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DM of the Rings Remastered CXLII: Rank Bribery
An Idiot’s Analysis of A Film: The Long Walk
I don’t go to the movie theater anymore. I never was a fan of spending a decent chunk of money on a single watch of a movie, then spending a small fortune on snacks and a Coke. Add on top of that the several experiences of annoying audiences ruining the atmosphere of great movies and I was ready for an excuse to stop going to the theaters. Then came the pandemic and the bottom fell out of the movie screening industry and earlier streaming debuts of movies. Now, most of the time you couldn’t pay me to go. However there are movie debuts that tempt me to go back. The release of “The Long Walk” was one such movie.
I’ve always loved Stephen King adaptations. From the masterpiece that is “The Shining” to the batshit insanity that is “The Langoliers” I find something to enjoy in most of them. There’s a warmth and particular charm to his characters that is hard to describe but you definitely know it when you see it. Maybe the copious amounts of cocaine imbibed while writing his characters just forces its way through even when it’s been filtered through another layer of interpretation. Regardless, I can’t read so enjoying his stories in book form is impossible for me. So when I saw a video discussing the “The Long Walk” prior to its release, I got very excited.
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Wednesday Action Log 12-03-25
This week I had a tooth extraction, so not much to talk about. My jaw hurts.
How’s everyone else this week?
Horror Slasher Evolution: What Is Freddy Krueger?
We have talked about how two of the three major franchise slasher villains started out: Michael Myers was real in a manner-of-speaking, but was more of an idea; while Pamela Voorhees and later her son Jason were very straight-forward human serial killers. Freddy Krueger, from A Nightmare on Elm Street, deserves some deeper analysis. Until you get to the final scene of the first movie, Fred Krueger is a now-dead child murderer (the script, even to the point of shooting as far as I can tell, explicitly called him a child r***ist but real-life events during production prompted the change). His appearance in the dreams of the children (keep in mind all of the major characters in the film ARE WRITTEN as mid-teenage…15 and 16 years old) is *implied* to be a form of psychic emanation caused by the collective trauma of THEIR PARENTS. The people who burned Fred Krueger alive when his murder case was thrown out before conviction on a technicality. This is born out, more-or-less, when Nancy confronts Krueger, telling him he doesn’t scare her anymore (shades of “You have no power over me!”) She turns her back on Freddy and he poofs into nothingness as he lunges toward her.
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DM of the Rings Remastered CXLI: The Moment of Truth
Wrestling Vocabulary That You Should Know and Use
Depending on when and where you grew up professional wrestling had some impact on your life, it just depends how much. The “sport” has grown and shrunken in popularity several times over the years due to many reasons that I’m not smart enough to properly speculate on. Wrestling has affected politics in Japan and Mexico. Wrestling has affected legislation of law regarding workers’ rights, steroid use, and many other avenues of import. Wrestling has launched careers in other industries such as music and acting. And unfortunately, wrestling has graced this world with some of the least tolerable human beings alive reaching the pinnacle of success and wealth. It gives and it takes. However there’s one thing that you may or may not be aware of that the wrestling industry has brought to us. Those goof-asses in tights have graced us with lots of lingo that you may or may not be using effectively. Well, today I’m going to enrich your vocabulary.
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Wednesday Action Log 11-26-25
This week I’ve been once again too busy to play anything except a little bit of Slay the Spire.
Mostly jut slamming my head against the wall trying to get past ascension 13.
I have also kept playing a bit of Half life 2. Nothing really new there, except that I realized that you can take DOG’s ball thru Ravenholm. It’s not very useful but it’s fun that the zombies try to attack it instead of you.
I’m also posting this late due to internet troubles.
How is everyone else?
From The Archives:
Was it a Hack?
A big chunk of the internet went down in October of 2016. What happened? Was it a hack?
D&D Campaign
WAY back in 2005, I wrote about a D&D campaign I was running. The campaign is still there, in the bottom-most strata of the archives.
Megatextures
A video discussing Megatexture technology. Why we needed it, what it was supposed to do, and why it maybe didn't totally work.
Wolfenstein II
This is a massive step down in story, gameplay, and art design when compared to the 2014 soft reboot. Yet critics rated this one much higher. What's going on here?
The Disappointment Engine
No Man's Sky is a game seemingly engineered to create a cycle of anticipation and disappointment.
The Best of 2016
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2016.
Batman: Arkham Origins
A breakdown of how this game faltered when the franchise was given to a different studio.
Bad and Wrong Music Lessons
A music lesson for people who know nothing about music, from someone who barely knows anything about music.
What is Vulkan?
What is this Vulkan stuff? A graphics engine? A game engine? A new flavor of breakfast cereal? And how is it supposed to make PC games better?
Top 64 Videogames
Lists of 'best games ever' are dumb and annoying. But like a self-loathing hipster I made one anyway.