There sir you are all too sadly correct.
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I went to a screening of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai which Iād not seen in ages.
I think there was an age-of-digital-media blunder with the set-up, as there were no subtitles for the French dialogue for that one character. It doesnāt ruin the film, but it was a shame because I have clear memories of that dialogue being very funny in context.
The whole film is pretty funny (at least intermittently), and super quirky. Iād forgotten a bunch of things ā for instance, that the Mafia in the film are evidentially so rubbish at organised crime that they keep getting hassled by their landlord for being behind on the rent.
Iām happy to have had another chance to see Ghost Dog on the big screen. There are at least three Jim Jarmusch films I like better, and I donāt feel the need to watch this one at home or to own a copy, but itās still really good!
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I finally watched Kaiju Number 8. That was a fun one. Good pacing, good characters. The drawing style didnāt quite mesh with me but the premise and the comedy made more than up for that aspect.
We have activated Netflix for now so now I can binge through the anime only available on Netflix. While my partner can catch up on a few shows he is interested in.
We got started with Castlevania (not Nocturne) which is of course not an anime. I have not played any of the games. I find myself in a bit of reverse culture shock. I cannot quite put my finger on it but it seems to be on the boring side compared to other animated shows Iāve watched recently. It might be that the first season of 4 episodes is just a pre-amble to the actual plot?
We got to the S2E1 of Castlevania before I asked if we could watch Death Note instead. The image quality for Death Note is abysmal for reasons that arenāt quite clear to me. It is older, sure but that doesnāt mean it has to be terrible? But the plot is of course very engaging.
I also got started on My Happy MarriageāI have already read the manga. And the story hits just as hard in animated form.
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I get to see Suspiria (1977) on the big screen again on Monday, so I rewatched the 2018 film yesterday as a prelude. The two have surprisingly little in common with one another, as the later film really is a āreimaginingā of the premise, and it steers well clear of the iconic stylings of the original film, while bringing its own unique attributes. Itās a good thing ā I thoroughly like both films for entirely different reasons.
It wonāt be possible to best my first time seeing the 1977 film on a big screen (because Goblin was playing the filmās soundtrack live on that occasion!), but itās going to be a similarly large audience, and I suspect there might be more newcomers to the film on Mondayās screening, so that should be fun.
(I just looked back in this thread to see whether Iād talked about Suspiria before, and was reminded of my mini psychedelic horror festival, which was an excellent day :).
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Oh
My god
Actual Goblin?
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Actual Goblin, circa 2013. The programme notes tell me the line up on the night was:
- Claudio Simonetti (keyboards)
- Massimo Morante (guitars)
- Maurizio Guarini (keyboards)
- Bruno Previtali (bass)
- Titta Tani (drums)
Meanwhile my soundtrack CD for the film lists:
- Claudio Simonetti
- Massimo Morante
- Fabio Pignatelli
- Agostino Marangolo
- Antonio Marangolo (on one track only)
So Actual/Partial Goblin, depending on your viewpoint :).
Iām not sure whether they were touring with the film specifically on that occasion, or if it was something they were doing in amongst regular gigs, but I believe they performed it a bunch that year, and it seems like theyāve continued to do it from time to time.
Iām seeing ā45th anniversaryā events, so I suspect 2027 will probably provide opportunities to see an incarnation of Goblin performing live to the film in various locations for the filmās 50th anniversary!
The film, somewhat weirdly, got two different remasters around 2017. I picked up the Synapse release, and I think they did a lovely job.
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Went and saw Sinners last night. Marvelous film! Highly recommend!
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I must catch it! Itās doing incredible box office numbers.
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That does NOT look like a film that Tom Hanks would be involved in, unless much much earlier in his career!
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Saw Suspiria (1977) on the big screen again :).
The film is a glorious assault on the senses, and I love that about it. Itās an experience (evidenced by some of the loudest chatter Iāve ever heard from the crowd filing out of the theatre post-screening).
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No, it is recent. He isnāt in it for very long though.
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I watched Dune parts 1 & 2 this weekend.
Some of my audio hardware died with a loud pop tonight half way through part 2, so I had to watch the rest on a smaller screen. Sigh. Not sure what fixing that is going to entailā¦
I spent bits of part 2 singing āweāre going to need a montage!ā (from Team America: World Police), because they were jumping from one thing to another so quickly, trying to cram it all in (I presume). I felt similarly perplexed when significant new sub-plots were introduced about 80% of the way through the film.
There were also a bunch of Giant Eagle moments (i.e. āif you had this tech all along, why did any of that other stuff need to happen earlier?!ā) Iāve no idea if itās more logical in the book.
I thought it was good in many ways and, short of making it much longer, I expect they did quite well all things considered; but it felt like a cut-down, sliced-up story (which I presume is exactly what it is). I lost interest in reading the book a long time ago, though, so this will do :).
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Just watched the last episode of Lower Decks and Iām sad thereās not more.
Iām not really a Star Trek fan, though I have always enjoyed the occasional TNG episode, but I fell in love with this show after watching a few episodes at a friendās house a couple months ago.
Itās so good and pretty much everything I want out of an āadult animationā show, and easily is the perfect Star Trek show for me.
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Itās on youtube, though itās age-gated now.
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One of my prized possessions is the soundtrack on vinyl. It has the entire script printed on the inner sleeve.
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Oooh, the soundtrack! I have the side-scrolling punch punch pc game on Steam somewhere 
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