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Finished the second season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and liked it, but not nearly as much as I did season 1. And for me, that's only down to the reason that the first season felt way, way more campy. I got a really strong 60's camp feeling of season 1, and it was somewhat lacking this time around. Still campy, just not as much. And the campy elements of the first season were by far my favourite part of everything. But I liked it. Was very entertained throughout. Did not like the actor playing Lucifer tho. He just felt...completely empty. He had nothing to give whatsoever. Shame, because the character could've been pretty awesome if they had done it right. I'd love to see him more sleazy and flamboyant version of him.

Well movies can be anything really. Length has nothing to say. The longest film made is something like 860 hours long. On the other hand you have plenty movies that are less than a minute long. It's like music. The Rise And Fall Of Bossanova (which is GORGEOUS!!!) is well over 13 hours long, and the shortest song that I personally know (Napalm Death' You Suffer) is less than one and a half second long. So everything counts. I've reviewed PLENTY short movies ranging from a couple of minutes to 60 here and it's all good.

I'm under the impression that they've recorded the vocals in both Swedish and English and each will get a release of its own. So one album with entirely sung in Swedish and one entirely sung in English. But the best thing would be to release them as a double album so that you get both no matter what. I agree. Bart's Batushka sounded nothing like Batushka tbh, aside from a few elements. But it's a different band all together. Bart's also known as one of the biggest rip offs in the scene. Just a massive wanker all around.

Once Upon a Time In China and America - The sixth and last movie in the series about Wong Fei Hung. Hark Tsui once again stepped away from the directorial chair and in came none other than motherfucking Sammo Hung, one of my favourite directors and actors ever. Jet Li is back in the role as Wong Fei Hung and he's brilliant, and as expected from a Sammo Hung flick the fights are neat as fuck. And once again it offers something different. This is a kung fu western with armed kung fu cowboys, indians (native americans, yesyes) and so on. Not the best in the series, but both good and fun as hell anyway. Great ending to a fantastic series!

That feeling when a 7,5 hour work day isn't enough anymore. Think I need to get another job and double the amount of hours for at least 5 days a week. These problems, man. Hilarious, but still feels like a proper problem for me personally.

BIG NEWS! Opeth are pleased to present you with the title and tracklisting for their awaited 13th observation! "In Cauda Venenum", is due out this fall on Moderbolaget Records / Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Recorded last year at Stockholm's Park Studios, In Cauda Venenum will be released in two versions, in both Swedish and English languages. Various physical and digital formats will be available and additional details will be announced in the coming months. In anticipation of the impending release, OPETH will be performing shows around the world through the end of the year. Dates are and ticketing info can be found here: http://www.opeth.com/tour-dates or on the "Dates, Tickets' tab on this Facebook page. Additional touring will be announced soon. In Cauda Venenum Tracklisting: 1. Livet’s Trädgård / Garden Of Earthly Delights (Intro) 2. Svekets Prins / Dignity 3. Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör / Heart In Hand 4. De Närmast Sörjande / Next Of Kin 5. Minnets Yta / Lovelorn Crime 6. Charlatan 7. Ingen Sanning Är Allas / Universal Truth 8. Banemannen / The Garroter 9. Kontinuerlig Drift / Continuum 10. Allting Tar Slut / All Things Will Pass I haven't really liked a single album since Damnation, but their recent prog rock stuff from Heritage and onward have kinda grown on me over time. And I really like prog rock sung in Norwegian and Swedish so I'm gonna look forward to the Swedish version of this album.

Once Upon a Time in China IV - For the fourth entry based on the legend that is Wong Fei Hung Hark Tsui stepped aside from his role as a director with Bun Yuen taken the role, and Jet Li left with Vincent Zhao replacing him. Vincent Zhao actually does a very good job, but you're always gonna be seen as a flop when you take over from one of the biggest Hong Kong movie stars of the 90's. But he's very good, something he'll prove in the next film in the franchise. Bun Yuen however is not a very good replacement. It's a messy movie with messy direction and messy editing, especially in the fights. Weakest of the five first movie by a good margin. Once Upon a Time in China V - Vincent Zhao continues in the role as Wong Fei hung, and again he's good. He's not only good, he's superb here. And one of the main reasons for that is the fact that Hark Tsui is back as a director, and he really gets the best out of Vincent Zhao. Makes him look like a proper star. The direction, cinematography, editing and most importantly choreography are much, much tighter here, and it makes everything better. This entire movie is superb! The franchise have played around with wuxia since the beginning, but it takes it much further with this movie making it more of a fantasy film, and it leans closer towards wuxia than regular kung fu. Flying super humans, fucking KUNG FU PIRATES. Dayum! This is a wuxia adventure. Think...Sinbad (the 90's TV-series), Pirates of the Caribbean and so on mixed with late 80's and early 90's wuxia like Swordsman I & II. This film also felt a lot dirtier and bloodier than the rest of the movies. I really liked it! Not on par with the two first, but at least as good as the third and way better than the fourth. Amazing!

