Happy Sunday, crew! The theme of this week was Calypso’s Birthday, and year-end “best of” articles! Let’s get into it. As always, all the photos below can also be viewed in our gallery here.
December 18
What a great honor – Roger Ebert’s website gave a shout-out to OFMD! (Some older crew may remember Roger as the “two thumbs up” film critic from the 80s & 90s. He was a Big Deal, and his legacy at RogerEbert.com continues to be as well.)
Our fan favorite set decorator Lindsey Cantrell gave us a peek at some of the set and props for Calypso’s Birthday. You can view what she shared in the below thread or in our gallery here.
Coincidentally, Samba also shared Calypso’s Birthday BTS – with another episode in his “Behind the Flag” series! (The “last one for now,” he says. We might see him return with more of these after the busy holiday season.)
#RenewAsACrew did a fabulous sea shanty video – which got the attention of the cast! Samba shared it, as well as Con, Vico, and writer Zadry Ferrer-Geddes!
December 19
We were flooded with tons of Samba BTS of the Calypso’s Birthday episode!
Bonus stories commentary #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath pic.twitter.com/gRMFXuSV0f
— OFMD Fan Crew (@OFMDCrew) December 19, 2023
December 20
Vico posted some more (Christmas-themed) thirst traps.
And another “chaos dump,” as they’re calling these posts!
Samba gave thanks to Ewen Bremner. His time on set was far too short, we hope to see more of Ewen again someday…
December 21
Costume designer Gypsy Taylor is officially entering for a Costume Designers Guild Award. Nominations will be announced January 4.
A lovely Twitter user sent Samba a thank you gift for all his work in giving us behind-the-scenes photos and videos.
December 22
Set decorator Megan Vertelle gave everyone a gift with these prop newspapers from the Mary Read & Anne Bonny household!
Samba posted about Madeleine Sami.
Max did a drag event in Miami, and Spanish Jackie was an inspiration for one of the outfits!
At the end of the day, we got a cryptic post from David Jenkins – the fandom went wild thinking he may have gotten some renewal news. We shall have to see…
Other Things This Week:
- Interviews:
- We got a sneak peak at Vico’s new film “Lesbophilia.”
- Joel Fry will be in the next season of BBC’s “Inside No. 9.”
- We were sad to learn that our sister show “What We Do In The Shadows” will be ending after this next season.
- A Twitter user found out what kind of guitar Frenchie plays at the Calypso party!
- Maaka Pohatu (“The Soul Reaper”/John Bartholomew) did a Q&A recently and talked a bit about OFMD.
- A Twitter user is putting together a zine for Nathan’s birthday.
- Another Twitter user is drumming up donations for UK charity LimbPower on behalf of Izzy.
- The OFMD Reverse Bang is starting next week!
- A Twitter user put together a bingo for those rewatching S1 & S2 this weekend.
- “Best Of” Articles Featuring OFMD/cast:
- The 25 Best TV Series of 2023 (RogerEbert.com)
- 21 Top TV Comedies of 2023 (Tell-Tale TV)
- Best of 2023 (Decider)
- 33 TV series with amazing LGBTQ+ representation (Gay Community News)
- The Best New TV & Streaming Shows of 2023 Ranked (RottenTomatoes)
- Top TV Shows of 2023 (But Why Tho)
- Fan Favorite Steamy Scenes of 2023 (IMDB; technically a video, but we’re counting it)
- The 20 best feel-good TV shows (Yardbarker)
- A Few Things That Brought Us Nerdy Joy in 2023 (Tor)
- Gregory Ellwood’s Top 10 Films & Television Shows Of 2023 (The Playlist)
- 50 Most Memorable Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror TV Moments of 2023 (Gizmodo/io9)
- The 5 best (HBO) Max shows of 2023, ranked (Digital Trends)
- 19 Best TV Episodes of 2023 (TV Insider)
- The Mature Romance Blossomed on TV This Year (Primetimer)
- The 10 best LGBTQ TV shows of 2023 (Attitude Magazine)
- The 13 most groundbreaking queer TV and film moments of 2023 (PinkNews)
- Seen on Screen: Broadsheet’s Picks of the Best Films and TV of 2023 (Broadsheet)
- The Best Style On Screen In 2023 (Decider)
- 10 TV Deaths That Hurt the Most in 2023 (TV Insider)
- The Best TV Episodes of 2023 (Primetimer)
- 17 LGBTQ+ people of colour who blazed a trail in the arts this year (PinkNews)
- The 14 Best Queer Shows of 2023 (Paste Magazine)
And that’s it for this week! We will see you next week for our last post of 2023!
Until then,
@OFMDCrew
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