tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352766672024-03-13T05:06:02.157-05:00Powered by Indifference & Focused by CaffeineCommentary on comics, games, books, and their occasional intersection with politics and other serious business.VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.comBlogger1544125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-45520856306171521982024-03-12T06:00:00.001-05:002024-03-12T06:00:00.132-05:00Archer<p> I never knew the end of his rampage was from something. I should have known though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sxJuJmHaESU" width="320" youtube-src-id="sxJuJmHaESU"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-89790478885437595832024-03-05T06:00:00.006-06:002024-03-05T06:00:00.153-06:00Yelling at the Day Moon<p>After going through last summer where the sun stayed up after 8:00 and yelling at the 'Night Sun,' I relate to this on many levels.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AvG8qI0HCfY" width="320" youtube-src-id="AvG8qI0HCfY"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-24254809138612593592024-02-28T06:00:00.023-06:002024-02-28T06:00:00.134-06:00Movie Trailers for March 2024 (Reprise)<p></p><p><b>Dune: Part Two (March 1st)</b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U2Qp5pL3ovA" width="320" youtube-src-id="U2Qp5pL3ovA"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>Of <i>three</i>? More like "Muad'Deez nuts"!<br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Accidental Texan (March 8th)</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x5DsR8S2ppc" width="320" youtube-src-id="x5DsR8S2ppc"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>It's a Hollywood-ass version of Texans and Harvard kids alike, but it looks like it has heart. And also, I've got a bit of a soft spot for any <i>Wings </i>alum, Thomas Haden Church included.</p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>One Life (March 15th)</b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9hpuRzZn0Yc" width="320" youtube-src-id="9hpuRzZn0Yc"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>It's really hard to be cynical about a movie based on an internet fact about saving kids from Nazis. Anthony Hopkins seems slightly overcast as The Guy in The Framing Device, but he's 86 and a great actor, so I'll shut up now.<br /></p><p> </p><p><b>The American Society of Magical Negroes (March 15th)</b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v7_c-7tWXqg" width="320" youtube-src-id="v7_c-7tWXqg"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>Looks...interesting? On the one hand, it looks like it could cut a little deeper than it does, on the other hand, maybe not every movie needs to be engaging or challenging for me, personally. Maybe a fun little movie which is self-aware about a racist trope can just be a fun little movie that examines that racist trope.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mickey's Mouse Trap (March ???)</b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jVjt52sOs6g" width="320" youtube-src-id="jVjt52sOs6g"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>0 heart, 0 depth, and 0 redeeming values. MMT looks like
the hot garbage that gets churned out of a camera's bowels after it's had
too many sepia toned Mexico filters slapped on it. It looks like the end
credits should read, "Shot on an iPhone 10." It looks like if you make
your movie in Sony Vegas Pro, there's a button that shoots out a trailer
like this. It looks like if a learning language model was given the prompt, "make a lazy mickey mouse slasher film."</p><p>And just like that incoming wave of churned-out LLM try-hardly content, folks will eat it up.</p><p> </p><p></p><p><b>Kung Fu Panda 4 (March 29th)</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N56EVgi7bJ4" width="320" youtube-src-id="N56EVgi7bJ4"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>Despite being an animated animal film and basically a superhero film, looks interesting. Like every beloved CGI movie it's going to get fucking spinoffs until it drills a hole into the ground like classic Superman.<br /></p><p> </p><p><b>Imaginary (March 8th)</b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8XoNfrgrAGM" width="320" youtube-src-id="8XoNfrgrAGM"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>I swear, I thought this was a Dreamworks film badly timed to come out around the same time as that Dreamworks-flavored Ryan Reynolds thing. But no, it's just some horror film with a haunted doll that evokes Ray Bradbury's "Zero Hour." Perhaps a spinoff of 1978's The Bermuda Triangle. Maybe there's an incoming Dolly-verse Cinematic Universe: Chucky, Puppetmaster, Small Soldiers, this, and The Bermuda Triangle all get in on the action.<br /></p><p>Props
for using "Just My Imagination." Shame they spoiled one of the biggest scares in
the trailer. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (March 22nd)</b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wFNK_KEmcWs" width="320" youtube-src-id="wFNK_KEmcWs"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>I say this every time, but it's a goofy comedy where a guy has a dream that a ghost gives him a blow job. It's not Star Wars. It has more credibility than Star Wars, but it's not Star Wars. It's not a saga. Putting Paul Rudd and Bill Murray into a supernatural action movie does not make it a comedy. </p><p>It makes it Ant-Man 3.<br /></p><p> </p><p><b>Cabrini (March 8th)</b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lihCRaOj0Lg" width="320" youtube-src-id="lihCRaOj0Lg"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>Ugh. I <b>love </b><i>that </i>font!</p>I don't like god-y movies, but I like a good story about a nun. The child labor and racism are just lagniappe.<p> </p><p><b>William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill (March 22nd)</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kKVutwU9Kns" width="320" youtube-src-id="kKVutwU9Kns"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>Eventually, William Shatner will stop making documentaries about William Shatner. When he dies. That in itself is kind of deep.</p><p>Deeper than this movie, I'd bet.</p><p> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">TV Shows</h2><p>Ark: The Series - Parents, you have been warned. (platform unknown but your kids will find it, March 21st) <br /></p><p>X-Men '97 - I learned what cringe was the day I watched this with one of my parents. It was the episode where Mr. Sinister harvested Jean and Scott's DNA. This show was bad and I don't see what's gained by bringing it back, except for the angry reactionaries angry that one frame of Rogue's cake in the trailer isn't as bootylicious as one frame of Rogue's cake in the original series. So I guess it's good if you needed to jerk off to Rogue as a teen.</p><p>Also, the shapeshifter is non-binary, which...no shit. (Disney+, March 20nd) </p><p>Mary & George - Nicholas Galitzine being an attractive man playing another gay role isn't the only reason to watch this. There's also, uh...girl-cucking? (Starz, March 5th)<br /></p><p>Three Body Problem - I've heard good things about the novel. Not sure about the series. Good luck, I guess. (Netflix, March 24th) <br /></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-88785168961266830512024-02-27T06:00:00.011-06:002024-02-27T06:00:00.168-06:00The Bizarro<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GTUbh1nuQ-Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="GTUbh1nuQ-Q"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-63091457043665984172024-02-27T06:00:00.006-06:002024-02-27T06:00:00.168-06:00Tenacious D<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BcWfqGWyCKE" width="320" youtube-src-id="BcWfqGWyCKE"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-43107501896700383982024-02-20T06:00:00.000-06:002024-02-20T06:00:00.159-06:00ERB: Thanos v Oppenheimer<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v1vXC-vKgKg" width="320" youtube-src-id="v1vXC-vKgKg"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-31824593851206830402024-02-13T06:00:00.007-06:002024-02-13T06:00:00.156-06:00"We're History" by Horrible Histories<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wjYARBhqDYY" width="320" youtube-src-id="wjYARBhqDYY"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-61790651141087562512024-02-06T06:00:00.005-06:002024-02-06T06:00:00.148-06:00"The Man" by The Killers<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w3xcybdis1k" width="320" youtube-src-id="w3xcybdis1k"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-72173707459568024352024-01-30T06:00:00.005-06:002024-01-30T06:00:00.138-06:00"Welcome to My Parents' House" by Ninja Sex Party<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3YXUWWZJXpE" width="320" youtube-src-id="3YXUWWZJXpE"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-80675920510130406882024-01-26T06:00:00.026-06:002024-01-29T18:50:17.098-06:00Movie Trailers for February 2024<p>So the deal is that I was smart enough to queue this, but too dumb to finish it. <br /></p><p><b>No Way Up</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e1k1PC0TtmE" width="320" youtube-src-id="e1k1PC0TtmE"></iframe></div><p></p><p>A clever, if probably not very good, movie where a plane crashes into the ocean, but precariously on an ocean shelf and the people on time are working against several clocks to get out. There is also a shark and Colm Meaney. </p><p>It looks kinda bad, but hey, Colm Meaney.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Argylle</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kOQ1TCW4RVQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="kOQ1TCW4RVQ"></iframe></div><p></p><p>I hope it enjoys winning February, because it's gonna.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UzRI4vC05GU" width="320" youtube-src-id="UzRI4vC05GU"></iframe></div><br /> I can only assume this is a sequel/prequel to <i>Ford vs. Ferrari</i>.<br /><p></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Lisa Frankenstein</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bvI3F95w8ns" width="320" youtube-src-id="bvI3F95w8ns"></iframe></div><p>Cute. Feels like a fun 80's movie. <br /></p><p> </p><p><b>Adam the First</b></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/7lIpd9oZsAY?si=jyHvwDzpAVneNMAz"></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/7lIpd9oZsAY?si=jyHvwDzpAVneNMAz"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7lIpd9oZsAY" width="320" youtube-src-id="7lIpd9oZsAY"></iframe></a></div><p></p><p>It looks like a pretty decent drama. Like, no big.<b> </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Bob Marley: One Love </b> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ajw425Kuvtw" width="320" youtube-src-id="ajw425Kuvtw"></iframe></div><p>The lead is hot enough, but...um, something.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Madame Web</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s_76M4c4LTo" width="320" youtube-src-id="s_76M4c4LTo"></iframe></div><p></p><p>When I saw this on the list, my first thought was, "That wasn't a joke?," but after seeing the trailer I'm not sure it <i>isn't</i>.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rq1tllAUS1I" width="320" youtube-src-id="rq1tllAUS1I"></iframe></div><p>-_- <br /></p><p> <br /></p><p><b>Drive Away Dolls</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oy0RYiQRWUk" width="320" youtube-src-id="Oy0RYiQRWUk"></iframe></div><p></p><p>This looks like a fun little movie. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ordinary Angels</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sNv-HpcGe0I" width="320" youtube-src-id="sNv-HpcGe0I"></iframe></div>Goddy inspo-porn. Where being dumb works out. It refers to a to a real event and real good in people, but also the whole story is in the movie so why bother?<p></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Conann</b></p><p>Christ. It looks like they're re-releasing Tenet and Turning Red instead of actual new movies, if you're curious about the general state of Hollywood these days.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MlNuB8JHEK8" width="320" youtube-src-id="MlNuB8JHEK8"></iframe></div>I'll say, it's the Frenchiest-art of Frenchy-art films. I don't know if it's good or bad, but it's...Conann.