Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.io
Oct 31, 2026, 10:20 PMThis is true. Another thing I did not know before today
https://bsky.app/profile/jesseraub.online/post/3mz7c66q4xc2v
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- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioOct 31, 2026, 10:21 PM
2016: “Mexico City has held its first Day of the Dead parade, complete with floats, giant marionettes and hundreds of dancers and performers. Mexican tourism officials say the inspiration came from the opening scenes in last year's James Bond film, Spectre, which was shot in the city.”
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioOct 31, 2026, 10:23 PM
I don’t blame them at all for lifting that idea, that opening sequence was the best thing about SPECTRE
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioOct 31, 2026, 10:30 PM
“In religious studies and sociology, the pizza effect is the phenomenon of elements of a nation's or people's culture being transformed or at least more fully embraced elsewhere, then re-exported to their culture of origin, or the way in which a community's self-understanding is influenced by (or imposed by, or imported from) foreign sources.”
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
Completely unrelated, but a Film Nerd Nitpick: that opening sequence from SPECTRE sure looks like a single long take, which would have been an insanely impressive feat to pull off, which is why it bummed me out to discover that they kind of faked it
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-spectres-opening-scene-pulled-836200/
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 12:08 AM
Kinda put me off the whole movie, tbh. But then I'm a messy bitch who lives for drama
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
Looking back, I should probably also ding that sequence for doing the standard Hollywood thing of having everything in Mexico be viewed through a grimy yellow filter
Oct 31, 2026, 10:47 PM@jalefkowit who better, honestly?
CrazyDogLadySezPEACEHeartofcoyote@neuromatch.socialOct 31, 2026, 10:59 PM@jalefkowit Darnit, Jason. Now I want pizza. 🤦🏻♀️🙄
ideogramideogram@social.coopOct 31, 2026, 11:08 PM@jalefkowit
The last paragraph of that, with the reflective back and forth interpretations of music styles between the US and UK is astonishing. It could be argued, the echo continued into post punk with bands like Talking Heads and Devo.
Magnus Ahltorpahltorp@mastodon.nuNov 1, 2026, 11:00 AM@ideogram @jalefkowit This also reminds me of the Jamaica->Japan->Jamaica of the Casiotone MT-40 backing rhythm, laying the groundwork for digitally produced reggae.
- ideogramideogram@social.coopNov 1, 2026, 12:58 PM
@ahltorp
I had forgotten about that!
@jalefkowit 
Graham Sutherland / Polynomialgsuberland@chaos.socialNov 2, 2026, 6:24 AM@ahltorp @ideogram @jalefkowit Jamaica -> UK -> Jamaica with the jungle scene too
- ideogramideogram@social.coopNov 2, 2026, 7:48 AM
@gsuberland
Fair point.
@ahltorp @jalefkowit 
Den of EarthDenOfEarth@mas.toOct 31, 2026, 11:23 PM@jalefkowit
Had the best Hawaiian pizza ever, in Belgium.
M.S. Bellows, Jr.msbellows@c.imNov 1, 2026, 4:12 AM@DenOfEarth @jalefkowit Had the worst Hawaiian pizza ever in Honolulu. (Cheddar?!!?)
- Den of EarthDenOfEarth@mas.toNov 1, 2026, 11:26 AM
@msbellows @jalefkowit
Gah! - M.S. Bellows, Jr.msbellows@c.imNov 1, 2026, 5:16 PM
@DenOfEarth @jalefkowit We left a note on the box when we checked out telling the maids not to eat the rest of it, it was so bad.
- Den of EarthDenOfEarth@mas.toNov 1, 2026, 5:34 PM
@msbellows @jalefkowit
Was it a note like this?
Hand drawn (not by me), not AI
- M.S. Bellows, Jr.msbellows@c.imNov 1, 2026, 5:44 PM
@DenOfEarth @jalefkowit Exactly. We also wrote "there is no honor to be found here."
Nov 1, 2026, 12:06 AM@jalefkowit birdman is also faked so I guess that’s why it’s the birdman effect
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 12:07 AM
@alex I suppose "the Birdman Effect" is more polite than "the fake long take"
Computer Chronicles Revisitedcomputerchronicles@mastodon.socialNov 1, 2026, 12:08 AM@jalefkowit I can't think of James Bond and not think of the Roger Moore film where he flies a tiny plane out of a false horse trailer and lands it at a gas station.
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 12:12 AM
@computerchronicles Roger Moore at least had the kind of cheerful camp you need to put over that sort of goofy bullshit. Daniel Craig's more po-faced Bond made that a harder sell
- Computer Chronicles Revisitedcomputerchronicles@mastodon.socialNov 1, 2026, 12:14 AM
@jalefkowit Only one of the Craig films I saw was "Casino Royale." Enjoyed it okay, but I'm not the target audience for 2000s "dark and gritty" action films. I'm definitely in the Roger Moore camp. 😛
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 12:15 AM
@computerchronicles You didn't miss much. To paraphrase Roger Ebert, CASINO ROYALE got the Craig era off to a rousing start, from which it never recovered
- M.S. Bellows, Jr.msbellows@c.imNov 1, 2026, 4:13 AM
@jalefkowit @computerchronicles Shush. Craig is the second-best Bond – after Lazenby.
I will fight you over this.
RealGene ☣️RealGene@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 5:44 AM@computerchronicles @jalefkowit
Ah yes, the BD-5J…
My old next door neighbor was a former sales rep for Bede and had a disassembled BD-5 (propeller model) in the garage.
AN/CRM-114flyingsaceur@ioc.exchangeNov 1, 2026, 1:57 AM@jalefkowit Once Upon a Time in Robert Rodriguez Land
Seth Lombardysethlombardy@saturation.socialNov 1, 2026, 6:59 PM@jalefkowit Italy gets this treatment, too. lol
McSquank (formerly: McSquank)McSquank@zirk.usNov 1, 2026, 12:13 AM@jalefkowit your comment immediately made me think of 1917, and I looked it up, both directed by Mendes
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 12:19 AM
@McSquank My main memory of 1917 is that it was the last movie I saw in a theater before COVID hit the U.S. and everything shut down. But it was already running wild in other places, and I vividly remember thinking "should I really be here in a room full of people right now"
Nov 1, 2026, 12:23 AM@jalefkowit @McSquank Just think: for more than zero people, the last movie in theaters before COVID was Cats
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 12:24 AM
IcooIeyIcooIey@mastodon.greenNov 1, 2026, 7:12 PM@jalefkowit @bstacey @McSquank this…is a distinct possibility.
Nov 1, 2026, 2:35 AMI was really glad that the last movie I would ever see in theaters didn't turn out to be Sonic the Hedgehog after all
- M.S. Bellows, Jr.msbellows@c.imNov 1, 2026, 4:11 AM
@jalefkowit Okay, "self-orientalization" is my new favorite troubling term.
moshermosher@mastodon.onlineNov 1, 2026, 10:59 AM@jalefkowit I had pizza in Venice once. It came with unpitted olives on it. I think they missed something on the re-import.
Glyphglyph@mastodon.socialNov 1, 2026, 4:30 AM@jalefkowit Grim Fandango erasure
ocdtrekkieocdtrekkie@mastodon.socialOct 31, 2026, 11:18 PM@jalefkowit TIL. That's awesome.
William Pietriwilliampietri@sfba.socialNov 1, 2026, 2:08 AM@jalefkowit That doesn't seem quite correct. They've been going on in SF a lot longer than that: https://www.calle24sf.org/event-details/comite-del-rescate-cultural-presenta-45th-annual-dia-de-los-muertos-procession
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 2:16 AM
@williampietri He’s talking about the parade in Mexico City, photos of which have been popping all over social media today. I made this explicit in the very next post in the thread
elle mundyexchgr@mastodon.worldNov 1, 2026, 2:29 AM@jalefkowit i simply refuse to believe this
- Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@hachyderm.ioNov 1, 2026, 2:33 AM
@exchgr I bought receipts, scroll down
- elle mundyexchgr@mastodon.worldNov 1, 2026, 2:34 AM
@jalefkowit unfortunately i already read the article when i posted this. i’m just in denial
- Seth Lombardysethlombardy@saturation.socialNov 1, 2026, 2:37 AM
@jalefkowit It’s a really great scene. lol
Nov 1, 2026, 2:49 AM@jalefkowit that is fucking HILARIOUS 😂
KanaMaunaKanaMauna@sauropods.winNov 1, 2026, 4:25 AM@jalefkowit Cool, though now I’m wondering why the filmmakers choose to make up a cultural event rather than using one of the zillions of already existing cultural events.
oscarfalconoscarfalcon@mastodon.socialNov 1, 2026, 10:20 AMBecause racism+misunderstanding of Mexican traditions.
InterestingMoo970uts1d3@defcon.socialNov 1, 2026, 5:49 AM@jalefkowit
TIL
Jan WillemJanWillemvDormolen@mastodon.nlNov 1, 2026, 12:35 PM@jalefkowit Wikipedia disagrees. The tradition of Dia de los Muertos predates James Bond by some distance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead
Richard PennerArpie4Math@mathstodon.xyzNov 1, 2026, 7:20 PM@JanWillemvDormolen @jalefkowit The topic is the Mexico City parade, not the extended build-up-to and celebration of Día de los Muertos which I remember from first hand experience in the 1970s.
Nov 1, 2026, 7:21 PM@jalefkowit to be fair there were plenty of parades/processions and parks filled with altars etc. outside of Mexico city, and even inside I've been informed. This *one* parade was started because of the movie.
- Richard PennerArpie4Math@mathstodon.xyzNov 1, 2026, 7:22 PM
@jalefkowit I, for one, can't believe that they copied the parade and not the parkour though the demolition of 100-year-old buildings.
Quite the missed opportunity!
