I started 'Agatha all along' and I have to say I'm pretty pleased with it. The marvel shoes series are really interesting and fun to watch.

Been binging Finding Bigfoot. I watched it when I was younger, and I still find it enjoyable (even if it's goofy to go out in the woods and bang on trees).

all the FBI shows. cant wait until they come back on for a new season

Rewatching Living Single.... Haven't seen it in a while.

Rewatching the walking dead for the 300 time and also the last of us

Rewatching the walking dead for the 300 time and also the last of us

Someone likes zombie media.

Been watching Star Wars content again., tossing it on in the background or as I grind reputations + farm heroics/raids in WoW.

Watchin game of thrones for the first time

Just watched Alien: Romulus. Hah it was funny. I didn't know it's a comedy.

We just finished watching the second season of Power of the Rings. Well, no, that’s a lie. We finished watching it a week or more ago. Accuracy aside, I think Sauron is a more devious and therefore scarier bad guy than the Joker (memory eternal/rest in peace, Heath Ledger). I am not particularly sure why I spent time comparing them them, but I did. Maybe it is a girly thing or something. Ka-chow! Although, I’m more of an Elrond Girl…

Also, Tom Bambodil, I mean, Bombadil makes a fairly decent appearance, and of course, he will always have a special spot in my heart. Even if I accidentally left him out of one of my college essays over LOTRs. Or maybe that’s the reason why. Who knows?

5/7 - I do recommend taking a look if you have not already.

Been watching some horror and horror-adjacent movies this month, like I'm sure a lot of people are. There are two that really stuck out to be so far since I hadn't seem them prior. House and One Cut of the Dead.

House is listed as a horror/comedy, but its shot in such a way I honestly don't know if it was supposed to be a comedy when they filmed it... it seems more like they wanted it to be taken seriously. It wasn't particularly funny at all, all of the humor in it came off so weird instead. Somewhere between comedy and surreal, but just enough in the middle that it wasn't funny. But it was fun, at least, and the practical effects were decently good. This is the 1985 film by the way.

As for One Cut of the Dead, it was a proper comedy. It was a super fun experience that I definitely recommend to anyone that likes horror comedies or zombie media. It's a Japanese film, but much of its humor is universal. I liked it a lot, though I'll say definitely make sure you stick it through the whole movie even if the first portion confuses you. Really great movie.

The Penguin (7 Episodes): This show is pretty entertaining. Penguin and his mother are both pretty good actors. (The sidekick character not so much.) But the plot is incredibly convenience based, and there’s a lot of plot armor/stupid tropes in it. I hope it ends satisfyingly & doesn’t try to rely on a second season. Because rarely does a good season of a modern show get a good follow up.

The Wild Robot: It’s a nice looking movie, and I enjoyed the g-rated morbid humor where every joke is how animals keep killing each other. But the time-skip plot isn’t paced very well, and I find a lot of the forced sentimental moments to be a little saccharine for my tastes.

You Are Umasou: Amusing and well-animated. The 3rd act is rushed, and the subtitle translation might not be perfect either. (One Stormy Night might be a better version of this film.)

Talk To Me: A very good lead performance, and that’s about all I can say. Almost no one dies, and all the characters are unlikeable/stupid.

You Might Be The Killer: You know the pothead character in Cabin In The Woods? Well, this was an entire movie of that kind of humor. And despite how I made that sound, it’s actually entertaining.

Wake Up: A worthless film, where all the characters are unlikeable and die in very unsatisfying ways. Surprisingly apolitical for a movie about (fake) social activists boycotting (what is essentially) an IKEA.

Caddo Lake: M.Night’s take on Dark (that show on Netflix). I called the twist before it was revealed & I found the second half of the movie (where most of the plot happens) a little too dull to engage with. It’s acted okay, for what little that’s worth.

Hoping Re:Zero's 3rd season continues to maintain its level of entertainment. Though the fact that a major character reveal moment was done in a side project, shows that the complicated narrative of this arc might be a little hard to adapt properly.

Saw Terrifier 2 and it's just a weird experience.

It's so over the top violent it's almost funny at times, but it's also cruel enough to make me wonder what the fuck is wrong with whoever came up with that.

