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Looper [movie]

I WANT SOMEONE TO TALK ABOUT THE PLOT WITH, BUT EVERYONE WANTS THAT, SO WHAT I WANT IS SOMEONE TO TALK ABOUT IT THEMATICALLY. I REALLY AM INTERESTED IN THE THEMATICS OF HOW ALL THE FUTURE TECH SUCKED, THE FUTURE GUNS WERE EXPLICITLY WORSE THAN REGULAR GUNS, THE BRAND NEW HOVER BIKE WAS BROKEN, THE FOLD UP PHONE GOT NO RECEPTION, EVEN TK WAS MOSTLY JUST FOR HITTING ON GIRLS AND TIME TRAVEL WAS JUST FOR THROWING BODIES IN AN INCINERATOR. PS. WAIT THAT WAS TOMMY FROM THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN?

Torchlight II [game]

I REALLY ENJOYED THIS GAME, I PLAYED 17 HOURS IN TWO WEEKS AND REALLY WAS PRETTY INTO IT. I THINK ON THE FUN SCALE THIS GAME BEATS DIABLO III. IT IS A WAY LESS 'SERIOUS' GAME THOUGH AND THE BALANCE IS HELLA MESSED UP SO I PROBABLY WILL PLAY THIS GAME MORE TO TRY OTHER CLASSES OR PLAY WITH FRIENDS OR MESS WITH MODS BUT IT SEEMS MEH ON GOING THROUGH NEWGAME+ PS: DOWNSIDES OF THIS GAME: THE ACT TWO CINEMATIC AND THE ACT THREE TOWN MUSIC MAKE THE DIABLO II HOMAGES GO FROM CUTE TO EYE ROLLING/THE LOADING SCREEN WITH THE ALCHEMIST ROBOT THING WITH THE HEART IN A STAFF LOOKS LIKE A GROSS VEINY TESTICLE.

Palimpsest [book]

THIS BOOK WAS REALLY NEAT, THE AUTHOR WRITES IN A REALLY GOOD DREAM-LIKE MANNER THAT IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE SETTING OF THIS 'COULD BE THE PLOT OF PERSONA 5' STORY. ALTHOUGH THE PARTS WHERE THEY HAVE TO WRITE REAL LIFE ARE KINDA IFFY AND I DON'T THINK REAL PEOPLE EAT AS MUCH SALTED PLUMS AS THIS BOOK WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE. ALSO THE QUARTET THING SEEMED TACKED ON AND WAS SORT OF LAME. PS. I BASICALLY TOOK A DAY OFF WORK TO READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE I WAS SO STAR STRUCK THAT I KNOW SOMEONE THAT KNOWS A NEBULA (AND HUGO) AWARD WINNER. BUT THEN I MADE A JOKE THAT WAS LIKE 'DON'T HAVE SEX WITH HER IF SHE'S GOT A TATTOO OF A MAP' AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE I SAID A RANDOM AND OFFENSIVE THING INSTEAD OF A JOKE ABOUT THIS BOOK.

The Godfather [movie]

THIS IS A PRETTY LONG MOVIE. I THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF WELL KNOWN AND ICONIC SCENES AND LINES FROM THIS MOVIE BUT THEY ALL OCCUR IN THE FIRST 45 MINUTES. THE HORSE SCENE, OFFER HE CAN'T REFUSE, TAKE THE GUN LEAVE THE CANOLI, ALL RIGHT AT THE START. I DON'T THING THE MOVIE GOES DOWN IN QUALITY BUT I WONDER IF IT IS JUST SO LONG PEOPLE NEVER MAKE IT TO THE END SO ALL THE ICONIC SCENES HAVE TO BE UP FRONT. PS. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE EVER MADE THE CONNECTION WITH THE 40S AND GANSTERS AND ITALY AND WORLD WAR II BEFORE.

This is Spinal Tap [movie]

YES, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN THIS MOVIE. YES, I NOW GET LIKE 5 TRILLION JOKES IN OTHER THINGS NOW BEYOND JUST THE TURNING IT UP TO 11 THING EVERYONE KNOWS. ALSO THE PART WITH HIM FOLDING UP THE SANDWICH WAS THE BEST PART. PS. WHY THE HECK IS FRED WILLARD THE EXACT SAME AGE?

Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science [book]

THIS FELT LIKE A CRACKED ARTICLE WHERE SOMEONE WAS WRITING ABOUT SOME SORT OF VAGUELY RELATED THINGS IN A CUTE WAY BUT YOU COULD TELL ALL THE FACTS WERE SORTA 'WELL I DON'T THINK THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT'. IT WAS AN OKAY BOOK THOUGH, SOME CHAPTERS WERE BETTER THAN OTHERS. PS. LESCH-NYHAN IS BASICALLY THE HAPPENING.

Shatter [game]

I THINK BREAKOUT IS A RELATIVELY BAD GAME, BUT I HAVE BEEN IN LOVE WITH EVERY SINGLE CLONE THAT CAME OUT SINCE STARTING WITH ARKINOID. THIS GAME IS GREAT, IT'S ABOUT 2 HOURS LONG AND I BASICALLY PLAYED IT STRAIGHT THROUGH AFTER STARTING, ALSO THE LAST BOSS IS A REALLY DUMB FIGHT BUT KINDA AWESOME. "BAD BAT". PS. IF YOU GO AND STEAM AND SEE THAT MY SCORE IS REALLY LOW, HERE IS THE REASON: THE BONUS STAGES WERE REALLY REALLY BORING SO I'D ALWAYS LOSE INTENTIONALLY AS SOON AS I GOT TO ONE.

Casablanca [movie]

I REALLY LIKE THAT THE NAZIS ARE PORTRAYED MOSTLY AS LIKE, A JERK HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OR THE MEAN HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION. ALSO YEAH, I'LL SAY IT, THIS WAS A GOOD MOVIE, IT IS THE MOST HYPED MOVIE IN THE HISTORY OF MOVIES AND THERE WAS NO WAY IT COULD LIVE UP TO IT'S REPUTATION BUT YEAH, IT WAS GOOD. EXCEPT THE CAR PART, THE CAR PART IS BAD.  PS. 'HERE IS LOOKING AT YOU KID' AND 'PLAY IT AGAIN SAM' ARE NOT THE BEST QUOTE IN THIS MOVIE. "TEN WATCH" IS THE BEST QUOTE IN THIS MOVIE.

Salvage Mice [movie]

I HOPE THERE IS NEVER A TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I DON'T LOVE THESE STUPID JAPANESE 'A GIRL HAS TO FIGHT A GANG OF SOMETHING' AS MUCH AS I DO NOW. I AM NOT SURE MUSEUMS STEALING OLD PEOPLE'S PRIZED OBJECTS IS THAT MUCH OF AN ACTUAL PROBLEM. PS. I LOVE THAT SINCE THIS MOVIE WAS NON-SUPERNATURAL BUT WAS STILL FOLLOWING THE FORMULA AS IF IT WAS SO THE LAST BOSS WAS A BIG CAUCASIAN MAN INSTEAD OF A MONSTER, A CAUCASIAN WHO DIED WHILE SAYING "THIS MICE IMPOSSIBLE"

Tao of Pooh [book]

I KINDA DISLIKE THIS BOOK AND IT'S AUTHOR AND FOUND HIS WRITING GRATING, ON THE OTHER HAND MY KNOWLAGE OF WHAT THE HECK TAO IS WAS PREVIOUSLY AT THE LEVEL OF "IF THERE IS A TAOIST IN A VIDEOGAME THEY PROBABLY CAST ELEMENTAL SPELLS AND ALSO HAVE SOME HEALING" SO I MEAN I AM REALLY GLAD I READ THIS BOOK AND KNOW HAVE A BASIC OVERVIEW OF THE CORE CONCEPTS OF THE PHILOSOPHY. PS. I STILL LOVE THE IDEA THAT RABBIT IS AN ACTUAL RABBIT AND THAT IS WHY HE IS SEAMLESS AND NAMELESS AND HIS FLUSTERING ISN'T A CHARACTER FLAW BUT INSTEAD JUST HIS EXASPERATION WITH ALL THE ANIMATED TOYS AND THEIR TOTAL LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THAT HE NEEDS TO WORK TO EAT.

Joyful Noise [[movie]

IT'S NUTS, THIS IS A MOVIE SET IN THE DEEP DEEP SOUTH ABOUT A BLACK FAMILY AND A WHITE FAMILY NOT WANTING THEIR CHILDREN TO SEE EACH OTHER BUT AT NO POINT DO THEY EVER EVEN REMOTELY TOUCH ON THE IDEA OF IT BEING A RACE THING. PS. WILLIAM IS BASICALLY REDDIT.