Helluva Boss Review (Spoilers?)

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Honestly, I’m going to be as fair and based as much as I can since I also like this show, though there are specific patterns that still bother me. To those who don’t know, Helluva Boss is one of these YouTube cartoons made for adults by this animator, Vivienne Medrano, or Vivziepop, as she’s called at times. She also made another show that will come out soon called Hazbin Hotel which will come out soon on Amazon Prime Video. She also made her own independent studio with the help of loyal fans and supporters called Spindlehorse Studios.

Anyway, Helluva Boss takes place in, well, hell, where this imp demon Blitzo, and his crew Moxxie, and Millie, who are also imps, and his adopted hellhound daughter Loona are a bunch of hitmen who get hired by demons in hell to get revenge on the people who killed them on earth, and the business is called the Immediate Murder Professionals, or I.M.P. for short. They’re able to do this with a spellbook or grimoire with help from this owl demon Stolas, which is also a Goetia, whatever that is. Blitzo can get this grimoire by having certain “negotiations” with Stolas even though Stolas is married to someone else, and both of them meet up for more of them now and then for more “negotiations.”

The pilot of this show sums up what you’re getting into while watching it, which is basically like the show, The Office, but it’s with demons in hell. Moxxie is the weapons expert and the more nerdy straight man to Blitz who is married to Millie, who is the muscle and uses knives a lot as weapons, and they both have a solid relationship as well. Blitzo is also like Michael Scott from The Office but meaner, more cynical, and horny, though I haven’t seen The Office before so I don’t know. Loona is also the receptionist and secretary, but would rather be on her phone constantly, keeps to herself, and is kind of always angry and irritable at times.

Watching this it seems to lack a certain focus and flow, to the story as well as solid jokes that don’t end up constantly using the same f-bombs and dick jokes since those sex jokes like that get very old very quickly. I’ve even made better sex jokes in my stand-up and all and I might even link my videos of me doing my stand-up as well on here. Also when Moxxie ends up getting beat up, hurt badly, and harassed as a “joke” even when he stands up for himself just comes off as that abuse narrative I’ve noticed from shows like Rick and Morty which I swear are just an excuse to encourage the “fight the system, and don’t listen to the man” or that “being peaceful and reasonable” mean “weak and boring”, which aren’t since shows like Bojack Horseman, and It’s Alway Sunny in Philadelphia, show that if you do this stuff like this, you are scolded and it doesn’t reward your long term. Which I’m sure is what “the system” and “the man” want you to do since that way they can control you more easily in the end.

It would be cool also if there’s later an episode where Moxxie learns how to use a silencer with his guns, treat a wound, knows how to snap a dislocated limb back in place, or reload a gun one-handed. It’s like learning from failures and all, to quote the Zen proverb, fall down 7 times, get up 8. No one likes to be abused basically and a lot of other shows like this might teach people to be masochists in the end is all with stuff like this constantly.

This just irks me even at a personal level at times since I was bullied a lot in school, and I don’t mean high school I mean elementary school and middle school, it wasn’t until high school the students there calmed down a bit. Though what I’ve heard today it is getting much, much, much, much, worse than it did before since they beat the crap out of each other and even throw it at others at times. I’ve also heard you are suspended but never expelled since it will make the school look bad even though their already looking bad enough as it is now with these teachers they have today. So it’s like the students are rewarded when they fail or act out all the time. Then after they come back to school they either bully the same person even more, when no one is looking, or go to someone else. Like the special needs kids, the deaf kid, the kid with autism, the kid with Down syndrome, hell even the kid in crutches, the kid in the wheelchair, the blind kid, or even a defenseless animal. Nothing is sacred anymore is all I’m saying.

There’s also a kind of forced romance between Blitzo and Stolas though is considered toxic since one is using the other for personal gain, and satisfaction, and it’s all lust and no love in the end and I don’t blame them. More because there’s too much of this whole “You can’t control me!” kind of rebelliousness that always came of toxic, abusive, and violent since I saw that episode of Batman: The Animated Series, Mad Love, which was about how Harley Quinn and the Joker met, that taught you the dangers of violent relationships, and how much one is cruel to the other, something always making them come back for more. I might even link a video to show you why these are bad. Hell, even with the recent show, Harley Quinn, after leaving The Joker, doesn’t trade one violent relationship for another since what she has with Poison Ivy, since at least there was a solid foundation for a relationship and not the whole “you can’t control me” crap I mentioned.

There’s also a relationship that’s the exact opposite of Stolas and Bltizo with Asmodeus and Fizzaroli who both care for and love each other in the end and it’s surprisingly wholesome compared to Stolas and Blitzo. In the 2nd season, Stolas tries to get an Asmodeus crystal to try and make up for the whole grimoire problem with him and Blitzo. There’s one episode where Biltzo mentions how Stolas cares about him in the episode “Oops” but it’s more of the “tell don’t show” problem we’re getting so much now today in writing and storytelling. Also, the whole Stolas and the Asmodeus crystal subplot might be a consequence of the meddling story, Which I like since those show the bigger picture of your actions and how problems won’t just solve themselves all the time.

