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Iron Lung [movie]

 Iron Lung [movie] I DON'T KNOW, THIS MOVIE KINDA SUCKS BUT I ALSO KINDA LOVE IT? LIKE, IT'S A YOUTUBER MOVIE BASED ON A VIDEOGAME SO IT'S ABOUT AS GOOD AS THAT SOUNDS. *BUT* BECAUSE OF THAT IT GETS TO BE THE MOST OFF THE RAILS ULTRA PREMISE HEAVY HIGH CONCEPT NONSENSE YOU CAN IMAGINE. SO LIKE, IT'S A MOVIE ABOUT BILLION OF YEARS IN THE FUTURE WHERE ONLY A FEW HUMANS ARE LEFT AND THEY ARE EXPLORING A MOON ENTIRELY MADE OF HUMAN BLOOD. AND THIS ABSURD PLOT IS TAKEN 100% SERIOUSLY AND UNIRONICALLY. THERE IS LIKE MAYBE ONE JOKE EVER IN THE WHOLE MOVIE AND THAT KINDA RULES ON IT'S OWN.  PS. IT'S WEIRD THAT LIKE, TRADITIONAL STARS YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THEM. I WILL KNOW WHO TAYLOR SWIFT IS NO MATTER WHAT, BUT LIKE, FOR SOME REASON YOUTUBE IS GREAT WHERE IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT SOMEONE THEY JUST *WILL NOT* EXIST TO YOU, SO LIKE, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MARKAPLIER VIDEO EVER IN MY LIFE. 

The Fully Automated Love Life of Henry Keanridge [book]

 The Fully Automated Love Life of Henry Keanridge [book] THIS IS A 1971 PLAYBOY MAGAZINE SCI-FI ANTHOLOGY BOOK. I EXPECTED THIS TO BE BAD, I EXPECTED IT TO BE LIKE, OFFENSIVE OR SEXIST OR LOW BROW OR TRASHY OR SOMETHING. I DID NOT PREDICT IT WOULD BE THIS *BORING*. ALMOST EVERY STORE SIMPLY WENT NO WHERE. LIKE THE TITLE STORY IS JUST, A GUY WORKING IN A SHIPPING DEPARTMENT AND HAS ACCESS TO A SCHEDULING COMPUTER SO HE USES THAT TO DATE MULTIPLE WOMEN. FINE ENOUGH PREMISE, BUT IT JUST GOES ON FOR A WHILE THEN THE PLACE THAT FEELS LIKE A TWIST OR PUNCHLINE WOULD COME, HE JUST KINDA STARTS A BUSINESS IT'S LIKE EVERY STORY HAD TO BE AS ANTICLIMACTIC AS POSSIBLE. I GUESS THERE WAS ONE STORY WHERE A HOUSE HAD MAGIC WANDS AND TURNED THE LADY INTO A CAT THEN THE LADY MARRIED THE HOUSE.  PS. EXTREMELY WACKY COVER

The Gate of the Feral Gods [book, audiobook]

 The Gate of the Feral Gods [book, audiobook] THE THING ABOUT THIS SERIES IS EVERYONE HAS SO MUCH PLOT ARMOR AND DEUS EX MACHINA STUFF, BUT LIKE, IT'S DIEGETIC SO YOU CAN'T BE MAD?  I AM A LITTLE MAD AT HOW DUMB THE ICE AGENT AND WIFE PLOT ENDED UP BEING. LIKE, I AM SURE THE PVP RING WILL BE THE PLOT OF THE WHOLE NEXT BOOK, BUT FOR ALL THE BUILD UP IT TOTALLY SUCKED. LIKE IT FEELS LIKE IT HAD SO MANY LEVELS OF GIVING UP ON WRITING THE PLOTLINES.  PS. THESE ARE 'AUDIO BOOK +" ON AUDIBLE WHERE THEY ARE LIKE, SUPER PRODUCED WITH MULTIPLE ACTORS AND VOICE EFFECTS AND SOUND EFFECT AND STUFF TO THE POINT I FEEL BAD EVEN LISTING IT AS A "BOOK" ON CAPITAL REVIEWS. AT THE END OF EVERY ONE THEY DO A LITTLE IN CHARACTER AD FOR THE SITE THAT DOES IT. WHATS THE ORDER THESE CAME OUT VS THE BOOK RELEASES? THE SECOND BOOK SPOILED/FORSHADOWED STUFF FROM THIS BOOK. WAS THAT INTENTIONAL, OR WAS IT JUST THE CONCEPT OF THERE BEING DONUT MERCH AND IT BEING CHEAP AND BAD IS JUST SU...

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook [book, audiobook]

 The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook [book, audiobook] THE D&D VIDEOGAME BOOK SERIES HAD A TRAIN EPISODE? WHAT A SURPRISE PS. IT NEVER REALLY MATTERED BUT THE WAS NO POINT IN THIS BOOK I UNDERSTOOD THE LEVEL LAYOUT. 

Elio [movie]

 Elio [movie] I FEEL LIKE I CAN MAKE UP A BUNCH OF EXTREME READINGS OF THE MESSAGE HERE BUT LIKE, WHAT IS THE GOOD FAITH READING? IT REALLY SEEMS IT'S "IF YOU ARE DIFFERENT YOU MIGHT LITERALLY RUIN YOUR FAMILY AND THEY MIGHT BE DISGUSTED OR HATE YOU BUT THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO LOSE YOU" PS. I LIKE THE CLONE PARTS BEING ACTUAL HORROR

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires [movie]

 Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires [movie] THIS IS A SPANISH LANGUAGE DC BATMAN FILM THAT ONLY CAME OUT IN MEXICO? IT'S KINDA GOOD? IT FELT VAGUELY RACIST BUT I THINK I DON'T KNOW THE NUANCE OF HOW MEXICO FEELS ABOUT AZTECS? PS WHY SO SERIOUS YOKA? (THAT WAS BOTH THE BEST AND THE STUPIDEST PART OF THE MOVIE)

Carl's Doomsday Scenario [book, audiobook]

 Carl's Doomsday Scenario [book, audiobook] IT'S WEIRD, THESE DO THE BAD WRITING THING OF EVERY SINGLE THING BEING TELEOLOGICAL. WHERE LIKE, IF THEY FIND A RANDOM ITEM, IT'S PAINFULLY OBVIOUS HOW THAT WILL PAY OFF LATER. BUT LIKE, THE NATURE OF THE STORY GIVES ENDLESS DIAGETIC EXPLANATIONS OF WHY IT WOULD BE THAT WAY.  ACTUALLY THIS LOVES DOUBLING UP ON THINGS. LIKE THE LAST BOOK ENDS WITH THEM GETTING A MANAGER AND THIS ONE STARTS WITH THEM GETTING A DIFFERENT DOUBLE MANAGER. PS. FOR SOME REASON I REALLY LIKE THE EXTREMELY MINOR DETAIL THAT THEY MENTION 3RD FLOOR ALWAYS HAS SOME VINE PLOT BECAUSE THE FICTIONAL ORIGINAL STORY HAD THAT. LIKE THAT IS EXACTLY HOW VIDEOGAME WRITING WORKS. IT ALSO PULLED IN 'FREAKS' TO LIKE, BE THE SAME THING