I burst out laughing at ChatGPT's stunning ineptitude on a Zoom call at work today.
I wasn't on mute.
I burst out laughing at ChatGPT's stunning ineptitude on a Zoom call at work today.
I wasn't on mute.
"[We removed queer plot elements from Elio because we're] making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy," said homophobic shithead Pete Doctor, the director behind hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy movies MONSTERS INC., UP, and INSIDE OUT.
We did not, in fact, complete TRAILS OF COLD STEEL II today.
And we're not going to complete it next Sunday either for we'll be playing the opening hours of SUIKODEN II for one of my lovely Patreon patron's reward video!
We're definitely almost certain to probably likely finish TRAILS OF COLD STEEL II today!
Art for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
I've been beating my head against Simon in CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 all night and I finally downed him with my reserve team.
"YES!!!" I cried in triumph.
Then he started phase two and nigh-instantly smote my ass.
Yeah... this one's gonna take some practice.
Podcast time!
YouTube ate Molehill Mountain Episode 432, so I'm doing it again!
Film poster for the 2024 version of The Killer.
THE KILLER - Different enough from the original to be worth a watch but not very good. That said, there's some decent action, Omar Sy is a treat, and during a shootout in a cemetery, one bad guy takes a grenade to the crotch and is blown into an open grave. And he's on fire.
That earned a laugh!
Film poster for The Day of the Triffids.
THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS - A colorful meteor shower blinds everyone who see it. If that's not bad enough, it mutated alien plants that came in during a previous meteor shower and now they're mobile and hunger for human flesh!
This film's a mess but the premise is deliciously horrifying!
And the writer of the EW article is an idiot, claiming the film's equal opportunity approach to the butt of its jokes is to include EVERY group of people bigots hate.
"What we're trying to do is bring back laughter. This is about bringing back comedy the way it used to be. And I think the only way to do it is you have to cancel the cancel culture." -Marlon Wayans, actor/co-writer of the new Scary Movie
Okay, it's not just the marketing.
ew.com/marlon-wayan...
It's TV Movie's month on Movie Mandates and first up is BRIAN'S SONG, a docudrama that aired on ABC in the early 70s and, according to our father, is the only film to ever turn him into a sobbing mess.
Let's see if his children were similarly affected!
Oliva, after we defeat a monster in MONSTER HUNTER WILDS: "How about we grab a meal together and catch up."
Me: "Really? Absolutely!"
Nadia: "Sounds great, Oliva. I'd like that."
Me: "Oh."
Nintendo: "Our lineup appeals to everyone, particularly children and the young at heart!"
Also Nintendo: "Here's a game about dead dogs!"
Yes, I had insurance, but the fourth cart wasn't as funny. I simply miscounted Arkveld's explosions and dropped my shield one pop too soon.
Oops.
MHWilds Proof of a Hero death tally:
-Ray Dau sniped me as I jumped into the arena. I hit the floor stunned and Uth Duna jumped on my head.
-Uth Duna belly flopped and I died before she landed. Somehow. Fear?
-Uth Dun belly flopped me from the opposite side of Nu Udra. Never saw her coming.
Pic of a moth hanging out on a wall.
Pic of a moth next to a quarter. It's almost twice the size.
Found this decent-sized fellow chilling in the laundry room.
Wow. I don't believe I've ever seen the marketing for a mainstream theatrical release try so hard to communicate that the creatives behind it are genuinely awful people.
Huzzah! My bathroom floor is no longer under an inch of poo water!
I have maintenance coming between 1p and 3p today to fix and clean my bathroom so I'm going to have to cancel today's Sunday Stream.
Sorry about that, folks. Gotta drag TRAILS OF COLD STEEL II out another week!
Art for the Molehill Mountain podcast.
Okay, so...
My toilet backed up and overflowed.
Late on a Saturday.
After I, uh... used it.
So... yeah.
No podcast tonight. I've got some shit to deal with.
Pic of Kratos and... uh, Boy from the upcoming live action God of War show.
What I'm most curious to know is if the GOD OF WAR show will attempt a "one continuous shot" aesthetic like the 2018 game did.
"This live stream recording is not available."
Well, YouTube appears to have eaten my latest episode of Molehill Mountain.
Film poster for The Bluff.
THE BLUFF - A former pirate's past comes to bite her in the ass.
Not a good movie but pirates go yarr so there's fun to be had.
And a dude gets shot point blank with a canon so that's fun.
Time to wrap up TRAILS OF COLD STEEL II!
Probably.
Maybe.
Podcast time!
Pixar (1995) - No need to fear the new (CG cartoons) for it can live in harmony with the familiar (hand-drawn cartoons)!
Pixar (2026) - Fuck the new (anything that takes eyeballs away from what we're selling)! Kill it! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!
Your mileage may vary but at my skill level, I have to take the 10-star arch-tempered monsters just added to MONSTER HUNTER WILDS seriously.
My first attempt at arch-tempered Arkveld took me 43 minutes just to get him to skull.
Even playing seriously, it still took me 31 minutes to drop him.
Movie Mandates concludes Good Bad Guys month with Keleighβs mandated movie, MR. RIGHT, a film about a former hitman who leaves the life and makes amends for his past deeds by killing people who hire hitmen.
Well, at least his heartβs in the right place!
Art for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Yikes. Golgra hits HARD.
Art for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Oops, I accidentally slept with Lune in CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33.
I agreed to work on a song with her and they snuck off and banged in the woods.
I mean, apparently they worked on the song afterwards but I feel misled. I guess putting "work on a song" in quotes was supposed to be euphemistic.