I really enjoyed M3GAN. A grounded and expertly eerie thriller that used its scifi premise rather than getting lost in it.
I'm half way through M3GAN 2.0, and I'm a bit disappointed. The plot leans heavily into magical AI tropes, and action movie cliches, and the half-time exposition dump took me right out of the story. Particularly because of the 'motherboard locked in a box gets smarter over time' nonsense.
If I saw it at the cinema, I'd be tempted to walk.
I am tired and my glasses are smudged so forgive me if I just read "a gripping chess thriller" in a post here as "a grilled cheese thriller" and immediately thought what a brilliant concept that was.
I am tired and my glasses are smudged so forgive me if I just read "a gripping chess thriller" in a post here as "a grilled cheese thriller" and immediately thought what a brilliant concept that was.
⚕️A Cure For Wellness. This abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium was used as filming location for this 2016 psychological horror film. In the movie a young executive is sent to a mysterious health retreat in the Swiss Alps but soon realises this spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem!
Although this fascinating building is actually located near Berlin (Germany), and not in the Swiss Alps ;)
#Thriller #Horror #Movie #Germany #Story #AbandonedPlaces #Urbex #Photography #Explore #Location
⚕️A Cure For Wellness. This abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium was used as filming location for this 2016 psychological horror film. In the movie a young executive is sent to a mysterious health retreat in the Swiss Alps but soon realises this spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem!
Although this fascinating building is actually located near Berlin (Germany), and not in the Swiss Alps ;)
#Thriller #Horror #Movie #Germany #Story #AbandonedPlaces #Urbex #Photography #Explore #Location
#PennedPossibilities 760 — MC POV: Describe who you are in your group of friends. Tell is if you’re the motherly / fatherly type, the funny friend, the serious one, etc.
Friends, Friendship. Teammates. Buddies. Partners in crime†. Frankly, I don't get it. I do the job and make sure everybody comes back. I train them until they drop in a sweaty heap, but then they insist on group meals and singing, that stuff, and won't let me pay. Sure I have everybody's back in a fight, or with clients, or the boss, but that's the right thing to do. I am responsible for them. They ask me for advice, too. Sometime weird. I ended up punching the cheating husband when he made a pass at me, which was actually sort of fun. At times they won't leave me along to be quiet with my books, which is really all I want out of life. I am really the wrong person to ask such a question to.
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† Literally.
[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#mystery #thriller #romance #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory#RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory
#PennedPossibilities 760 — MC POV: Describe who you are in your group of friends. Tell is if you’re the motherly / fatherly type, the funny friend, the serious one, etc.
Friends, Friendship. Teammates. Buddies. Partners in crime†. Frankly, I don't get it. I do the job and make sure everybody comes back. I train them until they drop in a sweaty heap, but then they insist on group meals and singing, that stuff, and won't let me pay. Sure I have everybody's back in a fight, or with clients, or the boss, but that's the right thing to do. I am responsible for them. They ask me for advice, too. Sometime weird. I ended up punching the cheating husband when he made a pass at me, which was actually sort of fun. At times they won't leave me along to be quiet with my books, which is really all I want out of life. I am really the wrong person to ask such a question to.
=-=-=-=-=-=
† Literally.
[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#mystery #thriller #romance #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory#RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory
A little reminder that all of my books are available via bookshop(dot)org, which means that pretty much any local book store can stock them, and benefit from their sale online. If you haven't tried Bookshop, here's a great place to start!
https://bookshop.org/shop/michaelshotter
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Book Promotion: Since the tragedy of 1994, Agency Division have weilded their authority over matters arcane with relative impunity. Enforcers like Vidcund Därk, collectively known as the Men in Black, serve a single purpose - the absolute eradicaton of magic and those who would use it. This is not an uncommon goal - a group of rogue arcanists known as the Grey Angels have much the same outcome in mind. When a respected mathematics professor obtains a translated copy of the Pnakotic Manuscripts, the hunt is on to determine how he got hold of it. But soon, a bigger crisis unfolds - one that Agency Division can’t keep under wraps.
#readers #bookstodon #fedibookfair #dystopia #urbanfantasy #adventure #action #thriller #series #books #reading
(And, if you go with the kobo store links, now available as a DRM-free e-book)
Book Promotion: Since the tragedy of 1994, Agency Division have weilded their authority over matters arcane with relative impunity. Enforcers like Vidcund Därk, collectively known as the Men in Black, serve a single purpose - the absolute eradicaton of magic and those who would use it. This is not an uncommon goal - a group of rogue arcanists known as the Grey Angels have much the same outcome in mind. When a respected mathematics professor obtains a translated copy of the Pnakotic Manuscripts, the hunt is on to determine how he got hold of it. But soon, a bigger crisis unfolds - one that Agency Division can’t keep under wraps.
#readers #bookstodon #fedibookfair #dystopia #urbanfantasy #adventure #action #thriller #series #books #reading
(And, if you go with the kobo store links, now available as a DRM-free e-book)
Part 3 begins!
Finally, the stakes come into focus.
How does it all end?
Chapter 29 of "A New Faith" is up on the website at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
Parts 1 and 2 are available to #download (or read online) for #free in #DRMfree#PDF and #EPUB formats
#solarpunk #hopepunk #books #bookstodon #novel #climatechange #adaptation #migration #mystery
#thriller#amwriting#WritersCoffeeClub
#WordWeavers#ScribesAndMakers
#PennedPossibilities #writingcommunity #sciencefiction
#climatefiction
Part 3 begins!
Finally, the stakes come into focus.
How does it all end?
Chapter 29 of "A New Faith" is up on the website at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
Parts 1 and 2 are available to #download (or read online) for #free in #DRMfree#PDF and #EPUB formats
#solarpunk #hopepunk #books #bookstodon #novel #climatechange #adaptation #migration #mystery
#thriller#amwriting#WritersCoffeeClub
#WordWeavers#ScribesAndMakers
#PennedPossibilities #writingcommunity #sciencefiction
#climatefiction
It’s the juxtaposition of headlines like these that led to me writing my first novel, THE ALGORITHM WILL SEE YOU NOW
I chose fiction so that I could use the power of story to show the many layers of potential harm, to both patients and physicians, from inserting #AI into #healthcare when the motivation behind it is corporate greed, not altruism
It’s the juxtaposition of headlines like these that led to me writing my first novel, THE ALGORITHM WILL SEE YOU NOW
I chose fiction so that I could use the power of story to show the many layers of potential harm, to both patients and physicians, from inserting #AI into #healthcare when the motivation behind it is corporate greed, not altruism
