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From Drake's IG

Feeling very want to steal his gender.

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What I did came at a cost. One that being here is making me realize is steeper than I thought. What kind of cost?

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Legacies is the 2nd show to disappoint me this week with its series finale. Love, Victor was the other one, but we won’t go into that...

Am I the only one upset by how it ended? Seriously, Landon is literally the only character who didn’t get a happy ending. He claims Limbo is his home, which is something he always wanted, but when he was alive, the school was his home. 

And now he supposedly can’t feel anything because he brought all of his friends back? He knows how he feels, but can’t actually feel it? Isn’t that the whole reason he was given the job anyways? It was his ability to feel and connect with people, so if he literally can’t feel, then how is he still able to do his job? 

It also kind of seemed like they hinted that Landon and her might still end up together because he can travel between both worlds? I don’t know, but it just left a really bitter taste in my mouth. 

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I keep seeing all these comments about how the writers have done Landon dirty on Legacies. I don’t disagree. I’m tired of Landon being the punching bag of the show. There is no need for someone to die that many times and never find happiness.

However, I disagree that he’s accepted his fate. He tells his mother he’s known love and friendship and he doesn’t blame her, but keep in mind, those are also things she needed to hear in order to get her coin so she could find peace. He’s caring, yes, and that means he puts his own happiness ahead of everyone else’s. 

Deep down, Landon is unhappy, and I think he’s making the best of a terrible situation because he doesn’t think he deserves anything better. If happiness isn’t a factor for him, then he can help ensure it for other people. He’s tired of fighting, and at least in limbo, he’s fighting other peoples’ battles instead of his own. 

I think that’s more hurtful than anything. He thinks he deserves limbo and everything else happening to him because he hasn’t really known better, aside from his short time at school, or his relationship with Hope. Even then, it has always been a battle, and when someone is constantly fighting, constantly feeling like they don’t belong or they’re never good enough, they will accept a certain scenario because perhaps that’s easier than continuing to fight.

So it’s not about accepting his fate so much as that he’s given up. For Landon, it’s easier for him to continue on the way he is because he’s hopeless, and it really upsets me every time I think about it.

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Colin!

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We did not get a chance to speak this morning.

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DYLAN O'BRIEN as RICHIE BOYLE in THE OUTFIT

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DYLAN O'BRIEN as RICHIE BOYLE in THE OUTFIT

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Honestly, the more and more we learn about the Teen Wolf movie, the less I am interested in it. Obviously Dylan O’Brien not being in the film is a huge letdown for me and plenty of other people, but Kira never having a proper ending to her story line and a ton of the other cast members not coming back just makes me less interested. 

Also, this is supposed to be a two hour movie? Possibly two hours? And we already have a cast list that is so long and ridiculous that you know it’s going to be a dumpster fire. There is no way they can possibly fit all those people into the story without it being a jumbled mess. The show already had that problem; too many characters and story lines/plots that were not properly planned out as the season progressed. 

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My thoughts on the Kissing Booth 3:

1.) Marco deserved better. Maybe it was wrong of him to pursue Elle when he knew Elle and Noah were back together, but he was the better choice. He listened to Elle vent about her problems on more than one occasion, and was just there for her. She could actually talk to him. Half of the problems she had with Noah and Lee were due to their inability to communicate. It seemed to come easy for her to talk to Marco. Maybe that’s because she didn’t know him all that well, but they certainly had chemistry. Personally, I had kind of hoped that maybe during the years she was at college and stuff, that she reconnected with him at some point and had given it a chance.

2.) This movie was really depressing. Family is going to sell their beach house and have it torn down for developers. Dad is dating someone new and moving on from the wife he lost (understandably so, of course). Lee and Elle are going their separate ways and it’s their last summer together before doing so. Noah and Elle keep fighting and she really doesn’t know what she wants to do. It was just a lot for one movie. I get it, but it was a lot.

3.) This movie kind of rehashed all the problems Noah and Elle already had. Distance. Inability to communicate. Elle and Lee’s friendship sometimes coming before Noah, or the opposite. Marcus back in the picture. I think we already learned in the 2nd film they weren’t going to work out, so it just seemed like a bit much. 

4.) Chloe. I just don’t get why she was ever a part of this series. It’s great that Noah has a friend, but the mere idea that he could develop such a great relationship with her after being at college a short time in the 2nd movie to the point she’s best friends with her on the same level as Elle and Lee is ridiculous. It’s clearly just a jealousy plot point, which we see again in this movie. Not to mention, that random story line about her parents getting a divorce. Like okay? Sometimes I feel like the only reason Chloe is there is to make Noah look better because he honestly treats her better than even Elle or his own brother. It just doesn’t work for me, because then it seems like everything is easy for them like those two should be a couple instead.

5.) I kind of feel like there wasn’t much Lee in this movie, but there was also far less Rachel. They had all this build up about Lee and Rachel in the previous film, and then like.....she’s just barely in this movie until they really have to discuss their relationship. I at least give Rachel credit for being mature about their breakup compared to Noah. But I also feel like Lee and Elle didn’t really make up that much by the end of the movie, like they moved past their argument. Like I guess it makes sense, but after all the other spats they had in previous films, it seems like it would have been a much bigger deal. 

I don’t know. I’m sure I could go on, but this movie just didn’t do it for me.

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You can tell Infinite is loosely based off of the Reincarnationist Papers. I haven’t read it myself, but based on how the movie is, I’m guessing that the movie doesn’t use it for much of its foundation, and that maybe there isn’t much to this novel either? 

The sad thing about this movie is that it actually intrigued me with the opening scene. We have this high stakes chase scene with Dylan O’Brien as Heinrich Treadway, and even Tom Hughes playing Abel. The problem is that these characters are not the leads throughout the film, and it really shows. I’m far more interested in this movie with these characters than I am throughout the rest of it.

Overall, the plot just doesn’t work. Evan, the main character, can’t remember his past lives. They need him to find out where something is at called the egg as he’s the only one who knows where it’s at, and they don’t want the bad guy getting it. 

Bathurst’s entire motive is that he wants it all to end because he’s tired of being reincarnated and remembering everything, starting in the womb, where everyone else gets theirs around puberty. This is the same guy who created a bullet that when shot into the head, can literally store that person’s information so they can’t be reborn. Apparently it captures the soul, which literally makes no sense if it’s more of a hard drive or something. Besides that, why wouldn’t Bathurst just kill himself with his own weapon then? If he wants it to end, that’s all he has to do and literally have someone store it away for all eternity. Bury it in the ground, pour cement on it. Something. His motive for destroying the entire planet makes no sense when he literally has a weapon that prevents people from being reborn.

And the same applies to Evan. He’s the only one who knows where this device is at, so if he can’t remember, why wouldn’t they just kill him? He would be reborn, and they would have sufficient time to take down Bathurst. If they have all these resources, why not just take him out? Why not bomb his estate where they know all the memories are stored and free those people? 

Also not impressed by the fact that most of the cast is entirely white despite them showing all this rich culture and diversity, how they have all lived past lives as different types of people from around the world, and yet we get a mostly white cast. They tack it onto the end when they’re reborn again, but at that point, it’s too late. 

This movie is kind of a dumpster fire. I feel like it would have been better as a TV show where they could have dedicated almost entire episodes to showing past lives and then tying that knowledge into the current time line and plot.

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Can we talk about the fact Dylan O’Brien is highly underrated as an action star? The opening sequence of Infinite had me more interested in the film than the rest of it to follow. He should have been the lead in this film, not Marky Mark. Honestly, even the other actors in the opening scene were more interesting than the others. I’m so sad that we saw so little of Tom Hughes in this too.

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I personally don’t think Kevin and Madison will be together in the future despite Madison present in the flash forward. The actress who plays Madison is Dan Fogelman’s wife, and he’s a writer and producer of This is Us. He apparently made a joke about not wanting to see her in sex scenes and things of that nature, but also, who would want to be the other person in that scenario? You’re literally kissing your boss’s wife while he’s present. I just don’t see it happening, tbh. 

I think they made it pretty clear that Kevin still has feelings for Sophie. Why have an entire episode before a wedding episode where it focuses on the relationship with Kevin and Sophie? I just feel like that’s going to come back into play.

I’m also not that surprised that Kate and Toby aren’t together in the future. They hinted at their problems last season when Toby was working and going to the gym. That woman had texted him and was interested in him, but he was using the Crossfit group as a way to vent and talk about things. He also didn’t want to be home because Jack not being able to see made him sad. I get that, and it can’t be easy to deal with, but like......your wife has to deal with it too. 

And then they adopt another kid, and the moment that Toby has to stay at home with them because he lost his job, he can’t really handle it. It’s just the assumption that Kate would give up her job the moment he finds another one. And while that might be what’s best for them in the long run, he didn’t really ask her. In fact, he then makes some comment about how he loves the kids but...

Between what happened last season with him being at the gym because of Jack, and now being sick of being around his kids, it just kind of makes me question why he wanted kids? Like I get being around them all the time is probably too much for him, especially if he’s used to keeping busy, but it was literally his idea to adopt their 2nd kid. Their relationship was already somewhat rocky before they adopted their daughter, and to me, it kind of felt like he was trying to slap a bandaid on their marital issues by doing this.

We saw what happened with Kate and Mark, how he controlled her, and I think that will play a huge factor in what happens with Toby and her. They both clearly have different ideas of what their family should be like, so even if they try to make it work, it just won’t. 

I also feel like they will probably make Toby the bad guy. In the one flash forward he said ‘she probably doesn’t want me there’. I feel like two people who split amicably probably wouldn’t have this kind of mentality. I sensed some guilt in his voice, like he did something wrong and that’s why she wouldn’t want him there. 

Of course, this is all speculation, but yeah. I’m honestly not that surprised by Toby and Kate not being together in the future.

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So I’m just going to say it. Has anyone considered that Nicole might be Fred’s daughter? June was having sex with Fred at the Jezebel club and having sex with Nick around the same time. Knowing that Fred isn’t sterile, it’s a possibility. 

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idk abt u but I have literally never gone thru and deleted contacts of ppl I no longer speak to. who has the time? lmao

I have done it before. Not often, but I’ve done it. 

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The most unrealistic thing about Riverdale after the time jump is how they all have each other in their contacts still. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like after 7 years of not seeing someone or talking to them (as we were told) that it’s unlikely they all kept each other’s numbers. 

Also, why would the serpents have to buy the bar from Hiram Lodge? Veronica left Pop’s to Pop. That includes the bar, so why on earth would they have to buy it from Hiram? Did I miss something?

Other then that, I can say I’m intrigued by the time jump. It’s the first time since season 1 that we’ve had such mystery surrounding the characters and can actually learn a lot about them.

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The Craft: Legacy Review

I went into this movie not having high expectations because of how beloved the original is to so many fans, myself included. With that said, my low expectations were clearly on point. 

At the start of the film, we’re introduced to the main character, Lily, and her mother, Helen. All we know about them is they’re moving to this new town because Helen met a man she really cares for and they plan on getting married. This man, Adam, has three boys, so basically Helen and Lily are tossed into this family and world unknown to them. 

Lily’s first day at school doesn’t go so well as she gets her period in class and the typical high school jock teases her about it. She runs off to the bathroom to cry, while three girls who want to complete their circle come to her aid. 

Lily ends up being their fourth, which they realize more so after Timmy whispers something inappropriate into her ear and she sends him flying backwards. The girls later indicate that they thought it too, which means she is their fourth. Apparently they can also communicate telepathically. 

