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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, first up is Force Majeure (2014), a Swedish family drama-black-comedy-satire about a family vacationing in the Alps, when suddenly, they find themselves caught in an avalanche, and the dad acts in a cowardly manner that shames his wife and children. An examination of masculinity ensues in both dramatic and darkly comic fashion, in keeping with the style of director Ruben Ostlund, the guy behind Triangle of Sadness (2022) and The Square (2017), the latter of which we previously watched. Great reviews for this, so let’s check it out.

After that is The Birdcage (1996), a musical farce starring Robin Williams as a gay Jewish drag club owner whose straight adoptive son is getting married, and is bringing his fiancee’s parents to visit. Uh-oh, they turn out to be right-wingers, and so Williams and his partner must pretend to be straight in their presence. Hilarity and misunderstandings ensue. This was a big hit at the box-office in 1996, and Letterboxd seems to love it. Director is Mike Nichols, the guy behind such classics as The Graduate (1967) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

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Letterboxd:

• Force Majeure: https://letterboxd.com/film/force-majeure-2014/
• The Birdcage: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-birdcage/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Force Majeure: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/30906
• The Birdcage: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11584

CWs for Force Majeure:

• Gaslighting.
• Jump scares.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Misophonia.
• Explosions.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Avalanche.

CWs for The Birdcage:

• Child abandonment.
• Stalking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Prostitution.
• Pedophilia: the prostitute is underage.
• Shaving.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Clowns.
• Razors.
• Outing of LGBT person.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Body dysphoria.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Jump scares.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Antisemitism.
• “Man in a dress” jokes.
• Misgendering.
• Fat jokes.
• Misrepresentation of minority.
• Hate speech.
• Discussion of religion.
• Objectification of men.
• Sex.
• Male character ridiculed for crying.
• Anti-abortion themes.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.

Links to movies:

• Force Majeure: https://tankie.tube/w/kBYxsxzTNDrptG34zbUWen
• The Birdcage: https://tankie.tube/w/wVPLhBsVfJMMN4Aqs4WYeo

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Description: The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed follows buddy cops Vladimir Sharapov (Vladimir Konkin), recently returned from the Eastern Front, and anti-banditry department captain Gleb Zheglov (Vladimir Vysotsky), in a police investigation into the "Black Cat" gang in post-war Moscow. Created by Odessa Film Studios, with scriptwriters Arkady and Georgy Vayner adapting their own novel The Era of Mercy, which was in turn based on real events that took place in the early 1950s.

Runtime:

• Part 1: ~67 minutes
• Part 2: ~71 minutes

Trivia: The Lyube song "Atas!" is based on this series. That song is in fact how I first heard about this series. Supposedly a lot of lines from this series are still widely quoted by Russophones to this day.

Content warnings for death incl. murder, drug use incl. smoking, and things of that nature. Reportedly contains some "intense and disturbing scenes".

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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), a Korean action-comedy made in the vein of old Spaghetti westerns. It is set in 1930s Korea, and follows a band of outlaws rebelling against the Japanese occupation, racing to find a hidden treasure against IJA soldiers, Chinese bandits, and Russian opportunists seeking to do the same. Director is Kim Jee-won, the guy behind the serial-killer thriller I Saw the Devil (2010), which we previously watched.

Next is Companion (2025), the new hit horror sensation, following a dystopian future in which gross guys can buy their perfect robot female sexbot. One such bot (Sophie Thatcher) decides she’s had enough of this shit and rebels. Horror ensues, along with a whole lot of blood, gore, and stabby antics. This is the debut feature of director Drew Hancock, who has no other notable credits. Good reviews for this, so let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

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Letterboxd:

• The Good, the Bad, the Weird: letterboxd.com/film/the-good-the-bad-the-weird/
• Companion: https://letterboxd.com/film/companion-2025/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Good, the Bad, the Weird: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/13782
• Companion: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1221211

CWs for The Good, the Bad, the Weird:

