Dumb Shit 2018

57 Body Paragraph/Dumbo 2019

TEEL

Of Mice and Men is a novella which contends that people cannot change over time.  Do you agree?

(T)opic Sentence- states the argument in that body paragraph

            In of Mice and Men George displays the ability to change his attitude and personality over time.

(E)vidence-includes a direct quotation or film device as proof

            In his youth George took advantage of Lennie getting him to “do any damn thing I tol’ him.”  This changed over time as Lennie and George developed a partnership and have something “to look ahead to.”

(E)xplanation-elaborates/explains the significance

            George learnt that Lennie, whilst not intelligent, was kind hearted and well-meaning.  His conscience allowed George to grow and develop as a person to become Lennie’s closest companion and support. 

(L)inking Sentence-connects back to the contention/topic OR transitions to the next paragraph

            It is evident that George changed his perspective of Lennie and mankind over time. 

Dumb Shit 2018

            One was once a magnanimous fan of Disney and Tim Burton, with that said: fuck Disney and fuck Tim Burton too.  Disney has bought the once virtuous beautiful girl Star Wars, and has turned her into the cheapest dirtiest two-dollar prostitute selling her to any five-year-old kid who will pay for her services.  She will be ruined in a matter of years if she already is not.  Thank George Lucas for selling his prized-child to the highest bidder for human trafficking.  Speaking of directors, Tim Burton made marvelous gems like Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas.  He followed those with Planet of the Shit, whored himself to do Charlie and the Shit Factory and most recently Dumb Shit.  Tim Burton has not made a quality Tim Burton film for a long time, but one is pretty sure he is still an A-list director and a multi-millionaire.  The reader should not watch Dumb Shit because: it was poorly casted and acted; it was boring as shit; but although it was a horrible movie, the computer animation was incredible.

            When one was watching this movie, one thought Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter would be perfect for this movie.  After many Tim Burton flops, they seemed to have jumped ship and started saying “no” to Tim Burton.  What was exactly wrong with the acting?  Did they act poorly?  No they did not.  Did they give an Oscar-award winning performance?  No they did not.  They neither acted poorly nor amazingly: they just acted moderately.  This average acting contributed greatly to the intense boredom of this movie.

            One took a pretty substantial nap during the movie.  The movie was extremely boring because of the acting, the story, and the direction.  Disney takes a basic cartoon movie and tries to morph it into a live action Hollywood colossus, Disney is going to have some difficulty.  One thinks that the original Dumbo story was lacking to begin with, although the character is cute and loveable.  So, Disney has a pile of shit twenty years ago, and they try to make that pile of shit modern by putting some flowers around it and decorating it with glitter.  Deep down at the core, it is still a pile of shit.  The pace of the movie was slow, with nothing happening throughout.  It just dragged on and on: long shots of boringness.  Even with all these negative points, there was still one amazing point.

            One was watching this and tried to figure out how they managed to find an elephant with such big ears.  Then the elephant started flying and one convinced himself that this was indeed amazing computer animation.  The whole movie one was trying to figure out if that was a real freak elephant or if it was computer animation.  It was so lifelike and detailed: it was alive.  One hopes they win an Oscar for this so this movie would not have been a complete loss.  But then again, they would keep on churning out more shit like this. 

            Here’s the score: Disney is one for two.  Beauty and the Beast was good, Dumbo was not.  They are coming out with Aladdin next with Will Smith as the genie.  One saw the preview and Will Smith did not look as bad as one thought.  If Robin Williams did not fucking kill himself, one would not mind seeing a fat old man genie in real life.  One thinks the hyperactivity and physical comedy of Robin Williams would have shined on the big screen, although he would have been a grumpy old man by this point.  One hopes they will try their best not to ruin classic Disney movies with sub-standard pieces of shit in the future. 

