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Sage of Hawkes, Hilda Appreciator
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Still knee-deep in the Lore | The Big Three-Oh | Occasionally gposes | Possibly cursed, possibly just a guy
#119: Pokémon Legends: Z-A

I definitely prefer Z-A over Arceus, although I have to admit that making battles real-time is a little too janky at times

I'm not super keen on most of the new Megas, but some are still pretty cool

This might have some of the best NPCs in any Pokémon game

8.5/10
December 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#118: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

I think I kinda hate the remaster. Whilst they kept the spirit of the original in some ways, I just can't get past the 7th gen brown filter over literally EVERYTHING

But yeah no the original's great, it's like 75% off on Steam atm, go play that instead

9/10
December 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#117: Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior

A Pokémon movie with direct continuity to the prior one is... weird to process

And the villain is an insane crypto-billionaire with a sky fortress!

These movies sure have a lot of those

As for Shaymin? Into the wood chipper, you little rat fuck!

6/10
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
#116: Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai

more like the fall of darkrai because he does absolutely nothing but job and have weird legs in this movie

5/10
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#115: Spaceballs

I'm amazed at how many background gags I never noticed the first time I watched this

I've got nothing else to say really. Spaceballs is just a good comedy

8/10
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
#114: Back to the Future Part II

Besides the pure hilarity of all the "distant future of 2015" segments a decade later, I think Part II is probably my favourite of the trilogy

The early implementation of CGI kinda still holds up better than most films in the last 10 years

9.5/10
November 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#113: Back to the Future

I don't know what it says about Zemeckis making some of the greatest films of the 80s and 90s, then fast forward to the 2020s and he's making the fucking live-action Pinocchio movie

But yeah Back to the Future is still pretty awesome

9/10
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
#112: Labyrinth

David Bowie and his balls are basically the highlight here.

But in all seriousness, there's a real charm to this movie. Maybe it's Bowie's energy, maybe it's the fact that it's basically the story of a teenager tripping on DMT in her own room.

Maybe it's just Hoggle's aura

8.5/10
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
#111: Scooby-Doo The Second

I THINK COOLSVILLE SUCKS.

7/10
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Oh right it's an 8/10.
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#110: Gangs of New York

What I've learned between this movie and Hellsing Ultimate is that Irish Catholic Priests tend to spec a little too heavily into dual-wielding
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I like it so much in fact that I started losing words
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#109: Jurassic World Evolution 3

It's 2003 and I like the dinosaur park builder

It's 2018 and I like the dinosaur park builder

It's 2021 and I like the dinosaur park builder

It's 2025 and I like dinosaur park builder but this time it has babies

9/10
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#108: Scooby-Doo (THE LIVE-ACTION ONE)

They really put all the vfx money into Scooby and you can REALLY tell

Plot itself is alright but having that little rat freak be the climactic threat just blows

But this movie really has the perfect cast, and that's the best compliment I can give it.

5.5/10
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#107: Unicorn Overlord

Fire Emblem-esque combat, a beautiful artstyle, an dark elf woman in a leotard that you can marry, an owl-woman with tits that you can marry, a giant woman that you can marry, unicorn eldritch abominations

This game has everything.

9/10
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#106: Hades II

I know some people had a few issues with the ending but personally I'm cool with it, even though I get why.

All in all though, its as good as the original, if not a little better.

9.5/10
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#105: Dumb and Dumber

The Mandela Effect hit me so hard watching this because I swear that I remember one of the criminal duo getting hit by a train the first time I saw it.

Might've been one of the other films idk

But yeah the film's okay, far from Carrey's best AND worst, but just okay

6.5/10
October 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#104: Dragon Ball Evolution

It's a bad movie but it's just so funny to see how they completely missed the mark on what Dragon Ball is

And yet its still better than a lot of Z's movies

Also Justin Chatwin makes a lot of really funny faces, which buffs it for entertainment's sake

3/7 Dragon Balls
October 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#103: James Cameron's Avatar by James Cameron

Maybe it's overdone, maybe the plot truly is just "Dances with Wolves in Space", sure.

But damned if I don't still enjoy Avatar. Might not be perfect, sure. But the world had a helluva lot of charm in 2009 and it still kinda does 16 years later

8.5/10
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM