#rewatching house x2

[quartz-the-cosmic-manta]

I forgot the rat episode was in season 2. that's wild

[duckielover151]

It's absolutely wild rewatching your favorite childhood movies as an adult.

I just had such a 'Is that who I think it is?!' moment x2

In the live action 101 Dalmatians (1996), Horace and Jasper are played by Mark Williams and Hugh Laurie. (AKA, Arthur Weasley and Dr. House)

[legion1227]

X2: A Movie Review

This has been a good year for everybody's favorite mutants so far.

So far, we are halfway through X-Men 97, a sensational return for the original X-Men cartoon, picking up where it left off and blowing away expectations. Meanwhile, we are still three months away from the release of Deadpool & Wolverine, which will feature the return of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and possibly other surprises from the X-Men films released back in the 2000s, among other Marvel films from then.

With the success of X-Men 97 and the upcoming release of Deadpool & Wolverine, it makes sense to look back and celebrate the X-Men films to come beforehand. At the time of this writing, I have rewatched the X-Men (2000) and X2 only. X-Men: The Last Stand has not been reviewed yet, and X-Men (2000) was good, but X2 is the topic of discussion here, as it's not only better than its predecessor but one of the great comic book films to grace screens.

The last time I watched either X-Men film may have been as a kid during the 2000s. The rewatch all these years later proved how stellar X2 was, buried under the wave of Marvel films to follow throughout the 00s, 10s, and today. If you don't know or have forgotten, X2 introduces its main antagonist, Stryker, played by the brilliant Brian Cox; a man who threatens the existence of mutants with the proposed mutant registration act. After launching a full-front assault on Professor Xavier's school and after Magneto breaks out of prison, the X-Men, Xavier, and Magneto must band together to face a common enemy that threatens their very existence.

From the opening scene of Nightcrawler fighting his way through the White House to make it to the president, the film establishes more clearly than its first one how it has the sauce. Nightcrawler poofing his way throughout the halls and dispatching the guards one by one with opera music in the background is one of the best openings to a CBM. Overall, the action scenes here are a vast improvement over the first one, whether it's the opening scene, the raid on Xavier's school, or Wolverine vs Lady Deathstrike. While the first film's fight scenes were decent, the choreography harbors more dynamic action that contributes to an overall more enjoyable time.

The character work here varies across characters and performances. Ian McKellen has one of the best performances once again. While his role as the antagonist in the previous film was great, his partnership with Xavier, Wolverine, and others forces a compelling dynamic. Magnus breaking out of prison using the iron in a guard's blood was badass. Then, to see him forced to work with his enemies provided entertainment beyond belief. From there, unfortunately, it's a bit of a mixed bag from the other actors and actresses and their characters.

Hugh Jackman's Wolverine is iconic for good reason. He brought gravitas and an aura of savagery that was always entertaining to witness, whether here or in virtually any other film the character appeared in, especially in Logan. Patrick Stewart's Charles Xavier is a tour de force in his own right as well, but it's the other members of the X-Men that bring apprehension. While I enjoy James Marsden as an actor, he brought nothing to the table as Cyclops, and reminded me why others for years have hated the Scott Summers character; Coinciding with his performance, Famke Janssen as Jean Grey isn't given many intriguing things to do. It's a bit infuriating when juxtaposed with the performances and stories told in X-Men 97. The X-Men and X2 spend too much time on a love triangle where only one-third of the people involved are engaging to watch on-screen. (Although if X-Men 97 focuses more on the love triangle after the time of this writing, this may age poorly, lmao.)

I liked Shawn Ashmore as Iceman and the scene of him coming out as a mutant to his parents. A decent allegory for a teen coming out as gay to their parents, and I think the scene, as well as Iceman/Bobby Drake in general, work well for the movie. Aaron Stanford's Pyro was also a fun slow-burn, watching him turn heel towards the end of the film. I'm really excited to see him return in Deadpool & Wolverine. Others like Rogue, Beast, Mystique, and Lady Deathstrike, to name a few, I would've liked to have more screen time to grasp these performances and their character moments better. Overall, X2 could've utilized some characters better, but some of the characters get so right and attributed to one of the quintessential 2000s CBM movies out there. There are a handful of iconic scenes to witness or reacquaint with in the first two acts. The third act may waver a little bit, but this is still a great film that warrants a rewatch to appreciate the X-Men further. 4/5.

[ghostboyhood]

watched movie list

the doom generation 

dead poets society (fr this time)

rocky horror picture show (x11 +live)

south park end of obesity 

american psycho

clue

fall guy

scott pilgrim

tape 2001

i saw the tv glow

brokeback mountain (x3)

inside out 2

another country

a quiet place: day one

night crawler

the out of towners

black phone

get out

the guilty

trainspotting (x2)

hereditary 

the basketball diaries 

the velvet goldmine (x4)

breakfast on pluto

shallow grave

the truman show (rewatch - x2)

rope 1948

watched shows

barry

the haunting of hill house 

[crascet]

So, in time for Deadpool and Wolverine coming out in a couple of weeks, I've decided to do a rewatch of all the Fox X-Men movies from the first X-Men all the way to The New Mutants (for those that do remember that movie). Some are for the first time ever, and others are possibly the first or second time I've seen them in a while.

I will also put them in a tier list here:

Right now, I have re-watched X-Men and X2 already and I'll start TLS tonight. In briefness:

X-Men is a pretty damn good first movie to start with. Introduced the world to some iconic casting with Patrick Stewart as Xavier, Ian McKellen as Magneto, and of course, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. I like the dynamic between Logan and Rogue here, I always love Uncle Logan in stories. Very interesting plot with Magneto wanting to change humans into mutants, which would actually kill them. Also wow, that opening scene is so chilling, and a great understanding towards Erik and why he's doing this. And I just love how it shows the contrasts between Charles and Erik, and how despite their different viewpoints, Charles still cares about Erik. A great first movie for the X-Men all things considered.

X2: HOLY SHIT THIS MOVIE IS SO GOOOOOOD!!!!! Literally (mostly) everything is great. The opening White House scene is straight-up iconic and is a great introduction to Nightcrawler's teleportation powers and agility, pretty much what made people a fan of Kurt in the first place, and I do like how the movie establishes his Catholic upbringing. Brian Cox as Striker in this movie is just great, real scumbag that will literally use his son, who is a mutant and was lobotomized by him btw, to mind control Charles to wipe out all mutants on the planet. A great movie that is currently my favorite during this re-watch series, and I can't wait for Nightcrawler to come back in the next one!

Good first two movies already, but one problem I have with them is how they use Cyclops. He did get a good role in the first movie as still the squad leader, but he was sort of there in the X2 as just a mind-controlled mutant in the third act, which is a shame since Scott is one of my favorite X-Men characters, but I'm sure he'll have a lot more in TLS, right? ...Right? ...RIGHT????