This starts one of the biggest issues with this movie. The coven aspect is entirely glossed over. The magic seems cheesy and lame, like something out of a Disney TV movie, though I sadly think a Disney TV movie could have done it better, which is how bad it is. The magic they do as a coven also doesn’t match up with anything in the old movie. Apparently they can stop time, see each other’s auras (which seems to match their corner and element) and a slew of other things that never happened in the original. The Craft in general is so glossed over that it seems unimportant. In fact, their coven seems unimportant.

The magic in this movie has absolutely no conflict. While they cast a spell on Timmy to have him become his best self, all it really does is change his personality so he respects women more. Eventually they think that a spell Lily cast is why he dies, which we find out later on is anything but the truth. Again, the magic in this movie has absolutely no repercussions for any of the characters. They continue to get what they want and do petty things, like one of the members causing some snide popular girl to hit her head on the wall behind her. Basically the magic in this movie isn’t scary at all and doesn’t give you a sense of worry or concern like the original.

I would say one of the worst aspects of this movie is the characters. Aside from Lily, the main character, you learn virtually nothing about the rest of the characters. I literally had to look up the name of Adam, the guy they move in with. I only remember her mother’s name from something that happens later in the film. The other girls in the coven, I can’t remember any of their names, and they basically fit stereotypical roles as this movie attempts to be politically correct. Emphasis on attempts. We basically have one black member, one hispanic member, and a trans member. I almost missed the fact the one character is trans because it was so glossed over in the film. It was touched on with like two lines in the whole movie. And then there is Timmy who we learn is bisexual. Although I think he really shined in that particular scene, this movie doesn’t win any points with me for trying to be diverse because it’s so glossed over. We learn absolutely nothing else about any of these characters. 

In the original film, we learn actual things about the characters. Sarah’s mother died during childbirth and her mother was a witch, something she learns herself later in the film. She used to see snakes and bugs as a child, closing her eyes only for them to not go away. Strange things happened to her, and at one point she tried to kill herself. Bonnie has all these scars on her from something that happened in her past like a fire, and it has made her life difficult because she covers up her scars. All she wants to do is be beautiful. Nancy’s home life is terrible and she’s tired of being poor, and she’s typically unfriendly to most people. Rachel deals with racism at school which holds back her grades due to Laura, her bully. We even see how their personalities change as they begin to get the things they want, something that doesn’t even happen in the new movie because they’re all ‘woke’ about how they use their magic for good or whatever, even going so far as to bind their own powers when they think Lily has gone too far. And yet in the old movie, if that had happened, they probably would have killed Lily because she ‘betrayed’ the coven. Again, there are no consequences, and these girls have zero personality with the exception of Lily, and that’s only because the movie focuses on her.

Aside from the lack of character development, we also have the introduction of warlocks. I do not understand this because there is zero explanation in this film about Adam, how he got his power, or anything of that nature. I guess he was born with it like Lily? But I also don’t get Lily being all that powerful given who her mother is and how in the original film, it seemed like aside from Sarah, the other three girls never had any real power until they formed the coven. 

But also, the fact that this movie had people like Michelle Monaghan who literally was in True Detective, and the likes of David Duchovny. I honestly feel sorry for them. 

And then we come to the most important part of all; the twist ending. Honestly, I saw this coming a mile away as soon as they said that it was a sequel and not a remake, plus it was called Legacy. It implies that it’s a line of magic, and the trailer kind of gave it away when they mentioned someone going too far. It obviously reminded me of Nancy, and sure enough, we find out that Lily was adopted and her mother is Nancy. Given the timeline of this movie and how old Lily is, it implies that Nancy must have gotten pregnant while in the institution she is in because we find out Helen worked there. So we don’t know who the father is, which to me seems like a set up for another movie, even though this movie kind of felt more like the set up to a TV series. 

Overall, this movie does not live up to the original. The magic has no consequences. It’s not scary. There is no real urgency at all. The characters have no depth, and the movie’s attempt at being diverse falls short because we learn absolutely nothing about these characters.