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A Star Shines Brightly

56 introduction/a star is born

1.  (H)ooker (ex All is fair in love and war)
   1. Joke
   1. Proverb/powerful quote
   1. Anecdote
   1. Surprising fact/statistics
   1. Curiosity/question ?
   1. Vivid description/scene

-flashback

-dialogue

-action scene

-feelings/emotions

-snapshot of a small moment

-onomatopoeia sound effect

• Definition

Don’t: this essay will be about

• (I)ntroduce Topic (subject) (ex fighting)

Don’t: tell them everything, “I’m going to talk about”

1. Give background information (author, title)
   1. Connect hook to thesis smoothly
   1. One or two sentences, short and sweet
   1. Don’t give away too many details mentioned in your body paragraph

3.  Thesis (argue) (ex Fighting is the only way to heal the world)

            a. positive (agree) or negative (disagree)

            b.  w5, h

            c.  strong statement (no pussy statements, aggressive)

            d.  related

1. Be clear and specific
2. Put at the end of your introduction
3. Be original

Don’t: bury thesis in middle, don’t be vague, don’t “the point of my paper”

Brainstorm

thesis

The reader should watch Bradley Cooper’s and Lady Gaga’s A Star is Born because the soundtrack was amazing and there were four Oscar-award winning scenes; but other than these two points, the movie was quite boring.   

Hooker

            When twelve year old girls start singing this movie’s song in elementary schools, it is time to watch the movie regardless of what one thinks the movie will be like.  Directed and acted by Bradley Cooper, acted and performed by Lady Gaga, multiple Oscar nominations and one win for best original song; it is an intelligent risk to watch this movie. 

Lady Gaga’s Biopic

            When twelve year old girls start singing this movie’s song in elementary schools, it is time to watch the movie regardless of what one thinks the movie will be like.  Directed and acted by Bradley Cooper, acted and performed by Lady Gaga, multiple Oscar nominations and one win for best original song “Shallow”; the writer had to take the plunge and gamble on a viewing.  The reader should watch Bradley Cooper’s and Lady Gaga’s A Star is Born because the soundtrack was amazing and there were four Oscar-award winning scenes; but other than these two points, the movie was quite boring.   

            Lady Gaga is an amazing musical artist.  The writer loves her songs; they are original, makes one want to dance, and Lady Gaga has a genuine talented voice.  Her music is excellent but before A Star is Born, her acting was not.  One does not know what is exactly wrong with Lady Gaga; is it her looks or her bland acting.  All one knows is she murdered a whole season of American Horror Story.  She had some other unmemorable parts in other movies.  One thinks she uses her music stardom to convert it into movie stardom and it sometimes gets her parts a normal actress who is not a music superstar to get.  A good example of this is Jay Chou, the Michal Jackson of Taiwan.  He is a musical genius and makes incredible music, but every movie he touches turns to dust.  The only movie one has enjoyed him in is the Green Hornet.  He did all-right there, maybe because it was an American movie and the director just thought he was some chinaman and did not have to kiss his butt which allowed the director to produce some amazing acting from him.  The first song one fell in love with is the last song of the movie.  One heard it on YouTube being covered by some starlets and it was catchy.  Then after hearing Shallow many times over, one started to like that song also.  All the other songs one can do without.  One has downloaded the music and that is on his playlist currently.  Two of the songs produced three of the best scenes of the movie. 

            First great scene: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga are in the parking lot.  Lady Gaga sings Shallow in front of Brad.  When Lady Gaga is singing that song, she is just electrifying.  And the facial reaction of Brad tells one of being blown away and smitten through that song; very subtle but extremely powerful.  Second great scene: Same song, different setting; Brad is trying to get the shy unconfident Lady Gaga to sing her own song.  She does not want to do it, but eventually does.  When she is singing, she looks so scared and nervous.  Slowly you can physically see her opening up and getting more confident as well as vocally.  It was amazing, great evolution.  Third great scene: Brad should have got an Oscar for this scene a lone.  The scene is Brad apologizing to Lady Gaga for embarrassing her.  One genuinely feels that Brad is so sorry for being an alcoholic and embarrassing his successful wife in front of the world.  One feels sorry for this pitiful animal.  And it doesn’t stop there, Lady Gaga has this amazing reaction.  It is like, she wants to cry, but does not, the tear is right on the side of her eye.  And her feeling is that of “I love my husband no matter what, and I do not care that he embarrassed me, and I am so sad that my husband feels sad that he did this to me and I just want him to be happy no matter what.”  Such a powerful scene one was brought to tears.  Last great scene: It was actually the last scene of the movie.  One has to say this is one’s favorite song.  So Bradley Cooper has died, spoiler alert, it is his funeral and Lady Gaga sings this song.  She is sad, and sings this song beautifully and you can see her emotions portrayed physically and vocally.  Song is on the level of Whitney Houston’s Bodyguard, but Bodyguard was a better movie.   

            There is a great soundtrack and four great scenes; what does one have left?  The answer is nothing.  Movie starts out with Jackson Maine doing a concert.  He gets off and randomly goes to a bar that Lady Gaga is performing.  They meet and have a date somehow, so unlikely.  The plot just seems rushed and too coincidental, like they only have a certain amount of time to make a story.  The second date is of a superstar flying his stranger acquaintance to his concert, and getting her to sing her song.  Then he bangs her.  She thinks it is a one night stand but there is a surprising third date and Lady Gaga is surprised.  Then a bunch of pointless things happen with an occasional amazing scene inserted in certain points. 

            The movie has a three out of five on the tomatometer.  The soundtrack is amazing and the reader should definitely listen to it.  There are four amazing scenes that the reader should watch and unfortunately have to suffer through the rest of the movie.  One thinks Lady Gaga did so well was because Lady Gaga was playing Lady Gaga.  That would explain a lot.  This was Bradley Cooper’s first directorial debut and Lady Gaga’s first major role; they are not there yet but they are off to an amazing start.  One sees a lot of room for improvement, and if they do improve, one can see themselves as being a hardcore fan.  The reader should definitely watch this movie.

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Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Brainstorm

Thesis: should people watch velvet buzzsaw?

3 points

1. Not memorable
2. Plot
3. Mixed genre

A woman puts her hand in a piece of art, then that piece of art sucks her in resulting in her bloody gruesome death.  The genre is either mixed or confusing.  The plot is straight forward and simple.  One does not remember too much of this movie.  Should people watch velvet buzzsaw?

Seems like a horror movie but there are subtle touches of other genres; this movie could be a combination of science fiction, horror and maybe comedy.  It just does not seem like a straight-forward horror movie.  Maybe the horror genre is so basic and structured that this does not feel like that genre.  Another aspect that tells me that this is not a horror movie is because Jake Gyllenhaal does not do horror movies.  He does do weird movies.  One thought this was a weird movie judging by the cover and thought it was like his other tarantula movie.  One did not suspect a horror movie.  If people like gory horror movies, they might want to watch this movie.

The premise of the story: there is some weird art, and whoever is in possession of the art gets killed somehow.  They either die from ghosts, suicide, or other weird things.  The art goes around and around killing everybody.  The movie is similar to final destination, because you know people are going to die, but one just wonders how they will meet their end.  If people find this plot attractive, they might want to watch this movie.

One does not remember much about this movie, thus making this probably not a good movie.  One does not remember where the haunted art comes from nor why it is killing people nor even what happens at the end.  One just assumes everyone dies.  One really only remembers a lady putting her hand in this oval shaped artwork, and having her hand sucked in and eventually killing her in a bloody mess.  It was quite cool.  One also remembers Jake Gyllenhaal was in the movie, but does not remember what he did.  The movie was a complete cloudy insignificant memory.

The movie is a point five out of five.  The mixed genre is all over the place.  It is maybe a horror movie or maybe a science fiction movie, but does not seem like a straight-forward horror movie.  It is better than a horror movie.  The plot is simple and straight-forward.  A haunted piece of art starts killing people.  This plot is enough for some people, some people might need more.  One does not remember much from this movie.  If one remembered every detail, it would have been a great movie.  People should not watch Velvet Buzzsaw.

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48 essay formula

Introduction

            hook

            Thesis

Body paragraphs (3)

            Paragraph structure

                        Topic sentence

                        Evidence

                        Explanation

                        Concluding sentence

Conclusion

            Summarize three points

            Restate thesis-antithesis

Citation

1^st topic sentences

2^nd transitions

3^rd everything should support your thesis

Let’s put this fucking formula to the test.

1. subject: Fyre (2019)

2. title: Festival on Fyre

3.  Thesis: Should one watch Fyre?

4.  hook: Imagine paying four thousand dollars and looking forward to a dream vacation, but end up stranded, hungry, homeless, and in fear of your life.  This is what happened at Fyre Festival. 

5.  Three things:          1.  Who really was Billy McFarland

                                    2.  Did Billy McFarland initially have the plan to defraud customers all along or was he just in way over his head?

                                    3.  What is the difference between the Fyre application and the Fyre Festival?

Fyre (2019)

Festival on Fyre

            Imagine paying four thousand dollars and looking forward to a dream vacation, but end up stranded, hungry, homeless, and in fear of their life.  This is what happened at Fyre Festival.  Who really was Billy McFarland?  Did Billy McFarland initially have the plan to defraud customers all along or was he just in way over his head?  What is the difference between the Fyre application and the Fyre Festival?  And finally, should one watch Fyre?

