Noel Thingvall

@noelct.bsky.social

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Podcaster. Historian. Minnesotan. Collects far more comics, books, scripts, tv, and movies than I'll ever get to. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/noelct

The Last 30 Films I Watched **** Birds of Prey (2020) *** Black Narcissus (1947) *** Blood Tea and Red String (2006) ** Caveat (2020) *** Color Out of Space (2019) **** The Darjeeling Limited (2007) *** Desert Hearts (1985) *** Disclosure Day (2026) *** Enola Holmes 3 (2026) *** Erased (2016) *** Four Sisters (1985) **** The Game (1997) ** Goddess of Love (1988) *** Golden Eighties (1986) ** Hotel Chevalier (2007) **** Influencer (2022) **** Influencers (2025) **** The Lighthouse (2019) ***** O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) **** Project Hail Mary (2026) *** Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980) **** The Sheep Detectives (2026) *** Shoot the Piano Player (1960) **** Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) *** Suicide Squad (2016) **** The Suicide Squad (2021) **** Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) * Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) **** The VVitch (2015) **** Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2022) Plays ***** Come From Away (2012, 2026 Guthrie staging) **** Private Lives (1933, 2026 Guthrie staging)
The Last 30 Comics I Read Akane-banashi **** 106 "Today's Star" (2024) **** 107 "Old Name" (2024) **** 108 "Patient" (2024) **** 109 "Model" (2024) **** 110 "Senior Apprentice" (2024) **** 111 "Too Shallow" (2024) **** 112 "Floundering" (2024) Dandadan **** 93 "Astral Body Adventure" (2023) **** 94 "Please Tell Me How to Get Back Into My Body" (2023) **** 95 "Day of the Decisive Battle" (2023) **** 96 "Motivation" (2023) **** 97 "What To Do About the Name?" (2023) ***** 98 "What to do About My Beauty Treatment" (2023) **** 99 "My Turn" (2023) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood **** 4 "Dio Brando the Invader (3): A Fight I Cannot Lose" (1987) **** 5 "Dio Brando the Invader (4): Danny in Flames" (1987) **** 6 "A Letter from the Past (1)" (1987) **** 7 "A Letter from the Past (2): A Vow to Father" (1987) Marriagetoxin *** 92 (2024) **** 93 (2024) *** Bonus "Kinosaki's Gourmet Snack" *** 94 (2024) Sakamoto Days **** 92 "Deal" (2022) **** 93 "Rapport" (2022) **** 94 "Twisted" (2022) **** 95 "Amane" (2022) **** 96 "Healthy" (2022) **** 97 "One Blow" (2022) **** 98 "Tora Tora" (2022) **** 99 "That Day" (2022)
The Last 30 Episodes I Watched Dandadan *** 12 "Let's Go to the Cursed House" (2024) Doctor Who *** 71 "The Space Museum (4): The Final Phase" (1965) Full House **** 140 "Grand Gift Auto" (1993) **** 141 "Room for One More" (1993) **** 142 "Prom Night" (1993) **** 143 "The House Meets the Mouse (1)" (1993) Kamen Rider Zeztz *** Sister's Substory: Agent Minami "Mission 5" (2026) **** 40 "Generate" (2026) **** 41 "Arise" (2026) The Middle **** 60 "Year of the Hecks" (2012) Northern Exposure **** 4 "Dreams, Schemes, and Putting Greens" (1990) **** 5 "Russian Flu" (1990) **** 6 "Sex, Lies, and Ed's Tapes" (1990) Star Trek: Discovery *** 5 "Choose Your Pain" (2017) *** 6 "Lethe" (2017) Step By Step **** 71 "College Bound" (1994) *** 72 "Animal House" (1994) **** 73 "Spoiled Sport" (1994) Stop! Hibari-kun *** 25 "Love Under the Palm Trees" (1983) *** 26 "I'm Scared of Festivals and Baseball" (1983) Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity **** Off-Duty Gavan 12 "A Meeting That Transcends Mystery" (2026) *** 16 "Runaway Space Express" (2026) *** Off-Duty Gavan 13 "The Galactic Lost Child" (2026) **** 17 "For the Sake of Smiles" (2026) Sword Art Online II **** 19 "Zekken" (2014) Ultraman Teo **** 1 "The Man Who Came from H12" (2026) **** 2 "Welcome to the Astronomy Club" (2026) *** 3 "The Marked Mini Kaiju" (2026) Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers *** 2 "Armor" (2026) **** 3 "Link" (2026)
