Brian Transplant

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TTRPG creator and paginator. Occasional musician. Sometimes pixel artist. He/him/his. Creator of @cultofthedrivein.com https://linktr.ee/briantransplant https://skastodon.com/

Ten paperback copies of Cult of the Drive-in, a Solo Film Curation game by Brian Transplant.
A screen capture from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Richter Belmont is speaking to Dracula, who is lounging on his throne. Dracula is shown to be saying "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets."
LED sign outside of Del Taco: "We do not use Taylor!!"
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo, seen riding a skateboard while holding nunchaku and smiling. A full moon is visible in the New York sky behind hiim.
Digital illustration showcasing a fan-made, three-stage Pokémon evolution line themed after classic British police officers, set against a colorful city background. The names of the creatures are written in a bold font below them, connected by blue arrows. First Stage: Welwel. A small, dome-shaped, dark gray creature resembling a traditional police whistle. It has two simple rounded feet, a black loop on its back, and a single, large, vertical white eye centered inside a white cross-shaped badge design. Second Stage: Wotsall. A bipedal, round-bodied creature wearing a dark gray custodian helmet with a white police-style crest. Its face is a black void containing a single vertical eye. It wears a uniform tunic with two white buttons and a black belt, while casually holding a wooden truncheon behind its back. Final Stage: Disden. A tall, anthropomorphic figure with a commanding stance. It wears an ornate, dark gray police dress coat with gold buttons, white-gloved hands resting on its hips, and a black belt with a gold buckle featuring a dog silhouette. Its large custodian helmet is decorated with an intricate gold badge topped with a crown. A large wooden club is strapped to its back, and its face remains a black void with a single prominent vertical eye.
A screenshot of the video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge for the Nintendo Switch. Donatello is in a sewer level. In the background, a green soda vending machine offering Pond Cola can be seen, with a frog on the front panel.
Ving Rhames as Marcellus Wallace, holding a box of donuts and two coffees while standing in the road, looking nonplussed.
A close-up shot of a meal from Happy Dog in Cleveland. In the foreground, a hot dog in a bun is loaded with chili, mustard, hot sauce, creamy macaroni and cheese, and topped with Froot Loops cereal. Next to it, a basket is piled high with crispy golden tater tots smothered in chili, served with a small side cup of barbecue sauce.
A photo of the Ohio Turnpike water tower with an exit sign in the foreground.
A gameplay screenshot from Yakuza Kiwami 2 showing the "Toylets" minigame in a public restroom. On the right, the protagonist, Kazuma Kiryu, is seen from behind, wearing his signature grey suit jacket and standing in front of a urinal. Above the urinal is a large monitor displaying the minigame's results screen, titled "Toylets" at the top. The screen features an anime-style illustration of a long-haired woman in a light-colored dress looking slightly annoyed, with a vertical caption reading, "Feels a little pervy out..." A dialogue box from a sweating cartoon sun says, "Almost! If only you had drank more..." Underneath is Kiryu's "Pee Score" box, showing a Volume grade of A (Lake Titicaca), Speed grade of S (Light-Speed), and Force grade of S (Niagara Falls), totaling 481 ml. At the bottom of the screen, a "Stream Force" slider bar sits near the minimum setting, and a "Bladder" meter in the bottom-right corner reads 0.0%.
A screenshot from the video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate. The white fox character Alopex is saying "That was... that was out of my control. The Foot took over my mind!"
A complete, custom Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles themed gaming setup arranged on a wooden desk. In the background, a Nintendo Switch rests on a dock displaying a TMNT game menu, fitted with purple and orange Joy-Cons and TMNT thumb grips. To the left sits a pixel-art TMNT zippered carrying case and a custom controller styled with Michelangelo's orange mask, a blue left stick, a red right stick, and a purple D-pad. In the foreground is a custom arcade fight stick, heavily decorated in a classic TMNT stickerbomb collage under a glossy laminate, with a green bat-top joystick and a multi-colored button layout.
The underside of a custom arcade fight stick panel, showing the internal wiring and components set against a black background. On the right, an arcade joystick mechanism is mounted with a clear plastic restrictor gate. To the left, the cylindrical housings of the colorful arcade buttons are visible, with thin blue and white wires connected to their terminals. A yellow SJ@JX encoder board sits in the bottom left corner, with a dense bundle of ribbon cables and loose wires running across the center to connect the components.
An arcade fight stick with a vibrant, collage-style Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stickerbomb design on the top panel under a glossy laminated layer. The joystick has a solid green bat-top handle. The arcade buttons are arranged in a standard layout, featuring a colorful mix of blue, purple, red, orange, green, yellow, black, and white plungers. Prominent stickers include a large classic TMNT logo, April O'Neil, Casey Jones, and various vintage comic and various images of the Turtles.
Arnold Schwarzenegger strapped to a futuristic-looking chair, with metal probes on either side of his head.
A Nintendo Switch with purple and orange Joy Cons on either side, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles thumb grips on the analog sticks featuring the faces of Donatello and . Michelango. The game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is on the screen. Beneath the console, a Candy Con gamepad can be seen the face of the gamepad resembles Michelangelo. The left analog stick is blue, the right analog stick is red, and the directional pad is purple, making all for TMNT bandanna colors visible on the controller.
A closeup of a nutcracker painted to resemble a soldier.
A younger Brian Transplant wearing a Ghostbusters flight suit and a proton pack.
Colonel Chestbridge, a man in a black leisure suit with an eagle's head, saying "So of course, as always, Kill Hitler!"