[traitimdoithay]

phi’s finished media in 2022

damn we made it to 2023? crazy as always not everything i experienced may be here

faves are bold and italicized 

january

games:

hitman 2 + 3 (watched derek play, backloggd says finished jan 2-3)

mario & sonic at the london 2012 olympic games (played on 3ds, finished jan 10)

mega man legends (watched playthrough, finished jan 12)

mega man x (watched playthrough, finished jan 14)

mega man network transmission (watched playthrough, finished jan 18)

mega man battle network (played through emulator, finished jan 29)

mega man (watched playthrough, finished jan 31)

the open house (watched playthrough, finished jan 31)

movies/shows:

malignant (finished jan 1)

spider-man: into the spider-verse (finished jan 2)

an autumn’s tale (finished jan 2)

mama (finished jan 3)

whale rider (finished jan 13)

train to busan (finished jan 13)

the shaman’s apprentice (finished jan 30)

things i didn’t finish:

mario & luigi: superstar saga (i’ve been meaning to get back to this game but i’ve been stuck in media phases, really fun game though)

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february

games:

mega man: the power battle (watched playthrough, finished feb 2)

jingle cats (watched playthrough, finished feb 10)

mega man legends 2 (watched playthrough, finished feb 16)

something's in the sea (watched playthrough, finished feb 18)

one week, my room (watched playthrough, finished feb 18)

i'm on observation duty (watched playthrough, finished feb 18)

silt (demo) (watched playthrough, finished feb 18)

devotion (watched playthrough, finished feb 18)

deltarune ch 2 (played, finished feb 24)

mega man 2 (watched playthrough, finished feb 26)

mega man 3 (watched playthrough, finished feb 27) 

mega man 4 (watched playthrough, finished feb 28)

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march

games:

mega man 5 (watched playthrough, finished mar 1)

mega man 6 (watched playthrough, finished mar 1)

basilisk (watched playthrough, finished mar 2)

mega man 7 (watched playthrough, finished mar 4)

deltarune ch 2, spamton boss fight (played on stream, finished mar 4)

mega man 8 (watched playthrough, finished mar 6)

mega man 9 (watched playthrough, finished mar 8)

the machine that breathes (watched playthrough, finished mar 13)

mega man x (i actually played it this time, finished mar 16)

movies/shows:

shark tale (finished mar 3)

ratatoing (finished mar 12)

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april

games:

super sonic 64 (watched playthrough, finished apr 8)

ecco the dolphin (watched playthrough, finished apr 10)

mega man x2 (played, finished apr 19)

mega man & bass (watched playthrough because i will never beat this game, finished apr 22)

movies/shows:

sonic the hedgehog 2 (finished apr 23, watched in theaters with irls) (matched sonic and shadow plushies with one irl LOL)

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may

games:

mega man zero (played, finished may 16)

sonic rush (played, finished may 17)

mega man 7 (played after getting the legacy collection, finished may 20)

mega man 8 (played, finished may 23, replayed and finished may 26)

mega man 9 (played, finished may 24)

mega man 10 (played, finished may 25, replayed and finished may 26)

reading:

mooncakes (finished may 18)

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june

games:

flower, sun, and rain (replay) (played, finished jun 1)

mega man x3 (played, finished jun 2)

silt (full ver.) (watched playthrough, finished jun 9)

style saavy (played, finished jun 14)

garfield: lasagna world tour (rewatched playthrough, finished jun 24)

ecco: the tides of time (watched playthrough, finished jun 26)

mega man 11 (watched playthrough, finished jun 27)

shining flower: hikaru hana (watched playthrough, finished jun 27)

night shift (watched playthrough, finished jun 27)

movies/shows: (i was forced to watch these just saying)

house of gucci (finished jun 15)

spiderman: no way home (finished jun 16)

the lost city (finished jun 19)

things i didn’t finish:

tsugu no hi (i haven’t gotten around to finishing it lol... i’ve watched playthroughs of most of the individual games from the remastered collection but i haven’t seen all of them)

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july

games:

creeping terror (played then watched, finished jul 7)

klonoa: door to phantomile (watched playthrough, finished jul 8)

mega man 11 (played, finished jul 9)

clock tower (watched playthrough, finished jul 10)

ikachan (played, finished jul 13)

mega man x4 (played then replayed, finished jul 23)

sonic suggests (watched playthrough, finished jul 26)

mega man x5 (watched playthrough, finished jul 27)

lego island (watched playthrough, finished jul 28)

reading:

tidesong (finished jul 1)

moshi moshi (finished jul 31)

things i didn’t finish:

mega man starforce 2 (i just haven’t come back to it lol...)

mega man battle network 2 (i forgot to save before the part where i save people at the castle and i was annoyed so i haven’t picked it up LMAO)

pokemon x (i play it on and off tbh)

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august

games: (you can see i was really on my megaman grind)

mega man x6 (watched playthrough, finished aug 2)

mega man x7 (watched playthrough, finished aug 2)

mega man x8 (watched playthrough, finished aug 3)

katamari damacy reroll (played, finished aug 4)

our lady of the drowned lake (watched playthrough, finished aug 7)

mega man x: command mission (watched playthrough, finished aug 8)

mary-kate & ashley: crush course (watched playthrough, “finished” aug 9) (apparently there are multiple endings to this game? idk i just watched gamechamp play it LMAO)

mega man legends 3: the prologue (watched playthrough, finished aug 10)

cave story (watched playthrough, finished aug 12)

mega man zero 2 (played, finished aug 13)

mega man 10 (replayed twice LOL, first replay finished aug 15, second replay finished aug 17)

mega man zero 3 (played, finished aug 22)

mega man zero 4 (played, finished aug 30)

mega man x (second replay give it up for number 2, finished aug 30)

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september

games:

barbie of swan lake: the enchanted forest (watched playthrough, finished sep 2)

lego friends (played, finished sep 2)

opossum country (watched playthrough, finished sep 4)

ib remake (watched playthrough, finished sep 5)

mad father remake (watched playthrough, finished sep 5)

ecco the dolphin: defender of the future (watched playthrough, finished sep 9)

mega man x4 (replay, finished sep 11)

mega man 2 (played, finished sep 27)

movies/shows: (all movies watched starting from here up until december were for a class)

rosemary’s baby (finished sep 6)

the house of the devil (finished sep 8)

halloween (finished sep 14)

friday the 13th (finished sep 19)

slumber party massacre (finished sep 22)

scream (finished sep 27)

scream 2 (finished sep 29)

things i didn’t finish:

misao (i never got back to manly’s playthrough oops)

mega man soccer (i played this with my irl and we were like... yeah this isn’t great)

scratchin’ melodii demo (i only played the first two levels and i also stopped when i s-ranked nami LOL... it’s a really cute game though i should finish the demo)

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october

games:

mega man v (played, finished oct 29)

movies/shows:

sleepaway camp (finished oct 17)

texas chainsaw massacre (finished oct 20)

texas chainsaw massacre 2 (finished oct 22)

x (finished oct 23)

things i didn’t finish:

mega man zx (started it but never came back to it cause i got busy 😔)

warioware: twisted! (i finished the main campaign but i didn’t unlock all the bonus levels cause... hard)