The Last 30 Comics I Read Akane-banashi **** 102 "The Furious" (2024) **** 103 "Tension and Release" (2024) **** 104 "The Promise of the Past" (2024) **** 105 "Butt Out" (2024) Blue Exorcist **** 46 "Trial and Error" (2013) **** 47 "True Cross Academy Festival Eve" (2013) Dandadan **** 90 "What're We Gonna Do?" (2023) **** 91 "Initiate! The Road to Counterattack" (2023) **** 92 "Just Can't Sleep" (2023) Dricam **** 7 "The Match" (2019) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood *** 1 "Prologue" (1987) **** 2 "Dio Brando the Invader (1)" (1987) **** 3 "Dio Brando the Invader (2)" (1987) Kindergarten Wars **** 131 "A Trip to the Countryside" (2026) **** 132 "Doting Parents" (2026) Marriagetoxin **** 89 (2024) **** 90 (2024) **** 91 (2024) Sakamoto Days **** 89 "Sensei" (2022) **** 90 "Sensei (2)" (2022) **** 91 "Kanoguri vs Sakamoto" (2022) Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 148 (1972) *** "Monarch of All He Subdues" **** Tales of the DNA Project "Genetic Criminal" Urusei Yatsura **** 15 "The Yellow Ribbon of Happiness" (1980) **** 16 "Become a Woman and Start Over" (1980) **** 17 "Obsession is a Part of Love" (1980) **** 18 "Father, You Were Strong" (1980) **** 19 "Disco Inferno" (1980) *** 20 "Without Even Saying Goodbye" (1980) **** 21 "If There Be Courage" (1980) **** 22 "Trouble Rains Down" (1980)
The Last 30 Episodes I Watched Akane-banashi ***** 12 "Graduation" (2026) Boy Meets World *** 158 "Brave New World (2)" (2000) Dandadan **** 10 "Have You Ever Seen a Cattle Mutilation?" (2024) **** 11 "First Love" (2024) Doctor Who **** 70 "The Space Museum (3): The Search" (1965) Full House **** 138 "Please Don't Touch the Dinosaur" (1993) **** 139 "Subterranean Graduation Blues" (1993) Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories **** "The Prince and the Beggars" (1990) *** "A Song of Sixpence" (1990) *** "Mother Hubbard" (1991) *** "Jack and Jill" (1991) **** "Tommy Tittlemouse" (1992) **** "Twinkle Twinkle" (1992) Kamen Rider Zeztz **** 39 "Judge" (2026)
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The Last 30 Comics I Read Akane-banashi **** 99 "The Other Effect" (2024) ***** 100 "The Rakugoverse" (2024) **** 101 "Exactly" (2024) Blue Exorcist **** 44 "Mephisto's Ramblings" (2013) **** 45 "The Walking Dead of Youth" (2013) Dandadan **** 85 "The Power of Nessie" (2022) **** 86 "I Just Wanna Leave Already" (2022) **** 87 "Can Never Sleep at a Manga Cafe" (2022) **** 88 "Spy" (2022) **** 89 "Argument" (2022) Detective Comics 400 (1970) *** Batman "Challenge of the Man-Bat" ** Batgirl & Robin "A Burial for Batgirl" Dricam *** 5 "The Meet" (2019) *** 6 "Keep Close" (2019) House of Mystery 183 (1969) *** Cain host segments *** "The Haunting" **** Cain's Game Room ** Odds and Ends from Cain's Cellar *** Cain's True Case File "The Dead Can Kill" ** Page 13 **** "Secret of the Whale's Vengeance" Kindergarten Wars **** 128 "Immortal" (2026) **** 129 "Great Reset" (2026) **** 130 "I Knew" (2026)
The Last 20 Episodes I Watched Boy Meets World *** 157 "Brave New World (1)" (2000) Doctor Who **** "The Space Museum (1)" (1965) **** "The Space Museum (2): The Dimensions of Time" (1965) Full House *** 136 "The Heartbreak Kid" (1993) **** 137 "Silence is Not Golden" (1993) Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories *** "Pat-a-Cake" (1991) *** "It's Raining, It's Pouring" (1992) **** "Queen of Hearts" (1992) **** "The Giant" (1992) **** "Hickety Pickety" (1992) *** "Banbury Cross" (1992) The Middle **** 56 "Heck's Best Thing" (2011) **** 57 "The Play" (2011) Squid Game **** 16 "Friend or Foe" (2024) **** 17 "Keys and Knives" (2025) **** 18 "The Starry Knight" (2025) **** 19 "It's Not Your Fault" (2025) **** 20 "222" (2025) ***** 21 "Circle Triangle Square" (2025) ***** 22 "Humans Are..." (2025)
A stack of consumed dishes.
A massive annotated brick of Ulysses by James Joyce
Thursday, July 2 12:30pm Superman (2025) Fan Panel (mod) Hyatt 2, Northstar B 2:00pm Twin Peaks Retrospective Hyatt 2, Greenway H 8:30pm Stranger Things Fan Panel Hyatt 2, Greenway BCDE 11:30pm Squid Game Retrospective (mod) Hyatt 2, Greenway HI Sunday, July 5 11:00am That Got a Sequel? (mod) Hyatt 4, Lake Minnetonka 3:30pm In Memoriam - Film Hyatt 2, Greenway FG
The Last 20 Episodes I Watched Akane-banashi ***** 10 "Jugemu" (2026) **** 11 "Answer" (2026) Kamen Rider Zeztz **** 37 "Manipulate" (2026) **** 38 "Reform" (2026) Northern Exposure **** 1 "Pilot" (1990) Squid Game **** 10 "Bread and Lottery" (2024) **** 11 "Halloween Party" (2024) **** 12 "001" (2024) **** 13 "Six Legs" (2024) **** 14 "One More Game" (2024) **** 15 "O X" (2024) Star Trek: Discovery *** 1 "The Vulcan Hello" (2017) *** 2 "Battle at the Binary Stars" (2017) Star Trek: Enterprise *** 1-2 "Broken Bow" (2001) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds *** 30 "New Life and New Civilizations" (2025) Twin Peaks Rewatch **** Twin Peaks 3 "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer" (1990) **** Twin Peaks: The Return 17 "The Past Dictates the Future" (2017) **** Twin Peaks 2 "Traces to Nowhere" (1990) **** Twin Peaks 1 "Northwest Passage" (1990) **** Twin Peaks: The Return 18 "What Is Your Name?" (2017)
The Last 20 Episodes I Watched Full House **** 135 "Be True to Your Preschool" (1993) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds **** 28 "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" (2025) *** 29 "Terrarium" (2025) Step by Step *** 66 "Feeling Forty" (1994) Twin Peaks rewatch **** Twin Peaks 14 "Demons" (1990) **** Twin Peaks 13 "The Orchid's Curse" (1990) *** Twin Peaks: The Return 12 "Let's Rock" (2017) **** Twin Peaks 12 "Laura's Secret Diary" (1990) **** Twin Peaks 11 "The Man Behind the Glass" (1990) **** Twin Peaks: The Return 13 "What Story is That, Charlie?" (2017) **** Twin Peaks 10 "Coma" (1990) **** Twin Peaks 9 "May the Giant Be With You" (1990) **** Twin Peaks: The Return 14 "We Are Like the Dreamer" (2017) **** Twin Peaks 8 "The Last Evening" (1990) **** Twin Peaks 7 "Realization Time" (1990) **** Twin Peaks: The Return 15 "There's Some Fear in Letting Go" (2017) **** Twin Peaks 6 "Cooper's Dream" (1990) **** Twin Peaks 5 "The One-Armed Man" (1990) **** Twin Peaks: The Return 16 "No Knock, No Doorbell" (2017) **** Twin Peaks 4 "Rest in Pain" (1990)
Collected in Someone in the Dark
The Last 20 Films I Watched ***** Backrooms (2026) **** Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) *** Game Box 1.0 (2004) *** The Guest (2014) **** I Love Maria (1988) *** Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) *** Jim, the World's Greatest (1976) **** Marty, Life is Short (2026) *** Mermaid Legend (1984) ** Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017) *** Monster Island (2024) *** Mortal Kombat 2 (2026) **** Parasomnia (2008) ***** Paris, Texas (1984) **** Peking Opera Blues (1986) **** Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026) **** Shanghai Blues (1984) **** Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches (2026) *** Whistle (2025 **** Zootopia 2 (2025)
The Last 20 Episodes I Watched Akane-banashi **** 8 "What They Want" (2026) **** 9 "Performer" (2026) Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories *** "Little Bo Peep" (1990) *** "Willie Winkie" (1991) **** "Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat" (1992) Kamen Rider Zeztz **** 35 "Connect" (2026) **** 36 "Unite" (2026) Star Trek: Starfleet Academy **** 9 "300th Night" (2026) ***** 10 "Rubincon Star Trek: Strange New Worlds **** 27 "What is Starfleet?" Stop! Hibari-kun **** 23 "Open for Business! Kurikara Detective Story" (1983) Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity *** 14 "The Truth of the Universe" (2026) Twin Peaks Rewatch *** Twin Peaks 19 "Masked Ball" (1990) **** Twin Peaks: The Return 9 "This is the Chair" (2017) *** Twin Peaks 18 "Dispute Between Brothers" (1990) **** Twin Peaks 17 "Arbitrary Law" (1990) **** Twin Peaks: The Return 10 "Laura is the One" (2017) **** Twin Peaks 16 "Drive with a Dead Girl" (1990) **** Twin Peaks 15 "Lonely Souls" (1990) **** Twin Peaks: The Return 11 "There's Fire Where You Are Going" (2017)
Flow (2021 screenplay) by Gintz Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza
The Last 30 Comics I Read Akane-banashi **** 96 "It's Just Rakugo" (2024) **** 97 "Heartwarming" (2024) **** 98 "Art and Nin" (2024) Blue Exorcist *** 40 "The Seven Mysteries of True Cross Academy" (2012) **** 41 "Where Secrets Are" (2012) **** 42 "The World's Astir" (2013) **** 43 "Friends" (2013) Dandadan **** 81 "What Do We Do About These Deadly Dudes?" (2022) **** 82 "Number One Deadliest Dude" (2022) **** 83 "At Work" (2022) **** 84 "Annoying Dudes" (2022) Detective Comics 36 (1940) *** Batman "Professor Hugo Strange" ** Spy "The Ranto" * Buck Marshall, Range Detective "Claim of Satan" *** Steve Malone, District Attorney "Rocky Roman" ** Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator "The Spider" ** Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise "The Purple Mesa" ** "A Climax in Opera" ** Bruce Nelson "A Weekend Party at the Mountain Lodge" *** Slam Bradley "The Lan Chee Tong" 398 (1970) ** Batman "The Poison-Pen Puzzle" ** Robin "Moon-Struck" 399 (1970) *** Batman "Death Comes to a Small, Locked Room" ** Robin "Panic by Moonglow" Kindergarten Wars **** 127 "Spinach" (2026) Marriagetoxin **** 82 (2024) **** 83 (2024) **** 84 (2024) *** 85 (2024)
The Last 20 Episodes I Watched Akane-banashi **** 6 "Terakoya" (2026) **** 7 "Karaku Cup" (2026) Columbo *** 12 "The Most Crucial Game" (1972) Full House **** 134 "Birthday Blues" (1993) Kamen Rider Gotchard *** 44 "When Deep Memories Open Up" (2024) Kamen Rider Zeztz ***** 33 "Realize" (2026) ***** 34 "Infiltrate" (2026) Sister's Substory: Agent Minami **** (18-24) Mission 4 (2026) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds **** 26 "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" (2025) Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity *** 12 "Samurai and Ninja" (2026) **** 13 "The Gavan Kidnapping Case" (2026) Off Duty Gavan *** 8 "A Multi-Dimensional Debate" (2026) **** 9 "Wall Fetishism" (2026) Twin Peaks Rewatch *** Twin Peaks 24 "The Condemned Woman" (1991) **** Twin Peaks 23 "Slaves and Masters" (1991) **** Twin Peaks: The Return 7 "There's a Body All Right" (2017) *** Twin Peaks 22 "Double Play" (1991) **** Twin Peaks 21 "Checkmate" (1991) ***** Twin Peaks: The Return 8 "Gotta Light?" (2017) **** Twin Peaks 20 "The Black Widow" (1991)