbuttoned (because of course it is cause its the 70s). He's wearing some kind of sand colored sandals. Behind him are tropical palms against a blue sky. Ah! Bluesky! Ha!

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Apr 14

I just remembered my favorite the other day, and was so glad to see this come around again!

A screenshot of a tweet by birdsrightsactivist (like supposed to be an actual bird) posted just before Easter. It says: 'maybe I should paint some of your babby and hide them around see how you like it'.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Apr 10

The great ordeal is over! Two coats on the stairs! There wasn't a whole lot of montage. Felt very aware of the whole thing.

My staircase with the risers painted a shade of white called Alabaster. There is painters tape on the stairs

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Apr 10

Yeah that's crazy! Hopefully she's doing it because she loves it. I hope she's extremely well off from her body of work. Did I ever show you the pic of my Maison Ikkoku LD set? Most expensive anime thing I ever bought haha. By far!

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Apr 10

I'm painting the back panel (whatever its called) of the stairs. I kinda want to montage to when this is all done.

A staircase. The top 3 steps have the back plate between the steps painted. The two below it are sanded and ready to paint. It is a sloooow process.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Mar 28

So this was a cool find! I wanted to put up some string lights around the deck downstairs. Using this, I was able to plug them in and then turn them on and off with the Pico remote I linked to it. Works great!

The box for the Lutron Caseta Smart Outdoor Plug-In Switch. It's a device that allows you to plug in something (like holiday lights) and turn them on and off with a Lutron Caseta remote control.

The box for a Lutron Caseta Pico remote. This is a paddle style remote that looks like a decora switch. It comes with the remote, the wall mount, and the switch cover. You can tie this in to a Caseta dimmer, and-wham-you have an instant 3-way switch. I definitely recommend them!

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Mar 28

So we are three episodes into this series (halfway) and LOVE it! If you like Monk, Elsbeth, High Potential you'll like this. And the score is adapted from Beethovan's music. Each episode is based on a different piece. Very good so far! It's on Britbox-which has a 7 day free trial.

The banner for the British TV series LUDWIG. It has the main character, John Taylor, staring at the camera looking a little overwhelmed while his sister in law stands behind him and cocks her head at the viewer. The background is a small room that has crossword designs on the wall, with 'murder' written across the blocks behind them. The series title, Ludwig, is written in red cursive font across the bottom half of the picture.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Mar 26

I recently got this back from a friend of mine. The most expensive anime thing I ever bought!

The laserdisc set of the anime series Maison Ikkoku. It was a slipcover case that housed the entire series on 24 laserdiscs.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Mar 24

Shout out to @leahfromsd.bsky.social! I got my newsletter the other day. Those are always great to read-AND I got a Pearl Snaps trading card! I love that script! And a #scriptsky salute to Leah for bringing the community together.

A trading card of the character Osche from the original screenplay PEARL SNAPS by Leah from South Dakota. The artwork by Jared Lockhart is fantastic!

Osche's full name is Johann Alexander Heinrich. He's a large man. Definitely the 'muscle' of the group.

The card is printed on brown paper to give it a sepia tone effect. Its really cool.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Mar 21

I think I found a new show for my wife and I. I was visiting friends last weekend, and they love this British show called 'Would I Lie To You'. One of the panelists, David Mitchell, stars as LUDWIG, a puzzle maker who impersonates his (missing) twin brother, a policeman, and solves crimes.

A promotional picture for the British TV series LUDWIG. There are two characters. In the foreground is David Mitchell's character. He had a tweed jacket and pens in his pocket. He is taking notes in a notebook and looks out of his element. His sister-in-law stands behind him, looking at the camera skeptically. The title 'Ludwig' is written in red cursive font at the bottom of the picture.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Mar 16

I have the Maison Best Collection, so if you ever want any of the songs (like Suki Sa, but also Cinema, Fantasy, Sunny Shiny Morning, etc) just DM me. I can do a dropbox link.

The cover of the Maison Ikkoku Best Selection CD. A Greatest Hits of the shows theme songs and BGMs.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Mar 16

I saw this today on Tumblr. In honor of the Ides of March, this is a very cool possible reinterpretation of Caesar's famous final words. I thought this was fascinating!

