Anthony Morris
@morrbeat
Writer of various things (film and TV reviews, occasional op-eds, co-wrote two novels). Intellectual lightweight. Once wrote a short story about the future of road resurfacing that was on a "years best" list
Can't believe John Travolta made an entire movie about how he came fourth in a Pitbull lookalike competition
Here's a pro tip: if you're going to go around saying stuff like what's on the left, then the sentences in your fiction need to be better than what's on the right
I've only had a couple of novels published, but I'm going to say if the guy giving you advice on how to get published is telling you to spend $25000 and "textual quality" doesn't matter, find another guy to give you advice
The logo for the Neuromancer TV series is basically the same as the one used on the Penguin Galaxy hardcover - but all the Penguin Galaxy science fiction HC's use variations on the same font. Not a whole lot of jacking into cyberspace in hippie classic Stranger in a Strange Land
Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains. I'm not usually big on these meme posts but then I remembered the best album of the decade
Acting, the profession notorious for its strict adherence to the truth: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Why yes, I take all my critical cues from the covers of Punisher comics
There’s just not enough V/line discourse on blusky - this should kick things off
Bold of them to go ahead at all after an East-Meg 1 designed vengeance plague just wiped out 3/4ths of the population of Mega City 1
Good news for anyone in Melbourne looking to upload their brain, I found a place that’s all set up with proven results
I left out the compulsory part where they write “only Melbourne cares about the Sydney-Melbourne rivalry”. Which would be a lot more convincing if this rivalry was ever mentioned anywhere outside of Sydney based newspapers running stories about how Melbourne sucks
The thesis of this article is that Melbourne is "better" (wink) because it has cheaper rents and housing. The only explanation given for this situation is a confused paragraph that suggests the "simple answer" is that Melbourne is growing faster
Oh yeah, Queensland is also better than Melbourne, why the fuck do we even keep that southern shithole around?
When I cancelled my subscription to The Age I somehow remained on the mailing list for the Good Weekend, which means I can report that this weekend they're running a "Why Melbourne is Better than Sydney" story that is basically "it's actually a crime-riddled bankrupt hellhole, wake up to yourselves"
Film critics: reminding yourself that you got Black Caesar at the crib is a great way to avoid giving an average movie a good review
One of the fun things about watching movies like BOYZ N THE HOOD, MENACE II SOCIETY or even STRAIGHT OUT OF COMPTON is that - unlike every other kind of movie made in the US - they consistently portray cops (ok, the LAPD) as the biggest loser dorks imaginable, 100% schlubby middle-aged white chumps
ZERO DARK THIRTY has the same opening as FARGO and that really should have been a tip off
I'm no expert beyond 20-odd years experience as a critic, but pop culture (movies at least) loses interest in people once they hit their 20s, and then swings back around middle age. Just look at what's in cinemas: it's *always* either teen stuff or middle-aged stuff. Without fail
Supposedly Melbourne’s oldest pub, which may be of interest to @beanisacarrot.bsky.social
I’m trying this whole “touching grass” deal and it’s kinda freaking me out tbh
If there’s one thing thing the MUZZLE movies are known for, it’s for burying dogs with full military honours: