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The Nudge [book, audiobook]

 The Nudge [book, audiobook] I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PHRASE IT BUT I DON'T THINK THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN CORRECTLY? LIKE FIRST OF ALL IT'S PART ONE AND PART TWO AND SUDDENLY IN PART TWO THE GUY HAS HOTEL AUTISM THAT HE ABSOLUTELY DID NOT BEFORE, AND LIKE THE ENDING IS A SPOOKY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK GIMMICK, BUT LIKE, THE CONCEPT OF THE NUDGE IS LIKE, INTRUSTIVE THOUGHTS OCD, THE FEELING OF WANTING TO JUMP OF A CLIFF OR SUDDENLY THINKING "I COULD TAKE THIS KNIFE AND STAB SOMEONE" AND THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT JUST NEVER GOES WITH THAT, IT'S ALWAYS JUST AN OVERT EVIL DEMON THAT MIND CONTROLS PEOPLE TO WALK LIKE A SPIDER AND HAVE WET EVIL FEET. LIKE SETTING UP THE BOOK AS PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR AND THE MOSTER BEING "SUDDENLY AS A KID BEATING THE CRAP OUT OF YOUR SISTER FOR NO REASON" DOESN'T MESH WELL WITH THE HORROR OF "MY WIFE IS MOVING LIKE A WET SNAKE TO COME EAT ME". PS. THIS IS ALSO NOT FAIR, BUT THIS IS MADE BY JOSEPH FINK AND TH...

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives [movie]

 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives [movie] FRIDAY THE 13TH HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOWER ON MY RANKING OF HORROR FANCHISES AND I KINDA DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES I HAVE OR HAVEN'T WATCHED BUT THERE WAS A FREE FRIDAY THE 13TH SHOWING AT SPOOKY EMPORIUM FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH SO I HAD TO GO. PEOPLE APPARENTLY RANK THIS AS THE BEST OR NEARLY THE BEST OF THESE BUT IT'S A VERY WEIRD ONE. IT FEELS LIKE IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE "MODERN MORALITY PLAY" STRUCTURE OF A SLASHER, BUT DOESN'T SUBVERT IT EITHER, THERE IS JUST A BUNCH OF RANDOM KILLS THAT DON'T MATTER MUCH AND DON'T LOOL VERY COOL. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THERE IS LIKE, A SMALL BUT NONZERO NUMBER OF TIMES THERE IS JUST LIKE, AIRPLANE STYLE SIMPSONS BACKGROUND GAGS AND THE FACT THERE IS SO FEW MADE THEM EXTREMELY FUNNY, SO THERE WAS THAT.  PS. JESUS CHRIST IT BEING THE 40TH ANIVERSERY OF THE 6TH MOVIE IS MAKING ME FEEL TOO OLD. I FEEL LIKE MY HEART WOULD ACCEPT IT BEING THE 40TH ANIVERSERY OF THE FIRST MOVIE, BUT LA...

After Blue (Dirty Paradise) [movie, amazing]

 After Blue (Dirty Paradise) [movie, amazing] GOD THIS IS AMAZING. IT'S LIKE A ULTRA HIGH ART LESBIAN SPACE COWBOY MOVIE THAT IS LIKE, IF GREEN KNIGHT WAS FRENCH AND GAY AND ALL FILMED ON THE MOST 1960S STARTREK SETS. I LOVE THIS AND LOVE THERE ARE STILL MOVIES THAT CAN SURPRISE OR SHOCK ME.  PS. THIS MOVIE EXISTS TO SAY THE MOST INSANE POSSIBLE STATEMENTS ABOUT KATE BUSH A HUMAN COULD POSSIBLY EVER SAY EVER. 

Naikan self-reflection for happiness and success [book]

 Naikan self-reflection for happiness and success [book] I'M OBSESSED WITH THIS BOOK. (ALTHOUGH I FORGOT TO POST A REVIEW FOR A LONG TIME). IT'S IN EVERY TOYOKO INN ROOM NEXT TO THE BIBLE AND I READ IT EVERY NIGHT AND FINISHED IT. IT'S LIKE, GUY WHO FOUND THE MOST MILD THING IMAGINABLE AND MADE IT INTO A CULT LIFESTYLE AND WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT. IT RULES. PS. ALSO THE COMPANY HAS LIKE 20,000 EMPLOYES AND ONLY 30 ARE MEN AND THAT IS SO WEIRDLY BOTH SEXIST AND HASH TAG GIRL POWER. 

The Society [movie]

 The Society [movie]      THIS MOVIE RULES BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS FILMED LIKE IT'S TEENWOLF OR SOME OTHER REALLY LIGHT HEARTED TEEN SEX COMEDY HORROR MOVIE. BUT THEN THE ACTUAL CONTENT IS LIKE, 'THEY LIVE' BY WAY OF HELLRAISER.  PS. NO I DIDN'T WATCH THIS BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD ME IT HAD A LOT OF FISTING. I WATCHED THIS BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS SHOCKED I HAD NOT SEEN OR HEARD OF SUCH A WEIRD 80S FISTING BASED HORROR. 

The Magic Faraway Tree [movie]

 The Magic Faraway Tree [movie] THIS IS EXTREMELY GOOBY. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S TRYING SO HARD TO BE A CLASSIC MOVIE BY JUST VAUGELY JAMMING RANDOM THINGS FROM CLASSIC FAMILY MOVIES INTO A NOTHING FILM. I DON'T KNOW, THIS FELT LIKE OOGIELOVE LEVEL WRITING BUT I GOTTA BE HONEST, THEY HIRED GOOD ENOUGH ACTORS SOMETIMES I LAUGHED, MAYBE IT WAS WRITTEN THIS WAY ON PURPOSE BUT IT FELT LIKE A LOT OF THE ACTORS WERE ADLIBBING AND KINDA MAKING FUN OF THE SCENES.  PS. I FEEL LIKE AN ELDERLY SKELETON! SPIDERMAN PLAYING THE ROLE OF A DAD OF A TEEN!?? (WAIT, ACTUALLY HE'S BASICALLY THE SAME AGE AS ME?!! AND JUST PLAYS HIGHSCHOOLERS AT 30?)

Operation Bounce House [book, audiobook]

 Operation Bounce House [book, audiobook] EVER READ "THE TALISMAN' BY STEPHEN KING? WHERE IT'S SO CLEARLY JUST DARK TOWER EVEN THOUGH ANY SPECIFIC DETAIL YOU CAN MENTION IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. THIS IS THAT FOR DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL. IT'S SO CLEARLY SOME MAJORA'S MASK REWRITE ABOUT USING A COMPANY HARVESTING AI FROM SEEDED PLANETS USING A GAME SHOW THAT IS A VIDEO GAME. (ALSO I HATE THIS IS A SERIES, IT WAS SO CLEARLY MEANT TO BE A STAND ALONE AND END WITH THE ACTUAL CONCERT PLAN, THE WHOLE END PART GETS SO MUDDLED. I DON'T WANT TO READ THIS AS A SERIES) PS. I KNOW THE PEOPLE ARE PAINTED AS THE WORST GUYS IMAGINABLE AND LIKE, LATER REVELATIONS JUSTIFY IT EVEN MORE BUT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO READ ABOUT USING AN AI TO CYBER BULLY CHILDREN TO DEATH.