A screenshot of a tweet by Working Classicists saying that they were currently loving this interpretation of Caesar's last words.

Below that is a photo of a page from a book. It starts mid-sentence: "...with his toga and let himself fall.' Suetonius adds that, according to some reports, he said in Greek: 'Kai su, teknon' (which Shakespeare turned into the Laton 'Et tu, Brute?'). It literally means 'You too, child'. but what Caesar may have intended by the words isn't clear. Tempest cites an 'important article' by James Russell (1980) 'that has often been overlooked'. Russell points out that the words 'kai su' often appears on curse tablets, and suggests that Caesar's last words were not 'the emotional parting declaration of a betrayed man to one he had treated like a son' but more along the lines of 'See you in hell, punk'."

Several passages in the text are underlined.

A subsequent post by Tumblr user winged-mammal, added on the original post. 'wait wait wait I looked it up, and'

A screenshot of additional text (also beginning mid-sentence): "...question had been debated. It has been argues that the phrase can be interpreted as a curse or warning instead, along the lines of "you will die like this" or "may the same thing happen to you"; Brutus later stabbed himself to death, or rather threw himself onto a blade held by an attendant. One hypothesis states that the historic Caesar adapted the words of a Greek sentence which to the Romans had long since become proverbial: the complete phrase is said to have been "You too, my son, will have a taste of power", of which Caesar only needed to invoke the opening words to foreshadow Brutus' own violent death, in response to his assassination."

winged-mammal adds at the end: his last words were (quite possibly) an ancient roman meme.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Mar 9

Reilly Ace of Spies. A young Sam Neill in an espionage series! It was awesome! There were also these Horation Hornblower TV movies that were on A&E years ago starring Ioan Gruffudd that were fantastic.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Feb 4

When I saw that episode I thought they were going to kiss, and this comic immediately came to mind: 😂

A four panel comic on yellow paper resembling a post it note. (This was originally posted in the r/comics subreddit by u/eastcoastitnotes). It shows a man with glasses and a beard staring forward. The door opens behind him and another man comes in. "Sir! It's the conservatives" this other man says. He has a report. "They're very upset that we made Velma gay". There's a pause where the bearded man in charge contemplates what to do...

And then a close up of him: "Make Shaggy black" "But Sir!"

It was made back when people were freaking out over Mindy Kaling's Velma series.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jan 29

You know that great feeling when you totally forgot you bought something on ebay and it shows up? (This was only $25 too! I couldn't believe it).

A toy replica of the original Romulan Bird of Prey from the original Star Trek series. It is still in the packaging. It says Star Trek Legends with the 50th anniversary designation (making this about 10 years old now). I have always loved the o.g. Bird of Prey. One of my favorite Star Trek ships.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jan 24

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

Luke and Leia from the original Star Wars. It's the moment where they just left the Death Star in the Falcon. It's a bit of a lull in the action. And Luke is saying that he can't believe Ben is gone. But the caption of this picture brings up a really good point: "When your home planet exploded a few hours ago but a man you just met is feeling sad about his martial-arts mentor."

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jan 23

I can't see these without thinking of Bill Hader's hysterical Burt Lancaster impression.

A pack of Oyster crackers in a plastic wrap on a Grey countertop.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jan 20

I do think it's funny-and fitting-that the thumbnail for the #scriptsky tag is Barton Fink, a tortured, unappreciated screenwriter. 😂

A screenshot of Bluesky's page from my computer. It shows the list of tags that I follow. Each one has a very small thumbnail. The one for Scriptsky is a small segment of the poster for the movie Barton Fink. It shows the main character, looking up with a mosquito about to land on his forehead.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jan 16

Oh damn! This was playing on Lithium on Sirius XM. Remember this album!? So good!

A screencap from my phone showing what's playing on the Sirius/XM channel Lithium. It's the song 'Porcelain' from Moby's PLAY album. There is a picture of the album cover, green with Moby jumping in the air. Its a great album.

Dave Mueller@dave-mueller· Jan 5

When Covid hit I decided to finally beat that game once and for all. Talk about closure! (Although not a lot of fanfare. The screen just freezes).