Reuben Baron

@rubigb

He/They. Writer. Treasurer of @dorianawards.bsky.social. Formerly "AndalusianDoge" before the world's cringest billionaire ruined the meme. Posts don't express views of employers. #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter

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Reuben Baron@rubigb· 22d

…does anime Thomas Jefferson wear a Miku binder?

The director took an even more public role on behalf of AI filmmaking — and plenty of backlash for it — when this winter he premiered On This Day, a set of American Revolution-themed live-action shorts that used AI generations of historical figures. Critics pilloried the project for uncanny-valley vibes, though the work did get more refined as it went. Last month he announced a pivot of sorts for the series, saying he was trying an animated approach — then dropped an anime-inspired episode in which Thomas Jefferson fights King George III in a boxing ring and says lines like “Kneel before this, bitch.”

Reuben Baron@rubigb· 26d

Zeus in The Odyssey:

the dad from Troll 2 saying "You don't piss on hospitality. I won't allow it!"

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Jul 14

Live reaction to The Ghost in the Shell Episode 2:

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Jul 12

A poster for The Uprising (the Paul Greengrass medieval peasant drama starring Andrew Garfield) showed up at one of my local theaters. Haven't seen any marketing for this online yet so guessing we get a trailer alongside The Odyssey?

Poster for The Uprising, with Andrew Garfield in peasant garb and a sickle (?) up his sleeve and the tagliune "Rise or Die"

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Jul 7

Sasha Stone of Awards Daily now just posting blatant antisemitism against American Jews

Sasha Stone posts "Hard to defend people who think like this" in response to a poll showing American Jews like Josh Shapiro and Zohran Mamdani more than Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Jun 24

Every now and then I get curious what she's up to (bad habit) and lol this is real

Responding to a right wing X user saying "I don't care how aligned with my personal politics this movie might be, Uwe Boll is not good at making movies," Sasha Stone responds "I disagree. No, it isn't The Social Network but there is a rawness to it I appreciate. And anyway, the pure nerve it took to make it advances it greatly in my mind. Everyone in Hollywood, from critics to the industry are scared shitless and it's ruined film and culture."

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Jun 3

Orson Welles discovering Eartha Kitt

Reuben Baron@rubigb· May 25

Instead we’re getting “Don’t Date Robots! Brought to you by The Space Pope”

Reuben Baron@rubigb· May 7

Holy shit, most unexpected yet exciting follow ever!

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 26

So yeah good day to be away from America huh?

The Kiki’s Delivery Service bakery (where the food is as excellent as the anime-accurate decor) at Ghibli Park

Yubaba from Spirited Away surrounded by floating papers and her bouncing heads at Ghibli Park

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 23

My time in Okayama by complete coincidence just happened to overlap with the All of Evangelion 30th Anniversary exhibit coming to the Aeon Mall. Really cool to see the cells from the original series and the line art from the Rebuilds.

Me posing before a model of Evangelion Unit 01 in the same pose

Cell of Evangelion Units 01 and 02 fighting as Kaworu floats in front

Hideaki Anno’s signature, writing “arigato” and drawing a little mouse

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 22

Had wagyu skewers at a restaurant and then find out I coulda just gone to a vending machine

Vending machine in Kurashiki labeled “Wagyu let’s eat good food and cheer up!”

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 20

The Hakone Open Air Museum must be one of the most beautiful places in the world, such a lovingly cared-for mix of art and nature. Took too many photos to post them all but here’s a few

View from inside the tower heading down the staircase, with colorful mosaics on the walls

A sculpture on a tall platform perfectly matched to the mountain skyline

A statue of a weeping head with (fake) plant hair in a pool of water, surrounded by (real) flowering trees

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 19

Staying at Tsukinoya Ryokan in Hakone. It’s beautiful here. The cooked golden eye snapper at the conveyer belt sushi was exceptional.

“Please be careful as there have been reports of monkey sightings. Please keep the windows in your room closed.”

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 17

I feel like some people I know would be into this

Human to Cyborg Supplement, found in Don Quixote

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 17

These guys in Shinjuku rock

A few Japanese guys with signs reading “FUCK TRUMP” and “LOVE & PEACE”

A sign reading “fuck Racizm (sic) No war”

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 17

now on Cheese🎵 Cheese makes everyone smile

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 17

So much coolness at Nakano Broadway

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 17

Photos from Gotokuji Temple

Two lucky cats in a scrunchie surrounded by more cats

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 17

In Japan!

Adorable 17-year-old “ojisan” dog in the building we’re staying at

Adorable Pompompurin and some other Sanrio dog sweets

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Apr 14

Detective Hole (based on the novels that also inspired the 2017 flop The Snowman)

Hello Mr police
Hello Mr baby
Hello Mr rag time gal
(Image of the snowman from The Snowman doing a little dance)

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Mar 23

Abe Sapien from Hellboy (Guillermo Del Toro has a type)

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Mar 22

Half star reviews of my lboxd top 4

1/2 star review of Pan’s Labyrinth: “Movie for 12 year olds and the creepypasta YouTubers who groom them”

1/2 star review of Spirited Away: “this bitch cry too much like no one cares that your parents are pigs”

1/2 star review of Lawrence of Arabia: “More like Large-ass of Arabia”

1/2 star review of The Mitchells vs. The Machines: “opossums don't give you rabies, MOVIE - their low internal body temperature makes it nearly impossible!!!!”

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Mar 20

OK, what about the backtracking on his criticism of ICE?

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Mar 1

There's a billion versions trying to figure out how all the Easter eggs actually connect all the movies into one universe. (the original source, apparently: jonnegroni.com/2013/07/15/p...) Pete Docter's poo-pooed it as non-canon, but other Pixar creatives have had their own fun with it.

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Feb 25

Remember who canonically possessed the Death Note after Light

The page from the Death Note one shot where Trump and Ryuk touch the Death Note

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Feb 8

From the same file, do we have any idea why "D'Onofrio" is redacted in the Epstein files? I assume it doesn't have anything to do with Vincent.

Vincent D'Onofrio's last name is redacted in Barry Josephson's big company pitch sent to Jeffrey Epstein

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Feb 8

rich people will really email Jeffrey Epstein and go "yeah if you give me money I'll get Studio Ghibli to make a movie with me"

Barry Josephson's pitch for funding for an animation studio announcing "There is a strong talent pool of animation studios with whom Josephson Entertainment can partner" and includes the Studio Ghibli and Aardman logos among others

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Feb 6

Was trying to look up if Pillion managed to sneak by with an R or if it’s going unrated/NC-17 and holy shit the AI slop is dangerous lol

slop site "parentguiding.com" says that Pillion is "a poignant road-trip drama best suited for kids ages 10 and up"

Reuben Baron@rubigb· Feb 4

Saw a Hinge profile that was looking good until their “random fact” was saying that Hayao Miyazaki’s “insult to life itself” comment was directed at his son for showing him CGI. Not gonna waste a response on a double fact check, but…