I tried to watch one but there was too much of a malevolent sort of "horrific shit is about to happen" sense to it. 2 seemed stupider, but still a lot of horrific mean shit happened.

I don't recommend anyone watch it, but if you have I'm curious what you think.

Currently watching Suits and Extractor 2, Both on netflix and Considering watching rick and morty for the first time

My husband was astounded one evening to find out that I hadn’t watched this movie, yet, and then the family went in a Time Machine to the 1960’s and enjoyed this wonderful classic. First of all, the main character is trying to be a nun but ends up getting married, instead, which for some reason, is a total win in my book. The movie is a delightful, “tuneful and heartfelt movie.” It’s very wholesome and even has historical contexts for you history buffs. And of course, the acting is on-key; literally!

For a little sugar on top, my seven year old stepson made the comment, “Dad, you’re like the dad, and [Mole] is like the nice lady.” Last night, he asked to watch the movie, again. I’d like to imagine if I had gone through with becoming a nun, then perhaps, I would have been just like Maria. Songs and all.

‘Nuff said.

10/10 — I will be re-watching this movie.

Watching anime again. It's been some time since I was seriously in the business of watching it.

Currently going through the third season of Sound! Euphonium, one of my prior favorites that recently got a new season.

I've been watching the subbed version of the original Yu-gi-oh, and while I think Haga in the dub saying "say goodbye to Exodia" hit better in my opinion, it may be my bias talking. Season 1 is still as weird and unclear regarding rules as I remember, though.

Squid Game Season 2 is the best example of "The Idiot Plot" I've seen in recent memory. Where all the characters in it have to be impossibly stupid for the drama to work. (Every twist and character death is easy to see coming.) And aside from liking some of the actors. There's very little to recommend about it. It's far less compelling than Season One was. Every character arc and plot thread introduced goes unresolved, for what will very likely be a terrible 3rd season.

And an example of that blatant stupidity, is in the third game where it's trying to be a "999" (The game), where there's a limited number of rooms. (Fifty of the fuckers.) And you need to go into those rooms in pairs of a specific/basic number.

But it instead becomes closer to that one Saw trap with the four giant spaces that FIVE whole people needed to go into. And it was impossible to believe that so many fucking people died here, when the amount of rooms (versus the people who needed to go in them) only became relevant at the very end. So your only conclusion in the last few episodes is that these adults cannot count.

I really do hope there's some better television, movies, and anime on the horizon. Because 2024 was *not* a strong year for media.

I think 2024 was pretty good for media. There were some great movies and some pretty decent television shows.

They just werent on Netflix because Netflix shows are bad

I think 2024 was pretty good for media. There were some great movies and some pretty decent television shows.

Maybe there's a few gems sprinkled in there. (I think Amazing Digital Circus has made a few entertaining episodes.) But overall, I'd struggle to give myself a "Top Ten" this year. (Even for video games. And I played a hell of a lot more of those than watch films this year.)

I guess I'd have to ask what you considered to be great movies and good television? (And if you'd consider them to be better than last year's offerings?)

Honestly, most of this year seemed to be spent on making worse sequels and unnecessary (at best) remakes to better things.

Just looking at "Top Grossing movies" of the year in comparison. (Via Wiki.)

We have John Wick 4 & Oppenheimer, Barbie (a thing most people seemed to like okay.) The Super Mario Bros. Movie (a thing most people seemed to like okay.) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (a thing most people seemed to like okay.)

Versus, bad sequel no one seemed to like, bad sequel no one seemed to like, bad sequel no one seemed to like, a lesser Barbie Wicked, and Dune 2. (And I really doubt this one is a better action movie than John Wick.)

And the shows everybody hyped up this year like "Shogun" & "The Gentleman" are pretty terribly written. (Even if I like "The Penguin", the plot is incredibly contrived.) And I refuse to believe the show featuring Concord characters was a good piece of entertainment.

(And my favorite anime of the year, was left unfinished.)

So, I don't know. Please do give me your recommendations to prove me otherwise. (Can always use a film to watch when I'm bored.)

I just started "Evil" on Netflix and I'm impressed so far. I got about three episodes into "Resident Evil" and got bored, so I haven't found much interest in things recently.