<br /><p></p><p> </p><p>Other Stuff<br /></p><p>The series "Mr and Mrs Smith" with Donald Glover is coming out in February on Amazon Prime. It looks...intriguing.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bO24Hwak2pM" width="320" youtube-src-id="bO24Hwak2pM"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-71761248862794082362024-01-23T06:00:00.004-06:002024-01-23T06:00:00.141-06:00MATN: 20 Minutes Till Dawn<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qQ9UbFJD6u0" width="320" youtube-src-id="qQ9UbFJD6u0"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-8862006897776210402024-01-16T06:00:00.001-06:002024-01-16T06:00:00.150-06:00Happy 5 Year Anniversary to This Bit<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X5TEsdb918c" width="320" youtube-src-id="X5TEsdb918c"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-58103529629208872862024-01-09T06:00:00.006-06:002024-01-09T06:00:00.141-06:00Damn<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/51DnnZ2z68M" width="320" youtube-src-id="51DnnZ2z68M"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-62044560768904710972024-01-02T06:00:00.007-06:002024-01-02T06:00:00.151-06:00Lord Mandalore: Stronghold<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zITBaZ99DyE" width="320" youtube-src-id="zITBaZ99DyE"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-61260881839353208042023-12-26T06:00:00.007-06:002023-12-26T06:00:00.135-06:00Animated Spellbook: Marriage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YgCfg8GDDeg" width="320" youtube-src-id="YgCfg8GDDeg"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-28785848646547067152023-12-25T06:00:00.001-06:002023-12-25T06:00:00.142-06:00Movie Trailers for January 2024<p> <span data-offset-key="f70jr-0-0"><span data-text="true">What's coming out in January?</span></span></p><div data-contents="true"><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="2n33a-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2n33a-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2n33a-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">Night Swim - 05JAN24</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="bc0uo-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bc0uo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bc0uo-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PhlLO3Nb3sY" width="320" youtube-src-id="PhlLO3Nb3sY"></iframe></div><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="c3ju5-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="c3ju5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c3ju5-0-0"><span data-text="true">So it's an evil pool. Looks like an able execution of the idea of an evil pool. It even makes the dad go crazy. It's something I've seen a million times before, but perhaps I take for granted that there's someone out there who sees the novel idea at the core of it and has only seen the shambling, recycled skeleton 500,000 times. </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="c3ju5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c3ju5-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span><a name='more'></a></span> </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="36a4d-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="36a4d-0-0"><span data-offset-key="36a4d-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">The Beekeeper - 05JAN24</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="1kalv-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1kalv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1kalv-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SzINZZ6iqxY" width="320" youtube-src-id="SzINZZ6iqxY"></iframe></div><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="2mrps-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2mrps-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2mrps-0-0"><span data-text="true">Speaking of things from a genre that should be </span></span><span data-offset-key="2mrps-0-1" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">called</span></span><span data-offset-key="2mrps-0-2"><span data-text="true"> "ad infinitum," let's count the cliches. </span></span></div></div><ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul" data-offset-key="a4jvu-0-0"><li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="a4jvu-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="a4jvu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a4jvu-0-0"><span data-text="true">Retired badass played by aging actor.</span></span></div></li><li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="8a99o-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8a99o-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8a99o-0-0"><span data-text="true">Innocent friend hurt my cartoon monster-people.</span></span></div></li><li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="9ilg-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9ilg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9ilg-0-0"><span data-text="true">World-spanning conspiracy. </span></span></div></li><li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="eofi3-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eofi3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eofi3-0-0"><span data-text="true">One-against-one-hundred odds, both individually and as the man takes on the system that can be killed by murdering one guy and destroying a single computer.</span></span></div></li><li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="ctre1-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ctre1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ctre1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Hero is part of a secret society bad guys are afraid of, even though it lacks the institutional power to do the thing he's doing. It's basically just a discount gun store with a visually impressive lock for divorced losers to kill comically evil people (played by even more-aging actors) who represent ideas too vast to be killed with bullets.