Husband, father, pilgrim, artistic weirdo. (Tweets are my own)
Alberta, Canada
Joined January 2010
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Matthew Bodnarek retweeted
If you just want to see the moment when Ross Douthat earnestly tried to save Trump’s soul, here you go.
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One of the all-time greats is gone. John Anderson has passed on.
A remembrance:
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Matthew Bodnarek retweeted
City council has no constitutional right to destroy established and flourishing neighborhoods — that already had some of most permissive rezoning regs in Canada — with its radical, wild-eyed and short-sighted monster-plex infill plan.
I am glad Smith took action.
You?
Matthew Bodnarek retweeted
I do not know how anyone in the city of Edmonton can be in favour of this.
This is not reasonable.
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This is incredible. 80,000 young French Catholics sing the Salve Regina in Latin with Pope Leo XIV at a Prayer Vigil in the Stade de France.
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Friends, I’m delighted to say for the first time: Blessed Fulton Sheen, pray for us!
The Muppet Odyssey
Les Misérables Muppets
The Count of Muppet Cristo
The Muppets Karamazov
The Moppit (Hobbit)
All must be musicals.
It's too bad there wasn't at least one more Muppets movie in this format, honestly I wish they were still putting out one every few years to this day. It's a perfect film format for them: classic literature with muppets in the supporting roles & a juicy role for a "real" actor. Muppet Treasure Island actually did even better at the box office than Christmas Carol so I don't get why they bailed on the concept for the forgettable "Muppets From Space" next
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Matthew Bodnarek retweeted
I have been periodically ranting about this for years. I need more Muppet remakes of classic literature. I demand it. This is the defining cultural failure of the 21st Century.
It's too bad there wasn't at least one more Muppets movie in this format, honestly I wish they were still putting out one every few years to this day. It's a perfect film format for them: classic literature with muppets in the supporting roles & a juicy role for a "real" actor. Muppet Treasure Island actually did even better at the box office than Christmas Carol so I don't get why they bailed on the concept for the forgettable "Muppets From Space" next
Matthew Bodnarek retweeted
this kind of video typography is going to be a hallmark of gen Alpha parodying zoomers in a few years
One of my favourite @DollyParton songs. Do yourself a favour and take a listen.
May perpetual light shine upon her...
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Matthew Bodnarek retweeted
The zoomer mind cannot comprehend this.
Glen Hansard, the Irish musician who starred in the 2007 film “Once” and won the best song Oscar for “Falling Slowly,” died on Wednesday in a motorcycle crash. He was 56.
According to the BBC, Hansard was killed in a single-vehicle crash in his home city of Dublin. variety.com/2026/music/globa…
Matthew Bodnarek retweeted
The pressure campaign to get the NYT to hire Leah Sargeant starts now
Scoop per @oliverdarcy: Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.
The role @davidcrosss was born to play.
The 65-year-old man who was flipped eight feet in the air by a bison this month at Yellowstone National Park shared his story from his hospital bed. Carl Isom-McDaniel broke his femur in four places, had surgery and is now recovering at a Montana hospital.
“They move faster than you could ever imagine,” Isom-McDaniel said.
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Matthew Bodnarek retweeted
Alan mentions Dante as someone whose work should be never adapted.
The same Dante who reworked Virgil, & who in turn had reworked Homer?
The same Dante who was then reworked by Tennyson & Joyce?
Why this hate for the classics of Western literature?
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And therein lies the issue, @holland_tom! Think about how you ended your post:
"It honours Homer while simultaneously making something new of him (The Odyssey)."
Let's play this out and see if you can recognize the inherent fallacy in such a statement.
It honours Shakespeare while simultaneously making something new of Hamlet.
It honours Dante Alighieri while simultaneously making something new of The Divine Comedy.
It honours Jane Austen while simultaneously making something new of Pride & Prejudice.
There is a reason why Peter Jackson's masterful trilogy, the Lord of the Rings did so well and continues to be revered and held as one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time. Just go back and listen to the interviews he gave. They wanted to stay true to the source material and that is why it succeeded. They were not pretending the work was written yesterday. They honored the work and the history and the lineage and the fan base by staying true to the text. Conversely, the Rings of Power are almost not worthy of mentioning in the same sentence.
The moment we believe we can improve a work that has stood for thousands of years by simply injecting woke/DEI filters, you have already failed.
And, I say that with much sadness because Christopher Nolan has been one of my all-time favorite directors and there has not been a movie of his I have not loved. Part of the reason I love him is he never panders to his audience and had always demanded authenticity -- until now.
Matthew Bodnarek retweeted
"Hey There Son" featuring @WyattFlores10 is out now! Hope you enjoy.
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