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november

movies/shows:

paranormal activity (finished nov 3)

jennifer’s body (finished nov 6)

teeth (finished nov 6)

candyman (finished nov 17)

midsommar (finished nov 22)

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december

games:

sonic frontiers (watched friend play, finished dec 9)

walk (watched playthrough with cousins, finished dec 16)

the glass staircase (watched playthrough with cousin, finished dec 25)

bugsnax (played on switch, finished + 100% dec 26)

dead letter dept. (demo) (watched playthrough with cousin, finished dec 28)

cat in the box (watched playthrough with cousins, finished dec 29)

stygian (watched playthrough, finished dec 30)

paratopic (watched playthrough with cousin, finished dec 30)

the mortuary assistant (watched playthrough with cousin, finished dec 30)

stay out of the house (watched playthrough with cousins, finished dec 31)

movies/shows:

the bad guys (finished dec 13)

alien (finished dec 17)

aliens (finished dec 20)

prometheus (finished dec 22)

the conjuring 2 (finished dec 23)

constantine (finished dec 24)

ocean waves (finished dec 24)

glass onion: a knives out mystery (finished dec 26)

nope (finished dec 27)

ratatoing (rewatched with irl, finished dec 28)

things i didn’t finish:

animal crossing: new leaf (i can never do animal crossing for more than a month it’s so sad, i did get a lot of progress on filling out the museum though)

alien: covenant (got interrupted for this one)

chungking express (also got interrupted oops)

[verstappentime]

rewatching x2 and i'd like to say an inordinate amount of the x men saga takes place in the white house

[lovestay-remade]

whew ok im on ep 7 now

[benevadeca]

immediately rewatching la casa lobo on x2 lol after reading that article where one of the directors specifically was like "color matters" and i mean ofc but

honestly i know the black/white contrast is important somehow and they seem to be fairly distinct but brain go brrr. seems to maybe alt betw maria and the wolf? Wolf-Through-Maria? IDK IDK IDK

white forest black trees, very beginning "But he will not catch me" having a bird flying past :(

white door, black interior, white furniture painted onto walls.

Maria's first visual is painted on a doorway where she's framed by a brown doorframe which is the only unpainted thing in the scene. :(

red bg fills in black, her moving through the house the next room is black on white

Maria painted in primary colors, the main coloration in the painted sequences that makes her standout visually from the monochromes. The least prominent of her primaries though is pink? I mean ofc her skin but, in the beginning it's mainly just an accent on her face (and shoes) but also the pigs around her fill that visual niche in the scenes.

"i am good" is the last thing she says before she goes from 2D to her puppet being built in 3D. idk if it was specifically intentional but ahhh the sort of. how you say metaphor of her entering the house timidly, calling out, before manifestly allowing herself to take real form after growing more confident(?) in her safety(??) in the house, in how allowed she is to take up real space.

meeting the pigs: nonpainted and 3d she eats an apple at the beginning > is given an apple in her dream sequence by a tree she 'feeds' (during the sewing scene) // then what they eat becoming honey later on? No clue lol! Solids vs liquids seems a thing maybe, on a materials level at least i think (paintings (wet) and puppets (solids)) or I am reaching so hard <3

the scene where she dreams of a tree with a hole in it full of animals hitting different. also all the brown around her and the wood patterning painted on (unsubtly like eyes bc ofc) when she's talking about her dream and the 'gift' it gave her

comforting the pigs: sitting with one in her lap in a fully unpainted scene > transitions to her in a half-set, it's mostly prop but still some painted furniture on the walls, the taped sofa

The wolf calling to her for the 1st time while she's in the house > she goes back to being 2D

still confused why it's a "ball and lamp" that give her her transmogrification abilities

Playing with the pigs (white bg becomes black when pedro touches the ground > grows larger than life on the wall > red shifts to black and takes up the full wall, pushes away most of the real furniture for fake furniture)

Maria back to 3d > pigs still 2d, the transition to the next scene is a strange one?? the floor filling up with white like water from a deep well, and the little boat-eye breaking down from a solid to a painting...yup!

The entire scene with her sewing clothes and she's surrounded again by brown and the wood-texture. Brown taken over by white > Transitions to the christmas present scene. Her face cracking through the white wall (black bg) > Pigs 3D puppets while she's 2D the entire scene

"Their black eyes were those of beasts" i love you dramatic irony i love you unreliable narration i love you. actually did their giant heads have blue eyes in that scene i should check

Maria dissolves into white to open their gifts, leaves behind black smears (pig skin from pink to white)

Bird cage scene! The candles are primaries, the cage is blue

"The only way to be safe is to listen to me" > Pedro on the toilet > bugs :( > Maria's dress blue with red flowers spotted? > toilet sheds into a chair > Black bg fills up the bottom of the scene >

"The Dog & the House" story scene (empty room full of brown and the wood texture), reverse timelapse from brown to white walls > Transition is the painting of a hand coming out of a flower

Maria talking about her nightmares, all 3D > flicker of warm candle light and artifical light > No blue in this scene, Ana & Pedro fully black and white, the candle is red > white spurting out black > black caking the whole scene > Narrator "what is your house made of"

giant head puppet pedro & 2D painted head Maria

Honestly this whole transitional scene confuses me. Narrator talking to her and her growing more sure/double down on her maternalism to the pigs? "fixing" her mistakes to them and locking the house up. "Now I can sleep a little" > one of the doors is painted over in brown > Transition scene shows a painting of a forest being cracked open to Maria inside of it (crouched on the toilet, alone, "Don't give up. They can be better")

The creepy Ana puppet in the doorway background of the scene with Pedro that may or may not even be Ana so much as it is like. the props necessary to "play" Ana.

Pedro drinking the honey (BG black on white > white on black)

Reverse timelapse tape cave my beloved <3

Ana eating honey being her eating Maria-as-Bird very interesting symbolism and the way Pedro and Ana as characters are. So different? Pedro's development from being slow of speech to lead singer / Ana's "sighing" to "today I woke up happy" , the focus definitely leans towards Pedro and yet IDK?? IDK. The storybook being read to Pedro but the transition following it is the painting of a hand, which is repeated in Ana's transformation

But also this visual repetition

IDK man! Anyway, the forest blooms inside the house and "everyone sleeps peacefully" the way....the woods have been encroaching on the house itself the whole film very subtley, and yet the characters have lulled themselves into a mindset of safety (complacency) that breaks when starvation looms. false peace or rather, being "immersed in a sweet honey"

All the flowers are yellow, the table is yellow, the bowls are red, the walls are dark, red balloon, red paintings on walls (1 of the cup, the other has a red moon and pyramid and white tree. the 3 of them and the balloon? and the wolf/house) (Maria 2D, rest 3D)

Trying soo hard to figure out what this painting is in the back but it seems like its cut out shapes and a red light flickers a little in the back of it

Maria in the bathroom "mirror mirror" the porcelain is all brown, red and blue toothbrushes in a cup,

Singing scene: red candles, maria's white dress with floral (:() blue accents and red ribbon. children's outfits blue > red > yellow > blue? > yellow

Maria's been getting kind of? More faded as the movie gets on maybe? Dress not as blue? Or maybe not i have no clue lol

Pedro being "center" and doing his little conductor motion that Ana & Maria sway to. still don't know what it means but fucked up!