</span></span></div></li><li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="35oq4-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="35oq4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="35oq4-0-0"><span data-text="true">Novel fight scenes</span></span></div></li><li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="en8pc-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="en8pc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="en8pc-0-0"><span data-text="true">Novel setpieces</span></span></div></li></ul><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="212m2-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="212m2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="212m2-0-0"><span data-text="true">I guess if they're so predictable, I should start writing them. Obviously there's demand, although I'll only have a few weeks to do it since this seems like the first genre AI could start writing wholesale.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="212m2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="212m2-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="7bcgu-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7bcgu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7bcgu-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">The Book of Clarence - 05JAN24</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="1bsj3-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1bsj3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1bsj3-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ntNS-ANoMyM" width="320" youtube-src-id="ntNS-ANoMyM"></iframe></div><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="cdgs-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cdgs-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cdgs-0-0"><span data-text="true">"It has everything," get said about a lot of movies. It always meant what I've seen termed as 'all of the good stuff, none of the bad stuff.' Kind of a blanket, "This movie loves you."</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="1pd4l-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1pd4l-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1pd4l-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1pd4l-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1pd4l-0-0"><span data-text="true">But </span></span><span data-offset-key="1pd4l-0-1" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">The Book of Clarence</span></span><span data-offset-key="1pd4l-0-2"><span data-text="true"> looks like a movie that has everything. A clever idea. A complex main character. Biblical elements. Fistfights. It's got a lot of pistons firing and really, it could only disappoint me from here. </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="d3kr2-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="d3kr2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d3kr2-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="d3kr2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d3kr2-0-0"><span data-text="true">It's my Tragically Unwatched for January 2024.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="d3kr2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d3kr2-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="ef7vo-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ef7vo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ef7vo-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">Origin - 19JAN24</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="dq2ha-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="dq2ha-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dq2ha-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TeG77cyexco" width="320" youtube-src-id="TeG77cyexco"></iframe></div><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="95fn4-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="95fn4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="95fn4-0-0" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">Origin</span></span><span data-offset-key="95fn4-0-1"><span data-text="true"> is intriguing. It's got one of those classic trailers that doesn't seem to tell you everything about the movie. I can put a lot together in that it's one woman's search for the origins of racism and her determination to answer that question through experience.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="95fn4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="95fn4-0-1"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="55k21-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="55k21-0-0"><span data-offset-key="55k21-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">I.S.S. - 19JAN24</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="dvbn-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="dvbn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dvbn-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i48f4AvS-Pk" width="320" youtube-src-id="i48f4AvS-Pk"></iframe></div><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="bk4-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bk4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bk4-0-0"><span data-text="true">On the other hand,</span></span><span data-offset-key="bk4-0-1" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true"> I.S.S.</span></span><span data-offset-key="bk4-0-2"><span data-text="true"> gives you the premise--US and Russian astronauts are on the International Space Station when World War 3 breaks out. The US team is told to take the ISS and presumes the Russians are told the same thing.</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="l1fg-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="l1fg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="l1fg-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="l1fg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="l1fg-0-0"><span data-text="true">Queue intrigue and death on the most dangerous building ever created by man when the obvious, overhanging solution is to work together to delay the ticking clock of the ISS as a habitable building before descending to the wasteland below.