• Drug use.
• Death of horse.
• Bugs.
• Finger mutilation.
• Shaky cam.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Companion:

• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Woman brutalized for spectacle..
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Slapping of woman.
• Sexual assault: a man touches an android without her consent.
• Discussion of sexual assault.
• Bullying.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Hand damage.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Tooth damage.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Stabbing.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of non-human.
• Cheating.
• Jump scares.
• Shower scene.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Audio gore.
• Dissociation.
• Suicide.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdown.
• Jump scares.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Sex.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• The Good, the Bad, the Weird: https://tankie.tube/w/ifLLGH9442xA7awgQ3u1Vo
• Companion: https://tankie.tube/w/61gPD6go2KNdmiaZ7BGhV1

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Also, if you use an anime tracker like Anilist or MAL: Once Upon a Time... Space was a co-production with the Japanese studio Eiken. The series was released in Japan under the title of Galaxy Patrol PJ ({銀|ぎん}{河|が}パトロールPJ Ginga Patorôru PJ) and is reportedly seen as a cult classic by anime fans in Japan. This means in any case that this show is actually included in many anime databases!

• https://myanimelist.net/anime/11307/Ginga_Patrol_PJ
• https://anilist.co/anime/11307/Once-Upon-a-Time-Space/

What are we watching?

Episode titles: "The Planet Omega" — "The Saurians" — "The Green Planet" — "Towards Andromeda" — "The Cro-Magnons"

Series description: Once Upon a Time... Space tells about the confrontation of many big galactic powers. Among them there is the Omega Confederation, of which Earth is a member; the military republic of Cassiopeia led by General The Pest; and a powerful supercomputer which controls an army of robots. The show follows the adventures of space police members Pierrot and his friend Mercedes ("Psi") and adapts elements of Greek mythology and other mainly European folklore. Some episodes concern topics such as the balance of political power; man vs technology; and the existence of God.

Content warnings

I have never watched this show before so I don't know what to expect from it in terms of content warnings, although this series supposedly contains "little to no violence" except against wild animals.

The previous show in this series, Once Upon a Time... Man, for which Space is technically a continuation, had the following content warnings, if nothing else: Death incl. murder — sexual assault — nudity — animal gore — disease — racist caricatures — religion presented as fact — Eurocentrism

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You can read more about Peertube and potential security concerns here: https://hexbear.net/post/3471120?scrollToComments=false

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It is still recommended to use a vpn.

The visual cuisine for tonight is two more Twin Peak episodes followed by more Venture Bros anime, now uncensored thanks to DrMonarch.

For the venture bros tonight we will be watching an episode split up along with the Shallow Gravy, Halloween, and christmas specials (in the order of Shallow Gravy, S5e1 chap1-2, Halloween special, s5e1 chap3-5, xmas special I think).

Twin Peaks

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12451?index1=-1&index2=-1

• Domestic violence
• Stalking
• Drugs & alcohol
• Addiction
• An animal dies
• A pet dies
• Shaving/cutting
• Kidnapping
• Cheating
• Abusive parents
• Abused becomes the abuser
• A woman is brutalized for spectacle
• Gaslighting
• A character is abused with a belt
• Child abuse
• Bugs
• A character is drugged
• References to pedophilia
• References to and implied sexual assault
• A bully beats someone up
• A character is restrained
• A character's mouth is covered
• A character struggles to breathe
• A character gets choked
• A character has undergone amputation in the past
• A character dies by hanging
• Unconsciousness
• Bone breaking
• Finger mutilation
• Corpses
• Torture
• References to a child dying
• Sexualization of minors
• A character sacrifices themself
• Death
• A disabled character is played by an able bodied actor
• A child's toy is destroyed
• Ghosts
• Jump scares & loud noises
• Natural bodies of water in the opening credits
• Characters are possessed
• Trypophobic content
• Vomit & spit
• Copaganda
• Incarceration
• Anti LGBT+ slur
• An LGBT+ character dies
• Deadnaming
• Hospital scenes
• Depictions of mental illness
• Self harm
• Misrepresentation of autism
• A mentally ill person is violent
• Dissociation
• Characters implied to be autistic are mistreated
• Suicide attempt and a character declares they will attempt it
• Unstable reality
• A character has a meltdown
• Misophonia
• Anxiety attacks
• Body dysmorphia
• Claustrophobic
• Depictions of ptsd
• Shakey cam
• Screaming
• Profanity
• Flashing lights & images
• Ableism and ableist language
• "Man in dress" jokes
• A trans character is misgendered
• Fat jokes
• Misrepresentation of a minority
• Religion
• Large age gap
• A character loses their virginity
• Incest
• Kissing
• Jokes about men crying
• Mentions of existentialism
• Sad endings
• Car crash and someone is hit by a car
• Blood & gore
• Guns & gun violence
• Nuclear explosion