What bothers me the most is that shows like this, have flaws in the same traps as everyone else today. The woke comedy problem as I like to call it from this video from a YouTuber called, Lack of Entertainment, is stuff like mean-spirited “comedy”, shock value comedy, and randomness, in the end isn’t fleshed out well it comes off as bad taste. I might even link the video for reference if you’d like to see it yourself. I’ve also noticed how this show and others like them on the technical level have certain problems, like a lack of focus, a natural flow, pacing, and timing, the scattergun approach if you will, where they throw a bunch of jokes at you hoping at least a few will stick. Some people say it’s more outside interference on why certain shows seem a bit off at times and I can understand that as well. Also, you might have to go on Instagram for some details of characters in the show or the writer’s Twitter pages for details on certain things, though I wonder “Why didn’t you put this in the script?” when this happens. It just comes off as the whole “Well you need to read the book first!” kind of argument.

I even wanted to help them out a bit as a writer or creative consultant as a way to help them focus a bit and even emailed them my creative consultant portfolio and all of my outlets along with it, though I never got a reply back. It made me a bit upset and sad, not at them, but more at myself, since all these passionate people would have loved to help out with shows like these and others but we get these people who just come off a bit out of touch, studied but haven’t experienced, or what they wrote wasn’t implemented well, in the end is all, instead. It just came off as “My ideas were stupid, and wouldn’t work in today’s world”, though one of my friends told me “My ideas aren’t stupid, you’re just in line like everyone else.” And also it seems like you just need to be lucky at times as well. Some people thought I was sounding weird or I was trolling others like I did with my pitches when Adult Swim did those livestream pitch meetings years ago, though I wasn’t and I’ll try and post them on here since I favorited them as well. Also if I do sound weird I’ll take that as a compliment since I at least have something solid in the end because I’m more substance over style.

I don’t hate this show honestly, it’s more just certain parts that I’m noticing on the technical side with the landscape of Western media and entertainment that come off as forced or are used as a crutch too much today, scattergun approach still. The songs in this show are amazing though I wonder if they’ll ever do rock and roll or heavy metal songs soon taking place in hell that would be amazing, and some of the guest voice actors like Kesha, Norman Reedus, and Jonathan Freeman. Even the voice work with the main cast is good.

Also, I hope Hazbin Hotel works out well in the end since she still has potential with her art and shows. They can just come off all over the place at times and I notice these patterns today in movies, TV shows, music, and other forms of media and entertainment more than ever now. People say Vivziepop is toxic behind the scenes though without FACTS and EVIDENCE that just comes off as vicious rumors from people who are a bit jealous of her. However, it makes me worry about her more because I care about her well-being, that she doesn’t lose her mind in all of this, and hope the best for her. You can say there’s nothing gained by beating dead Spindlehorse if you will.

Here’s a screenshot of the definition of the scattergun approach in case you didn’t know what I meant by it.

Here’s also Saberspark and his video on where I heard about the concept of this show.

https://youtu.be/OAvQJ9BOZv0?si=nJW2cVKkIU4fU753

There’s also this video where Vivziepop was being interviewed by a YouTube channel called Double Toasted.

Here’s also Lack of Entertainment and his video on how wokeness killed comedy.

Here’s also Implicitly Pretentious, and his video about Batman: The Animated Series episode Mad Love.

Also here’s my Creative Consultant Portfolio again, I’ve been told I’m well-read and I still like to put myself out there and make a show that all audiences like to watch. It can also have that escapism that people love and to escape reality from, probably even inspire as well.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lLTBql-2rxMvs6XaWAwRNPjnAlL0DSaeHLXQ_iAKaDc/edit

Here are the stand-up routines I did years ago at this comedy club called One Night Stan’s. My co-workers came to my first open mic night and they later said the next day that I was the funniest one there. There was also this other time this outside yoga class could hear the people laughing so hard inside when I was doing my comedy routine.

There’s also a little Biography from IMDB about Vivienne Medrano. It also mentions how she came out bisexual and supports the LGBT community which I like to call the TGIFLMNOP people, so that way I can mention them and not at the same time. Also, she was diagnosed with ADD and I can understand that with some of her work now. I also have autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and ADHD in case some of you were wondering.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4870008/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

There’s also the YouTube playlist of the show if you’d like to see it yourself.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-uopgYBi65HwiiDR9Y23lomAkGr9mm-S&si=HOjqLxlA2v-TXj_e

Here’s my first time being on the Adult Swim pitch meeting livestream and I’m on at 12:00 into the video. I was trying to do a Power Rangers, or Kamen Rider parody or satire to see how that would all work out. Also “the Penetrator” was supposed to be a laser minigun or Gatling gun, not brass knuckles. https://www.youtube.com/live/AsHfmVe2ByM?si=raWw49B7w1zCQEs5

This next pitch meeting I was going to try and do a parody or satire of VR Troopers and I’m on at 13:45 into the video. Since it was a video call I tried a bit of a disguise in case people would try something. They thought I was trolling them but I wasn’t since I grew up with their shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and Robot Chicken to name a few. So why can’t my show ideas work or get their foot in the door? https://www.youtube.com/live/TsP2LCPigeU?si=CJOYtZ3rrXgMbPau

Dynaman 1988 Night Flight Dubbed Parody Version Review (Spoilers?)