Most of the time the narrator speaks it seems associated with light? The TV, the lamps flickering, the LED clock, the mirror (implicitly light related?), etc.

Narrator: wooden > painted white > black objects and bugs crawling muddling it > Maria built up on branches in a kind of midway 2D-3D animation that how cool it is makes all thought vacate my mind lol

Maria blue again! Scene mimicks the opening when she walks through the house (white on black bg), the way the shelving is used is so cool in this!! some of the objects on the shelves being physical i hadn't even noticed before!! love it....

Pigs critisizing Maria (with deeply ironic critique) and there's a brown curtain next to them. White BG (red tiled floored)

UGHH the way they did the black spotlight is SOOO cool i kept staring and rewinding it when it moved across the bookcase bc i was like how'd they make the objects not painted and the answer was a tarp lol. But only initially when the spotlight moves across it! Then it sweeps over the top bookcase again they repaint the color in the books and just ughhhh i loveeee it

Also the children's outfits being all green. Hrmmmm.

"Maybe the wolf is right" > Browns galore in the transition to the foamy puppets

:( her blue outfit full of floras and the braclet. the woods/house/wolf have already gotten her kind of visual. :(

red curtain!

I mentioned in prev post Ana didn't have blue eyes I thought but then she does in the foam puppets so never mind actually lol

Ohhh their eyes were black in this scene again. once was an animal and no matter how you dress it it always will be? Aren't pigs pretty known for cannibalism actually?

Her asking for help from the wolf and all her color immediately draining to greyscale. AHHHHH

"I eat I devour" the actual wood of the bg being painted over with a brown wood texture/black. AHHH

[ethanwalker00]

What I Watched in January 2022

Hey, so I'm going to test out this thing where I just talk about what I watched that month. Got the idea from Karsten Runquist on YouTube. This month isn't really in order of when I watched them, because I'm writing this at the end of the month.

The Suicide Squad

I actually watched the first half of this film sometime last year. For some reason, I never actually finished the movie until this year. It's great. Obviously. The comedy is on point and never really stops. The CGI is really good. It's such a step up from the first film, it's like it never existed. I don't know, man, James Gunn is just too good.

10/10

Oats Studios

A Sci-Fi anthology series by the guy who made District 9? Sign me up! A lot of the stories in this show were great concepts and there were a few that I really liked (mainly Bad President). That said, a lot of the episodes of this show were either way too short, or they felt more like teases for a full blown movie/show than an actual, contained story. I know that this was the point and Blomkamp released these to gauge the public's interest, but they could have done so better than that.

7/10

Archive 81

I was introduced to this show from a recommendation on the DarK subreddit, so I kind of came into this show with some expectations.

It isn't at the same quality as DarK, unfortunately. That being said, Archive 81 is still a fascinating show with an intriguing mystery surrounding it. The ending does fall off a bit, but the final cliffhanger is a really good one and I am looking forward to a season 2.

8/10

Scott Pilgrim vs The World (Rewatch)

Do I really need to talk about Scott Pilgrim? It's...fantastic. I don't know what else to say. Edgar Wright needs to direct all the movies. All of them.

10/10

Encanto (x2)

Encanto is just...brilliant. I can't really describe how good this movie is. It makes me feel things I hadn't before. I can't really relate to any of the problems that the Madrigal family face, yet it conveys them so well and so poignantly that I came out of this movie with a giant grin on my face. Mostly.

I have problems with the ending. I'm gonna talk about it real quick, so if you don't want any spoilers, just read past this.

I don't think the Madrigals should have gotten their powers back. They shouldn't have brought the Casita back to life. The whole movie, I felt we were building up to a certain message: that you don't have to be special to be, y'know, special. Putting your children and grandchildren on a pedestal and expecting them to live up to that for the rest of their life is a toxic mindset and it nearly drives the family apart in this movie. By the last five minutes, however, everything was pretty much resolved. Mirabel had reconciled with her grandmother, the family's relationship was healed, and they were rebuilding their home despite having lost their power. They had stayed strong and stayed together despite losing what they considered to have made them special. The movie then—to me, at least—throws that out of the window. The house is rebuilt and all of a sudden, everything is fixed. The magical house comes back to life and the family members who had powers just get them again. It turns out: no, you have to be special. You have to have these magical powers in order to be loved and respected. It feels wrong to me. And Mirabel still doesn't get any powers!

I don't know. It doesn't sit well with me, and its practically the only problem I have with the film.

8.5/10

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2

Technically, I started this before January, but I'm counting it because I finished it on, like New Years Day.

Jojo's is great. It's ridiculous and is in no way meant to be taken seriously. In fact, I wouldn't even call Jojo's well-written. But it makes up for that with its sheer charm. It's just funny muscled men punching each other and cracking memes for a whole season of anime. I love it. I will never forgive the Japanese.

8/10

Get Out

I'd seen Us before this film and knew to expect quality, but man, this blew Us out of the water. Almost every scene was edge-of-your-seat intense. The moment we step into this world, something feels...wrong, and you spend the whole movie piecing together what's going on, figuring it out at the exact moment that Chris does. It's really good and will probably improve the more I think about it. Watch it.

9/10

Utopia (Season 1)

I had no clue that this show existed. At all. I hadn't seen a single piece of advertisement. No poster. Not a single Youtube video about it. But I keep hearing people talk about it. I was convinced, at one point, that Utopia didn't exist. That my friends were messing with me, trying to make me believe that a fake show actually existed.

Imagine my surprise when it did.

Anyway, it's great. The art direction, the camera work, the dialogue. Pretty much everything was great. I don't really want to sing its praises until I watch season 2, but this is definitely worth a watch. Especially if you haven't heard of it like I hadn't.

9/10

Seven Samurai (1954)

I had to set aside time to watch this movie. It is really long. At three and a half hours, I was worried that I would be bored by Seven Samurai, but after finishing it, I don't really know what could be removed to make it shorter and still make sense. Each moment is painfully handcrafted and planned out. It's a marvel to watch and though I probably won't watch it again for a long time—its massive runtime being one of the main reasons why—it is going to sit in my brain for a long while. The characters, the directing, the costume design, everything is so well done and immerses you in 16th century Japan from the very first moment. I'm going to love this movie the more I think about it.

10/10

[quartz-the-cosmic-manta]

foreman has an ace-coded tie :3

season 1, episode 17

[enigmaticxbee]

✖️✖️✖️✖️✖️ 7x22 Requiem

The one where... they go back to Bellefleur, OR and Mulder is abducted, leaving Scully pregnant and alone 😭

Best: GA’s acting in the final scene with Skinner!! Just, the range of emotions that flicker over her face as she tells him she’s pregnant... The little half sob that the episode ends on haunted me all summer and fall of 2000 and the past 21 years.

