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XXY [movie]

BACK IN 2005, THE FIRST TIME I HAD NETFLIX I HAVE A FOND MEMORY OF MARY COMING OVER AND US WATCHING A BUNCH OF FOREIGN FILMS ABOUT TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE, SO I GUESS NOW I HAVE NETFLIX AGAIN I'M TRYING TO RECAPTURE THAT? EVEN WITH NO ONE TO WATCH WITH. PS. OH GOD I KNOW TRANSGENDERED AND INTERSEXED AREN'T THE SAME THING DON'T YELL AT ME.

They Live [movie]

I ABSOLUTELY ADORED THIS MOVIE, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I SHOULDN'T HAVE NETFLIX, THERE IS ABOUT A BILLION MOVIES I JUST KNOW I'D LIKE AND I NEED SOMETHING TO GATE ME FROM JUST WATCHING MOVIE AFTER MOVIE TILL I STARVE TO DEATH OR SOMETHING. GOD I LOVED THIS MOVIE. PS. NOW I JUST WANT TO WATCH FROGTOWN BECAUSE I AM ALL RODDY PIPPERED UP.

Beyond Good and Evil [game]

I REALLY ENJOYED THIS GAME AND TOTALLY SEE WHY IT GOT AS MUCH HYPE AS IT DID, ON THE OTHER HAND IT CAME OUT IN 2004 AND THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT PIN IT AS BEING A PRODUCT OF THAT TIME. 1) THE CAMERA GOING CRAZY WHEN YOU WALK AROUND CORNERS AND THE CAMERA DURING THE HOVERCRAFT PARTS AND THE CAMERA IN GENERAL. 2) THE WRITERS NOT THINKING A STORY ABOUT A REPORTER WAS ENOUGH SO GIVING A SUPER ANIME TWIST AT THE END THAT DOESN'T REALLY ADD MUCH. 3) A PIG SIDEKICK WITH FART POWERED BOOTS. PS. I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU COULD SHOOT LITTLE PINK BALLS OUT OF YOUR CHARGE UP THING TILL WAY TOO LATE, THAT MADE THE GAME WAY EASIER, ALSO I FEEL LIKE THAT SPIDER FIGHT IN THE SPACESHIP FORGOT YOU HAD THE NEUTRALIZER AND COULD JUST LOCK ON TO THINGS.

Rock-A-Fire Explosion [movie]

I REALLY LIKE THE GENRE OF DOCUMENTARY THAT HAS BEEN COMING OUT LATELY, LIKE THIS AND BEST WORST MOVIE AND ESPECIALLY KING OF KONG WHERE IT FOLLOWS SOMEONE WHO IS REALLY DEPRESSING AND BROKEN BUT THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF ACHIEVEMENT I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO DO SO IT'S NEVER CLEAR IF I SHOULD BE LOOKING DOWN ON THEM OR THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING DOWN ON ME. PS. I WATCHED THE ROCK-A-FIRE VERSION OF BORNE ON THE FM WAVES OF THE HEART ON YOUTUBE A FEW YEARS BACK ABOUT A TRILLION TIMES BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST RESULT ON YOUTUBE FOR THAT SONG, BECAUSE IT'S NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN THE CASE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THINGS, I JUST PRETEND I AM CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AT THINGS.

Los Cronocrímenes [movie]

THE BEST PART OF THIS MOVIE IS THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY STRAIGHTFORWARD, IT WAS BASICALLY PRIMER IF PRIMER WAS A MOVIE THAT A PERSON COULD ACTUALLY FOLLOW. PS. I RECOGNIZE THE NAME CLARA AS THE WIFE IN BACK TO THE FUTURE III AND SO I MEAN THAT MUST BE A REFERENCE TO SOMETHING BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT?

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse [movie]

THIS WAS A BAD MOVIE AND YOU CAN TELL IT WAS BAD BECAUSE ANY SUPERMAN THING THAT HAS KYRPTO IN IT IS ALWAYS BAD. PS. MAYBE AFTER A DAY AND A HALF I HAVE ALREADY RUN OUT OF THINGS TO WATCH ON NETFLIX.

Age of Stupid [movie]

OH WELL, TURNS OUT THE WORLD IS AWFUL, AND ALTHOUGH THIS MOVIE GOT A LITTLE SIDE TRACKED INTO JUST RANDOM GENERIC "EVERYTHING IS AWFUL' THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY PART OF IT THAT WAS REALLY ARGUEABLY WRONG SOOOOOOO. PS. MY HOBBY OF NONSENSE USE OF AIR TRAVEL IS PROBABLY THE WORST THING POSSIBLE BUT I GUESS AS LONG AS I NEVER HAVE KIDS I CAN TAKE DUEL COMFORT IN THAT BEING THE ULTIMATE ACT OF ENVIRONMENTALISM AND NOT REALLY CARING IF THE WORLD BURNS TO ASH A GENERATION DOWN THE LINE. OR NOT, WHO KNOWS.

Harold and Maude [movie]

I'M A BIG JERK THAT PUTS OFF MOVIES FOREVER WHEN ONE PERSON ASKS ME BUT THEN WATCHES THEM INSTANTLY WHEN SOMEONE ELSE ASKS. ALSO THE SAME THING BUT VIDEOGAMES. ALSO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD MOVIE AND I REACTIVATED NETFLIX TO WATCH IT BECAUSE I WAS TOO LAZY TO SET IT UP SO I COULD WATCH THE ISO COPY I HAD FROM THE LAST TIME I HAD NETFLIX AND RIPPED THE DISK. PS. CAT STEVENS BASED LEITMOTIFS

Reel Injuns [movie]

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DOCUMENTARIES WHERE YOU KINDA JUST ALREADY KNOW "EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE" BUT IT'S STILL GOOD TO WATCH EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, ALSO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Tq0CnGzIFBU#t=137s PS. ACTUALLY I SHOULDN'T BE ALL 'HEH, I KNEW THIS ALL ALREADY' WHEN IN FACT I ACTUALLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED AT WOUNDED KNEE OR WHAT THAT WAS A REFERENCE TO UNTIL RIGHT NOW.

Hunger Games [movie]

IT'S AWESOME THAT WE LIVE IN A POST LOTR WORLD WHERE THEY ACTUALLY BOTHER TO MAKE GOOD BOOKS INTO GOOD MOVIES, THEY EVEN FIXED MY LEAST FAVORITE PART OF THE WHOLE SERIES: THE GOD AWFUL WEREWOLFS.THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T LIKE IS THAT IN MY IMAGINATION DISTRICT 12 WAS LIKE A 1800S ENGLAND COAL MINEING TOWN, NOT A 1920S GREAT DEPRESSION COAL MINING TOWN. I GUESS THE BOOK NEVER SAYS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT I LIKE IT BETTER IF THE TOWN DIDN'T HAVE PLANTS SO THAT GOING THROUGH THE FENCE AND SEEING THE WORLD WAS A BIGGER DEAL. PS. I LOVE HOW PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ABOUT GALE IS TAKEN OUT. I MEAN IT WAS MOSTLY FLASHBACK AND HER TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE BOOK SO THEY REDUCED THAT TO SHOTS OF HIM WATCHING TV AND GRIMACING.

Pschonaughts [game]

THIS IS THE BEST WRITTEN GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED, HOLY MOLY. I LIKE THIS GAME BECAUSE BEYOND JUST BEING VOICED BY ZIM IT'S VERY VASQUEZ, WITH SQUIRRELS AND MEAT BEING FUNNY AND MAYBE EVEN A SIMILAR ART STYLE. I LIKE THAT IT WAS LIKE SILENT HILL IN THAT ALL THE SETTINGS AND ENEMIES MADE SENSE AS PROJECTIONS OF PEOPLE'S MENTAL ISSUES, EVEN IF IT WAS MUCH MORE LIGHT HEARTED ABOUT IT, (EXCEPT WHEN IT WASN'T: GLORIA'S MOTHER) PS. THE GRAPHICS ARE SO STYLEIZED THAT PLAYING THIS AT MODERN RESOLUTIONS MADE IT LOOK LIKE A MODERN GAME AND IT MADE CUTSCENES FUNNY, SINCE NOT ONLY WERE THEY COMPRESSED DOWN TO 800X600 THEY CLEARLY WEREN'T EVEN ORIGINALLY RENDERED AT AS HIGH A RESOLUTION AS i WAS PLAYING AT, SO THE GRAPHICS ACTUALLY WERE GETTING WORSE TO GO INTO PRERENDERED CUT SCENES.

Drunk On Blood [book]

THIS WASN'T REALLY A VERY WELL WRITTEN BOOK, THE COMMENTARY WAS FUNNY BUT I COULD PICK HOLES IN IT PRETTY EASY. BUT I STILL LIKE BOOKS LIKE THIS, IT COUNTED OUT EVERY DEATH IN THE BIBLE AND OFFERED A LITTLE COMMENTARY ON IT. AND I JUST LOVE ALL THOSE WEIRD BIBLE STORIES THAT EVERYONE SORT OF AGREES JUST TO NEVER MENTION, THOSE ARE THE BEST BIBLE STORIES AND THIS WAS A GOOD RECAP OF SOME I'D KNOWN AND A FEW I HAD NOT, OR FORGOT ABOUT. PS. THE STORY WITH MOSES AND THE QUAILS IS THE BEST BIBLE STORY, BECAUSE THE PART WHERE THEY ATE QUAILS TILL IT 'CAME OUT THEIR NOSE' SEEMS LIKE ENOUGH OF A POINT THEN HE JUST KILLS THEM TOO BECAUSE, WHY NOT. ALSO SAMSON ROPING A BUNCH OF FOXES TOGETHER AND THAT WHOLE SAMPSON RIDDLE THING IS STILL GREAT, BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN PRETEND TO TELL WHAT THE POINT OF THAT STORY WAS.

