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 The fast turn around of February means that I have less time to figure out what to talk about. But it just so happens that I do have something in mind. And that's Remakes in Media. This topic has become more and more prevalent in recent years as movies, games, and shows are recycled and redone. And to be clear, this is specifically about remaking, and not rebooting. But even the examples I have in mind skirt that line, so who really knows exactly. Regardless, while it's nice to get a shiny new coat paint on an old favorite. Sometimes I just feel tired looking at how the material gets treated. So, the goal for today is to talk about some media that I have engaged with and their remakes.  For some context, the reason I wanted to talk about remakes again revolved around the rejected Bloodborne Remake that the now defunct Bluepoint Games had pitched. Like, it fucking sucks that the studio got shutdown, but I can't understand wanting to remake a game like Bloodborne. If anythin...

 Lately, I've been on a real Horror kick. Watching The Initiation, The House on Sorority Row, Curtains, and A Bay of Blood. While I enjoyed all of these movies for what they were doing, the one that stuck with me the most was A Bay of Blood. The 1971 Mario Bava classic that served as the template for the early Slasher Boom in the 1970s and 1980s. And when you watch it for longer than a minute, you really see how influential it was. Like, Italian Films, and Giallos more specifically, have been noticeably influential, but A Bay of Blood seemed to be the "It Girl". A title that I think it rightfully deserved.  A Bay of Blood landed in that sweet spot for me as a Slasher with its element of surprise. This part was important because when thinking about Giallos, the surprise aspects function a bit differently. It's what separated them from their non-Italian contemporaries. With Friday the 13th, the surprise will almost always be on the timing of the kill. You would hear the...

 Recently, I decided to watch the first seven Howling movies. And the only reason I didn't watch the eighth was due to convenience. I didn't think it was very necessary when I started the series, and after going through seven of them. I was right. The Howling movies peak at the first film, and nosedive into a stream of bad or mediocre films. This surprised me because most film franchises don't even make it past two or three. So, to constantly ride on the coattails of the success of a single hit feels a bit odd. Until you realize that the series had a handful of people who still wanted to make Howling films. And that's how you get so many low budget sequels. Because someone with money wanted to make it happen.  But this isn't some grandiose takedown of a dormant franchise. This is about the positives and negatives that came out of the the Howlings. A series about Werewolves, sometimes. And that's the biggest issue that I have with the sequels. They mostly try to ...

 For this post, I was bouncing a few ideas around before I decided on watching movies. This isn't some comprehensive guide on the proper decorum or whatever. This is just about watching movies and how that act has broadened my palette. And it doesn't matter whether the film is "good" or "bad". It's about trying something different or unknown and seeing what happens, because sometimes your favorite movie happens to be a French Film about cannibalism, and the pressures to conform to society or whatever. Like, you just never know sometimes, and that's the fun of it. I love flipping through the catalogues, making lists, and just seeing what happens. So, I'm going to go through that process and give some anecdotes. Without further ado, let's begin. Before talking about the movie gambling, I want to explain the reasoning behind wanting to write this piece. And that mostly lies with Tatsuki Fujimoto's work, Chainsaw Man. Specifically Chapter 39:...

 The year of 2025 is coming to a close, and typically I write about my Game of the Year. But this time around, I did not finish my favorite game to its fullest. So, the next one may be about that, who knows. In favor of scrapping that idea, I have decided to write about the end of One Piece's original TV Adaptation. Something that I never really thought could happen, especially after 25 years of it. While I welcome the change for the series, I'm really gonna miss the behemoth. Now, One Piece may actually last forever. Regardless, I am going to talk about my history with the anime and go over some of my favorite parts.  My first experience with the One Piece Anime was through the 4Kids Rap. I remember seeing it on Saturday mornings and immediately peacing out. I had no tolerance for the goofy pirate rap when I could be watching Sonic X, Yu-Gi-Oh!, or TMNT. So, for years that was my impression of One Piece. A TV show with a really bad rap song for an intro. This impression would...