Worst: Once again, CSM should have died here. I place the blame on Krycek and Marita for pushing him down the stairs and not stopping to make sure he was dead!!!

✔️ Flashlights

✔️ Woods

❌ Slideshow

❌ Autopsy

✔️ Evidence Disappears

✔️ Scully Misses It

✔️ Mulder Ditch

❌ Sunflower Seeds

❌ Voiceover

❌ Catch Phrase

❌ Scully is a Medical Doctor

❌ Mulder is Spooky

✔️ Scuuullllaaaaayy!

❌ Fox/Dana

✔️ Inappropriate Touching (that I am here for)

❌ Casual Scully

✔️ Casual Mulder

❌ Trench Coats

❌ Bad Tie Watch

❌ Glasses Watch

✔️ Taking! It! Personally!: Scully & Mulder

50 States: Oregon x2 & DC x73 (40/50)

Investigate: Together & Apart

Solve Rate: 62%

❌ Bechdel Test: The only conversation between women is about a man.

MSR: 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Goriness: 👽👽

Creepiness: 👽👽

Humor: 👽👽👽

Rewatch Thoughts:

SOSS: Mulder: We could start sharing rooms. Start, right...

Scully: I’ve seen things that I cannot deny. Way to prevaricate Scully.

Scully: Let’s go waste some money. They’re so pleased with themselves 😂

I hate the ‘caught in an alien force field’ special effect, it looks so weird and hokey 😆

Mulder watching Scully with the baby 😭 He doesn’t know she’s PrEgNanT witH thEiR BaBy 🙃

For symmetry’s sake she really should have come to his hotel room in her robe, just saying.

I love how both familiar and intimate and yet awkward they are with each other when she comes to his hotel room. She comes to him for comfort, he slips her shoes off as she slides without hesitation into his bed and then he wraps himself around her. But she also thanks him, because maybe this is still new, maybe being vulnerable with him like this, letting him take care of her like this is something they’re still getting used to.

Mulder: Looking at you tonight holding that baby... knowing everything that’s been taken away from you. A chance for motherhood and your health and that baby. I think that, I don’t know, maybe they’re right.... Maybe what they say is true, though for all the wrong reasons. It’s the personal costs that are too high. There’s so much more you need to do with your life. There’s so much more than this. Maybe she’s just upset at the thought of their work together ending, but I can never get it out of my head that he means that it’s time for her to move on, not for them to move on together. This is also the only episode in season 7 where Mulder’s behavior makes sense to me in the light of Mulder’s stupid brain disease - if he were really dying he would be (TELLING HIS DOCTOR!!) preparing Scully to move on from the X-Files, from him.

Mulder: There has to be an end Scully. And later, Mulder: It has to end sometime, and that time is now. It bothers me that he’s making that decision for her. The kind interpretation, at least in the first scene, is that he’s letting her off the hook, telling her that she won’t be abandoning him or letting him down by moving on. But in the second scene he’s drawing that line for her. I do like the symmetry of the moment in 11x09 Nothing Last Forever where Mulder says I’ve always wondered how this was going to end. And this time it’s Scully making that call and asking him to do it with her, together.

Why is the ABH so good at pretending to be Detective Miles and so bad at pretending to be Deputy Hoese? Maybe because he’s abducting her so once she lets him in it doesn’t matter if she believes it’s him 🤔

Mulder: These abductees aren’t just systemically being taken. They’re not coming back. On what are you basing this assessment Mulder? Some of them have only been gone a few hours!

So... they didn’t find Billy Miles at his house so they immediately gave up and went home 🧐

And Scully did not get a medical check up in those two days, sure...

The awe and wonder on Mulder’s face as he steps into that beam of light changing to oh shit when the ABH steps in after him...

When I saw this when I was 15, during the original run, this ending - Mulder abducted, gasp! Scully pregnant, gasp! - took me from obsessed to OBSESSED. I remember reading all the online speculation and fic over that long summer and fall before the season 8 premier, there were some wild rumors out there about how they were going deal with DD’s absence - some of it was probably way better than what the show ended up doing. Sigh, good times.

Episode-Related Fanfic Recs:

I just don’t have it in me to wade through the 1000+ Requiem sad, sad Scully fics on Gossamer right now... If anyone has a favorite Requiem fic please let me know!

[emy-mystory]

Unit 3: KIDSNEXTDOOR

Probably a good amount of my childhood was dedicated to watching cartoons. I did have my fair share of drama shows on Nickelodeon but the cartoon shows that were shown on Cartoon Network were always the most intriguing to me. I'm talking about Chowder, Misadventures of Flapjack, Total Drama Island, Adventure Time, Regular Show, etc. I even enjoyed watching the older cartoons that the channel would show early in the morning which included classic Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry episodes. In fact, I've actually always have had a soft spot for older cartoons. For some reason, it gives me a sense of comforting nostalgia that I wished I had endured earlier. I currently feel the same about the older Simpsons episodes but that's not the case for this assignment.

The one cartoon that sticks with me the most was this very awesome, action-packed show called Codename: Kids Next Door.

If you have not seen at least an episode of Codename: Kids Next Door then you either did not have a TV, a great childhood, or both.

This show was so engagingly unique, that I would not mind doing a marathon of rewatching all of the episodes X2.

It was a show focused on these five friends that all lived in a rambunctious treehouse that acted as their headquarters for their sector V, Kids Next Door. Each kid is usually referred to as their number (1-5) and has a specialty that can range from smarts to fighting wit. In order to defend themselves from enemy agent sectors of teenagers and adults, they create and utilize wacky gadgets that can be made from odd materials such as bubblegum, old wood, spare tires, etc. They belong to a bigger agent organization of other sectors also filled with kids that have the same purpose. The universe of this show is so well-thought-out that it can easily become a world one kid would wish to live in. Overall, each episode consists of one goofy yet intense mission after another which leaves you with bewildering eyes while being on the edge of your seat every time.

I must admit, I have to give credit for the diversity given in this main cast. Literally, one kid is British (red) while the other Australian (orange). We have representation of POC (Black and Asian), and there's even body diversity from the heavy kid! (Blue)

I think it's pretty safe to say that almost every kid's dream was to make and live in a treehouse. Unless you have a fear of termites.

The whole show in general really did cater to kids. Whether if it was imagination fueled by the variety of weapons and missions or the distaste of teenage culture and embarrassing parents, it really was genuine to being level-headed with the perspective from a child's visionary point of view. To me, the show took on a genuine take on being made for kids.

It even covered a variety of topics that would have the affected demographic be children. But it did it in a way where it was not only creative but also obtain a more complex feature to it.  For the sake of keeping the storyline interesting while also making the lesson of the episode even more memorable for children to learn from. Whether it'd be out of reflection or relatability.

I'm talking about:

PINKEYE

(I actually related to this one because I would always get pink eye. Oddly enough, I think I had pink eye while watching this episode for the first time.)

