Danny Moran

Got my first general tomorrow so I've been hard at work crafting some story pitches that are UNDENIABLE. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

@rcbregman @AlOrchardLisle The book isn't an attempt to map out what would actually happen in that situation. The story is a way for Golding to explore themes he's interested in (British society/colonialism etc) This is like saying Deliverance isn't an accurate depiction of canoeing holidays in Georgia.

The BBC just released a new adaptation of Lord of the Flies, the classic novel by William Golding. It's beautifully made, but it's still telling the wrong story. A few years ago, I went looking for the *real* Lord of the Flies. I wanted to know: has it ever actually happened? Have kids ever been shipwrecked on a deserted island? It took me a year of research, but I found it. In 1965, six boys from a boarding school in Tonga stole a boat, got caught in a storm, and drifted for eight days without food or water. They washed up on 'Ata, a remote, uninhabited island in the Pacific. They stayed there for 15 months, and what happened on that island was the exact opposite of William Golding's novel. These boys set up a small commune. They built a food garden, stored rainwater in hollowed-out tree trunks, created a gym with improvised weights, and built a badminton court. One of them, Stephen (who would later become an engineer) managed to start a fire using two sticks. They kept it burning the entire time. Of course they fought too. But then they argued, they had a rule: go to opposite ends of the island, cool down, then come back and apologize. As one of them told me: ‘That's how we stayed friends.’ Back home, everyone assumed that the boys – Luke, Stephen, Sione, David, Kolo and Mano — were dead. When they were finally discovered by an Australian captain named Peter Warner, he radioed their names to Tonga. After twenty minutes, a tearful response came back: ‘You found them! These boys have been given up for dead. Funerals have been held. If it's them, this is a miracle!’ Peter commissioned a new ship, hired all six boys as his crew, and named the boat the Ata, after the island where he found them. They remained friends for the rest of their lives – Peter and Mano even became soulmates. I tracked them down, and it became one of the central chapters of my book Humankind. Here's what struck me most: William Golding (the author of Lord of the Flies) was a troubled man, an alcoholic who once said ‘I have always understood the Nazis, because I am of that sort by nature.’ I think he was projecting his own darkness onto children. And we turned it into a lesson about human nature that we teach to millions of kids around the world. I think the real lesson is the opposite. When real children found themselves alone on a real island, they didn't descend into savagery. They cooperated, they took care of each other, they survived. I'm not saying that the Tongan castaways were representative of all kids everywhere. But I am saying that every kid who has to read or watch the fictional Lord of the Flies also deserves to know what actually happened when it played out in real life. Stories are never just stories. We become the stories that we tell ourselves.

"Well I'm also a human being." #BudCort youtu.be/cFZrbmjnkQY?si…

7. Heated Rivalry but they're darts players.

6. All Creatures Great and Smalls - The Notorious B.I.G fakes his death and becomes a vet in rural Yorkshire. Doc Martin meets Snowfall.

Got my first general tomorrow so I've been hard at work crafting some story pitches that are UNDENIABLE. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

@AlexAndBooks_ Book

Want to read more fiction? I complied a list of 50+ short FICTION books: • 200 Pages or less ✅ • Lots of different genres ✅ • Short summary of each book ✅ Like + comment "BOOK" and I'll DM you the book list for free. (ps: follow so I can DM you)

My favourite Stoppard: youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?si…

@pixelpreaching Yes please.

Would anyone like a Criterion Yojimbo/Sanjuro blu ray set? Ended up with an extra after a friend gifted me a bunch of movies but I already had that duo. USA only please. I'll leave this up for 24 hrs, just like/comment if you'd like it and I'll pick someone at random tomorrow.

@sqwzdrive The North Water (2021)

@Irish_Bees @samfoster99 @ADZanderWest @KeziaHarper James Connolly?

@samfoster99 @ADZanderWest @KeziaHarper Sounds like you just have a problem with a woman as leader.

Cllr @KeziaHarper and I are resigning from the Labour Party. As independent councillors, our focus will be on fighting for the people of Faraday, a ward we are deeply proud to represent. Please read our full statement

@picturehouses @bugoniafilm @hopeylivliv Scrolled past this and thought @SteveBracknall was moonlightingas a director

A new Yorgos Lanthimos film is the equivalent of a Picturehouse national holiday — have you seen @bugoniafilm yet? 🐝 🎧 Tune into The Love of Cinema podcast for our latest episode, where @hopeylivliv dives deeper into the film with Yorgos and writer Will Tracy.

@Feature_First If he does this he'll be the first actor to complete the Anderson trio.

Christoph Waltz when asked who's the director he wants to be working with next: "[Paul Thomas] Anderson."

@staticbluebat Completely agree. When I was a teenager it was considered the coldest film ever. Now it's that movie where the director turns up at the end and says the N word a bunch of times.

I feel like when I was in high school Pulp Fiction was treated as the untouchable Tarantino classic and now it’s treated as one of his lesser films

@sqwzdrive The Onania Club

The Labour party faces allegations that it rigged an election in order to block a leftwing candidate from leading a council. Here's @pollysmythe with an anatomy of an unedifying debacle: novaramedia.com/2025/07/17/how…

@empiremagazine @netflix @NetflixUK @richardosman

EXCLUSIVE 🧶 The Thursday Murder Club assembles "the Mount Rushmore of British acting giants," says director Chris Columbus. It stars Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie and Pierce Brosnan – who reunites with his Mrs. Doubtfire director. Read more: empireonline.com/movies/news/th…

@mslacewing45 Mate of mine watched Son of Saul on Netflix and as the credits rolled it suggested he watch Better Call Saul. True story.

@micktheejit I'm picturing this:

Was on Ireland AM there talking about MND - I tried to show how it's effecting my arm and accidentally did a Nazi salute 🤦 Absolute disaster.

@tuhinat221b The Onania Club

If someone needs any rare/foreign/indie movie that they haven't been able to find on public sites, list it here Ill try to get from KG 🙃🙃 Offer lasts a day only. (Dont bother with easily available movies at least on this thread. DM me for them)

Now this is ABSOLUTELY WILD to me. Were people aware of this? Has anybody submitted their scripts to multiple contests under this banner?

Mad decision. Joke for joke the best comedy of recent years.