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="l1fg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="l1fg-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="8t5er-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8t5er-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8t5er-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">The Concierge - 19JAN24</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="6fcas-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6fcas-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6fcas-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Vet5PMGNjE" width="320" youtube-src-id="0Vet5PMGNjE"></iframe></div></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="df8kb-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="df8kb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="df8kb-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="df8kb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="df8kb-0-0"><span data-text="true">I've also seen this titled </span></span><span data-offset-key="df8kb-0-1" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">The Concierge at Arctic Department Store</span></span><span data-offset-key="df8kb-0-2"><span data-text="true">, which is about a woman who wants to excel at her job, but the problem is talking animal customers. It's anime. What do you want? I'm not the demographic for this movie. I wish I could see US movies the way I see anime films; just the matrix code of a desire to excel, some random job, and a few relatable obstacles before the inevitable catharsis and peace and love on planet Earth ending.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="df8kb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="df8kb-0-2"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="75rmi-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="75rmi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="75rmi-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">Founder's Day - 19JAN24</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="2u24h-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2u24h-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2u24h-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tCYsY7Ats70" width="320" youtube-src-id="tCYsY7Ats70"></iframe></div><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="72evl-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="72evl-0-0"><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-0"><span data-text="true">Two horror movies in January. Is that normal? Doesn't feel normal. It's honestly more threadbare than </span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-1" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">Night Swim</span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-2"><span data-text="true">. </span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-3" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">Night Swim</span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-4"><span data-text="true"> </span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-5" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">has</span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-6"><span data-text="true"> a monster and a supernatural force trying to 'get' the family in novel ways. </span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-7" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">Founder's Day</span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-8"><span data-text="true"> is a unique mask plus a unique murder weapon. Your Jason Vorhees, your guy from </span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-9" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">Scream</span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-10"><span data-text="true">, your </span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-11" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">The Strangers</span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-12"><span data-text="true">, your Leatherface, and to a lesser extent, your </span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-13" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">Black Phone</span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-14"><span data-text="true"> guy, your </span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-15" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">Saw </span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-16"><span data-text="true">guy, and your </span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-17" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">The Purge</span></span><span data-offset-key="72evl-0-18"><span data-text="true"> folks. </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="f5o61-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f5o61-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f5o61-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f5o61-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f5o61-0-0"><span data-text="true">But now it's a powdered wig and a gavel. Sure. Who gives a fuck?</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f5o61-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f5o61-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="2jkm9-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2jkm9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2jkm9-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">Mean Girls (2024) - 12JAN24</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="b63ad-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b63ad-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b63ad-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fFtdbEgnUOk" width="320" youtube-src-id="fFtdbEgnUOk"></iframe></div><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="cm29i-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cm29i-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cm29i-0-0"><span data-text="true">Wait, I don't think I can bottom out on fucks before I get to the remake of a comedy that I never saw, but which is part of the Trio of Well-Regarded Lady Films I haven't seen (<i>Clueless</i>, <i>Legally Blonde</i>, and <i>Mean Girls</i>).