God what an awesome series of kaiju films.

That's a real fact. That happened. At the beginning of the movie they say it's based on a true story. It's against the law to put that in a movie if it isn't true!

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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, 8PM EST, by popular demand, we will continue the legendary superpowered schoolgirl lesbian anime series Project A-ko, with its third installment (1988), fully remastered! No more VHS rips. Ako continues to rock.

After that is I Married a Witch (1942), a romcom about a seventeenth-century witch (Veronica Lake) who returns to life in the twentieth century, seeking revenge on the descendant of the man who burnt her at the stake. In particular, she wants to ruin his impending marriage to the daughter of his gubernatorial campaign’s sponsor, to ensure the continuation of her curse on his bloodline. Look, you probably know how this is gonna go already. Nevertheless, this is perhaps the original “magical girlfriend” movie, having inspired everything from Bewitched to Urusei Yatsura. It is the best-known film of director Rene Clair, who specialized in this kind of light romance.

Last is Ghost World (2001), a cult-classic comedy based on Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel of the same name, about a pair of teenage girls (Thora Birch and Scarlett Johannson) who, following their high-school graduation, decide to prank a loser record-store owner (Steve Buscemi) by responding to his romance-seeking personal ad. Hilarity ensues as they are drawn deeper and deeper into his life in an attempt to keep up the masquerade. Will their friendship survive this mischief? We’ll have to watch to find out. This is generally considered to be the best film of director Terry Zwigoff, who is otherwise best-known for Bad Santa (2003). Looks neat; let’s watch.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Project A-ko 3: https://letterboxd.com/film/project-a-ko-3-cinderella-rhapsody/
• I Married a Witch: https://letterboxd.com/film/i-married-a-witch/
• Ghost World: https://letterboxd.com/film/ghost-world/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Project A-ko 3: No DTDD links for the Ako sequel, but it’s the same stuff as the first one, so I will just link to that: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/886553
• I Married a Witch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034881/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• Ghost World: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/14848

CWs for Project A-ko 3:

• “Man in a dress” jokes. The aliens look like men who dress as women. The characters barely acknowledge this fact directly, but the depiction is still problematic.
• Bugs.
• Stalking.
• Mention of sexual assault (but no depiction).
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Kidnapping.
• Bath scene.
• Flashing lights.
• Plane crash.
• Gun violence.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Objectification of female characters. -Panty shots of high-school-aged girls.

CWs for I Married a Witch:

• Witches.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Drunkenness.
• Kissing.

CWs for Ghost World:

• Stalking.
• Dead animals.
• Snakes.
• Mention of sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Ableist slurs.
• Cheating.
• Spitting.
• Farting.
• Mental institution scene.
• Hospital scene.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Antisemitism.
• Ethnic caricatures.
• Age gap.
• Implied sex.
• Honking horns.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Project A-ko 3: https://tankie.tube/w/df1u2GuMAXSDyvsfVjxjGL
• I Married a Witch: https://tankie.tube/w/u9HaFEPQMwm3R3ZsnPfdSc
• Ghost World: https://tankie.tube/w/pBt8ShzhhUk5A4uDtVkqEu

https://x.com/ZackMorrison18/status/1807883969779687513

The article recomends skipping quiet a few good episodes btw.

Chinatown is one of the best movies ever made. John Huston's character, Noah Cross is one of the most evil villains in cinema, likely because he's a perfect metaphor for the all-consuming and utterly depraved nature of American capitalism.

The interesting thing about Chinatown is that no one knows who the director was and it's not worth it to try and find out, so don't even try to look it up. It probably didn't even have a director. So if you're going to watch the movie, don't bother looking into it. Robert Towne is the singular genius behind it and no one else.

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The visual cuisine for tonight is the season 3 finale of The Sopranos and British buddy comedy Withnail & I. Previously on Sopranos, Jackie Aprile attempted to rob a mafia card game with no success, Ralphie got promoted to captain, Tony ended his affair with Gloria violently, and Carmella continued to have qualms about living a life financed by crime.

Withnail & I is about two working-class alcoholic gents who decide to go on holiday to the country house of Withnail’s openly-gay uncle.

9 pm est

content warnings:

Sopranos

• Panic attacks
• Profanity
• Sexism
• Homophobic slurs and homophobia
• Racist slurs and racism
• Nudity and sex
• Violence
• Depression
• Suicide
• Gun violence
• Domestic violence
• Abusive parents
• Drugs, alcohol, and addiction
• Hospital scenes and medical procedures
• Depictions of distress
• Transphobia
• Ableism

link: https://tankie.tube/w/dqTXcFwmt4TK5wJyvy5wqj

Withnail & I:

Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/withnail-i/

DTDD: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12637

• Stalking.
• Drug use.
• Alcoholism.
• Smoking.
• Profanity.
• Deaths of animals.
• Mention of sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Shaving.
• Razors.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Homophobia.
• Racial slurs.
• Drunk driving.
• Screeching tires.
• Sad ending.
• Gun violence.

