its a tv miniseries

saw it mentioned in a youtube video by FD signifier, I just finished the first episode, and I enjoyed it a lot, something about needing positive propaganda not just constant commenting on reactionary garbage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_a_Virgo

synopsis below, directed by Boots riley, released 2023

Cootie is a 13-foot-tall (4.0 m), 19-year-old Black teenager raised by his Aunt Lafrancine and Uncle Martisse in Oakland, California. He is shielded from the outside world until being accidentally discovered by a group of teenage political activists

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@@@@This comes from above: it's strongly recommended to use a VPN for cytube. @@@@ There was a thread recently about vpns and a few you should explicitly avoid.

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

The visual cuisine for tonight is the continuation of the Harley Quinn anime followed by Gamera the Brave with dubs due to popular demand.

Harley Quinn is an anime about Harley Quinn dumping joker and doing her own thing. Gamera the Brave is about a boy finding a mysterious egg that hatches into a new Gamera that fights the dangerous Zedus.

8 pm est

content warnings:

Harley Quinn

https://tankie.tube/w/gxJMgh6srNGp3eGMJvmzwr; https://tankie.tube/w/tZsrUuAuJ81vsfk1MHcyck; https://tankie.tube/w/vDTyHFXJZf1ZDwJjyA7WWH

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21892?index1=-1&index2=-1

• Cartoon violence, gore, and death
• Profanity
• An episode has a few slurs
• Domestic violence/abusive relationships
• Gaslighting
• Child abuse
• Frequent mentions of sex
• Objectification of women
• A dog dying is mentioned
• A cat dies
• Drugs and alcohol
• Addiction
• Animal death
• Giant spiders
• Implied SA
• Cutting, e.g knife fights
• Eye mutilation
• Death of children
• Kidnapping
• Death of a parent
• Cheating in a relationship
• Clowns
• Electro-therapy
• Needles and syringes
• Scenes in a mental institution
• A mentally ill person is violent, most notably the protagonist as well as multiple recurring characters
• Flashing lights
• Fat shaming
• Antisemitism
• Ableism
• Alcoholism

Gamera the Brave

https://tankie.tube/w/uvFy56N8LNwRNoyevB9WwV

This movie does not have a list on doesdogdie and only a small one on imdb, however I think most of these have been pretty tame.

• Giant monsters
• Death and violence
• Audio gore
• Death of a parent
• One of the monsters eats people alive

8 pm est

Normally I just keep these to the megas since we dont have a c/weaving, and these dont really feel like they belong in c/art, but since this one is specifically from a movie I thought I'd post it here too!

I copied the pattern from a screenshot I was able to take when they're in Iceland, even though its still pretty hard to see. Luckly the whole pattern is completely visible, if blurry and pixilated, so I was able to work it out. I wish I could get the one Olga is wearing but hers isnt ever very visible.

Heres the full belt. The pattern completely reverses itself on the other side which looks fantastic. The flipped angle of the way the warp threads twist makes that jagged look, its not visible very from a distance.

More info about the pattern can be found in this post

tell me your favorite tidbits of trivia from either movie i thought they were both amazing. fuckin cant believe it took me this long to watch Verhoven's masterpiece. i don't know anything about the director for JL but i thought it was really good too. there were a few scenes that sent chills down my spine and that shit doesn't usually happen to me tbh :o

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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is A Prophet (2009), a French prison drama about an illiterate Arab French man serving a six-year sentence; he arrives a fresh-faced ingenue, but soon toughens himself up as he navigates the politics of the rival gangs that surround him. Eventually, he rises to the top, but at what cost? God Damn France: The Movie. This is considered the magnum opus of director Jancques Audiard, who is otherwise best-known for the Western drama The Sisters Brothers (2018). One of the highest-rated French films of this millennium.

Next is Nowhere (1997), a surreal comedy about a group of LGBT youths in LA about to attend the wildest party of the year, and their bizarre, psychedelic, hypersaturated escapades along the way. Apparently, there’s an alien-abduction plot weaved in here, too. Director is Gregg Araki, who is otherwise known for Mysterious Skin (2004), which we have not watched. A lot of critical acclaim for this one -- “Clueless on Acid” is the recurring refrain in reviews – so let’s give it a whirl.

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

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• A Prophet: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-prophet/
• Nowhere: https://letterboxd.com/film/nowhere/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• A Prophet: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235166/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Nowhere: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048261/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for A Prophet:

• Blood and gore.
• Beatings/
• Cutting of flesh.
• Stabbing.
• Racism.
• Throat mutilation.
• Strip searching.
• Profanity.
• Needles.
• Smoking.
• Drug use.
• Alcohol.
• Corpses.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Reference to prison r*pe (though it is depicted.)
• Shower scene.

