David Daut

@davidmdaut

Movie fan. Animation enthusiast. One-time pretend cowboy. Features writer & producer for the SOC’s Camera Operator magazine and co-creator of Hollow Medium. (He/him) davidmdaut.com

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David Daut@davidmdaut· 3d

Effectively sitting inside the screen at the COYOTE VS. ACME premiere.

Wide angle photo of a movie screen featuring a graphic for the world premiere of “Coyote vs. Acme”, taken from the third row in the Directors Village theater in Westwood, California.

David Daut@davidmdaut· 11d

This year’s Scary Farm line up seems pretty exciting, but it’s enormously disappointing to see Knott’s go full AI slop for one of their new maze logo treatments. Feels like an insult to all the artists who work hard to bring this event to life.

David Daut@davidmdaut· Jul 3

Homer Simpson leaning out his car window, hairs blowing in the wind, gazing gleefully up towards the heavens.

The caption reads, “It must be the first of the month. New Bluesky think piece day!”

David Daut@davidmdaut· Jun 28

Caught I CONFESS at the Academy Museum with a guest lecture by Guillermo del Toro. What struck me this time is how much this would make for a great double bill with WAKE UP DEAD MAN.

Guillermo del Toro on stage at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures David Geffen theatre.

David Daut@davidmdaut· Jun 19

Updated Pixar rankings:

1. Toy Story 2
2. Up
3. Turning Red
4. Ratatouille
5. WALL•E
6. Soul
7. Inside Out
8. Coco
9. Monsters, Inc.
10. Finding Nemo
11. The Incredibles
12. Luca
13. A Bug’s Life
14. Toy Story
15. Hoppers
16. Insider Out 2

17. Elemental
18. Toy Story 3
19. Cars
20. Toy Story 5
21. Elio
22. Monsters University
23. Onward
24. Cars 3
25. Brave
26. Toy Story 4
27. The Good Dinosaur
28. Lightyear
29. Incredibles 2
30. Finding Dory
31. Cars 2

David Daut@davidmdaut· Jun 8

Spare a thought for Karen Bass, who might actually be having a worse night than Spencer Pratt right now.

Bass campaign spokesman Alex Stack said that if Raman maintains that position, the mayor would "look forward to winning a contest against an opponent who allows encampments near schools and fights against hiring more cops, yet is MIA on saving Hollywood jobs and fighting back when ICE invades L.A."

David Daut@davidmdaut· Jun 7

Nithya now officially ahead of Spencer Pratt in the La Mayor race!

AP vote counts showing Karen Bass with 250,871 votes and 34.7%, Nithya Raman at 196,198 votes and 27.1%, and Spencer Pratt at 193,085 votes and 26.7%.

David Daut@davidmdaut· Jun 7

“Nithya’s benchmark is +10.” Kids, that’s a +23!

Latest batch of vote counts from Los Angeles showing Nithya Raman with 40.155% of the vote share while Spencer Pratt only has 17.651%.

David Daut@davidmdaut· Jun 2

Get outta here with this nonsense. Trump is gonna crow about rigged elections no matter what. Hilton getting locked out of the general can only be a good thing for California.

Los Angeles time article headlined, “Why a loss for Hilton would be a win for Trump,” by Anita Chabria. The subhead reads, “Democrats finishing 1-2 would give Trump more fuel to fire up his MAGA base with false claims of rigged elections. Voter fraud claims could test a new California law meant to protect real election integrity and trust.”

David Daut@davidmdaut· Jun 1

Every time!

Email from Amazon informing me that my pre-order shipment of “Hoppers” on 4K Blu-ray has been delayed to Friday, June 12.

David Daut@davidmdaut· May 26

Amazon and Walmart are basically the last retailers standing for selling movies on Blu-ray, and Amazon now routinely can't even deliver pre-orders on time.

Order confirmation for "Nirvana, The Band, The Show, The Movie" on Blu-ray. Now scheduled to arrive on June 8, previously expected May 26.

David Daut@davidmdaut· May 26

Boots Riley forever.

I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards.

David Daut@davidmdaut· May 23

I’m sure someone else must have done this already, but I’m not digging through 5,000 quote posts.

Episode title card reminiscent of “Star Trek: The Original Series”. The episode title reads “What Yonder Soul Doth Go Hence… A Brother?”

David Daut@davidmdaut· May 23

Thanks, cops, for sending me this handy list of everyone I definitely will not be voting for! (There is actually one candidate here I was planning on voting for and now I’m having serious second thoughts!)

An election mailer that reads “Cops Voter Guide. Public safety recommendations 2026 Primary Election.”

David Daut@davidmdaut· May 21

“They don’t want victory, they don’t want power, they want to endlessly ‘critique’ power.”

David Daut@davidmdaut· May 20

Given the entrance to the tunnel, they should have recreated this mess of signage:

David Daut@davidmdaut· May 7

David Daut@davidmdaut· May 4

Hey kids, you’re now looking at a Lucas Museum founding member.

Digital membership card for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

David Daut@davidmdaut· May 4

Caught up with LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY

Still of Nathan Fielder in “The Rehearsal”. Subtitles read, “Split diopter city over here.”

David Daut@davidmdaut· May 3

NORMS now serves pie. GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE vindicated!

The dessert section of the NORMS menu. In the bottom left corner of the page is a slice of apple pie for $4.99.

David Daut@davidmdaut· Apr 27

Ready for what’s certain to be a wild screening.

A standee of Adam Driver as Ben Solo in front of a theater marquee reading “The Last Jedi” at the Frida Cinema.

A theater seat covered with a printed note reading, “Reserved for Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro.”

The movie screen in the theater displaying a graphic that reads, “The Hunt for Ben Solo fan campaign presents ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’”.

David Daut@davidmdaut· Apr 15

Name another theme park that prominently features Nancy and Sluggo. I’ll wait.

Me, sitting at a table in Toon Lagoon at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. The table has a painted backdrop featuring comic strip characters Nancy and Sluggo sipping a milkshake. A word balloon behind them reads “SLURP”.

David Daut@davidmdaut· Apr 2

Underrated dril exchange, imo

dril says, “in real life yoda would get eaten by a dog”.

Someone replies, “You don’t know shit about Yoda”

dril fires back, “an crocodile would get him”

David Daut@davidmdaut· Mar 19

Krusty the Clown crying, “They drove a dump truck full of money to my house. I’m not made of stone.”

David Daut@davidmdaut· Mar 16

Now that this year’s Oscar’s are done, I’m going all-in with my prediction for next year’s Best Picture

Poster for “Nirvana the Band, the Show, the Movie”.

David Daut@davidmdaut· Feb 27

David Daut@davidmdaut· Feb 25

“Hey babe, what‘s on your mind?”

David Daut@davidmdaut· Feb 21

THE LAST JEDI played today at the Academy Museum. Still just the greatest. Hopefully we get more screenings before the 10th anniversary next year.

David Daut@davidmdaut· Feb 21

Presidents’ Day, Oscar catch up, and stuff I missed last weekend.

Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie, Crime 101, Jurassic World Rebirth, and All the President’s Men.

David Daut@davidmdaut· Feb 16

Loser nerds reacted to the end of MASS EFFECT by harassing devs. Meanwhile, Gore Verbinski shows the correct response to art you find frustrating: wait 14 years then make a weirdo movie starring Sam Rockwell that wrestles with similar ideas but arrives at a different, more hopeful conclusion.