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I’ve only heard of this on and off at times until I found this show on YouTube and this app called Night Flight Plus. Night Flight was on the USA Channel’s program block in the 1980s and I was surprised at what this program block had with the Night Fight Plus app.

This show can also come off as a bit of a precursor to Mighty Morphing Power Rangers and that show does a bit of a parody of this in Power Rangers Dino Thunder with the Japanese side of the show being dubbed. It’s the episode in Power Rangers Dino Thunder called Lost and Found in Translation if that helps you. This series is also based on the super sentai show Kagaku Sentai Dynaman which translates to “Science Squad Dynaman” that came out in Japan in 1983.

This is about “5 good-looking Japanese friends from all walks of life, Wooshi their leader, is DynaRed. Huba, able to reach tall trees is, Dyna Black. Franky the human outboard motor is, Dyna Blue. Cowboy the show-thinking weapons expert is Dyna Yellow. And their main squeeze Slojin is Dyna Pink. Under the guidance of this man, Dr. Ho, who from his laboratory and daycare center keeps the world safe from the evil antics of Bernie Tanaka and Mel Fujitsu. At one time his partners but now his arch enemies, who can stop them, who can save the world, who that’s who, the ultimate persuader in the battle against evil, these are the adventures of Dynaman.” this pretty much sums up the show.

The first episode is the pilot which also explains the dialogue I quoted in the opening. Dr. Ho explains how his assistants after an accident, Bernie and Mel became evil and took Dr. Ho’s gene-splitting machine, then all the Dynamen meet at Dr. Ho’s daycare center that’s probably his lab secretly underground, I like to think. Dr. Ho mentions that Bernie and Mel are going to make illegal music videos with the help of their friend Nigel, the reptiles that go “whee” and this crab monster called “Cy” is gathering orphans to be extras in the music video. The Dynamen save the orphans and go fight the reptiles and Cy but they all end up falling into the ocean then later get gadget watches and finally get their outfits and a giant ship called the Dynaship that also has these two other ships that come out of it and can become a giant robot. They then fight Nigel and the reptiles then during the battle DynaRed cuts off one of Nigel’s tails after that they fight Cy and then he grows giant. The Dynamen then get into the DynaShip, send the DynaHead ship, the DynaBody ship, the DynaTank, and later become DynaRobo. While fighting Cy they use this hammer with a ball and chain attached to it, this Dyna boomerang, and do the finisher with the Dyna Sword.

The next episode is “Rhinoman” where Bernie finds out their basement is trashed at their hideout and then Mel blames the Dyna kids for it. Then Mel uses this gene-splitting machine to create the ultimate party crasher Rhinoman which is a rhino monster. After that, Dr. Ho explains how long the reptile people have been around underground since the dawn of man. Then the Dynaman fight the reptile people attacking the city in the Dynaship, then they land and fight Rhinoman and Nigel, who lose another tail. Then Nigel and Rhinoman escape after an earthquake or something like that. Then the Dynamen return to the daycare, make some inventions, and do some training. They later crash Bernie’s birthday party in their costumes and fight the reptile people using their special weapons and tricks. Nigel then sends Rhinoman and the Dynamen to try to defeat him but he then grows giant. The Dynamen then form DynaRobo and while fighting him they form the DynaSword as the finisher.

Episode 3 is called “Day of the Dolphin: Flipper’s Revenge” In it Bernie’s niece Lucy and his boyfriend Flipper the Dolphin visit and he wants revenge after this guy, who also made him intelligent, Dr. Wiggly because Flipper was sent to the Vietnam War and forced to kill others. Then it goes to Franky and Slojin visiting an aquarium and Franky’s Uncle Wiggly, then Flipper comes out of the water and kidnaps Dr. Wiggly while Franky and Slojin fight the lizards and there’s even this scene where Franky fights right in the water. Franky and Slogin transform into Dynamen and then Lucy shows up to help Flipper while the rest of the Dynamen show up. Franky ends up falling into the ocean while Flipper and Lucy escape the fight, some of the Dynamen search the ocean in a boat and find where Dr. Wiggly is hidden. Flipper uses this mind control device that looks like a hair dryer on Dr. Wiggly and he tells the fish in the end to become psychedelic hippies.

