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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier

@smittermeier

Largely unknown historian @ Uni Kassel Versität. Americanist. „Smart heavy hitter” doing work on pop culture (Disney, TV) & queer history. Does stand up comedy. Frustrated idealist. Podcast @infrontofira.bsky.social. https://linktr.ee/sabrinamittermeier

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If you dial up the camp even more and skip some of the Kate Hudson is depressed stuff

06.03.2026 16:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It‘s so bad!!! Why?!! Like genuinely first half I thought this is intentionally fun and campy and then wtf

06.03.2026 16:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Immediately the bees dying thing got me. I don‘t hate it I think I liked the first half more though, when I was still questioning where this was going and it was more subtle.

06.03.2026 16:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Harrison Ford as a younger man, standing in the sun, wearing sunglasses and a navy longsleeve and navy short shorts, plus a pair of brown loafers. He looks into the camera laughing. In the background are palm trees and a mansion.

Harrison Ford as a younger man, standing in the sun, wearing sunglasses and a navy longsleeve and navy short shorts, plus a pair of brown loafers. He looks into the camera laughing. In the background are palm trees and a mansion.

People online are annoying me. Here‘s Harrison Ford in short shorts.

06.03.2026 16:34 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Movie poster for Bugonia

Movie poster for Bugonia

Idk about this one. Its message is undeniably important, but too heavyhanded in execution - the ending ultimately predictable. Great performances & cinematography, some really fun ideas but also kind of an homage to The X-Files (and Lynch). Maybe unnecessarily gory but that‘s my preference. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

06.03.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Movie poster for Bugonia

Movie poster for Bugonia

Idk about this one. Its message is undeniably important, but too heavyhanded in execution - the ending ultimately predictable. Great performances & cinematography, some really fun ideas but also kind of an homage to The X-Files (and Lynch). Maybe unnecessarily gory but that‘s my preference. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

06.03.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Books spotlights
Coming in paperback this May

From Broadway to The Bronx
By Veronika Keller and Sabrina Mittermeier

A fascinating and vibrant depiction of New York City in song across a variety of different genres, focusing on Broadway, musical theatre, hip hop, punk, folk and jazz genres, as well as the work of New York-born artists and those who are intimately connected with the city.

Books spotlights Coming in paperback this May From Broadway to The Bronx By Veronika Keller and Sabrina Mittermeier A fascinating and vibrant depiction of New York City in song across a variety of different genres, focusing on Broadway, musical theatre, hip hop, punk, folk and jazz genres, as well as the work of New York-born artists and those who are intimately connected with the city.

So this is happening! Paperback release of our edited collection with @intellectbooks.bsky.social! 🎧🗽🚕

05.03.2026 14:38 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Recap: Shrinking – 3x06 – “Dereks Don’t Die” - The Spoilist Written by C.J. Hoke (who started out as a writer’s assistant on the show in S1, shout out!) Directed by Randall Keenan Winston This is definitely one of the angstiest episodes of Shrinking, which is

My #Shrinking recap is now up on @thespoilist.bsky.social! As teased yesterday it‘s quite an angsty one, but brilliantly written by @cjhoke.bsky.social.

www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...

05.03.2026 18:22 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Recap: Starfleet Academy - 1x09 – “300th Night” You know shit goes down when Frakes directs.

And my #StarfleetAcademy recap is also up!

open.substack.com/pub/latestar...

05.03.2026 20:13 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Some guy just told me this show is objectively bad so I guess I‘m just too stupid to see it
- for ALT texts link to post here it‘s too long:

substack.com/@david1701/n...

06.03.2026 16:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Idk if you‘re watching Academy and I don‘t think it‘s a perfect show or anything but I‘m enjoying a lot of what they‘re doing but people are being weird again

bsky.app/profile/smit...

06.03.2026 10:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The best episodes are the ones which run both at once! Worf faces a conundrum which could destroy the Klingon empire; meanwhile Geordi is trying to teach Data how to make a soufflé. Stakes EXACTLY EQUAL

06.03.2026 10:14 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

You‘re so right lol

06.03.2026 10:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Same

06.03.2026 10:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Aber die Obst Flatrate!

06.03.2026 09:53 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Tbf those people are probably complaining that Trek is too woke now cause that was the bar, but I just had to read someone arguing that TOS was a feminist text

06.03.2026 09:50 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ahahah

06.03.2026 09:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Exactly. Trek is also 50 other things.

06.03.2026 09:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

So muss das.

06.03.2026 09:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Other people preferred the morality plays or thought experiments, but don‘t forget Scotty regularly got into fist fights and TOS had „Trouble with Tribbles“.

06.03.2026 09:15 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

*thing

06.03.2026 09:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was a child! I liked „Data‘s Day“ and the Holodeck episodes! I liked flyboy Tom Paris and when there was any well written character my age (Wesley, Icheb). I liked The Doctor singing opera and when they blew up the whole ship again!

06.03.2026 09:14 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The things about Star Trek is that it‘s always had such a range of storytelling even within each different show that people now remember only the ones they liked best and forgot about the others (or deride them as „filler“) and decided these ones are the actual „Star Trek“.

06.03.2026 09:11 👍 24 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1

People are mad that the #StarfleetAcademy season finale has - mild spoiler - apocalyptic stakes. uh yah. It‘s a YA „genre“ show. Do you remember being 15? Do you remember Buffy Anne „She Saved the World a Lot“ Summers? Never mind streaming TV is now expected to keep up with movies.

06.03.2026 09:09 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

People are mad that the #StarfleetAcademy season finale has - mild spoiler - apocalyptic stakes. uh yah. It‘s a YA „genre“ show. Do you remember being 15? Do you remember Buffy Anne „She Saved the World a Lot“ Summers? Never mind streaming TV is now expected to keep up with movies.

06.03.2026 09:09 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Do not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written

06.03.2026 08:03 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

I‘m so tired of the people who seemingly only watch this to complain about it. Are we not all exhausted enough yet? Do we really need more reasons to be angry?

06.03.2026 07:41 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I‘m so tired of the people who seemingly only watch this to complain about it. Are we not all exhausted enough yet? Do we really need more reasons to be angry?

06.03.2026 07:41 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

It isn’t generative AI. It’s trained on cinematography to help with editing, by pointing out when there are errors in things like lighting and lack of continuity, and to assist in producing dailies.

06.03.2026 06:58 👍 181 🔁 40 💬 13 📌 4