LICE

BEING FORCEFED GRANDMA'S FOOD

A KID'S CURIOSITY OF HOW A TEENAGE GIRL'S BODY FUNCTIONS

Even though the storyline of these episodes would be rather dramatic, it still was fun to watch all the creativity unfold as a child. If anything, it helped lighten the mood of such issues with witty dialogue, ambitious fighting climaxes, and silly innocence. It gives allows children to feel relatability on certain issues they would go through in which can be whole-heartily comforting to a child's fear of getting lice or pinkeye for the first time. I know I was pretty comforted or at least felt accompanied to the pinkeye episode when I saw it for the first time. It felt cool to see some other kids going through the same thing all the while the episode takes a dramatic turn to help alleviate that common, boring topic into a story concept that's grander and intricate; something that will interest the kids. Overall, these episodes gave kids a distracting yet whimsical portrayal of life's struggles.

I would like to touch base back to the bra conversation. Basically in that episode, Number 1 and Number 2 thought BRAs stood for "Battle Ready Armor," which made them think bras were actually magical weapons to help them fight more efficiently. (I wish)

So they went to their friend's house (Number 5) who was sick at the time. While keeping up a front to "care" for their friend, they ended up sneaking into her teenage sister Cree's bedroom where they found her stash of bras.

And I'm pretty sure you can figure out how that went...

(Of course anything with bras is forbidden for children, right?)

((I really hope you can see this because this scene itself just defines the badass action sequences this show can hold))

Anyways, I wanted to point this out because it reveals also another theme that is prevalent in this show: Growing up.

As I said, this show presents agent organizations run by kids, teenagers, and adults. Well, it is actually all a tear-jerking cycle that is upheld within this universe.

The kids are kids until they are 13 where they are decommissioned and get transferred to the teenager agent organization where they stay until they are 18.

Even though this process sounds absurd, the sentimental value of it hits harder than you think...

Yes, they wipe any memories they have of being in the Kids Next Door.

This explains why teenagers can be so fierce and violent towards KND because they do not have any recollection to possess any empathy for the organization they partook in during their beloved childhood years. This heavy implication of agism can connect back to how as teenagers, we always think being a child is embarrassing. But that's probably because we barely take any consideration of all the fun that emerged in being a kid.

And of course, there are some goofy gags to this kid vs teenagers concept as well..:P

(The slapstick comedy and clever humor from both videos always gives me a giggle)

(I guess babies come from Philly...you heard the man!)

((I also want to point out how Number's 5 "knowledge" of such a provocative concept just added to her spunkiness because it implies that she's supposed to be that one friend that happens to know a lot more than you do. From that, I always thought of her as an iconic girl character whom I wished was my friend...she really did give out that Boss Girl energy))

But regarding the growing up issue brought up in the show, I can still say that topic is also relevant to me, even to this day. Especially when it came to graduating high school, going to college, trying to make a name for myself, etc. I kind of wanted to take some kind of gap year or break or SOMETHING from it all to stop myself from feeling older and proceeding to life's deeper void. But I know I should not view it that way. We should not view growing up as something so disgraceful. We, especially I, should start viewing it as a way to grow wiser, to sustain emotional strength, etc. because how else are we going to learn from life's values and struggles if we don't have the willpower to maneuver through it in the first place? How will we know we won't succeed if we don't even make an effort trying? We shouldn't let agism intimidate us with demeaning stereotypes as there is advice to be taken and lessons to be learned.

In conclusion, Codename: Kids Next Door helped kids feel known, reassured, and most of all, have fun.

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I have decided to post my list of all the stuff I watched this year (that I kept track of anyway!), so you can understand why I am incredibly not productive at reading, writing, or keeping my house clean.

Italics are used to indicate rewatches!

Movies Watched In 2020

January 1. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Ehh!) 2. The Biggest Little Farm (yay! nature! i guess.) 3. Cats (oof - but also, amazing!) 4. Like A Boss (I honestly barely remember what this is at this point. A relic from an age where we went to the movies just because we were bored!) 5. The Turning (NOPE! Thank God we got Bly Manor later in the year!) 6. You, Me, and Him (Very promising premise. Lucy Punch and David Tennant are there, even. But BAD!!!!!!!!) 7. Dolittle (Going to the movies just because you’re bored: Part 2) 8. Miss Americana (YES!!!!!) 9. THE VELOCIPASTOR (YES!!!!!!) February 10. Knives Out (a good ‘un) 11. A Little Princess (the BEST ‘un) 12. Enchanted (always an important rewatch!) 13. Birds of Prey (x2!) (THE ONLY WAY TO WATCH BIRDS OF PREY. can you believe that in this calendar year, i got to go see birds of prey in the theatre twice?) 14. Austenland (ALWAYS!) 15. Vita & Virginia (found it kind of a slog but might try it again someday) 16. Honey Boy (my boyfriend wanted to watch it okay) 17. Brittany Runs A Marathon (a decent dramedy time!) 18. Ideal Home (like sherlock holmes always called irene adler the woman, i always call this movie The Movie) 19. To All The Boys 2 (okay, with pretty colors and stuff!) 20. Best in Show (can you believe it took me this long to see it??) 21. Tell It To The Bees (nooooooooooooo! don’t tell ME about it, anyway!) 22. Napoleon Dynamite (PERFECTION ITSELF WAS ACHIEVED IN THE YEAR 2004!)