Some of the Dynamen find where Dr. Wiggly was kidnapped and fight all the lizardmen there, then Flipper shows up and all the Dynamen show up. Franky wakes up in this dream-like place where this mermaid is waiting for him. She mentions how clean and pure the ocean was but now that the fish turned into psychedelic hippies and it’s getting dirty now. She tells Franky to save the fish and stop Lucy and Flipper, he says he will and then wakes up on the shore. He then meets up with the rest of Dynaman on his weird surfboard thing and then they all end up fighting Flipper and use the finisher “Dyna Human Pinwheel”. Then Flipper becomes a giant then DynaMan uses DynaRobo to defeat him with the DynaSword. Then they save Dr. Wiggley and Franky tries to listen to the ocean in this little shell while the rest of Dynaman throw him in the water as a joke.

The next episode is called Lizard of Oz where Bernie and Mel try to create lizard people extras in Dynatown for their movie that’s a parody of “The Wizard of Oz” and make them with the gene splicer to make this bat monster they created called Mr. Fabulous. As Mr. Fabulous flies over Dynatown, he converts people into lizards he also suggests they go underground and tells them to reproduce to make more extras for the movie. The Dynamen end up fighting Mr. Fabulous and the Lizardmen and then Mr. Fabulous escapes for now. After that, the Dynamen find where Mr. Fabulous is hiding while he’s being fueled up to convert more people for later. While fighting him the DynaRed sends in the DynaShip while he uses his fighter to take down Mr. Fabuolus to stop him from flying around. Then the Dynamen use the Dyna Human Pinwheel to finish him, and Mr. Fabulous becomes gigantic, making the Dynamen use DynaRobo to defeat him. Then the Dynamen create a cure along the way to save all the people from Dynatown from being lizards forever.

The next episode is called “The Seven Loves of Lucky Pierre” where Lucy gets this French frog monster, Lucky Pierre, to get all these women who are about to get married that made fun of Lucy to marry Lucky Pierre instead as a way to get back at them for calling her tail a muffin. Slojin sees Lucky Pierre trying to steal the last bride but she stops him and the rest of the Dynamen fight Lucky Pierre and his lizards. After he escapes the Dynamen use Slojin as a bride-to-be to catch Lucky Pierre, she’s later sent to this hideout where all the brides are held captive. Then Slojin stops him just as he’s about to marry all the other brides and fights the lizards as the brides all escape Lucky Pierre’s hideout. Then the rest of the Dynamen help Slojin and then she transforms, after they all fight Lucky Pierre and the lizards they do the finisher Dyna Human Pinwheel. Lucky Pierre then becomes gigantic and the Dynamen send in the Dynaship and form Dynarobo, and then Lucky Pierre uses electricity from his tongue and some kind of hypnosis to stop the Dynamen for a bit. They all snap out of it and use this giant mirror to reflect Lucky Pierre’s hypnosis, then the Dynamen use their finisher with the Dynasword. Then one of the brides gets married and Slojin wonders if she will ever get married one day soon and the episode ends.

The final episode is “Last Adventure of Spunky the Wonder Squid” where Huba tries to contact his relatives in outer space for his birthday. Then Mel and the other villains are keeping a watch on the spaceship and Mel is mad that he only got a squid monster on his birthday even though he looks more like an octopus than a squid. That’s also “Spunky the Wonder Squid” and they plan to destroy Huba’s gift of a Nuclear Power Plant from his uncle, Spunky then goes to the surface of a beach and then he touches a radio, and then gets electrical powers for some reason, he ends up flying to a power line tower to get more of a charge. Huba ends up getting a signal from outer space and finds his relatives in some flying saucer outside in broad daylight, Huba also wears this silver suit as well, which is the birthday suit they gave him. Huba and his friends try to talk to his relatives from outer space and Spunky sees them and tries to distract the Dynamen then he and Huba fight a bit and Spunky shocks Huba. Dynamen all then transform and fight the Lizards and then they all escape and later on destroy Huba’s Nuclear Power Plant. The Dynamen come by and fight Spunky near a beach where the power plant was and then Huba fights Spunky one-on-one and then Huba’s relatives come by and help him after they clean up the radiation from the Nuclear Power Plant. The Dynamen then use the finisher “Dyna Human Pinwheel to defeat Spunky and then he becomes gigantic then Dynamen sends in the Dynaship and it forms Dynarobo defeating Spunky. Huba misses his relatives and hopes to see them again next year though a year is about 50 years to them so he might be dead by then and it ends.

There’s also this lost episode I found on youtube that’s also kind of a documentary about something called DynaCon! and it just seems okay is all. You’ll also hear a lot of 1980s rock that’s licensed so I’m not sure if uploading it is a good idea, though I made a Spotify playlist that I might link on here at the end of the review. In the end, this show is awesome with all the action footage from the original show and the rock music makes things kind of cool as well, it also made me want to look up the original source material as well, give this show a watch when you can, since it kicks ass!

Here’s the website where you can also find the app Night Flight Plus as well.

https://www.nightflightplus.com/

There’s also an archive.org page where all 6 episodes of the show can be found.

https://archive.org/details/dynaman-nightflight-dub

There’s also an episode of Power Rangers: Dino Thunder “Lost And Found in Translation” which is also a callback to its source material Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger.

