Slade
@oldmanslade.bsky.social
Local man with multiple interests.
Once again from the exact center of my wheelhouse - a Yautja/Weyland-Yutani buddy comedy action team-up with a bunch of lore-wanking and a character design buffet. Hail Dan Trachtenberg for knocking all of these out of the park. Get me the Alien: Earth crossover movie.
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Once again from the exact center of my wheelhouse - a Yautja/Weyland-Yutani buddy comedy action team-up with a bunch of lore-wanking and a character design buffet. Hail Dan Trachtenberg for knocking all of these out of the park. Get me the Alien: Earth crossover movie.
Not sure that anything else comes closer to the exact center of my wheelhouse than Yorgos Lanthimos directing Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons through an alien paranoia kidnapping tailspin. Loved everything about it.
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Not sure that anything else comes closer to the exact center of my wheelhouse than Yorgos Lanthimos directing Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons through an alien paranoia kidnapping tailspin. Loved everything about it.
It looks wonderful, obviously. Jacob Elordi as the hot emo monster does a nice job of capturing the emotional range of the story, though it's hard not to see an Engineer from Alien for half the movie. Very Capital D dramatic between Elordi and Oscar Issac. Not enough time for Mia Goth to be insane.
October 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It looks wonderful, obviously. Jacob Elordi as the hot emo monster does a nice job of capturing the emotional range of the story, though it's hard not to see an Engineer from Alien for half the movie. Very Capital D dramatic between Elordi and Oscar Issac. Not enough time for Mia Goth to be insane.
I'll have to see if that Thybulle one is buried in a closet somewhere...it was a good choice at the time!
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I'll have to see if that Thybulle one is buried in a closet somewhere...it was a good choice at the time!
As someone who was underwhelmed at the first movie, this is so much more of what I hoped Ethan Hawke would be in terms of menace. Mostly its a Nightmare On Elm Street re-skin with less personality, but I liked Madeline McGraw taking the reins as the lead and the dream aesthetic. Fine popcorn night.
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
As someone who was underwhelmed at the first movie, this is so much more of what I hoped Ethan Hawke would be in terms of menace. Mostly its a Nightmare On Elm Street re-skin with less personality, but I liked Madeline McGraw taking the reins as the lead and the dream aesthetic. Fine popcorn night.
They turned out great!
October 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
They turned out great!
Not bad overall. Shout to The Mommy and Funsize, very fun new horror icons. Kidprint is more genuinely upsetting than anything. Ut Supra Sic Infra is well done, as is Home Haunt. Interstitial gags with Diet Phantasma are kind of one note, which there was more of thread to it.
October 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Not bad overall. Shout to The Mommy and Funsize, very fun new horror icons. Kidprint is more genuinely upsetting than anything. Ut Supra Sic Infra is well done, as is Home Haunt. Interstitial gags with Diet Phantasma are kind of one note, which there was more of thread to it.
There's plenty to like, especially if you watched early days PRIDE and UFC and have some frame of reference for the characters. At times it veers into unintentional melodramedy. The narrative choice to really just tell this certain chunk of time will polarize those wanting a traditional sport movie.
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There's plenty to like, especially if you watched early days PRIDE and UFC and have some frame of reference for the characters. At times it veers into unintentional melodramedy. The narrative choice to really just tell this certain chunk of time will polarize those wanting a traditional sport movie.
Dark humor and a lot of gore, great idea for a date night movie if you're in a deeply upsetting but secure relationship. You will spend the movie thinking about how everyone looks like stand-ins for other A-List stars and it's fun to decide who is who.
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Dark humor and a lot of gore, great idea for a date night movie if you're in a deeply upsetting but secure relationship. You will spend the movie thinking about how everyone looks like stand-ins for other A-List stars and it's fun to decide who is who.
A step up from Chapter 1, which is pretty much a beat for beat remaking the original. Still feels like it struggles to find anything unique about it. First act is Halloween II, then a woods chase, and then a house chase. Even the trickles of origin feel cookie cutter. Lots to salvage in Chapter 3.
