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Autumn 2021 - Week 7
I have taken a nice, long bath and (mostly) gotten dressed, going to the movies one last time once mom gets off work, and then that will pretty much be it for November! Back to work in the morning! Fuck, I should probably start thinking about Christmas stuff, huh???
FILMS
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938): Turns out not even physical abuse can make me hate a romantic lead more if the opening scene is him being an asshole to customer service workers. IF YOU JUST BUY THE PAJAMA TOP, YOU LEAVE THEM WITH BOTTOMS THEY CAN'T SELL, YOU ABSOLUTE PIECE OF SHIT. Oh my god, seriously, fuck this dude.
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970): Very silly, very fun blaxploitation buddy cop action. Should have become a series.
House of Gucci (2021): I can't say I'm THRILLED by the amount of Adam Driver sex scenes Ridley Scott has made me sit through this year, but this was pretty good. Kind of a dry family/business period drama, but the performances really make it pop, particularly Gaga and (regrettably) Leto.
El auge del humano (2016): Christ, what a fucking slog this was. My sound mix was all fucked up and I couldn't even be bothered to fix it; actually hearing any of the dialogue would not have made it any more interesting, and being able to hear all the foley and stuff instead was actually kinda neat.
Klute (1971): Why is this becoming a go-to comfort movie? I don't know, and I don't really want to know.
O Fantasma (2000): Gave this another shot since I figured it couldn't possibly be as bad as I remembered. Gave up on that dream by the time the unsimulated bathroom blowjob scene rolled around. At least I zoned out entirely a little later this time, so I get what it was going for a LITTLE better?
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021): Look, I in no way want to give the impression that this is a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but I kinda love it. It's so stupid. The video gamiest video game movie ever put to film, just leaning in HARD to all the reasons they never work instead of abandoning the source entirely like the old series. Also, 1998 is a terrible year to target hyperspecific nostalgia at, this movie does nOT CARE, IT IS GOING FOR IT. I respect the hell out of every choice these maniacs made in putting this nonsense to film. Also, Leon Kennedy is perhaps the stupidest, most useless character I've ever seen in a movie, to the point where it became endearing and I just need everyone to protect him please??? HE SHOULD NOT BE HERE.
SHORTS
The Assignation (1953): Relies on the lush Venice locations to do all the heavy lifting to make it remotely compelling. They fail.
Daddy and the Muscle Academy (1991): I didn't think I knew who Tom of Finland was when I watched this, but ever since, he's been Baader-Meinhof Effecting me bad, so maybe I was familiar with his art after all and just never made the connection that it was one extremely horny guy creating the entire leather daddy aesthetic out of whole cloth all along? Anyway, he seemed nice!
The Four Elements (1966): lol we broke our planet, but hey, at least we got polyester out of it in the process
Dans l'atelier de Chris Marker (2011): This dude definitely would have been a furry if he'd been born fifty years later. Also the amount of power bars he has plugged in gives me anxiety.
Usher (2000): When I realized what I was watching, my jaw dropped. Making the final film of your career a remake of the first film you made, playing the same roles in your 70s as you did when you were 14, is just some absolute next level king shit.
The Wormwood Star (1956): Less a film and more just showing off an art portfolio to music and occasionally witchy voiceover shit. A very long ten minutes.
TELEVISION
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 1x12-1x17: In commemeration of RAS just randomly dropping issue 9 of the comic after four fucking years, I am finally catching up on the rest of the Archieverse before I let Riverdale season 6 happen to me. Fuck this show was good. Really leaning into the whole 'she's witch Jesus' thing, huh? Anyway, at one point Miranda Otto delivers the line "You ate the baby???" and WE ALL SLEPT ON THAT.
Hawkeye 1x01/1x02: SO GOOD. I think a big part of what's kept people from liking Clint much as a character is that Widow was the only person he ever had any chemistry with, and now HERE'S KATE and it rules. She rules. This rules. I still want Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld to collaborate on a terrible vanity single together. GIVE LALO A SWORD IN SEASON 6 OF BETTER CALL SAUL.
Star Trek: Discovery 4x02: See DISCOurse!
Star Trek: Prodigy 1x01-1x05: I think I might be nearing Trek Overload, but that's probably just my fault for waiting until Disco was back to squish this in over a weekend. Anyway, it's cute! Why the fuck is Dal the captain, though, that dude sucks. Also Jason Mantzoukas voicing a teenager feels weird?
Wrestling
AEW Dark 3x50
AEW Dark: Elevation 1x38
AEW Dynamite 3x47
AEW Rampage 1x16
Before the IMPACT 1x41
IMPACT! Wrestling 18x47
New Japan Pro-Wrestling 1x51
NJPW Strong 2x47
NJPW XTRA 1x04
NWA Powerrr 6x10
ROH Week By Week 2x47
ROH Women's Division Wednesday 1x31
ROH Wrestling 13x47
We are STARDOM!! 2x26-2x30
TJPW Autumn Kacho Getsuro Day 7
FILMS
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938): Turns out not even physical abuse can make me hate a romantic lead more if the opening scene is him being an asshole to customer service workers. IF YOU JUST BUY THE PAJAMA TOP, YOU LEAVE THEM WITH BOTTOMS THEY CAN'T SELL, YOU ABSOLUTE PIECE OF SHIT. Oh my god, seriously, fuck this dude.
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970): Very silly, very fun blaxploitation buddy cop action. Should have become a series.
House of Gucci (2021): I can't say I'm THRILLED by the amount of Adam Driver sex scenes Ridley Scott has made me sit through this year, but this was pretty good. Kind of a dry family/business period drama, but the performances really make it pop, particularly Gaga and (regrettably) Leto.
El auge del humano (2016): Christ, what a fucking slog this was. My sound mix was all fucked up and I couldn't even be bothered to fix it; actually hearing any of the dialogue would not have made it any more interesting, and being able to hear all the foley and stuff instead was actually kinda neat.
Klute (1971): Why is this becoming a go-to comfort movie? I don't know, and I don't really want to know.
O Fantasma (2000): Gave this another shot since I figured it couldn't possibly be as bad as I remembered. Gave up on that dream by the time the unsimulated bathroom blowjob scene rolled around. At least I zoned out entirely a little later this time, so I get what it was going for a LITTLE better?
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021): Look, I in no way want to give the impression that this is a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but I kinda love it. It's so stupid. The video gamiest video game movie ever put to film, just leaning in HARD to all the reasons they never work instead of abandoning the source entirely like the old series. Also, 1998 is a terrible year to target hyperspecific nostalgia at, this movie does nOT CARE, IT IS GOING FOR IT. I respect the hell out of every choice these maniacs made in putting this nonsense to film. Also, Leon Kennedy is perhaps the stupidest, most useless character I've ever seen in a movie, to the point where it became endearing and I just need everyone to protect him please??? HE SHOULD NOT BE HERE.
SHORTS
The Assignation (1953): Relies on the lush Venice locations to do all the heavy lifting to make it remotely compelling. They fail.
Daddy and the Muscle Academy (1991): I didn't think I knew who Tom of Finland was when I watched this, but ever since, he's been Baader-Meinhof Effecting me bad, so maybe I was familiar with his art after all and just never made the connection that it was one extremely horny guy creating the entire leather daddy aesthetic out of whole cloth all along? Anyway, he seemed nice!
The Four Elements (1966): lol we broke our planet, but hey, at least we got polyester out of it in the process
Dans l'atelier de Chris Marker (2011): This dude definitely would have been a furry if he'd been born fifty years later. Also the amount of power bars he has plugged in gives me anxiety.
Usher (2000): When I realized what I was watching, my jaw dropped. Making the final film of your career a remake of the first film you made, playing the same roles in your 70s as you did when you were 14, is just some absolute next level king shit.
The Wormwood Star (1956): Less a film and more just showing off an art portfolio to music and occasionally witchy voiceover shit. A very long ten minutes.
TELEVISION
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 1x12-1x17: In commemeration of RAS just randomly dropping issue 9 of the comic after four fucking years, I am finally catching up on the rest of the Archieverse before I let Riverdale season 6 happen to me. Fuck this show was good. Really leaning into the whole 'she's witch Jesus' thing, huh? Anyway, at one point Miranda Otto delivers the line "You ate the baby???" and WE ALL SLEPT ON THAT.
Hawkeye 1x01/1x02: SO GOOD. I think a big part of what's kept people from liking Clint much as a character is that Widow was the only person he ever had any chemistry with, and now HERE'S KATE and it rules. She rules. This rules. I still want Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld to collaborate on a terrible vanity single together. GIVE LALO A SWORD IN SEASON 6 OF BETTER CALL SAUL.
Star Trek: Discovery 4x02: See DISCOurse!
Star Trek: Prodigy 1x01-1x05: I think I might be nearing Trek Overload, but that's probably just my fault for waiting until Disco was back to squish this in over a weekend. Anyway, it's cute! Why the fuck is Dal the captain, though, that dude sucks. Also Jason Mantzoukas voicing a teenager feels weird?
Wrestling
AEW Dark 3x50
AEW Dark: Elevation 1x38
AEW Dynamite 3x47
AEW Rampage 1x16
Before the IMPACT 1x41
IMPACT! Wrestling 18x47
New Japan Pro-Wrestling 1x51
NJPW Strong 2x47
NJPW XTRA 1x04
NWA Powerrr 6x10
ROH Week By Week 2x47
ROH Women's Division Wednesday 1x31
ROH Wrestling 13x47
We are STARDOM!! 2x26-2x30
TJPW Autumn Kacho Getsuro Day 7
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Kate and Clint karaoke tho
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