Here’s also the youtube playlist of the lost episode DynaCon! if you’d like to take a look at it yourself.

There’s also another guy who reviewed this show and helped me find the archive.org page too.

And finally here’s the Spotify playlist I made also with the help of the Shazam app as well and I call it, Dynaman Night Flight Mix.

The Thirty-Seven Basic Dramatic Situations

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I found this from an open culture post and this pretty much sums them all up is all.

Happy Situations

1. Rescue

2. Lost loved ones recovered

3. A miracle of God

Pathetic Situations

4. Entreaty

5. Love’s obstacles

6. The rivalry between unequal

7. The rivalry between kinsmen

8. A mystery

Inspiring Situations

9. Loving an enemy

10. The sacrifice of one’s self for an ideal

11. The sacrifice one’s self for kindred (or friend)

Disastrous situations precipitated without criminal intent

12. Possessed of an ambition

13. Fatal indiscretion

14. Pursuit

15. Rebellion

16. The enmity between kinsmen

17. The or an effort to obtain

18. Daring effort

19. Vengeance

20. Kindred avenged against kindred

21. Mistaken jealous

22. Involuntary criminal love

Disastrous situations precipitated with criminal intent

23. Struggle against God

24. Abduction

25. To sacrifice all for a passion

26. Adultery

27. Adultery with murder

28. Criminal love

Tragic situations over which the victim has no control

29. Loved ones lost

30. Falling prey

31. Disaster

32. An innocent suspected

33. Obligation to sacrifice loved ones.

34. To learn of the dishonor of a loved one.

35. Mental derangement

36. To kill a kinsman or friend before recognition

37. Remorse

Here’s also the link from an open culture article where I found it. https://www.openculture.com/2020/08/37-possible-stories.html

My Creative Consultant Portfolio

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I made this Google Slides portfolio of me being a creative consultant for either Adult Swim or some other places like that probably. Since I don’t like this lack of focus, arrogance, as well as normalizing deviant or abusive behaviors in entertainment, like in certain tv shows and movies. Even when certain people try to play it off as a joke, it can also come off like that’s okay to mess with others, tear each other down, or that you can bully people and get away with it. Though someone told me, “You stand for nothing, you let everyone walk all over you” and we are getting a lot of that now. Some of this stuff isn’t entirely bad but it makes me want to either make my kind of show or to try and be a creative consultant to fight and help these people on the inside, more to help them focus on their work and have this attention to detail since that shows investment and dedication.

I’m also autistic and have Asperger’s Syndrome so I can see a lot of little things that are a bit off or wrong. I’m not too “Critical” I just like to try and catch these things a bit now and then. Though I do wonder if some or most of these people behind the scenes will tolerate my attention to detail or for others to concentrate. I just get worried they won’t be patient with me, or when I try to talk to them they won’t understand or even just end up yelling at me and striking me which will probably make me stronger is all. As much as I bad talk I just don’t like echo chambers, I just like to have different ideas and questions to have, and even more questions about what we know.

Well here’s my portfolio I made and I hope Adult Swim or someone else can find this. In this, I show that I have writing experience with a link to my review blog, stage experience with a link to a playlist of my stand-ups, as well as links to my Imgur account for my drawings and pictures because why not.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lLTBql-2rxMvs6XaWAwRNPjnAlL0DSaeHLXQ_iAKaDc/edit

Here’s also where I got the idea and term of keymaster and traditional heroes as well.

Here’s also this Toonami music video that to just show you I don’t want to be rich and famous. I just want to put myself out there and make a difference when I can.

Moxie Movie Review (Spoilers)

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From what I’ve heard this Netflix movie is based on some young adult book and it seems there’s a lot of those z-grade writers and the books all seem to have the same tropes at times as well as plot holes. Stuff like the blank slate main character, love triangles, fight the system because it’s against you, don’t get an adult involved in things, take matters into your own hands and end up potentially hospitalized, that some or most of the adults are dumb and don’t listen to them, and that to go to the red flags in life message.

What just bothers me with these tropes isn’t that they’re repetitive but more the execution of them at times. Since they’re targeted to people that are still developing themselves, trying to mature, both mentally and physically. It’s just that when writing these you need to at least have the characters use critical thinking, as well as problems solving skills, and not just act out constantly all the time. I also wanted to give this a watch since Amy Poler is in this and helped make it but she’s not in it very much, sadly.

This story is about this self-insert girl in this High School where this evil, white, racist, rich guy jock that’s rewarded even though he’s an okay football player. Then this black, bisexual, Latina, girl character that’s a strong feminist being upset that the summer reading was about The Great Gatsby because it was about a rich white man writing about a rich white man who is upset they can’t have a woman.

She talks about how we need to talk about literature from immigrants, single mothers, and other foreigners. Since their stories are more important than The Great Gatsby, sadly, all of it’s mostly written in English, even though they’re in American Literature. Then the male white football jock mentions and mansplains to her that The Great Gatsby is a classic and hopes for it to be read in school more. Though he doesn’t explain why since the book was about how having all these parties and money doesn’t make you happy and it will end up all “Crashing down” one day. When he’s more upset that she’s at the front desk of the class as a way to enforce that whole racism vibe.

After that, the black, Latina, feminist tries to get a drink and the white jock spits in it and gives it to her. She tells the office about what happens and that he’s harassing her, it comes off as that whole “There’s all this bad stuff going on and there’s nothing you can do.” When the principal talks with her, which always ends up just gaslighting these kids in the end. Making them think the only way to stop this stuff is to act out or cause violence since they weren’t getting an answer from them, which is just cowardly, sad, and a way to indoctrinate the kids and use them as human shields in the end. Since she’s the principal and can stop all of this in the end especially with the new kid in school.

Then the female self-insert character is angry about how the jock guy is doing all of this and after he texts every student a list about all the girls based on their looks and nothing else. Then the insert girl creates the fanzine or newsletter called Moxie to call for activism by drawing hearts and stars on their hands to show solidarity against the patriarchy. Though it comes off that if the list was about the guys on nothing but their looks instead of the girls it would be okay since it’s only sexist if it happens to women. This is a bit sad and there’s even this one South Park episode and clip that shows how at the end that was just a stupid list and I might link it at the end of this review. It ends up attracting all the token women that are “this or that” since one of the girls wins every soccer game even though the football jock who is okay wins the scholarship every year and there’s also this Asian guy who ends up being a male feminist at the end of this movie since he’s impressed with the self-insert, though I’ve heard male feminists can turn into creepers, in the end, is all.

Then there’s this next crackdown of the patriarchy with the dress code women have since one of these girls that are wearing a tank top and has bigger boobs than the other girls. Ike Barinholtz is also in this scene and makes me wish for Mad TV to come back to entertain everyone and not be afraid to be edgy and have something solid in the end at times. The girl then mentions that the other girl near her is wearing the same thing enough though she doesn’t have as big of boobs as her and it turns into some argument about how to control women as well as some girls having smartphones to record this sexism as well even if it isn’t, probably. Then all the girls wear tank tops as an act of defiance to get back at the patriarchy, somehow?

After that, they get back at the okay white male jock for always getting this scholarship even though he’s just okay in the end and the football team keeps losing. Even though the soccer players are really good but this movie makes it seem this movie makes it sound like no one cares about women’s accomplishments because of them being girls but they aren’t true at all. Then they protest so the amazing soccer girl gets the scholarship even though she’s a junior and okay white jock is a senior and scholarships are given to seniors, but I guess that doesn’t matter. Though okay white jock gets back at them by explaining at the school these girls are just using anonymous bullying and no one tolerates that, which comes off more intelligent in the end and works. When that happens it would seem it was going to be this thing with the girls where you can’t always win every battle in the end.

Then the self insert mouths off and tears down her mom’s boyfriend, something about America won’t be gender-equal for 130 years, something Melinda Gates said that was later debunked. it just comes off mean since the self-insert is yelling at the guy who played Phil Coulson from Marvel’s Avengers movie. That guy united the Avengers, was killed, and became an android, or a Life Model Decoy SHEILD uses as body doubles on and off. Though if you think that’s bad wait until you read this Marvel event comic, Heroes Reborn (2021), which destroys him probably because the writers in marvel comics now don’t like or hate straight white men.

Then at the end, some girl at the end says that the okay white jock raped her though she probably lied about that since when that college girl from Duke lied about being gang-raped by the la cross the team in a Rolling Stone article, it feels like nothing is scared now anymore. Then the self-insert has this speech about believing in women, then the okay white jock gets expelled though from what I’ve heard today in school your suspended but never expelled, almost like you were rewarded in the end, and then the amazing soccer girl gets the scholarship. Even though that girl that said the okay white jock raped her was probably just an allegation in the end and all.

I know some women might go “You should check your privilege” though I’d like them to check their privilege first and then I’ll check mine, Quid pro quo and all. Also, I didn’t like this book not because it had a woman lead character, it’s that it should be a well-written character that happens to be a woman. I even didn’t like all those patterns and tropes more because of their execution in all of these young adult books. Even this activism, in the end, today at times can come off as a way to bully people into believing in their side and get away with, or as an excuse not to do any work at times. You can still give it a watch if you want to though what I don’t like about this woke stuff is that the execution is so forced in the end it’s just very sad and turns into a one-sided argument.

Here’s also where I got that whole “There’s all this bad stuff going on in the world and there’s nothing you can do” gaslighting tactic some people use with this woke stuff on the kids.

Here’s also another video I used for reference as well.

The Aquabats! Super Show! Review (Spoilers?)

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I first heard of this band from maybe that kids show “Yo Gabba Gabba” then later I found out The Aquabats made their show and that they’ve had this band since the 1990s. Watching season 1 there’s also this pilot before the show was greenlit and there’s also this cartoon in the middle of the show as well as a fake commercial about some invention from a company called Gloopy. The band consists of The MC Bat Commander, Crash Mclarson, Eagle Bones Falconhawk, Jimmy the Robot, and Ricky Fitness. They also have this giant bus or what they call a Battle Tram they travel around in as well.

