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Amanda
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Likes: Pastries, yarn, glitter, math, and the Carolina Hurricanes.

Finally having my ska phase.

She/her ❤️
Hell yeah, almost a year to the day!

This time it was a 9:30 showing, but we got together at 5:30 and rewatched the first one so it was fresh in our minds.

So earlier, but also...longer.

But it was great!
Am I too old for a 10:00pm Sunday night showing of Wicked?

Yes.

Did I go anyway?

Also yes. Because my friend wanted to, and we're ALL too old, but YOLO and we'll all suffer together. 🤷🏼‍♀️
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
🤤

Please eat at least one of those grape leaves for me!
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It turns out I do enjoy James Gunn's stuff a lot, so it's nice that we're in a time where there's a bunch of it!

But yeah, if you ever want to do a deep dive, I have just the guy for you to talk to!

Or if you need a buddy to watch the whole Scooby-Doo movie with, lmk - I think we have a copy!
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Including the Troma roots and connections which was a little bit like this...
a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .
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November 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Ha, thanks, but I think the real credit goes to my walking-movie-ecyclopedia husband here.

I think somehow it came up (a long time ago? Like around/after Guardians Vol. 1?) that I genuinely really like the Scooby-Doo movie, and it prompted a whole James Gunn education session. 😂
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Yessssss lol.

I'm so glad someone else I know is in on this now!
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Reposted by Amanda
Multiple ICE/CBP sightings throughout the Triangle. I hate it here. Y’all please stay safe.

Original post: www.instagram.com/p/DRNYZa9kQJ...
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
But yes.

FD Bloodlines is really good, and worth sticking out the whole series for.

Even if it's just to see Tony Todd's sweet in-universe but also real life send-off.

😭
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
And I'm glad it did in the movie, too.

Safety precautions are there for reasons, y'all! 😂
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
But Bloodlines has one too, and I enjoyed it immensely.

Not quite in the same way, and not in the way that I laughed at other kills in the franchise, but definitely the same satisfaction.

Like, that was a series of bad decisions, and in real life it would only end one way...
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Y'all.

The way I absolutely howled with laughter.

Because it was the first time I'd actually seen a movie choose consequences for some dangerous side action, and it was soooo satisfying.

Anyway. I feel like those scenes are really rare...
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Then there's Ghosts of Mars.

I barely had time to think about yelling, and then *schwooooop*!

Dude cuts his finger clean off.

And THEN!!

Another character, played by Ice Cube, says this:
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Or a big dude in an action movie has a Big Knife, and is just flinging it around.

Usually I'm yelling at the TV (or doing it in my head, if we're in a theater):

Dude! Don't hold it like that, that's how you lose a finger!

But somehow, nothing bad ever happens and everyone's fingers are intact.
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A quick aside - there are a couple of FAFO scenes in movies that I really, really enjoy.

Like, have y'all seen Ghosts of Mars?

So... here's how similar scenes usually go in other movies:

A chef is in the kitchen chopping stuff, holding whatever they're chopping in a super unsafe way...
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The last 5 movies have kind of taught us the setup for the kills, and when to expect them.

There were a few moments in this movie where I was READY...

And then nothing happened. 😂

Only for something to happen spectacularly a little while later.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What happens when someone survives, and then goes on to have a whole family?

What counts as family?

Also, how does family/society treat someone who thinks they're being followed by close death at every turn? Probably like an unwell, paranoid, dangerous person, right?

We see all of that here.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Yep, everyone was right - this one was really good!

It definitely took a lot of the ideas/tropes from the previous movies, and turned them on their heads in a couple of ways.

Like, the whole premise of trying to outrun/avoid Death coming for you...
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
lol

Incredible.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Before I get into this one, can we just take a second and appreciate the sister poster designs?

They really went hard for this movie.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#OctoberMovies
#31DaysOfHorror

Hey, we made it!

Which is more than I can say about most of the characters in these movies. 🤷🏼

October Movie #15:
Final Destination: Bloodlines
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
All I wanted to do was finish up posting all of our #OctoberMovies, bc we watched so many good ones this year!!

And laundry. And maybe scheduling a few appointments.

So that's what I'm doing this afternoon, because I finally have some down time.

👕🧦🫧
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We switched to a new software system at work, and...whew.

It was a tough week.

I guess the good news is that I get paid for working a bunch of extra hours that I didn't plan for?

But also....I worked a bunch of extra hours that I didn't plan for.
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hell yeah, it looks awesome! :)

And you look so happy with it - that's what matters!!
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reposted by Amanda
reposting this one CAUSE ONCE AGAIN VERY RELEVANT
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
That was sooo fast!!!
🥳🎉🍾
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM