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Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning [anime, movie]

 Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning [anime, movie] TARSHA DIED 13 YEARS AGO TODAY.  I CONNECT HER (AND SHE CONNECTED HERSELF) A LOT WITH DIGIMON STUFF, SO WHEN I THINK OF IT I TRY AND WATCH DIGIMON STUFF ON DAYS LIKE THIS.  A FEW DAYS AGO I FOUND OUT THE GUY THAT MADE THE 'CUPCAKES' MY LITTLE PONY VIDEO ACTUALLY MADE OTHER VIDEOS BUT THEY WERE JUST ALL TAKEN DOWN AND DIDN'T GET BACK UP TILL YEARS LATER, LONG AFTER I WAS STILL PAYING ATTENTION TO ANY OF THAT. I SAW IT AND THOUGHT "MAN, TARSHA WOULD LOVE THIS' AND IT'S SO FUNNY, BECAUSE NO SHE WOULDN'T. IF SHE WAS ALIVE TODAY SHE'D LIKE 2025 STUFF AND THINK A DUMB MEME FROM 2011 WAS JUST AS DUMB AS ANYONE ELSE THOUGHT IT WAS. ONCE YOU DIE IT'S NOT LIKE STUFF LIKE THAT KEEPS UPDATING THOUGH.  PS. THIS MOVIE WASN'T VERY GOOD. IT'S FUNNY THAT THE DIGIMON THING WAS ALWAYS VERY STUPID THEN WOULD HAVE LIKE ONE SHOCKINGLY SERIOUS SCENE AND THIS DIDN'T REALLY DO IT WELL BUT REALLY TOOK THAT UP TO...

The Thousand Year Cat [movie]

 The Thousand Year Cat [movie] THIS HAS THAT THING A LOT OF 90S HONG KONG STUFF HAD: LONG STREACHES OF NOTHING HAPPENING THAT ARE EXTREMELY BORING INTERSPACED WITH THE MOST AMAZING THINGS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.  PS. KALISHOID REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA. 

Parable of the Sower [book, audiobook]

 Parable of the Sower [book, audiobook] YEAH, I'M READING THIS FOR THE SAME REASONS EVERYONE IS. IT'S A BOOK FROM 1993 ABOUT THE FALL OF THE US FROM 2025-2028 AND IT'S BASICALLY SPOOPY SIMPSONS PREDICTED IT STUFF WHERE THE 'PREDICTIONS' ARE JUST NAMING THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AT THE TIME AND SAYING "WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED MORE?" WITH PRESIDENT DOND PROMISING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN BY PRIVATIZING EVERYTHING. IT'S BARELY EVEN ABOUT THAT THOUGH, THEY NEVER EVEN MENTION HIM AGAIN AFTER THE FIRST FEW CHAPTERS.  PS. I FELT PRIMED TO BE REALLY ANNOYED BY THIS BOOK, IT HAS SOME REALLY ANNOYING CONCEPTS. PYRO, SHARING, EARTHSEED. BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS BOOK IS HONESTLY QUITE GOOD.  I FEEL LIKE PYRO ESPECIALLY FELT REALLY DUMB BUT HONESTLY WORKED BECAUSE THE BOOK DID THE WORK TO JUSTIFY THE FIRST TOWN SLOWLY DECAYING IN A REALISTIC WAY THEN HAD PYRO TO GO "GOT IT? THAT ALL HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT FAST THIS TIME OFF SCREEN" SO THE BOOK COULD TAKE PLACE...

Companion [movie]

 Companion [movie] THIS MOVIE IS FRUSTRATING. IT'S NOT REALLY BAD, BUT IT'S KINDA NOTHING. IT FEELS LIKE IT WAS WRITTEN TO BE A SMART SCI-FI THRILLER, THEN GOT BOUGHT TO BE A CHEAP GOREY HORROR COMEDY AND IT JUST ENDED UP BEING NEITHER REALLY WELL. LIKE THERE IS A COUPLE SCENES I'M MAD ABOUT, BUT MOSTLY THE ENDING PART WHERE HE DROPPED THE SORT OF QUIPPY FANTASTICAL RACISM TYPE BEING MEAN TO HER AND JUST LIKE, DID ACTUAL ABUSIVE THREATS THEN THAT JUST ENDED WITH HER DOING A QUIP AND SOME GORE. IT JUST SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SMARTER MOVIE OR A DUMBER MOVIE AND IT'D HAVE BEEN FINE! PS. I'M ALSO ANNOYED THE MOVIE KEPT THE 'TWIST' AS A TWIST FOR LIKE 25 MINUTES OR SOMETHING. IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT'S IN THE TRAILER, IT'S THAT IT'S THE CONCEPT OF WHAT THE MOVIE IS AND I CAN'T IMAGINE A CONTEXT SOMEONE WAS WATCHING THIS MOVIE AND DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW WHAT MOVIE THEY WERE WATCHING. LIKE, IS IT A TWIST SOLELY FOR PEOPLE THAT WATCH THIS ON AN AIRPLAN...