After the pilot episode where they fight a tortilla monster, there’s a whole season where in each episode they fight a different monster, have a guest appearance from someone, and then there’s this cartoon with a story arc until the end of season 1. The MC Bat Commander is the leader of the team, Crash can become gigantic when he becomes emotional, Eagle Bones can shoot lasers from his guitar and then gets a glove where with it, he can summon an invisible hawk, eagle, or falcon, called “The Dude” which is a spirit animal, Jimmy the Robot can shoot lasers or missiles from his fingers and can scan things since he’s a robot, and Ricky Fitness has super speed.

Some of these episodes are also named after some of the songs they wrote from their previous albums. There are also guest stars either from the internet or on tv that make cameos as well and some of them are just surprising at times. Then in season 2, The Aquabats in some episodes tell people about their origins on how they all met, and there these flashbacks that are animated differently as an experiment at times. They also have the songs they did for this show as well and the show won an Emmy for outstanding stunt coordination.

Then after the show ended they made this series where The MC Bat Commander gets the band back together for the show and it’s called “Saturday Morning! With the Aquabats!” and then the “All RadVentures! with The Aquabats!” and I might link the Youtube playlists to them as well as seasons 1 and 2 as well. Watching this it felt like I was watching the Power Rangers with all of its campy style and over-the-top villains. The Aquabats! Super Show! is an amazing live-action show and a fun place for some escapism and today we need that more than ever. You can also watch all of this on their YouTube page since it seems like the DVDs to the show are all sold out now.

Here’s The Aquabats! YouTube page.

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAquabats

Here’s season 1 of The Aquabats! Super Show!

Here’s season 2.

Here’s Saturday Morning! With The Aquabats!

Also finally The All New RadVentures! with The Aquabats!

Reason and Logic: Agents of Kamen Cense Pitch (Among Other Pitches)

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This was a pitch for a show I made for this Adult Swim live stream a while ago, back when they still did those live streams. I also had a few other pitches like Kamen Rider Beat which I’m going to change to Music Man Beat soon. As well as Jonny Sockittome And His Flying Robot Snake which is a parody of Jonny Socko and His Flying Robot and Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. I’ll make a post for each of them when I can or want to when I have the time.

I was a bit nervous when I was on these and felt a bit rushed in the live stream, I also didn’t tell them I have Asperger’s syndrome since I thought that didn’t matter and if it did I’d just feel a bit insulted is all if they changed their behavior. Just because I’m technically in the special needs jurisdiction doesn’t mean I need to be treated differently or shielded from things. I can handle criticism and if Stan culture attacks me I can just block them, though I do feel sorry for them since social media isn’t your therapy session and you need to understand the golden rule even when you’re underaged. Even if you throw things at me in real life I’m just going to be a bit shocked and wonder “and you called ME the savage.”, that behavior doesn’t get you very far in life is all.

This pitch is a parody of VR Troopers that I hope to be animated since it feels like it would be more creative and imaginative is all. I also didn’t want this show to revolve around potty humor and slapstick, it’s not that I don’t think it’s funny it just feels like using too much of that humor can turn into pointless filler if not careful. I also didn’t want the main character to look like me soon so I don’t want the show to feel like a vanity project. Though I might be a different character as a cameo-like this guy I’ll call, Charm Cherub, where he turns into a Cherub, and then later on he gets a power-up called Archangel mode where he looks grander.

If this project never really comes through for adult swim I can still try to make this into a comic or webcomic with the help of some people that hopefully want to help me. I don’t care about money, I just wanna be able to tell a story that has intelligence, wit, and vision. Here’s my google doc I’ll and the YouTube Livestream of when I tried to pitch this show. I’ll also even link my Kamen Beat Pitch as well and my Jonny Sockittome Pitch. I probably was just a bit nervous since I’m not good on video and phone with people at times. I guess that’s a bit of a problem when you have Asperger’s Syndrome and all.

Here’s the Reason and Logic Pitch. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRjklJ6zGpVh-flEh2AIKwFvUqArsTYmj0Ly-0JqFjdguUMwUMgwioHLevGcpiz4nLbuq7iSaskDQlI/pub

The Kamen Rider Beat Pitch. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQlTRQFuQ-voEzDb7u3WwJgV2IqYfwnuRoMJNtW-wUDlUXQrWun4JT9NR5phaadTwbBGADlAUj_ElVT/pub

And the Jonny Sockittome Pitch. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRc0UtdNihciZw0fbDYW0tcJEn301z29kWCBFUQ_Tfdls-deoctYeWqljPRLImNkvi3fAMWtyDjzZbc/pub

Here’s also when I was on the Adult Swim Livestream for Kamen Rider Beat, I’m on at 12:00 in the video if it helps.