CWs for Nowhere:

• Sexual assault: A man kisses a teenage girl against her consent in an aggressive manner, at about 32 minutes in. The scene lasts about one minute, after which the film shows the aftermath, where the girl is traumatized.
• Death of dog.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Animal corpses.
• Death of pet.
• Bugs.
• Slapping of woman.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Self-harm.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Body horror.
• Squashed head.
• Tooth damage.
• Blood and gore.
• R-slur.
• Kidnapping.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide attempt.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Eating disorder.
• Suicide.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• F-slur.
• Ableism.
• “Man in dress” joke.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Fat jokes.
• Hate speech.
• Age-gap romance.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Drowning.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• A Prophet: https://tankie.tube/w/2Z7Vw9Z1yuKYWbgaGXFP7V
• Nowhere: https://tankie.tube/w/9XKSiwAJUiWm7XDqH6UkeM

First act (3 episodes) came out on Netflix today. 2nd act in a week, and last act a week after that

Alternate sources: Go to Yandex (dot) com and search "Arcane Season 2 stream online free". Yandex is a great resource in general for any free streaming, the first link always works perfect

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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is The Bridges of Madison County (1995), the much-acclaimed adaptation of Robert James Waller’s 1992 novel of the same name. Clint Eastwood goes to a rural Iowa farm and starts schmoozing Meryl Streep, who is already married. Drama ensues as their romance escalates. Pretty much the definition of Oscar bait, but hey, we’ve never watched any of Clint Eastwood’s filmography and this one has excellent reviews everywhere, so let’s check it out. Probably one of your mom’s favorite films.

After that is The Great Silence (1968), the magnum opus of the second-most-famous Spaghetti Western director, Sergio Corbucci, whose film Django (1966) we previously watched. In the chilly Western winter of 1898, a mute gunslinger defends a widow from a gang of sociopathic hitmen out to kill her, and the usual assortment of threats and gun duels follows from there. Dudes are gonna have to rock. Great reviews for this one, so we’ll give it a whirl.

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

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Bridges of Madison County: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-bridges-of-madison-county/
• The Great Silence: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-great-silence/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Bridges of Madison County: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/236793
• The Great Silence: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/71826

CWs for The Bridges of Madison County:

• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Cheating.
• Implied domestic abuse.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Shower scene.

CWs for The Great Silence:

• The villain is played by real-life psychopath Klaus Kinski.
• Implied child abuse.
• Death of horse.
• Sexual assault: the villain pins a woman down with the intent to r*pe her. Nothing more is really shown, though, and he is stopped.
• Shaving.
• Burning of hands and face.
• Amputation.
• Finger mutilation.
• Death of parent.
• Kidnapping.
• Spitting.
• N-word.
• Sex.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• The Bridges of Madison County: https://tankie.tube/w/duycBPRjcMLZj31yztYP1H
• The Great Silence: https://tankie.tube/w/hAznE84Wz5pM1AaTpjjUSr

Just started this, dunno how it'll turn out. But it's kind of neat to see a depiction of later samurai, long after their swords had rusted in their scabbards and they had to find real jobs. It seems pretty light hearted so far. Crappy jobs, every day heroism, overbearing grandparents, and dreams that are just out of reach.

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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, I still have a few leftover horror movies from October uploaded, so let’s keep the ball rolling with Titane (2021). It is a French body horror centering on a woman who, as the result of a childhood car crash injury, has a titanium plate fitted into her head; as an adult, she develops a fetish for cars, which leads her on a strange and often-surreal journey. Oh, and did she mention she’s also a psychopath who likes killing people? A whole lot of bloody encounters ensue from there. Director is Julia Ducournau, who also did Raw (2016), which we watched a couple of weeks ago; this is her other most-well-known film.

After that is Paterson (2016), a bloomer rom-com from Jim Jarmusch, about a New Jersey couple consisting of a bus driver (Adam Driver) and his artist wife, and their slice-of-life antics as they follow their work routines and maintain their relationship. A simple, warm movie about love. Yep, that’s it. Despite that, it has received quite a bit of critical acclaim. Jarmusch has a good record on Hextube, so let’s give it a whirl.

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

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Titane: https://letterboxd.com/film/titane/
• Paterson: https://letterboxd.com/film/paterson/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Titane: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/553878
• Paterson: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12999

CWs for Titane

• Body horror.
• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Abusive parents.
• Stalking.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Slapping of woman.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Sexual harassment of woman.
• Implied (but not shown) sexual assault.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Squashed head.
• Genital trauma, though it is not shown onscreen.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bines.
• Seizure.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Stabbing.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of child.
• Sexualization of character that other characters believe to be underage (although the character is an adult.)
• R-slur.
• Drug overdose.
• Death of parent.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Shower scene.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Razors.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Mental illness.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Suicide attempt/
• Unstable reality.
• Misophonia.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Suicide.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Babies.
• Childbirth.
• Abortion.
• Death of pregnant person.
• Ableism.
• “Man in dress” jokes.
• Misgendering.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Age-gap romance.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Sex.
• Implied incest.
• Honking horns.
• Car crash.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Paterson:

• The canine actor who played the protagonist’s dog died during post-production. The film is dedicated to the dog.
• Finger injury.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Bittersweet ending.

Links to movies:

• Titane: https://tankie.tube/w/wCt71TotEjuec2yfvLJcJr
• Paterson: https://tankie.tube/w/gs7mmVNCt7VXBjkQTSZ9Kj