#12: Us

It took me 2 days to write this review.

"Get Out" made a splash 2 years ago with its message of 'liberal white people are just as dangerous as their conservative counterparts'

Now, Jordan Peele is back with....something.

Did I enjoy this as much as "Get Out"?

Don't compare it to "Get Out". That being said, it does not put a horror spin on a modern social issue - white liberals - but instead goes for out and out disarming horror.

The review contains spoilers - including the twist. Which will be marked near the end. You can't miss it.

Every time I ask a question here, it's just puzzling out. I don't expect everything to be answered. I don't want everything to be.

Disney: What They Got From Fox

It's less a merger and more 'eroding competition between corporate giants in America', but hey, let's see what Disney has gained in their acquisition of 20th Century Fox.......'s movie studios.

Small things;

• Blue Sky, Fox's animation branch, still exists for now, and multiple projects are in development from the man who gave us "Monster Trucks". 
• The "Ice Age" franchise is now Disney property. Will we see a "Frozen" crossover?
• Disney now owns the rights to "Alita: Battle Angel", which I loved. They have enough money to fund a sequel. They fund about 2 flops a year, it can be done.

Big Things;

Star vs. The Forces of Evil S4 E5-8

In a weird twist, DirectTV didn't air "Ransomgram" and "Lake House Fever". Or one of my family members stopped the recording.

I think it was the former because they don't seem to be airing again in the future, but "Moon Remembers" and "Beach Day" are.

["Lets dismantle the patriarchy!"]

#11: Fighting With My Family

Someone please reinvent the biopic, I am begging you.

Dream → big break → panic → change → familial breaking → darkest hour → find strength → success.

That's all there is to this. The shine comes from the earnest performances and the difference in it being "Young woman wants to wrestle" and not be a pop star or whatever.

Though there were moments ("I wanted to do some REAL wrestling") that sounded oddly out of place. Saraya surely did not get that far thinking wrestling was 100% real.

I appreciate giving everyone even the tiniest hint of depth. Not enough to take away from the focus, but enough so that no one is really a stereotype.

Star vs. The Forces of Evil S4 E 1-4

Last season? Last season!


Yep, Disney has decided to shove the first half of Season 4 at us.

I'm grateful we got to see it at all, and I prefer these dumps. This has been my favorite new show since it debuted in 2015 - Part of the theme song has even been my ringtone since then. I have the Book of Spells, 2 shirts, and both variants of the Star Funko.

I really enjoy it, and if Disney ever blesses us with the entire series on Blu-Ray, I will totally buy it.

So, thanks Daron.

WELL ONTO THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

DC Super Hero Girls 2019

Why 2019? Because there was a 2015 version, with webisodes having really simplified and bad art and mostly cut-and-paste character types.

2015

2019

So, what are the character archetypes - I mean, what's the deal?

Book Look: Queen's Shadow By E.K Johnson

PADMÉ HAS A BOOK I REPEAT SHE HAS A BOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1999.

Okay, I'm done.


Alright, so I did try EK Johnson's Ahsoka novel, and .... I didn't finish it. It was pretty predictable, the new characters were not compelling enough for me to wonder "Oh wow, what will the fallout be?"

I much preferred Claudia Grey's Leia: Princess of Alderaan and Bloodline for a more direct and less 'introspective for 5 pages' style.

Where does Queen's Shadow fall?

#10: Free Solo

I am so glad NatGeo put this on their station  relatively early.

Normally we'd have to wait months, if not years, or rent/buy digital copies for documentaries to see them, but between this and Period. End of Sentence on Netflix - let's keep making documentaries accessible!

One downside is that as beautiful as this is shot, it makes me sad I couldn't see this in IMAX. It did get a limited re-release in IMAX theaters in January, but we didn't get it.

Alex Honnold lives in a van and there's a shower in the van. That's kind of cool. Almost cooler that mountain climbing without gear, but it doesn't reach those heights.

And he practices this! He goes up (some of the way) with one Tommy Cauldwell (who has his own documentary) on El Capitan to get a feel for things.

I enjoy how it's not "Oh this dude is a benevolent rock climber who does all these good things!".

Nope.

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