Skyward Sword [game]

I HAVE BEEN PLAYING THIS GAME ON AND OFF SINCE NOVEMBER AND I CAN'T SAY I HATE THIS GAME OR ANYTHING, BUT IT DOES FEEL LIKE THE FIRST ZELDA GAME I NEVER WANT TO REPLAY. EVERYTHING FELT SO LABORIOUS, THE PART WHERE THEY SPLIT A SONG INTO 4 PARTS THEN THAT DRAGON LADY SPLITS HER PART INTO 60 PIECES FOR NO REASON AT ALL IS PRETTY MUCH MY OPINION OF THE GAME. ALSO WHY DID YOU HAVE TO START WITH 5 HEARTS? YOU SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH 3 THEN JUST GOT TWO MORE DURING THE TUTORIAL. PS. THINGS I DID LIKE: CUTTING BAMBOO, WHIPPING HEART FLOWERS, LINK'S MAGICAL TIME TUGBOAT, THE SWORD STUFF YOU COULD BUT DIDN'T HAVE TO DO DURING THE LAST BOSS FIGHT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOW THE WHOLE GAME PLAYED.

Dungeons of Dredmor [game]

SEE! IT'S THIS KIND OF GAME THAT IS TERRIBLE FOR ME, HORRIBLE OLD SCHOOL MECHANICALLY DENSE GRINDFESTS. I TOTALLY SUNK 29 HOURS INTO THIS IN LIKE A WEEK, WHILE I'VE BEEN PLAYING SKYWARD SWORD FOR LIKE FIVE MONTHS AND ONLY 28 HOURS IN. GAMES LIKE THIS, I GUESS I JUST CAN GRIND AWAY AT WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT ABSENTMINDEDLY. PS. ONE WOULD THINK THAT AT SOME POINT I'D DEVELOP SOME SORT OF SKILL AT ROUGELIKES, SINCE I KEEP MAKING ATTEMPTS TO PLAY VARIOUS ONES AND GET SUCKED IN FOR 100 HOUR RIDES BUT NOPE, STILL TERRIBLE AT THEM, STILL BEAT THIS BY TURNING OFF PERMADEATH AND SAVE SCUMMING AND JUST THROWING MYSELF AT EVERYTHING DOZENS OF TIMES TILL I PROGRESSED BY LUCK.

Mechanique- A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti [book]

I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE OR HATE WHEN STORIES DECIDE NOT TO EXPLAIN THINGS. LIKE I KINDA WISH I KNEW MORE ABOUT THE POWERS AND MORE ABOUT THE LIMITS OF THE GIFT AND ALL THAT BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S COOL WHEN BOOKS JUST KINDA TELL YOU HOW SOMETHING IS AND ROLL WITH IT. ALSO I SERIOUSLY LIKE THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF "YOU CAN'T DIE SO WE CAN MESS WITH YOUR BODY' CONCEPT AND CAN'T REALLY THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT USED THAT IDEA EXCEPT THE WIZARD OF OZ. PS. THE SHORT STORIES THAT WIN NEBULA AWARDS FOLLOW THE FORMAT THAT I HAVE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT, BUT THE NOVELS ARE ACTUALLY GOOD NOVELS AND THIS IS A BOOK THAT WON A NEBULA AWARD AND IS A GOOD NOVEL AND I FEEL SAD AND ANGRY THAT THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO READ ALL THE NEBULA AWARDS IS GONE NOW AND THERE IS NO ONE TO TALK ABOUT THIS BOOK WITH.

The Borrower Arrietty [movie]

THE BEST PART OF THIS MOVIE WAS THAT THE TEA WAS ALL THICK BECAUSE IT WAS LITTLE. PS. THE BEST PART OF THIS MOVIE WAS THAT STUIDO GHIBI DRAWS EVERYTHING SUPER REALISTIC BUT STILL CLEARLY HAS NOT SEEN EXACTLY WHAT A CAT LOOKS LIKE AND HAS BEEN FAKING IT FOR DECADES IN NEARLY EVERY MOVIE WITH THEIR WEIRD LOOKING CATS.