Link: https://tankie.tube/w/8XntKds1ogZxchwESAwMR7

9 pm est

Friends dragged me to Inside Out 2 and it was saccharine dogshit that mostly made me think of my awkward moments in high school sports. To its credit it was only 90 minutes long. Anyway Zizek's idea would have been much more unhinged and interesting.

The first Jurassic Park was so good.

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The visual cuisine for this Monday night is the continuation of The Boys season 4 followed by a developer commentary with the cast of Project Ako.

The Boys is a show based off of a comic that satirized mainstream superhero comics, it has frequent shock/gross-out humor with bombastic, graphic violence. The first few minutes of the first episode of season 1 will give you a general idea of what the show is about. It's essentially superheroes but with capitalism coupled with contemporary political satire.

Project Ako is a legendary anime about a super-powered girl, her longtime friend, and a rich, mechanically-inclined, jealous rival. It is a very good anime but, unfortunately at times, still an anime. We will be watching with the audio and subtitles from the developer commentary with the cast.

8 pm est

content warnings:

Boys:

This episode specifically has a lot of violence against CGI animals.

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/720923

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/parentalguide

• Frequent graphic violence and excessive gore
• Child abuse
• Multiple mentions of SA, a primary character was assaulted at work in season 1 and the abuser is a recurring character
• Stalking
• Domestic violence
• Gaslighting
• Drugs, alcohol, addiction, and overdose
• Needles
• Death of animals and animal abuse
• A character is implied to have been a pedophile
• Explicit nudity
• Sex
• Objectification of women
• Racism
• Homophobia
• Transphobia
• Slurs
• Body dysmorphia
• Nazi imagery, a superhero was outed as an actual nazi and has supporters in the show
• Antisemitism
• There is a character in this season that spouts bigoted conspiracy theories
• Suicide
• Depictions of ptsd
• Anxiety attacks
• Body horror
• Torture
• Death
• Car crashes
• Gun violence
• Masturbation
• Death of a parent

Project Ako:

• “Man in a dress” jokes. The aliens look like men who dress as women. The characters barely acknowledge this fact directly, but the depiction is still problematic.
• Bugs.
• Stalking.
• Mention of sexual assault (but no depiction).
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Kidnapping.
• Bath scene.
• Flashing lights.
• Plane crash.
• Gun violence.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Objectification of female characters, eg panty shots

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Boys S4e05 - https://tankie.tube/w/fYqP2XJkhPu3PeDEfJi9rC

Ako 1 developer commentary with cast: https://tankie.tube/w/e5zKWvWjzzPZXVHGu1ChBZ

8 pm est

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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Mon Oncle (1958), one of the most highly-regarded French comedies of all time, from the master himself, Jacques Tati. It follows the misadventures of Tati’s nearly-silent bumbler Mr. Huot as he attempts to navigate the modern technologica hell of his sister’s house. Hilaity ensues. This was a major influence on Mr. Bean, among other things, in Hulot’s confusion at seemingly the most ordinary everyday situations, and the various ways in which his curiosity invites disaster. Looks cool; let’s watch.

Next is The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989), a different kind of comedy, one set in the restaurant of a brutal British gangster (played by Michael Gambon, AKA Dumbledore), where his hapless wife (Helen Mirren) has met another man and begun an affair. A whole lot of sex and violence ensues, with a large dose of black humor along the way. This is generally considered the magnum opus of director Peter Greenaway, and also his best-known work. Rave reviews everywhere for this one, so let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Mon Oncle: https://letterboxd.com/film/mon-oncle/
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-her-lover/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Mon Oncle: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050706/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11666

CWs for Mon Oncle:

• Slapstick violence.
• Anxiety.
• French people.

CWs for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Sexual harassment of women, mostly by the villain.
• Discussion of sexual assault, committed by the villain. I’ve skimmed the movie and sexual assault does not seem to be directly depicted.
• Misogyny. However, the misogynist is the villain.
• Death of dog.
• Domestic violence.
• Child abuse.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Maggots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Cannibalism.
• Torture.
• Unconsciousness.
• Genital trauma.
• A man is forced to consume dog feces.
• Sexualization of minors, though the actors in question are in their twenties.
• Cheating.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Hospital scene.
• Antisemitism.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Mon Oncle: https://tankie.tube/w/p1Pa3uY4cwrRb3WzLZpugx
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover: https://tankie.tube/w/bUYg8FCLfHpF4szW78iasx