Fresh Take

@freshtake.bsky.social

Posts

Not a hot take. A fresh take. Looking at films and TV from years ago up til last week.
📣The Bechdel test is not the ceiling, it's the basement floor.
Reviews by @solveforbetter.bsky.social

Posts Replies Media

Pitch: A birding comedy show starring Christian Cooper and Sarah Cooper, with jokes on the birding life, and bird impersonations. Call it Cooper x Cooper

This right here:

I think we can all agree that ‘Clue’ is a perfect movie.

You haven't truly lived until you've witnessed Donald Sutherland singing and dancing his way through the villain song as the GMO rice mogul in 'Basmati Blues'

Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.’ to ‘Hunger Games,’ dies at 88

Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.’ to ‘Hunger Games,’ dies at 88www.seattletimes.com The tall Canadian actor with a grin that could be sweet or diabolical was known for offbeat characters like Hawkeye Piece in Robert Altman's "M.A.S.H." and the stoned professor in "Animal House."

So I'm watching Basmati Blues (more on THAT to follow) and I have to take a moment to appreciate Tyne Daly. Watching Tyne Daly as a child was my first experience of seeing a big woman take up space, express her full self, and demand to be listened to. Grateful that she shared her many talents.

D.A.R.Y.L. - Come for the ethical questions about AI. Stay to watch an 11-year-old steal a fighter jet from the Air Force. 1985 - PG - streams for free on Hoopla

🎬 ‘D.A.R.Y.L.’ (‘Data-Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform’) starring Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt and Michael McKean premiered in theaters 39 years ago, June 14, 1985

Truer words were never spoken:

There hasn’t been a movie made yet that wouldn’t have benefited from the inclusion of a helicopter. The Breakfast Club? Yes. Rocky Horror Picture Show? Yes. The Lion King? Hell yes.

I love Frameline so much. My big, bold hometown San Francisco LGBTQ film festival, 48 years strong. That said, this year's festival poster is a train wreck, design-wise. IN-Queer-Stories-TER-SEC-In-Film-TIONS #LGBT #Pride #SanFrancisco #LGBTQIA

(At a party) Them: ...I enjoy the science fiction of Dr. Who Me: Magic. It's magic. Them: But Time And Relative Dimension in Space Me: Magical teleportation Them: But the sonic screwdriver Me: Magic wand Them: ancient alien known as a Time Lord Me: magic. Magic. MAGIC!!! #DrWho #TARDIS #BBC

Movies too! WONKA was so abhorrent with fatphobia that it should come with a warning. (Also, what a terrible waste of Keegan Michael Key's talent.)

shout it from the fucking rooftops, @frumpenberg.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1814...

When I sat down to watch Renegade Nell (Disney+), I had one question: For a highway-woman of 1705 to be bold, badass, and unbeatable, does she truly need supernatural help? The Three Musketeers didn’t need it, Zorro didn’t need it, so why does she need it?

We stan Robin Wright forever

Every time I see Robin Wright's name I have to remember it's Robin Wright not Robin Wright Penn and then I'm reminded about how Sean Penn fucked her career and I'm so happy she's out here working again and why yes I'm watching Damsel which has Princess Bride meets Legend vibes (so far)

Reposted by

Fresh Take

I want to read Beyoncé’s faxes to Dolly Parton.

Dolly Parton Explains Why She's Only Reachable via Fax: 'I'm Surrounded by Enough People'people.com Country legend Dolly Parton appeared via satellite on Wednesday's episode of The View, where she set the record straight about her long-reported love of using a fax machine as her primary form of comm...

Reposted by

Fresh Take

After the second Body Problem they really should’ve stopped for a minute to see what they were doing wrong.

Hey Bluesky! Sometimes you don't need a hot take. You need a fresh take. This account aims to spotlight films and TV series potentially worth your time and attention. I'm @solveforbetter.bsky.social, and while I usually talk about climate change and abundant futurism, movies are pretty great too.

End of feed.