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Summer 2022 - Week 5
Back at work after a not great week off. Just endless binge-eating, possibly out of stress over mom's ongoing medical stuff that we are still waiting for concrete answers on? Either way, I feel like utter garbage and have 80 hours of this shit to get through before I can even try recovering again on the other side, so onwards I guess??
Watched some good stuff, at least.
FILMS
Body Heat (1982): Yes I just watched this, but then I watched Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and thought they'd make a good heat wave-themed double feature, and they did. This movie is SO painstaking about making sure everybody is so sweaty all of the time! The sweat is like its own character!
The Clock (1945): I just cannot fuck with the 'we HAVE to get married before you ship off to war tomorrow' trope in otherwise fun romances, I hate it so much, it pulls me out of things every time. No! You don't have to do this! You just met this man yesterday, this is a terrible idea! All of these barriers you are running into exist for very good reasons! I AM NOT ROOTING FOR YOU TO BEAT THE SYSTEM AT ALL. Didn't help that Robert Walker was a mad annoying dork in this, though I did enjoy the immediate buyer's remorse the second their sad, shitty wedding was done and dusted. More of that, please!
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982): Wow, that's bleak! All of these women are awful to varying degrees, but the movie is very sympathetic towards them all, and it's a bit of a difficult watch because of it? Mostly good, even if it really beats you over the head with some things while weirdly glossing over others. Was 'getting a sex change mainly because being a trans woman is easier than being a gay man' ACTUALLY that much of a thing in the '80s, though?? That made me pretty uncomfy, and I'd chalk it up to just a weird trope when understanding of gender identity was still evolving in the mainstream, but given that the last time I saw it come up was in a documentary, I don't know??
Fat City (1972): Woke: realizing the boozy, washed-up, has-been bum of a character is a whole mood. Broke: realizing he's twenty-nine years old oh my god no.
Nope (2022): fuckin' cw
The Pirate (1948): Did I just put this on for that one scene in the middle where Gene Kelly's in a 'slutty pirate' Halloween costume? Yes. Is it very fucky aside from that one scene? Also yes.
SHORTS
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1968): A very alive vision of a very specific past; even aside from the stuff about the man himself, it all feels so real and current? I don't know, but I watched it twice in a row.
The Bronze Buckaroo (1939): I've seen plenty of race films now, and I've seen plenty of classic singing cowboy movies; why the hell did it never occur to me that there could be crossover between the two niches?? Don't answer that question! This had way more plot-crucial ventriloquism in it than I was prepared for.
The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan (1920): They should really tell you ahead of time that the missing/lost part of this movie is the bit at the end where the Klan members apparently get beat with a brick because GODDAMN THAT WAS UNSATISFYING.
TELEVISION
Better Call Saul 6x10: STILL SLIPPIN' AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. After all the intense drama of the last few weeks, getting an entire episode of a classic Saul scheme set in Gene's black and white bleaktopia was such an unexpected delight, if still horrifically tense in the moment OH MY GOD JEFFY GET UP ALREADY AAAAAAAAAH
Disenchantment 2x11-2x20: Just ending a season in the middle of a bunch of different plots feels like a goddamn risky decision given how Netflix likes to treat its animated properties, so hopefully it actually comes back! I really like this show!!
GLOW 3x07: OH MY GOD SAM JUST TELL YOUR DAUGHTER YOU ARE HAVING A HEART ATTACK YOU FUCKING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE MANIAC
The Life of Arik Royal: Love the bit where the promoter's all 'OKAY I KNOW YOU'RE FILMING YOUR LITTLE IWTV SHOW BUT YOU GOTTA GET IN THERE HERE'S HOW SHIT'S GONNA GO DOWN GET READY AAAAAAAH' as soon as he rolls up on the building. Wrestling!
The Life of Daniel Garcia: Oh my GOD, he's such a thoughtful little guy IRL, I love him??? Precious Red Death.
The Life of Daniel Makabe: MEANWHILE, IN VANCOUVER. Holy shit, he's the most stereotypical west coast hipster dork alive. Good for him.