            Was Billy McFarland a genius?  Magnises was the first company Billy created.  It was an exclusive credit card targeted at millennials.  It was a sleek and stylish metal credit card that was used to get into special parties.  But unfortunately, Billy was paying for all these unique events with his American Express card and he racked up two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in debt.  Magnises was a genius idea, a huge success, but the outcome turned out to be a disaster.  It could have had a different outcome.  When people were debating whether to believe Billy or not, his past came up as the mastermind behind Magnises.  Billy used the momentum of the largely successful Magnises, to spear head into the Fyre application.  The Fyre application’s function was an easy way to book has been celebrities, because real celebrities do not need to be booked through an application.  Real celebrities use managers and real human beings.  This was a real application that was another victory for Billy.  He had a whole team with a year of progress on it with no signs of slowing down.  Then some guy gave Billy a small seed of, maybe create a festival to promote this fire application.  That idea blew up into what was known to be, Fyre Festival.  Whenever someone asked who Billy was, they answered many times, “Billy is a great entrepreneur.”  Not only was he a great entrepreneur, he was also a genius, but if he did not try to cut corners, he could have been magnificent.  His story was an amazing one, and one worth watching, and one would not be surprised if they made a biopic about him landing him even more money.

            From the inception of Fyre Festival, did Billy plan to defraud the world?  Or, was he this overly ambitious dreamer who believed all that he said?  The brain in the Duck Tales cartoon created these spectacular commercials to a product that did not even exist yet.  Everyone wanted the product, but the product was not even invented yet.  Fyre Festival was the same case.  Billy shot an amazing commercial for something that did not exist.  Everyone wanted to buy this product, but it did not exist yet.  He created a massive demand, then he frantically scrambled to create the product.  He did not intend to defraud his customers, he just made poor decisions and got unlucky.  First, he tried to book Norma’s Cay, Pablo Escobar’s tropical island, but he disobeyed a request to not call it Pablo Escobar’s island in media.  He was ousted from the island and had to find another.  He sold tickets without knowing the full logistics of the island.  He had overbooked the island and instead of giving refunds, he was just going to find a solution to his problem and make it work, positive thinking.  After that, everything just came crashing down: travel, food, housing, and venue.  He should have pulled out at any one of those failure markers, but he just kept on barreling through.  He had no money, all he had was entrepreneurship.  He got money for his dream through investors, and he needed his dream to pay back these investors.  If he backed out at any time, he would have been ruined, but maybe not go to jail.  If he kept going, there was a small chance that he would have made it and become famously rich and well-known throughout the entertainment world.  They alluded to the first Woodstock.  It was also one of the biggest disasters in history, but they pulled it off, and one does not remember the failures of Woodstock, they just remember how memorable and great it was.  Social media is powerful, and this will be a case study that will be examined in the future.  Fyre Festival was the first, but it will not be the last, and it is an interesting story to watch. 

            The Fyre application should have been Billy’s real dream.  Fyre application would have made Billy rich and elite.  Fyre Festival was the thing to promote his real dream, the Fyre application.  The tragedy of this whole situation is the Fyre Festival’s failure resulted in the Fyre application failure.  Fyre application was working and fine, but the reputation was just destroyed.  Anything with the word Fyre in it would never be touched again.  Surprisingly, Ja Rule was not harmed in this whole shit storm.  Not only that, he copied the Fyre application and now it is Iconn.  Iconn will be successful.  Billy McFarland is a star and there will be a sequel to something down the road.  One should stay tuned to see how his life unfolds. 

            Billy McFarland is a business savant and if he uses his abilities in an honest way, he will eventually be successful in something.  He has heart and ability and the refusal to die and give up.  A little Elon Musk is in him.  “I have to be dead or incapacitated for me to give up”-Elon Musk.  Billy’s dream was Fyre Festival, and he believed he could achieve it, but the reality was he did not have the ability or resources to complete a project of this magnitude.  He had everything to lose if he quit, and a very small chance of success if he kept going, and he chose to keep going.  The Fyre application was a victory, and is still a victory in the form of Iconn, but the Fyre festival murdered the Fyre application unfortunately.  Fyre is a five out of five stars and is worth a watch.  “I went home, took a shower, gargled some mouthwash, and went over there fully prepared to suck that guy’s dick.”-Andy King.