March 23. Mr. Right (trying to remember what this was. i think it’s that movie with anna kendrick and sam rockwell! in which case: a solid action romcom, VERY fun chemistry betwixt them!) 24. Mansfield Park (1999) (always a good ‘un full of hot mess people!) 25. Wild Nights With Emily (YES!) 26. Emma. (and on that day, we all knew austen aesthetic perfection) 27. Fighting with my Family (a solid watch always. plus: a movie about a teenage girl with no love interest!!!!! i am STILL thrilled about that.) 28. Jojo Rabbit (laugh-sob!) 29. Last Christmas (laugh-sob ft. emma thompson! emilia clarke make me one million more movies in the romcom-ish department! you were made to be sparkling and hilarious!) 30. Roman Holiday (this was the first time i’d seen this movie as an adult and it owned my whole soul) 31. The Big Year (i like birds and jack black and rashida jones and movies that feature alaska. who doesn’t?) April 32. Onward (this was fun!) 33. Parasite (this was fun, and then it TEARS YOUR SOUL OUT!) 34. Love. Wedding. Repeat. (.............. NO. do not, under any circumstances, repeat. why would you use sam claflin like this?) 35. Damsel (mia wasikowska and rpattz cool western weirdness!) 36. Jane Goodall: The Hope (jane goodall rules!!!!!!) 37. The Secret Garden (PERFECTION ITSELF, like and yet not at all like napoleon dynamite) 38. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (such a beautiful and aesthetically exquisite film!) May 39. Sense & Sensibility (1995) (ALWAYS) 40. That Thing You Do (i still had the soundtrack 100% memorized from my childhood!) 41. Click (DO NOT RECOMMEND) 42. Much Ado About Nothing (2011) - Not a movie, but it was 2 hours and 40 minutes so I'm counting it! Such a joy to see the T&T Delight Factory up to their antics in classic romcom shape! (that was my original note when i put it on the list; i stand by it. WHERE IS OUR TENNANT/TATE MARRIEDS SHOW?) 43. The Half of It (so good!) 44. Yes Man (i mean ... it happened!) 45. The Lovebirds (not amazing BUT a very fun pair of characters) June 46. If Beale Street Could Talk (beautiful! heartbreaking!) 47. Her (i mean ............ okay.) 48. A Mighty Wind (do you ever feel like eugene levy is eugene levy-ing TOO hard?) 49. Rocketman (a great ‘un!) 50. The King of Staten Island (i had some feelings! pete davidson did good!) 51. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (hey! i watched a classic movie this year! it was good! it felt more modern than i expected!) 52. Cat People (1982) - GOD HELP ME (my original note; i stand by it) 53. Blow the Man Down (aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!) 54. Outside In (what is this? i guess i’ll have to google it. oh! it was a lynn shelton movie! poignant and weird.) 55. The Hundred-Foot Journey (really nice if you want the feeling of going to very aesthetically pleasing europe without actually being able to go to europe! plus: FOOD) 56. The Good Liar (oh my god this movie was BLEAK and i wanted it to be FUN, damn it!) 57. The Blackcoat's Daughter (I hated watching this ... SO MUCH!!!!!!!) 58. Eurovision Song Contest: the Story of Fire Saga (I loved watching this ... SO MUCH!!!) July 59. Carrie Pilby (i mean, it happened) 60. Big Eden (so sweet!!!!!! this dude also made the family stone and i’ve realized i kind of love his movie style.) 61. Love Jacked (some classic made-for-tv-level romcom goodness!) 62. Uncut Gems (AAAAAAAAAH) 63. Late Night (i mean, it’s mindy kaling and emma thompson, come on) 64. Spaceship Earth (i watched a documentary! i’m a really smart person now, guys! like, if you asked me what this documentary was about, i would say, “blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah!”, giving you the exact right answer!) 65. Desperados (BAD, but a winston/aly reunion is not something i’m gonna turn my nose up at) 66. Palm Springs (so good!!!!!!) 67. Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (so good!!!!!!!!) August 68. Summerland (SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!) 69. Outlaw King (no thank you please! i just wanted the whole thing to be about chris pine and florence pugh’s arranged marriage, because i am me) 70. 10 Cloverfield Lane (a forever gothic fave!) 71. Crimson Peak (another forever gothic fave! [we were watching all these because my boyfriend was writing a paper about all my gothic faves]) 72. Get Out (see above!) September 73. Rear Window (what a zany time this movie is! grace kelly = PERFECT, window guy with broken leg whose name i’ve forgotten = A DAMN FOOL for stringing her along) 74. Little Women (2019) (i mean, you don’t need to hear me talk about this even more) 75. Ex Machina (gothic fave again!!!!!!!!!!) 76. Enola Holmes (this movie really just made me so happy with its bright sunny aesthetic and enola being epic, hilarious, plucky, and awesome) 77. Parasite (again! this time for the whole modern gothic movies purpose! by this point me and the bf were starting to get kind of depressed/freaked out!) 78. Leap Year (MY LOVE, MY LIFE) October 79. The Witches (1990) (um. WHAT! i thank the good lord that i never saw this as a child, because it would have been the mental ruin of me.) 80. Hubie Halloween (hey, it happened in front of my eyeballs, okay!) 81. Rebecca (2020) (x2) (yes. i watched it twice for some reason. and by ‘some reason,’ i mean SHIPPING MRS. DW 2 AND MRS. DANVERS BECAUSE WHY NOT, THEY WERE VIBIN’!) 82. The Witches (2020) (would NOT scar me for life; i did find it nicer than critics seemed to) 83. The Addams Family (i mean, *chef’s kiss*) 84. Addams Family Values (DEBBIE IS MY HERO!) 85. Holidate (this was dumb but also quite fun?) 86. Hocus Pocus (THE essential october watch! god, i miss the 90s.) 87. Ready or Not (s’more excellent halloween viewing! i didn’t find this movie quite as fun rewatching as i did the first time around, but danged if it’s not a great lead performance.) November 88. Downhill (well, no. i guess what this gave to my lif was when i read the new ruth ware novel shortly after this, i was like, “dang, avalanches are really factoring into my fiction lately!” and that’s what this movie gave me. would have loved to see a stronger movie from these actors!) 89. My Best Friend's Wedding (rewatchin’ a classic! this movie kind of rules?) 90. Easy A (the parents are my lifespiration always!) 91. Ideal Home ❤️❤️❤️ (sometimes, you watch a movie you love very much yet again, and your soul cannot rest until you put three heart emojis beside its title) 92. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (so fun and pretty to look upon!) 93. The Invisible Man (2020) (AAAAAAAH! this was a great movie.) 94. An American Pickle (rather poignant and diverting!) 95. The Princess Switch (i don’t know why the exact degree of sweet stupidity in these movies charms me so, but it does. it does!) 96. The Princess Switch 2 (EVEN BETTER! MORE VANESSAS TO SWITCH!) 97. Big Miracle (alaska movie!!!!!!! with lots of great people in it!!!!!) 98. Happiest Season (i mean, i don’t know. i’ve read so much discourse on either side of the issue that i just DON’T KNOW. it happened! i watched it!) 99. Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (AMY ADAMS BEING PERFECT, FRANCES MCDORMAND BEING PERFECT, LEE PACE BEING PERFECT, CIARAN HINDS BEING PERFECT) 100. The Family Stone (i hated this movie when it first came out but i loved it watching it this time around??? i love movies when it’s a bunch of people just interacting within a small, not very dramatic setting. that’s my catnip.) December 101. Godmothered (i love the f/f version i made up in my head) 102. Little Nicky (yeah! that’s right! i watched little nicky this year! i blame spn!) 103. Emma (2020) (sometimes a girl needeth a rewatch) 104. The Secret Garden (2020) (nah.) 105. Batman Returns (WHAT!) 106. Batman Forever (WHAT!!!) 107. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (i did it! i finally watched them!) 108. The Holiday (i, no joke, love this movie more every single time i watch it.) 109. Little Women (1994) (SAME!) 110. The Hobbit 2 (probably the one i enjoyed the least in the trilogy? but also: tauriel!) 111. Little Women (2019) (some years, you just keep watching cinema auteur greta gerwig’s adaptation of little women.) 112. Wonder Woman 1984 (*shrug*) 113. The Hobbit 3 (i actually liked this one, maybe the best of the lot! but not enough to include the actual title in my list!) and my list of tv for the year, but sans commentary because i’m tired. if you want to ask what i thought of anything, go right ahead! you’re sure to get a thrilling answer!! TV Shows Watched in 2020 January Spinning Out, Season 1 New Girl, Full Series Grace and Frankie, Season 6 The Mandalorian, Season 1 Sex Education, Season 2 February The Crown, Season 1 Sanditon, Season 1 Locke & Key, Season 1 The Crown, Season 2 Fresh Off The Boat, Season 6 March Hillary, Full Series (Huh, something weird must have happened this month! Ahahahaha ......)