The Venture Bros

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/50010?index1=-1&index2=-1

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417373/parentalguide/

• Profanity & slurs
• The r-slur is used both as a slur and to describe a character with an intellectual disability
• A homophobic slur is used multiple times as well
• Violence
• Guns & gun violence
• Blood & gore
• A dog does die
• Abusive parents
• Stalking
• The abused becomes an abuser
• Gaslighting
• Child abuse
• Body dysphoria involving a prominent side character that appears in multiple seasons
• Transphobia: in addition to the above being played off as a joke for a while, a prominent side character is insinuated to be a transwoman a few times because she has a deep voice
• Sexual content
• Sexual objectification of characters
• Incest
• Suicide & suicide attempts
• Depictions of PTSD
• Vomit, spit, shit, & piss
• Drugs, alcohol, and addiction
• Scene with a dog fighting ring
• Dead animals
• Depictions of bugs
• Depictions and mentions of SA
• Characters are restrained
• Shaving and cutting
• Characters are crushed to death
• Characters choke to death
• Body horror
• Amputation
• A character is buried alive
• A character hangs themself
• A character undergoes a medical procedure to alleviate pain in their genitals
• Unconsciousness
• A character has a seizure
• Teeth are damaged
• Depictions of torture
• A character's eye is mutilated
• Death of children
• A minor is sexualized: Dean is frequently depicted as a horny teenager and multiple jokes revolve around this
• Death of a family member
• A child's toy is destroyed
• Cheating
• Ghosts
• Clowns
• Shower scene
• A character is possessed
• Needles & syringes
• Hospital and mental instituion scenes
• A character has cancer and another dies from cancer off screen
• Anxiety attacks
• Mentions of an eating disorder
• Flashing lights & images
• Ableism
• An LGBT character dies
• Age gap: an underage character lies to an adult to get the adult to sleep with them
• Nudity that is generally censored
• A scene with implied bestiality
• Car crashing and honking
• Someone is hit by a car
• Plane crash

Ryan Gosling may be joining the MCU as Ghost Rider in Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars! Plus, Disney CEO Bob Iger is reportedly frustrated with the thin 2026 Marvel film slate. Big changes could be coming!

Your thoughts??

What I liked about S1 was that it was a bit tighter than The Walking Dead. Pedro Pascal, of course, is always great to watch. I liked the little vignettes as the road trip across America played out.

S2 lost all of that momentum. Interpersonal moments became overly contrived. The show settles into a predictable pacing of running, action, stop and talk, running... Actors get even less to work with and good character moments are sparse and mostly used for cliffhanger bait.

I just want grumpy Pascal escorting a vulnerable but sassy child/alien across a map and making/killing friends along the way. I do not want a late 00s zombie c-movie with theater actors doing metaphors about Israel/Palestine. Especially when the punchline is "Wow, Israelis sure are brutal but have you seen what they're fighting?"

What did YOU think about S2 and its ending?

Looks like I was right about the delay leading to cancellation after all. https://hexbear.net/comment/6089521