Watching movies and I am getting so tired of all this wacky CGI use now. It's incredible how Jurassic Park (1993) still looks better than both Jurassic World (2015) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), despite the fact that the CGI has come a long, long, long way since then. It's all about how they used it, how they mixed it with practical effects and how and when they chose to use it. Probably the best example ever is the T-Rex shot in Jurassic Park. They didn't just throw it out there, they really thought about it. Having it dark and rainy made the whole task so much easier to make it look good, and it still looks incredible. Is there even a decent shot in Jurassic World or Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom where the dinosaurs actually look threatening, scary and real? Heeeell naw! And this also sums up why movies like Avengers: Endgame and Alita: Battle Angel already look dated, despite being out for only a few months. They use of CGI are fucking disgusting. If you want another disgusting example: Take a look at how Black Panther looks when fighting in his suit in Captain America: Civil War, as opposed to how he looks when fighting in his suit in Black Panther. How you ever wondered why he looked so awesome when fighting in Civil War, and why he looks so fucking awful when fighting in his own Black Panther movie? Three letters: CGI! In Captain America: Civil War you have a guy in a black suit, a stuntman, actually doing stunts. So the physics is spot on. It's real. They just glossed up his suit and shit, but they didn't make him CGI. So they didn't fuck up any of the physics. In Black Panther it's just CGI, and because the CGI is still far from being perfected they still haven't managed to master physics and so on. They're just cartoons fighting, and they're light and can do whatever the fuck they want. It doesn't look OK at all. Compare the non-suited Black Panther vs Killmonger with the later fight where both are in a suit. Just look at the difference. So annoying, and what's more are all the people in the world who actually consider this to be good looking and a fine thing to do. Open your eyes, use them and just think for a second. Christ almighty. Rant over!

Pumpkinhead - Debut film by Stan Winston made on a fairly low budget in the late 80's, and an absolute classic of a film. Highly underrated and slightly hidden gem with some brilliant special effects, a fantastic monster and a great plot. I absolutely adore the monster design, but to people's big surprise it has nothing to do with a pumpkin. Where it's buried however, does. Must see!

Furious - Wild, weird and absurd martial arts fantasy with Simon Rhee and Phillip Rhee in the leads. Just, what the fuck all the way through. But I like "what the fuck" movies, so it was all good. Hah! Merantau - The second film of genius Gareth Evans (The Raid I & II, Apostle) and the first of modern action star Iko Uwais (The Raid I & II). Amazing martial arts movie with a great story and fantastic action, as expected from anything involving these two guys. It's not overly original, but it does what it sets out to do. This is such a great film! And one of the best movie debuts ever for an actor. Iko Uwais looked like a proper star already here. Maria - Decent, but ultimately very disappointing Filipino action movie. Main problem is that the action scenes are poorly put together with way too much cutting, which is a shame because they could've done so much better. It does have one action scene which is absolutely gorgeous tho, and it's such a simple one as well. But other than that scene the action was disappointing. See You Yesterday - I expected an uplifting sci-fi comedy, but what I got was a rather dark and serious sci-fi comedy about time travel, but it does ask some very serious questions about grief and how to handle the aftermath of losing someone, and the one big question: what if I did this, that, and that? Thought this was very good.

Watched season one of Easy this weekend. It's OK, but I ain't gonna continue with it. I like the mumblecore-feeling of it all, and it started out really well. But after a while it just lost all of its charm and comedy and turned into a sappy drama or something. Shame, but whatever.

Monster on the Campus - Late 50's sci-fi horror that's basically a Dr. Jekyll og Mr. Hyde-type of movie, made by none other than the legend that is Jack Arnold (It Came from Outer Space, The Incredible Shrinking Man), so it's made by a man who knows his stuff. Far from his best movie, but this wasn't bad at all. It focuses on the human side of things, instead of the monsterous side and that makes it feel kinda fresh. Nothing special, but fun. Nightbreed - Awfully underrated and overlooked Clive Barker fantasy-horror that's just fucking stunning from start to finish, with brilliant atmosphere, gorgeous special effects and a great, original story. The entire movie feels a bit like X-Men gone horror with strong The Lost Boys vibes all over the place. Brilliant stuff! Rondo - Not sure if I should post this here or in the other thread, but it balances perfectly between art horror and art thriller. It's a very dramatic pulp noir revenge movie which is slow as fuck, weird as fuck and just...fucking weird. Yeah, it's weird as fuck. It twists and turns from beginning to end, got a strong 60's and 70's exploitation vibe from it's oddball characters, weird and unique setting, corny but amazing dialogue and visual style. This is gonna become a cult movie for sure, and I hope a lot of people take their time to watch it. Ending spoiler:

Tinder aren't exactly used mainly for getting laid anymore, tho. That changed back when they fixed the algorithm, and it made it into a much more serious dating app as chances of getting matches became lower. Hence the reason why more and more people started using it as an app to get to know each other and actually look for something serious, rather than just to hook up. Yes, it sure does. And I am fine with that. Doesn't exactly mean anything anyway, nor does it affect me or my life in any negative way.