September 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A step up from Chapter 1, which is pretty much a beat for beat remaking the original. Still feels like it struggles to find anything unique about it. First act is Halloween II, then a woods chase, and then a house chase. Even the trickles of origin feel cookie cutter. Lots to salvage in Chapter 3.
Loved the acting, strong ensemble. The story progresses out pretty much how you'd expect - like speeding running a survival horror series in under 2 hours. David Jonsson is great building off of Alien: Romulus but the Pete character skirts Magical Negro a little too much to really enjoy the arc.
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Loved the acting, strong ensemble. The story progresses out pretty much how you'd expect - like speeding running a survival horror series in under 2 hours. David Jonsson is great building off of Alien: Romulus but the Pete character skirts Magical Negro a little too much to really enjoy the arc.
Middling expectations, it ends up overdelivering. Marlon Wayans is surprisingly intense and maniacal. Visually really creepy playing around with all of the cult and religious imagery. Some rare fresh ground for horror playing on society's insane relationship to football. Go Birds.
September 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Middling expectations, it ends up overdelivering. Marlon Wayans is surprisingly intense and maniacal. Visually really creepy playing around with all of the cult and religious imagery. Some rare fresh ground for horror playing on society's insane relationship to football. Go Birds.
Looks like Tom Brady wants to win by any means necessary.
September 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Looks like Tom Brady wants to win by any means necessary.
Don't make us create an AI Frank Talent consciousness to stop this madness. No spitting!
September 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Don't make us create an AI Frank Talent consciousness to stop this madness. No spitting!
Star Wars night at the Phillies, with the traditional bobblehead. Normally there's something to indicate that it's a baseball player in costume - hat, glove, bat ball - but this year is just Trea Turner looking like an obscure pilot from 10 seconds of a dogfight scene.
August 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Star Wars night at the Phillies, with the traditional bobblehead. Normally there's something to indicate that it's a baseball player in costume - hat, glove, bat ball - but this year is just Trea Turner looking like an obscure pilot from 10 seconds of a dogfight scene.
The Phillies have crashed out so hard in New York they had to cancel the one season ticket holder fun thing I was going to get do this year. They should have embraced the motivational shaming they would have gotten.
August 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Phillies have crashed out so hard in New York they had to cancel the one season ticket holder fun thing I was going to get do this year. They should have embraced the motivational shaming they would have gotten.
Well worth it to avoid as much as possible about Weapons ahead of time. The wind-up is a long and twisting set up to such a brief but wonderful payoff. Just when you feel yourself waning it comes in and gives you the goods. Zach Cregger really delivered on the Barbarian follow-up.
August 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Well worth it to avoid as much as possible about Weapons ahead of time. The wind-up is a long and twisting set up to such a brief but wonderful payoff. Just when you feel yourself waning it comes in and gives you the goods. Zach Cregger really delivered on the Barbarian follow-up.
I love them, but I also see this when I see Nick Castellanos and Harrison Bader.
August 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I love them, but I also see this when I see Nick Castellanos and Harrison Bader.
After a very long and tiresome day in an ongoing series of long and tiresome days, I really appreciated how actively stupid they made this. Fully in the absurdist slapstick non-sequitur glory of the original. If you need a release valve, go see this.
August 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
After a very long and tiresome day in an ongoing series of long and tiresome days, I really appreciated how actively stupid they made this. Fully in the absurdist slapstick non-sequitur glory of the original. If you need a release valve, go see this.
No notes except for the couple who brought an infant to crowded opening night 3D screening and whispered "Shut up!" at it while it cried through the first half of the movie and they eventually mercifully left. Bad. Full 60s FF charm. Vanessa Kirby is note perfect Sue Storm. Can't wait for Doomsday.
July 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
No notes except for the couple who brought an infant to crowded opening night 3D screening and whispered "Shut up!" at it while it cried through the first half of the movie and they eventually mercifully left. Bad. Full 60s FF charm. Vanessa Kirby is note perfect Sue Storm. Can't wait for Doomsday.