Cartoon screenshot of Garrett Bobby Ferguson (GBF) from Regular Show throwing a tantrum. He is a bizarre character composed almost entirely of an oversized human head with long, dark brown hair and a thick beard. Tiny, spindly arms and legs extend directly from the bottom of his beard. His eyes are squeezed shut in rage, his face is wrinkled, and his mouth is stretched wide in a loud scream, showing his teeth and tongue. The background shows a messy, beige room with an overturned table and wooden booths.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shredder getting sucked through some sort of portal.
Johnny Cage from the animated movie Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, falling backwards while holding up two middle fingers. A slash visible on his blue shirt.
Voice actress Cherami Leigh, smiling at the camera in during a media event.
Andrew Bryniarski as Zangief in Street Fighter (1994), standing in front of a cargo net while wearing a red military uniform with a triangle patch.
Christian Slater in "Gleaming the Cube" walking through his high school wearing a sweater over a button-down shirt, with well-coiffed hair, while his skater friends look at him in mockery and disbelief.
Joel McHale as Guile from the Street Fighter games, with a blonde flat top, American flag tattoos on his biceps, dog tags around his neck, and a olive green tank top.
Four reviews on Letterboxd for Mortal Kombat films or short films. Mortal Kombat Queen - 1.5 stars Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins - .5 star Mortal Kombat: Rebirth: 2.5 stars Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge - 3.5 stars
King Ghidorah from the Godzilla movies, depicted as a three-headed bipedal dragon with wings instead of arms.
Jason Voorhees slashing his machete through the iconic "I HEART NY" poster.
Ned Beatty as Otis in "Superman" (1978), wearing a porkpie hat, a suit with a short yellow tie, and a flower in his lapel. He's standing next to a shelf full of books and binders, with an old 70s-era computer in the background.
A crazed Tom Russo (played by actor Asbestos Felt), holding a mannequin head with a bad wig and some fake gore on the bottom, in the 1987 horror movie "Killing Spree."
A black composition notebook with "Tales from Channel 13" written on the cover. A red mechanical pencil sits on top.
Gilbert Gottfried dressed as a member of the Ramones (complete with wig) and holding a boombox, while the actual Ramones stand in the background.
Elias Koteas as Casey Jones in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), looking at a golf club.
The album cover for Green Day's album "Dookie."
A very perturbed Skeletor talking to two kids wearing winter coats, with mountains in the background.
A photo of a car that has inexplicably crashed into the upper floor of a two-story building. The caption reads "And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile. And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife. And you may ask yourself, 'Well... How did I get here?'"
A Letterboxd screenshot showing four recently watched movies: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut - Four stars Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze - Three and a half stars Obsession - Four and a half stars The Punisher: One Last Kill - Three and a half stars
Promotional poster for the television show "WMAC Masters" featuring five martial artists in stylized costumes posing against a light blue background. At the top, a metallic silver logo reads "Masters" with "WMAC" in a gold box above it, all set against a coiled golden dragon. In the center, a muscular Black man known as "The Machine" stands in red pants and a black headband, with "MACHINE" written on his red forearm wrap. To his left stands a man in tiger-striped pants and a black sleeveless shirt. To his right stands a man in a sleeveless gold and blue uniform. In the bottom left, a man kneels in a defensive pose wearing a fringed, suede Native American-inspired outfit with turquoise accents. In the bottom right, martial artist Ho-Sung Pak kneels in a black and yellow uniform with a matching yellow headband, holding a fist forward.
A diagram showing the various parts of a toilet, including the handle, fill valve, overflow tube, flush falve, and flapper.
Atreyu trying to pull his white horse Artax through the swamp of sadness, while the horse refuses to budge.
A map containing three zones that show where swamp coolers are recommended and where they aren't.
Beetlejuice talking to Barbara Maitland.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo jumps onto a man behind a deli counter while saying "You want a pickle? I'll give you a pickle." Two men with nylons on their heads watch in confusion and horror.
Tomas Kalnoky from Streetlight Manifesto jumps high in the air with one arm in a sling, while saxophonist Mike Brown stands nearby, staring upward and apparently dissociating.
A screenshot of Johnny from Johnny Mnemonic, with a VR set over his eyes, with wires and cables everywhere and stark lighting. To the left of the screen (Johnny's right side), a the tail of a dolphin in a tank can be seen.
A 24 oz bottle of Faygo Moon Mist Blue soda.
A stock photo of a man holding tangled Christmas lights while screaming in anger.
A black-and-white photo of Glenn Danzig circa 1991, singing loudly against a black background.
From left to right: Jordan Chen as Woody Invincible, Angela Tong as Rolls, Sam Lee as Crazy Bee, and Bonnie Lai as Jelly standing inside a shopping mall in "Bio Zombie" (1998).
Sean William Scott talking into a microphone.
Simon Pegg as Sgt. Nicholas Angel in Hot Fuzz, sanding in a darkened clearing with a small scar on his cheek.
Animated depictions of Dante Hicks and Randall Graves sitting in the Quick Stop convenience store in Clerks: the Animated Series. Dante is pushing litter with a broom, while Randall rests against the cooler, reading a magazine.
The Black Flag logo, consisting of four black vertical bars resembling a waving flag, with the word "BLACK" on top and "FLAG" on bottom.
A Letterboxd screenshot showing recent activity. Critters 3 got one star, Masters of the Universe got four stars, Critters 2 got two and a half stars, and Critters got three stars.
Clifford Franklin stands in a locker room talking to a reporter in the film "The Replacements."
Marty McFly and Marvin Berry stand on stage in Back to the Future.
A large orange duffel bag containing a giant Jenga set sits on a gray carpet.
Chris Jericho stands in a wrestling ring, holding a microphone in his right hand, and a very long untorn string of printer paper sheets in the right hand, which is long enough to drag onto the floor and then some.
Al Pacino as John Milton / Lucifer in the Devil's Advocate.