For this 9/11 edition of Super Slop Night, by popular demand, it’s the long-awaited screening of the fifth and six Project A-ko movies, the final entries in the series, which transplant the characters into a completely new setting and otherwise have nothing to do with the previous installments. They’re still fun.
After that is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), the latest version of the neverending franchise. It follows a quartet of four anthropomorphic turtle brothers who emerge from the sewers of New York City at 15 years old and interact with humans for the first time. Also, they fight stuff. This is animated in a style similar to Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (2018) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). Many are calling it the best version of TMNT ever. I guess we’ll find out. It is the debut feature of director Jeff Rowe, who was previously a writer for The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021).
BONUS: we will also watch The Red Balloon (1956), a short film about a French boy searching for his beloved balloon on the streets of Paris. It is widely considered one of the best short films of all time, even winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. It is the only film of note by director Albert Lamorisse, who is better-known as the creator of the board game Risk. Small world.
We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:
https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Project A-ko 5: https://letterboxd.com/film/project-a-ko-versus-battle-1-grey-side/
- Project A-ko 6: https://letterboxd.com/film/project-a-ko-versus-battle-2-blue-side/
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: https://letterboxd.com/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem/
- The Red Balloon: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-red-balloon/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Project A-ko 5 & 6: Look, I’m just gonna leave the DTDD link for Ako 1 here, because these contain similar stuff: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/886553
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1036917
CWs for Project A-ko 5 & 6:
- “Man in a dress” jokes. The aliens look like men who dress as women. The characters barely acknowledge this fact directly, but the depiction is still problematic.
- Bugs.
- Stalking.
- Mention of sexual assault (but no depiction).
- Someone struggles to breathe.
- Kidnapping.
- Bath scene.
- Flashing lights.
- Plane crash.
- Gun violence.
- Nuclear explosion.
- Objectification of female characters. -Panty shots of high-school-aged girls.
CWs for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem:
- Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
- Abusive parents.
- Stalking.
- Deaths of animals.
- Animal abuse.
- Sad animals.
- Alligators.
- Bugs.
- Someone is physically restrained.
- Someone struggles to breathe.
- Someone is crushed to death.
- Choking.
- Body horror.
- Tooth damage.
- Unconsciousness.
- Broken bones.
- Torture.
- Eye mutilation.
- Stabbing.
- Kidnapping.
- Death of parent.
- Natural bodies of water.
- Trypophobia.
- Vomiting.
- Spitting.
- Audio gore.
- Electrotherapy.
- Needles.
- PTSD.
- Anxiety attacks.
- Sudden loud noises.
- Shaky cam.
- Screaming.
- Flashing lights.
- Someone is watched without their knowledge.
- Babies.
- Car crash.
- Screeching tires.
- Someone is hit by a car.
- Gun violence.
Links to movies:
- The Red Balloon: Forthcoming.
- Project A-ko 5: https://tankie.tube/w/fG9svtTita8W2pnRKwvjnP
- Project A-ko 6: https://tankie.tube/w/am5RHZT1sSzfs1ixkjjDnT
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: https://tankie.tube/w/1pJVt2Gbs2vuLemrH7zMPu