Yeah, I am mega hostile. Not because I accidentally hit on my sister tho. How the fuck do you accidentally hit on your sister anyway? Care to share your experiences on the subject? Yes, Gesu was just making an observation. And I just let her know how stupid that guy in her classes must be. If you match a relative on tinder you're a fucking freak. If you get embarrassed by seeing a relative on the app, then you're simply incredibly immature. What's the big deal here?

Fun album indeed. While I might not praise it as much as the media are doing atm (I see 10/10, 6/6 and 5/5 everywhere), I can actually understand it. Not quite on par with their earlier albums, but doesn't stand back to their previous three albums. Fun, enjoyable, catchy. I might have to go with Ausländer as the best track off the album. Sounds like a mix of Laibach and Rammstein gone EDM.

It sounds like Slipknot. Nothing new under the sun, but I can dig that. I really like the cover art too.

It really isn't embarrassing tbh. At least not for adults. What's your age, if you don't mind me asking?

And how is that a problem? Then just dislike her. What if he goes out to get laid or just find a girl to take to in a club or bar and suddenly sees her sister in the same club? Because that's basically the same shit, and unless you're a bit of a freak and perverts there should be no problems. You just don't hit on your sister. Problem solved. Same with tinder. You just dislike your sisters profile and continue looking for whatever you look for. The state of human beings in 2019, man.

How is that even possible, unless you actually want to fuck your own sister/brother? Like, you can see who the fuck you like and not. It's not even possible to match with someone you know unless you want to match with that person.

I've really been getting into Mesarthim lately. Bubblegum atmospheric black metal/ambient/trance that's pretty soft, a bit similar to Lustre and Elderwind, but with a different type of atmosphere. This new EP however is a lot darker and harder than their previous releases. Not sure if I like it better, but it's a great release. Two tracks at 20 minutes each. There's a new Astral Silence out and it's very good. Dark and spacey shit. The album's got guest appearances from Zhaaral (Darkspace, Sun of the Blind) and Christoph Ziegler (Vinterriket, Battle Dagorath). Completely different style than Mesarthim. Less bubblegummy and a lot darker and more twisted.

Hm, this wasn't too easy tbh, but I'll stick to 10. Raison Detre Audrey Hotarubi Kodou Vinushka Macabre Rinkaku S Merciless Cult Toguro

I don't like the whope business behind ut, but I don't mind the music. It's no different from pop from other countries, language aside. I rarely find albums I listen to from A to Z tho. There's usually way too many fillers, just like on pop albums from other countries. Awful fan base, just like the jrock ajd visual kei fandom, jpop fandom and so on. No difference whatsoever.

Slime City - Another melt movie, this one a cult classic from 1988. Absolutely awesome movie, similar to Street Trash. Got that same cheap vibe, but also at the same time it shares the crazy weirdness and awesome special effects. Amazing movie! Highly recommended if you like stuff like Street Trash. I need to find the sequel. Not seen it yet. Released something like 25 years later. Society - Film debut of Brian Yuzna (Bride of Re-Animator, Return of the Living Dead III , Necronomicon) and probably his best movie, at least on par with Necronomicon which is an anthology shared with two other directors. This is a satire and a very well-made one, but the highlight is with no doubt the ending. Special effect-o-rama. Fucking hell, that's some gorgeous special effects. Holds up today. Nutty shit. Recommend! Mold! - This was a bit of a disappointment. It's got that awful modern look to it, and it doesn't always work for me in low-budget movies. It needs to look and feel a little less digital. Had some highlight, but it's a bit too long too. Should've been trimmed 25-35 minutes tbh.

Gargoyle's awesome indeed. Especially their older albums. I highly recommend Doom for fans of Gargoyle. Another progressive thrash band, albeit they lean a bit more towards avant-garde and weirdness than Gargoyle. The band have had members and ex-members from bands such as Gastunk, Shellshock, Casbah, Terror Squad and motherfucking Zadkiel. In 85 they even had Yoshiki playing some drums for them live. If you're into "weird" and different thrash like Voivod, Vektor, Gargoyle, Lob of Lemmings or even Celtic Frost's "Into the Pandemonium" this is a must-hear band.

Another episode that I liked, but...but...but...