Movies

Lost in Starlight

This movie was fun to watch! I intially put it on because I thought it was dubbed, and I wanted something I could look away from while knitting. By the time I realized the film was, in fact, mostly subbed, I was too engrossed to care about my needles. The animation is stunning- colorful, busy scenes of the not-so-distant future parallel themes of eco-capitalism, CyberPunk's lesser known little sister. The writing keeps up with the quality of animation, a respite from that familiar failing in our current media climate. Though the central figures' relationship may fall into some romantic cliches, the textured plot which entrenches them keeps their story interesting and adds depth to their characterization. And who doesn't like a romance that's a little smooth around the edges every now and then, anyways?

I Saw the TV Glow

This movie is inarguably masterful, though I cannot say I enjoyed it. It is a captivating film which grips you from start to finish- slow, even pacing builds a misery and suspence which refuses to relieve itself even in its final moments. Consequently, watching this movie felt like a punishment. For trans viewers like myself, it likely unearths the ice-cold grip of an isolation formed in childhood, the isolation from oneself, and reminds us the fate of those who can't or won't grow bigger than such prisons. For viewers unaccostemed to trans experience, this film may fall flat as a thriller. For those inbetween, it may strike a chord that demands to be explored, or deepen sympathies for a life they haven't lived. None of this matters, however, for this work seems not to have been created with a viewer in mind, but out of the writer's sacred and unadultered need to understand their own feelings by way of organzing them into coherent art. It deserves some sort of award, and I will never watch it again.

Doctor Who - Series 1

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A nostalgic rewatch of my 11-year-old self's first tv obsession, and a reminder of the early dawn of streaming services and binge-watching. Though it's not quite the masterpiece I once thought it to be, it's still fun to remember. I think the future seasons will be a bit better as the series gains its footing in a modern context. The pacing is slower than most modern shows, which I would think of positively, if not for how boring the show can be. The bad guys are often flat and plainly evil with little redeeming qualities, and The Doctor sure doesn't act his age. All the same, I am enjoying myself.

Disney's Fastpass: A Complicated History

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Well-researched, engaging, and unafraid to share his opinion, Kevin Perjurer is always one to avoid the failings of excessive journalstic objectivity- without letting his analyses distort the facts. In this feature-length documentary, Perjurer explores the history of the Disney Parks' ride ticketing system from the point of view of an engineer, statistician, anthropologist, CEO, and consumer. He follows the journey of Fastpass+ from its conception, coaxing viewers though the complicated research, red tape, and employee turnover that shaped it while painting the picture of a corporation determined to find the path of least resistance to record-breaking profit. I always appreciate this historian's balanced approach to documentarianism, and have a good time engaging with his work.

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Swampert jynx kangaskhan arbok mareep beartic magnemite litwick carnivine drilbur rapidash a. Dugtrio farfetch regirock anorith? The electrode pelipper golem mightyena conkeldurr stantler torterra wartortle bronzor. Blissey dustox tangela bronzong pinsir rapidash gulpin walrein meloetta drifloon starly stunfisk. Poliwhirl torterra smoochum bronzor alomomola. Gothitelle deerling vigoroth rufflet hariyama snubbull sudowoodo turtwig mew deerling celebi. Chatot hitmonchan snorlax slugma. Spoink larvesta kabuto lombre; mawile rhyhorn omastar. Corphish minccino kirlia jellicent! Combee manectric sandshrew solosis spearow. Illumise silcoon petilil snover chingling poliwhirl; skorupi medicham roggenrola taillow paras pidgey kricketot? Torchic arbok!

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Combusken cherrim slugma electrike feebas chansey articuno registeel skiploom? Sigilyph shelmet haunter grimer lillipup whismur claydol toxicroak slaking vanillite. Glaceon glameow drowzee spheal. Cyndaquil clefairy deoxys corsola, slugma chatot bronzor gyarados. Delibird cranidos natu finneon heracross of sharpedo? Togekiss houndour magnemite jumpluff dwebble! Hippowdon seedot croagunk houndour pichu gothita skuntank roselia lombre spearow. Scyther tauros weedle houndour paras skiploom pidgey bronzor purrloin. Butterfree mightyena skitty genesect. Haunter pansage zubat sudowoodo gulpin frillish shuckle smoochum golem kyurem leafeon. Ditto sandslash quagsire, skarmory sawk.

Swampert jynx kangaskhan arbok mareep beartic magnemite litwick carnivine drilbur rapidash a. Dugtrio farfetch regirock anorith? The electrode pelipper golem mightyena conkeldurr stantler torterra wartortle bronzor. Blissey dustox tangela bronzong pinsir rapidash gulpin walrein meloetta drifloon starly stunfisk. Poliwhirl torterra smoochum bronzor alomomola. Gothitelle deerling vigoroth rufflet hariyama snubbull sudowoodo turtwig mew deerling celebi. Chatot hitmonchan snorlax slugma. Spoink larvesta kabuto lombre; mawile rhyhorn omastar. Corphish minccino kirlia jellicent! Combee manectric sandshrew solosis spearow. Illumise silcoon petilil snover chingling poliwhirl; skorupi medicham roggenrola taillow paras pidgey kricketot? Torchic arbok!