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Bandersnatch (2019)

            Bandercrotch.

            .5 stars out of 5.

            What a pile of shit.

            If one would take the masterpiece of Groundhog Day, and try his best to fuck it up in every way possible, one would end up with Bandersnatch.

            Bandersnatch gets points for trying, but that is all it is getting. 

            One is eating breakfast and wants to watch the latest black mirror episode.  It happens to be Bandersnatch.  1.  You cannot watch it on Apple T.V.  Format not available or something.  2.  If one is to watch it on computer, one must click every so often to decide. 

            This movie is like the first horrific failure of Elon Musk’s rocket launch.  But the happy ending to this story is that eventually this concept will be something amazing.  But this current movie happened to be a colossal fuck up.

            This kid is in a Groundhog Day loop.  One has complete control over what he does.  If one does not make the correct decision, the move will never fucking end.  One feels like destroying his own computer in the middle of this movie. 

            Acting is whatever.  Stars are whatever.  Story is whatever. 

            There should be an option where one does not have to make decisions, so they can enjoy it while doing aerobics or jerking off or something. 

            Nice try Netflix.  They are not there yet, but they will get there sooner or later. 

            Not worth a watch unless one wants to experience what an annoying fuck up of a movie feels like.  If one does not make the correct decisions, the movie will run indefinitely, which turns out to be a huge pain in the ass.    

The staircase (2019)

            2 stars out of 5.

            My first interaction with this genre was making a murderer.  And that show was fucking amazing.  Not amazing for the government and police though.  But I fucking loved it.  It looked so fake though, how everything came about.  Was it fake?

            Now we come to this guy.  Let’s play detective.  Did he fucking do it?  1. He lived a secret bisexual life, so that kind of makes him a liar.  2.  Another person died kind of the same exact way before by his hands.  3. The fall involved so much fucking blood, no fucking way she just “fell” and bled that much. 

            But then leads to the questions, if she didn’t die from falling, how did she die?  1.  Where was the fucking murder weapon?  2.  How and what was she beaten with, the evidence did not make sense?  I think all this shit could lead to reasonable doubt. 

            If I had to make a choice, the guy fucking did it.  He probably beat the shit out of her some way, with something, and in quick thinking, threw her down the fucking stairs or at least made it look like she fell.  People who fall down the stairs usually break their necks and die, they don’t fucking bleed to death.  Where was this guy while his wife was “bleeding” to death.

            We all make mistakes.  He got 8 years for that, pretty bad punishment.  He’s old as fuck now, not like those years really mattered to now.  Like if you’re 80, and spend 10 years in jail, who gives a fuck, really?

            Candace: my favorite character in this story.  First, she said how good her sister and the husband were.  Then she saw the evidence of her sister being beat to shit, and she flipped a 360.  She went on a rampage, and just saw scorched earth.  Her speech at the end of the movie was fucking hate filled amazing.  Fucking great.

            The kids: red head.  Hot when she was young, didn’t say anything.  Grew up, I fell in love with her nose, still hot as a woman.  The red head’s sister.  She was the more talkative and hotter one when they were kids.  More charismatic.  When she grew up she had green hair.  I could see how the exposure of this movie kind of fucked her life up.  The red head seemed o.k.  The blonde blood daughter of the killed.  This blonde joined candace on the scorched earth campaign.  First the kids were all friends, but then they started coming after each other.  This family was fucking ripped apart and will never be the same again.

            The law shit was really amazing.  Amazing how fucked up things can get.  I don’t think I ever want to go to court because being innocent doesn’t mean you’re not going to jail.  I’m going to be super nice to cops and keep my nose clean.  I have no faith in lawyers or the justice system.  I think somebody somewhere will try to fuck you one way or another.  My paradise island sounds pretty good right about now.

            In conclusion, watch the first episode, and the last episode.  First episode to kind of see what the fuck this documentary is about.  Last episode to see what the conclusion is.  Everything in between is kind of bullshit.  And I basically filled in the information in this review anyways.  You can probably guess the ending but how it got there is quite remarkable.  Don’t murder your wife is the morale of this story. 

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Bodyguard 2019

            Generous 2 stars out of 5.

             So, I peruse the 2019 golden globe winners.  Bodyguard shows up there.  I’ll give it a go.

            Bodyguard the movie was pretty good.  Kevin Costner in his prime.  Whitney Houston in her prime with the most amazing love ballad ever.  Jungle fever.  What’s not to love.  Great fucking movie, but breaks my heart every time I see it.  RIP Whitney.  Great talent, who I think got mixed up with the wrong husband.  Who knows?  So, before I even watch the show, I just expect Kevin Costner making love with a whitney Houston, but just in a series.  A very long prolonged love affair.

            I watch the first episode.  Intense.  Terrorist bombers, character development, thick scottish/irish accent.  I’m not sure what it was, all I know is it wasn’t American.  Great episode, I’m hooked.  I didn’t see any black girls, nor love making.  Maybe this has nothing to do with the movie.  Great episode nonetheless.

            Spoiler alert.  Then couple episodes later, the bodyguard starts banging the girl he’s supposed to bodyguard.  Hot steamy sex scenes.  Very nice.  O.K., maybe this show is a remake of the kevin Costner movie.  They bang for a couple more episodes.  Awesome.  Didn’t really like the girl so much, but the more he banged her the more I liked her.  She got younger and more beautiful every time she got banged. 

            Then a whole lot of nothing happened in between the series.  Then there was the last episode, which was as intense as the first episode.  Great ending.  Did the guy earn a golden globe?  I don’t know.  He had some pretty intense scenes where I think he acted his heart out. 

            In conclusion, if I were to live my life over again, I would watch the first episode, and the last episode, and skip everything in between.  If I got real curious, like 5 years down the road, I would watch the episodes in between, and have it like some kind of Star Wars prequel or something.  I got some drama, a lot of sex scenes, and some exciting scenes, so I feel I do not regret watching this series.  But not really hyped about season 2.  Golden globes are fucking overrated man.  Fuck golden globes. 

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The assassination of Gianni Versace (2019)

            Hmm.  2 stars out of 5?  O.K.

            First episode was like the hook, looked like the conclusion to the godfather.  Really well done and interesting.  Then, it was just kind of confusing bullshit until the middle.  They tell their story out of order, so you really have to pay attention to understand what’s happening.

            Then we come to this scene, my most favorite and memorable scene of the whole series.  So this guy, is wearing this leather red suit.  And from the back, I thought it was a thriller Michael Jackson suit.  And I was like, cool, that’s dope.  Then, I saw it from the front, and it turns out it’s just a woman’s outfit.  So this guy, is at a house party, and he goes right into the middle of the dance floor and just goes balls out flamboyant gay dancing.  Such a powerful, strong, and fun scene to watch.  Then this girl, sees this gay guy basically dancing with himself and joins him.  She goes all out dancing and they both have a blast.  The first episode and the gay dancing scenes were the most memorable.  Does this make me gay?  I don’t know.  Then I thought, I need more flamboyant gays in my life.

            Gianni Versace: I don’t know shit about this guy.  I didn’t even know he was assassinated.  All I know they used a really good-looking guy to play him.  How do you get a really good-looking guy, make him fatter, change his hair to baldingish, and have him play a less good-looking guy.  Like, they couldn’t find a kind of fat guy with balding hair to play Gianni Versace?  They had to get a Hispanic poster boy and make him less attractive.  I think that’s strike two on my gay scare.  I know he’s a fashion guy, big fashion guy.  That’s about it.  Sad how anyone would want to assassinate a fashion designer.  Guess nobody’s safe.

            People vs OJ Simpson: this was a great fucking show.  I enjoyed every minute of it.  Relived my childhood.  This show won awards.  So, I thought, same kind of show, maybe just as amazing.  No, not really.  I looked at the golden globe winners, so, I thought I’d give this show a shot.  Not as hyped up as it looks.

            Ricky fucking martin: was ricky martin in this show?  I fucking think he was.  If not, I’m a huge racist.  Ricky Martin was my fucking hero in high school.  1^st it was the soccer song.  Great fucking song.  2^nd it was living la vida loca.  But the thing I liked most about this guy was his good looks and physique.  I think that’s gay strike three.  I wanted to be this guy.  Then I saw him dancing once, and I was like, that’s kind of effeminate.  And the gears in my head kind of started turning.  Then I remember an interview, they asked if he was gay, and he said nothing or it wasn’t important or something.  If someone thinks your gay, most likely the guy is already gay.  Then a million years later, he comes out, but I think the world already fucking knew.  He was a really cute kid too.  So, they get a gay guy, to play a gay guy in the movies.  I guess they got this one right.  Now, I’m starting to wonder, if the guy who played Gianni Versace was gay and the guy who played Andrew Cunanan was also gay.  Makes you wonder.

            Andrew Cunanan: so, this guy won a golden globe for playing an amazing gay.  Here’s my question, is the actor actually gay?  Because how do we know that wasn’t his actual character.  Should you get a golden globe for playing yourself?  If he’s not gay, he fucking earned that golden globe with flying colors.  Regardless, it was interesting to watch. 

            In conclusion: I enjoyed the first episode, the red leather suit episode.  If I were you, I’d watch the first episode, the red leather suit episode (whatever fucking episode it was), and the very last episode.  You can skip the bullshit rest.  Or, you could just fucking skip it.  It was educational.  I learned a lot about Gianni Versace and Andrew Cunanan.  I think it was worth a watch.  Very artistic in how they told the story and how it was shot.  Really felt like I was watching the godfather trilogy. 

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The kominsky method (2019)

            .5 fucking stars out of 5.  If I could give it 0 stars I would.  I am going to take a shit all over this show, so stop reading now if you don’t want to hear anything negative.

            So, I look at the list of the 2019 Golden Globes winners, and I see this show.  I’m thinking, it won a couple of awards, let’s fucking watch it.  Big mistake.

            So this is like the resurgence of the odd couple.  I don’t give a shit about two old motherfuckers.  It doesn’t turn me on.  It isn’t interesting to me.  I don’t give a shit what happens to them.  I think the only people who would love this show is other old farts. 

            Maybe I just don’t get it.  I don’t get the humor.  I don’t understand the situation of old people.  I don’t know old people problems.  I kind of breezed past this show not really giving a shit about it and was glad it was only one season and that it was over.  Sorry Michael Douglas. 

            The good news is, I’m not really basing my watching preferences due to bullshit award shows anymore.  I’ll stick to the internet. 

            In conclusion, you can skip this show, unless, you are old as fuck and have absolutely nothing to do anyways.  You might like it, I don’t know, I’m not fucking that old yet. 

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Halt and Catch fire (season 1-4)

            4 stars out of 5.  5 is a rewatchable show.  4 stars is a full watch through with not a real regret, and kind of happy.  4 is pretty good.  5 is fucking great.

            So, I’ve watched a lot of shows recently.  I’ve watched a lot of shitty shows too.  I just pile through Netflix and amazon prime.  I go to a website and find the shows that are best.  I think maybe those websites are bullshit but whatever.  What else am I going to do?

            So, the description of the show was like, “made by the creators of mad men.”  So, I’m like, I liked mad men, this is like mad men for the tech industry, maybe it will be great too. 

            Story: started off kind of slow.  Carried into the middle.  Bleh in the third one.  Kind of an up and down throughout the story.  Nostalgia kind of show, going through my childhood and adulthood.  Very interesting.  The show seemed like a prequel to the social network.  This movie could’ve went a couple more seasons and brought us up to current events.  Definitely character driven.  See a lot of interesting character development and growth.

            Donald Draper: the Donald draper in this show was really excellent.  The star in this story.  Is he good guy or bad guy?  Who the fuck knows?  Really well-acted and very well-written.  Great.  Definitely the star of the show.

            Blonde girl: she did a good job.  I remember her from black mirror very well.  Nerdy computer hacker.  Good character development.

            White trash guy: I fucking love this white trash guy.  He’s my most favorite character to play white trash.  He played a good nerd as well.  Big fan of this guy.  Well acted and turns out he can play many versatile roles.

            Donna: kind of underrated, but definitely part of the family.  Good character development.  Ups and downs.

            Old guy: first you didn’t like him, then increasingly you started to like him more and more.

            Team ups, rivalries, who are you rooting for?  I don’t know.  Very educational on how tech came to be.  I’m pretty sure that’s exactly how it happened.  Very interesting. 

            In conclusion, wasn’t completely stoked about this show, but I think it got better and better.  And you start to get attached to some of these characters and want to see how they turn out.  By the end of it, you don’t regret.  I might even watch it again just to see if I missed anything.  Worth a watch once.

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