April The Office, Full Series Anne with an E, Season 1 Happy Endings, Full Series Avenue 5, Season 1 Derry Girls, Full Series The Kingdom of the White Wolf May Never Have I Ever, Season 1 Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Season 1 Good Girls, Season 3 Bless This Mess, Season 2 Sense & Sensibility (2008), Full Series The Last Man On Earth, Full Series Broadchurch, Full Series The Great, Season 1 The Mick, Full Series Poldark, Season 5 June Beecham House, Season 1 Wanted, Seasons 1-3 The Baby-Sitters Club, Season 1 July Anne with an E, Full Series The Mindy Project, Full Series Four Weddings and a Funeral, Full Series This Is Us, Season 4 The Big Flower Fight, Season 1 Atlanta, Season 1 Catastrophe, Full Series August Lovesick, Full Series The Miniaturist, Full Series Harley Quinn, Season 1 Doctor Who, Season 1 Episodes, Full Series Harley Quinn, Season 2 The Comeback, Full Series Doctor Who, Season 2 Torchwood, Season 1 September Reign, Season 1 Reign, Season 2 Doctor Who, Season 3 Torchwood, Season 2

Escape to the Chateau, Season 1-Season 4 The Duchess, Season 1 Torchwood, Children of Earth Superstore, Season 1-3 Reign, Season 3 October Superstore, Season 4-5 Emily in Paris, Season 1 Over the Garden Wall, Full Series Doctor Who, Season 4 Pen15, Season 2 Last Tango in Halifax, Season 5 Reign, Season 4 The Haunting of Bly Manor Doctor Who, Season 5 The Baby-Sitters Club, Season 1 Dickinson, Season 1 November Ted Lasso, Season 1 Flesh and Blood, Full Series Supernatural, Season 1 Supernatural, Season 2 Brooklyn 99, Seasons 1-7 Miracle Workers, Season 1 Supernatural, Season 3 I Hate Suzie, Season 1 December Supernatural, Season 4 Dash and Lily, Full Series Supernatural, Season 5 Supernatural, Season 6 The Undoing, Full Series Life in Pieces, Full Series The Flight Attendant, Season 1 Ghosts, Series 1-2 Doctor Who, Season 6 Supernatural, Season 7 Doctor Who, Season 7 His Dark Materials, Season 2 Bridgerton, Season 1

[dreamingofscully]

3x18. “Teso Dos Bichos” - X-Files Rewatch

Walking closely down the steps from Dr. Bilac's house. Mulder's hand on her back. I love how they just automatically do everything as close together as possible, like its just what everyone does.

Walking together in the woods.

Standing close in the autopsy bay. Leaning over when Scully's on the phone.

Hand on shoulder during the autopsy on the dog.

"Go with it, Scully" (x2!)

Making sure she doesn't fall coming down the ladder.

Grabbing her arms when they come out from the underground passages.

[buffy]

Buffy rewatches Buffy Season One Episode One- Welcome to the Hellmouth I am going have *gasps dramatically* really dumb opinions. And I don't really want to censor that. So if I remember things wrong or anything else I'm sorry. These are my opinions yaaay. 

Let's go! Straight up, never seen the movie. Don't plan on it. Sue me. 

Opening scene is bitchin'. I didn't realize it was Darla until she spoke. I forgot. Also I want a vamp forehead in makeup. Ahhhh the theme. It's been too long. They're all so smol.

Try not to get kicked out. Bless Joyce. Xander, you look 25 at least. why. 

This is not how gossip works

Ah yes, my child. I adore willow. 

He rips and instantly starts taping that thing back together. Already I remember why I want him dead. can't wait. 

My Xander fueled cringe fest begins. Someone gets this child a personality. Please, and the ability to speak. 

Yikes look at those clothes. 

...Cordelia… Why this bitch here? I hate her. So much. Don't be mean to Willow. She's a baby. 

Ya know, at least she's a plot conveyance. 

Do I have a bad copy or is Buffy… not blonde at first. It's a really dirty blonde. 

Oh. Giles. He is a fox. I was too young before. I can fully appreciate him now. Beautiful man. This is not how gossip works x2

Yay, the first corpse. 

Willow. Rambling. Soul sister. I don't remember a Jessie. He dies right?

Xander. My dear. Leave. 

Again Cordy shows up, is a brat, and gives plot. 

Buffy my dearest. You try so hard to be normal and the first not normal thing shows up. Then just "I should go take a look!" if you want out, ignore it. 

What's the sitch? I'm not watching Kim Possible. Buffy is… not me. But she is. I am confused. Her priorities. Last month's hair. My goodness child. Giles, you're being creepy. and sassy. The dueling sassing. That's why I liked this show. Remember when Joss had good snappy dialogue that had a point? Doesn't matter he only knows how to write three different characters. 

How do vampire actors speak with those teeth? I want to know. 

How is it Buffy can sass with Giles but can't stop mentioning the dead around other people? Also, how does not her mom know she's insane? Oh dear. David Boringness or however you spell his name and that massive forehead. You know, I actually had no idea he was a vampire when I first watched it. My dad was shocked. 

I know he's supposed to be this beautiful dark scary man. Why don't I find him attractive?

How didn't I know he was a vampire? He's such a freaking creep. Seriously. A dude hunts you down in an alley and gives you a necklace. Get his ass arrested for stalking. Why is the scene with the bad shot like a shaky old music video? You're going to make me sick. 

Willow. My child. Sweet pure of heart baby. I adore her more than life in this moment. 

Why is Giles hanging out at a club? This is also stalking. Buffy. He's talking into your ear over your shoulder. He knows you have bad dreams. Call the cops. 

Cordy, rejecting the dumb boy. She has one (1) good trait. 

Buffy can sense vampires through their clothing. Also, since when has sensing them been a thing? And her advice nearly gets people killed? Trying to make her as un mary sue as you can off the bat. Not bad.

Fuck Cordy. I hate her. 

In attempting to keep my rambling thoughts in opinions and not just bleek observation I'll just say, the master could have had more atmosphere than just looking like a hairless molerat. 

Xander at least accepts the crazy real quick. And as much as I don't like reluctant hero traits Buffy also accepts quick. 

Protect the willow. 

Why does darla have to sound like an anime girl? with tiny squeaky voice. 

The fight choreography gets better? Right? I'm not just wearing my rose tinted glasses on this? The use of just tossing people across rooms is up to five now. six. 

Heck yes, music video looking walking vampire horde. TO BE CONTINUED. with a freeze frame? I'm surprised it didn't start with that scene then a freeze frame going 'yeah that's me, the screaming blonde chick in a coffin but how did I end up here?'

For being called welcome to the hellmouth, no one called it that or knew what is was. just 'the mouth of hell' which, I wouldn't say when I first started watching this because ‘hell’ was a bad word in my house. So glad I'm grown and will be able to properly cuss cordelia out. You know. I thought this was going to be more cheesy. I know it gets worse before it gets better. I remember that much.