Here’s also the Reason and Logic Pitch I tried to do and I’m on at 13:45 in the video. I also tried a bit of a disguise in the video so I wouldn’t be discovered.

Rick and Morty: Pickle Rick Episode Review (Spoilers)

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In this episode of Rick and Morty, the Smith family goes to group therapy but along the way Rick turns himself into a pickle, for some reason, to get away from that. Even though Rick could just hide somewhere and not overcomplicate things like other mad scientists. Beth then finds out about it and just takes the serum to undo Rick being a pickle and not him along the way, just kind of feels like if she took him even as a pickle some of the problems would have been solved.

Then as the plot goes forward there’s this story where Rick goes through this struggle with being a pickle and there’s all this intense violence that’s pretty graphic. Also, another story where the therapist makes you think about what Rick does but it also kind of has this tone whiplash at times. Since Rick was designed to not be related with and the rest of the Smith’s also come out as unlikable and without any likable charterers to root for the show ends up feeling just like a choir. Also, a lot of people in real life liked Rick and said they could relate to Rick when they watched the show which makes me wonder and question volumes on how people and society are today.

At the end of this episode Rick shows up to the family therapy and the therapist ends up scolding Rick like a child and drones on a bit about that. Though the irony is if Rick ever actually cares and stops being a jerk, the show would be over, plain and simple. The thing is these therapists don’t just give you the answer to your problems and just help you try and find the answer yourself. It also kind of feels like she was trying to gaslight Rick instead of educating him on what she said.

It just feels like after seasons 1 and 2 they did this diversity and inclusion thing with seasons 3 and 4. I have no problems with that but it should be about charterer and merit, not being “this or that, or that or this”. They should still have experience and not play the victim once they’re criticized the whole “You don’t know what it’s like to be this or that!” though sooner or later we’ll all go “Do you?”. Along the way, I found out a bit that the original writers were taken off the show after seasons 1 and 2 for the newer writers. Just a bit sad since they had the experience but after this show became mainstream it felt like it sold out.

Here’s also Mr. Enter’s review of this episode I had inspiration for among others. It just feels like for myself and others had started to see and knew a lack of focus now and then. It’s just really starting show now for than ever for entertainment is all.

Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Review (Spoilers?)

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In this comic Deadpool ends up killing all of the marvel heroes and villains after the X-Men take Deadpool to this guy Psycho-Man to help Deadpool. Psycho-Man is from this Sub Atomic universe that has this tablet that controls people’s emotions and he uses that to try and fix Deadpool but it disastrously backfires. Deadpool’s inner monologue turns from yellow to red and tells him to kill all the world’s heroes, villains, and he even ends up killing The Watcher as well. Then at the end, Deadpool teleports to the real world where it gets a bit meta and he ends up killing the creators of the comic he was in, and that’s pretty much it.

When this comic first came out I was nervous and scared to read it since I thought it would stomp on my childhood. Almost like those “What If?” stories Marvel would do now and then. Later this Deadpool ends up killing classic literature characters in books and even other Deadpools in the multiverse. Then there’s another story where he kills the Marvel universe again somehow. You can give this comic a read but there’s not much of a story going on if you’re a story person.

Saban’s Power Rangers: The Psycho Path Comic Review (Spoilers?)

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I wanted to read more of these Power Ranger comics on Hoopla but wanted to read the self-contained stories then starting reading this story about the Psycho Rangers from Power Rangers in Space coming back and the introduction of Psycho Ranger Green. The comic starts off with the planet KO-35 being attacked and the Psycho Rangers demanding where Astronema is since she was their leader in the show. She was later found out to be Andros and Zane’s sister, Karone, she was kidnapped as a little girl and brainwashed into Astronema a few times in the show.

Andros finds out from Zane that Karone later came willingly with the Psycho Rangers, for a reason somehow. While Andros goes to find Karone, Psycho Ranger Green tries to brainwash her again, he mentions how he found the data cards for the rest of the Psycho Rangers and reprogramed the data cards so the Psycho Rangers would be more loyal to their creator. Karone then explains to Psycho Ranger Green that while she was on KO-35 she learned that Astronema was more her aggression in her than her evil side. Though Psycho Ranger Green tries to get Astronema out a bit then after that she helps train the rest of the Psycho Rangers and we even see them power down as well.

After a bit, Karone tells Psycho Ranger Green that she’s trying to teach the other Psycho Rangers about teamwork and cooperation. Then Andros finds Karone after searching around space a bit and tries to break her out and then the rest of the Space Power Ranges come by to help him. Along the way, Karone destroys the data cards that kept the Psycho Rangers coming back if they were killed so that they can have a life and live it as well.

Karone then saves Andros after he gets beaten up badly by Psycho Ranger Green and then Psycho Ranger Green is taken prisoner by the other Psycho Rangers. Near the end of the story, we also get to see the origin of Psycho Ranger Green as well. This story was pretty amazing and it was cool to see who the Psycho Rangers were when they powered down and tried to find themselves along the way. If you’re a Power Rangers fan you can give this a read as well.