The Life of Trish Adora: Damn, the stuff with her mom was tough, knowing now how little time she had left. Queen shit, this whole episode.
Marvel Studios: Assembled 1x01: Making of WandaVision! Loved all the stuff about the classic practical effects used for the sitcom shit (BLUE VISION FOR FILMING IN BLACK AND WHITE), and the live studio audience. I still kinda think they peaked right out the gate with the Disney+ stuff, probably because it just feels so different from everything else happening in the MCU? It's the only show so far that couldn't have just been a movie instead (not that I'd want the others to be movies instead, since they'd have to cut most of my favourite things from them to work as such), and I think that counts for a lot.
Queer Eye Germany 1x02: I'm not even halfway through the tiny little season, so it's probably too early to say, but I think I may like this better than the OG series? It smooths over a lot of the little issues that I didn't even realize I had with the show, and I think I even prefer the Fab Fünf overall? We'll see how my feelings evolve, but right off the bat, having Aljosha be the health and nutrition guy means he feels way more relevant than just being the guy who teaches an easy recipe for dip each week or whatever. Though he'll still do that when it's worthwhile, too!
Riverdale 6x21: fuckin' cw
Star Trek: Enterprise 1x02: I always assume that hindsight makes the decontamination scene seem way more gross and horny than it actually was, like it was so ridiculous that we all remember it in a totally overblown fashion and it actually wasn't that bad, and then I see it again and hahahaha jesus christ
Westworld 4x05: my horse likes to eat apples and also your existence is an appealing fiction
Wrestling
AEW Dark 4x32
AEW Dark: Elevation 2x30
AEW Dynamite 4x29
AEW Rampage 2x29
Before the IMPACT 2x29
IMPACT! Wrestling 19x29
NJPW on AXS 6x21
NJPW Strong 3x28
NJPW XTRA 1x29
NJPW: The Forbidden Door Documentary
NWA Powerrr 9x06
NWA USA 3x06
ROH Death Before Dishonor 2022: Zero Hour
ROH Death Before Dishonor 2022
We are STARDOM!! 3x29
Watched some good stuff, at least.
FILMS
Body Heat (1982): Yes I just watched this, but then I watched Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and thought they'd make a good heat wave-themed double feature, and they did. This movie is SO painstaking about making sure everybody is so sweaty all of the time! The sweat is like its own character!
The Clock (1945): I just cannot fuck with the 'we HAVE to get married before you ship off to war tomorrow' trope in otherwise fun romances, I hate it so much, it pulls me out of things every time. No! You don't have to do this! You just met this man yesterday, this is a terrible idea! All of these barriers you are running into exist for very good reasons! I AM NOT ROOTING FOR YOU TO BEAT THE SYSTEM AT ALL. Didn't help that Robert Walker was a mad annoying dork in this, though I did enjoy the immediate buyer's remorse the second their sad, shitty wedding was done and dusted. More of that, please!
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982): Wow, that's bleak! All of these women are awful to varying degrees, but the movie is very sympathetic towards them all, and it's a bit of a difficult watch because of it? Mostly good, even if it really beats you over the head with some things while weirdly glossing over others. Was 'getting a sex change mainly because being a trans woman is easier than being a gay man' ACTUALLY that much of a thing in the '80s, though?? That made me pretty uncomfy, and I'd chalk it up to just a weird trope when understanding of gender identity was still evolving in the mainstream, but given that the last time I saw it come up was in a documentary, I don't know??
Fat City (1972): Woke: realizing the boozy, washed-up, has-been bum of a character is a whole mood. Broke: realizing he's twenty-nine years old oh my god no.
Nope (2022): fuckin' cw
The Pirate (1948): Did I just put this on for that one scene in the middle where Gene Kelly's in a 'slutty pirate' Halloween costume? Yes. Is it very fucky aside from that one scene? Also yes.
SHORTS
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1968): A very alive vision of a very specific past; even aside from the stuff about the man himself, it all feels so real and current? I don't know, but I watched it twice in a row.
The Bronze Buckaroo (1939): I've seen plenty of race films now, and I've seen plenty of classic singing cowboy movies; why the hell did it never occur to me that there could be crossover between the two niches?? Don't answer that question! This had way more plot-crucial ventriloquism in it than I was prepared for.
The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan (1920): They should really tell you ahead of time that the missing/lost part of this movie is the bit at the end where the Klan members apparently get beat with a brick because GODDAMN THAT WAS UNSATISFYING.
TELEVISION
Better Call Saul 6x10: STILL SLIPPIN' AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. After all the intense drama of the last few weeks, getting an entire episode of a classic Saul scheme set in Gene's black and white bleaktopia was such an unexpected delight, if still horrifically tense in the moment OH MY GOD JEFFY GET UP ALREADY AAAAAAAAAH
Disenchantment 2x11-2x20: Just ending a season in the middle of a bunch of different plots feels like a goddamn risky decision given how Netflix likes to treat its animated properties, so hopefully it actually comes back! I really like this show!!
GLOW 3x07: OH MY GOD SAM JUST TELL YOUR DAUGHTER YOU ARE HAVING A HEART ATTACK YOU FUCKING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE MANIAC
The Life of Arik Royal: Love the bit where the promoter's all 'OKAY I KNOW YOU'RE FILMING YOUR LITTLE IWTV SHOW BUT YOU GOTTA GET IN THERE HERE'S HOW SHIT'S GONNA GO DOWN GET READY AAAAAAAH' as soon as he rolls up on the building. Wrestling!
The Life of Daniel Garcia: Oh my GOD, he's such a thoughtful little guy IRL, I love him??? Precious Red Death.
The Life of Daniel Makabe: MEANWHILE, IN VANCOUVER. Holy shit, he's the most stereotypical west coast hipster dork alive. Good for him.
The Life of Trish Adora: Damn, the stuff with her mom was tough, knowing now how little time she had left. Queen shit, this whole episode.
Marvel Studios: Assembled 1x01: Making of WandaVision! Loved all the stuff about the classic practical effects used for the sitcom shit (BLUE VISION FOR FILMING IN BLACK AND WHITE), and the live studio audience. I still kinda think they peaked right out the gate with the Disney+ stuff, probably because it just feels so different from everything else happening in the MCU? It's the only show so far that couldn't have just been a movie instead (not that I'd want the others to be movies instead, since they'd have to cut most of my favourite things from them to work as such), and I think that counts for a lot.
Queer Eye Germany 1x02: I'm not even halfway through the tiny little season, so it's probably too early to say, but I think I may like this better than the OG series? It smooths over a lot of the little issues that I didn't even realize I had with the show, and I think I even prefer the Fab Fünf overall? We'll see how my feelings evolve, but right off the bat, having Aljosha be the health and nutrition guy means he feels way more relevant than just being the guy who teaches an easy recipe for dip each week or whatever. Though he'll still do that when it's worthwhile, too!
Riverdale 6x21: fuckin' cw
Star Trek: Enterprise 1x02: I always assume that hindsight makes the decontamination scene seem way more gross and horny than it actually was, like it was so ridiculous that we all remember it in a totally overblown fashion and it actually wasn't that bad, and then I see it again and hahahaha jesus christ
Westworld 4x05: my horse likes to eat apples and also your existence is an appealing fiction
Wrestling
AEW Dark 4x32
AEW Dark: Elevation 2x30
AEW Dynamite 4x29
AEW Rampage 2x29
Before the IMPACT 2x29
IMPACT! Wrestling 19x29
NJPW on AXS 6x21
NJPW Strong 3x28
NJPW XTRA 1x29
NJPW: The Forbidden Door Documentary
NWA Powerrr 9x06
NWA USA 3x06
ROH Death Before Dishonor 2022: Zero Hour
ROH Death Before Dishonor 2022
We are STARDOM!! 3x29