</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="f9sgs-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f9sgs-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f9sgs-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f9sgs-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f9sgs-0-0"><span data-text="true">But prima facie, it looks stupid and it gets my 0 Fucks Award for January 2024. Look, horror guys are gonna eat <i>Founder's Day</i> up </span></span><b><span data-offset-key="f9sgs-0-1"><span data-text="true">unless</span></span></b><span data-offset-key="f9sgs-0-2"><span data-text="true"><b> </b>it's surprisingly good by being original. I couldn't imagine who <i>Mean Girls</i> (2024) is for. </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f9sgs-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f9sgs-0-2"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="48vh9-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="48vh9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="48vh9-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">Miller's Girl - 26JAN24</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="3kjbi-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3kjbi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3kjbi-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vk2OJZHutBM" width="320" youtube-src-id="vk2OJZHutBM"></iframe></div><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="8erq4-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8erq4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8erq4-0-0"><span data-text="true">I'm not a fan of Martin Freeman. I mildly dislike him and his characters. They always come across like pricks. I don't like all of John Krasinski's career choices, but his version of Jim in <i>The Office </i>worked because he had charisma. Freeman has prick energy, which played better for his version, but I can't stand the guy. He was perfectly cast as the one white guy in <i>Black Panther</i>.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8erq4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8erq4-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="cu534-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cu534-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cu534-0-0"><span data-text="true">Oh right, I was disappointed that this movie wasn't a horror movie. It's just a story about how a teacher and student have chemistry and she can ruin his life with false accusations if he doesn't say 'yes.' Yeah, that can happen, but that seems like a smaller social issue than men with power using that to get with girls/young women girls.</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="ccktd-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ccktd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ccktd-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ccktd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ccktd-0-0"><span data-text="true">Or the media they look at to validate their actions and play the victim when they get found out. I'm not saying <i>Miller's Girl</i> will be a bad film, it's just a film that <i>shouldn't</i>.<br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ccktd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ccktd-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="382c-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="382c-0-0"><span data-offset-key="382c-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">Self Reliance - 03JAN24 (Hulu)</span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="2diq2-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2diq2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2diq2-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ocw_fVdr4_g" width="320" youtube-src-id="Ocw_fVdr4_g"></iframe></div><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4kmg0" data-offset-key="6rpuq-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6rpuq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6rpuq-0-0"><span data-text="true">It's interesting and charming and only gives us the first act or two of the idea. The idea of the secret game where humans are hunted for sport always has, like, a thousand holes in it when the movie is about hunting a middle-class Westerner </span></span><span data-offset-key="6rpuq-0-1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">in </span></span><span data-offset-key="6rpuq-0-2"><span data-text="true">the middle-class West, so they might as well make it a comedy.</span></span></div></div></div>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-85770847216573611112023-12-19T06:00:00.001-06:002023-12-19T06:00:00.132-06:00Here It Is Christmastime<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P8CxQbyhifQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="P8CxQbyhifQ"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-69334126319704961022023-12-12T06:00:00.000-06:002023-12-12T06:00:00.265-06:00I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here)<p> It's kind of a bop.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-E1ULv6LcOk" width="320" youtube-src-id="-E1ULv6LcOk"></iframe></div><br /><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-78986339209177969242023-12-10T06:00:00.003-06:002023-12-10T06:00:00.180-06:00It's December 10th<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hfd38PUJbAE" width="320" youtube-src-id="Hfd38PUJbAE"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-62421921541502370242023-12-05T06:00:00.004-06:002023-12-05T06:00:00.159-06:00Merry Christmas<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kw_DDf9Z9vg" width="320" youtube-src-id="Kw_DDf9Z9vg"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>VanVeldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441999455333315750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276667.post-52109439458333562962023-11-28T06:00:00.005-06:002023-11-28T06:00:00.133-06:00The Best Procedural on Television<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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