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Steamboat Willie Retake

I found out people are making horror versions of Steamboat Willie and I decided to do my own take. The only warnings I have are non-graphic character deaths, knives, swords, drowning, rope used for strangulation, and injuries involving blades.

The water was unusually calm today. I usually find luxury in this pleasantry, not having to worry about the steamboat hitting rocks, but not even the minnows leaped from the steam to avoid becoming lunch. My beloved Minnie was supposed to share a song with me before I left for work, but old Pete would have scolded me for being late to peeling potatoes instead of steering. A slight chuckle escaped my lips as I recalled how often Pete would be blinded by his own thick spit. The look on his face was priceless.

I glanced at Minnie, peacefully asleep, soon to be disappointed in her husband for not being there to hear her completed song. It was call “Turkey in the Straw,” rooted in the time we were on a farm to have a friendly conversation with our buyer, when a turkey the size of my thumb escaped the coop and scurried straight into a hay barrel. Of course, that was before work took over my energy, when most of my time was spent living life to the fullest. Maybe I’ll listen to her tune again soon, the completed version.

I rushed to the steamboat, expecting the usual scolding from my Captain, but no one was aboard. Eh, Pete usually preferred rough water anyways, and the hypocrite always took “vacation days,” when he couldn’t spare me a second of free time. His lack of respect for me went as far as my name, with him calling me Willie when I told him it was Mickey, but I tolerate it. I strolled along the damp poopdeck, and the wise-cracking parrot was still there. Of course he is, Pete puts more trust in a double-crossing bird than his only employee who stuck around when the checks were cut. I checked the rope meant to tether this old boat to the rotting deck, but someone beat me to it and we were floating.

I head to the steering wheel. Surely he was here, for why else would his parrot be on deck and the rope untied? There was someone else near the cockpit though. It was sitting on the frame, its figure covered by a pitch black robe. I assume it was a passenger who couldn’t wait to get to their destination.

My whistle alerted the hooded passenger, where I assumed the head should be turned to my direction, yet I saw nothing but darkness when I tried to take a peek. I got into the steering position and I whistled a “where are you going,” but the passenger didn’t respond this time. I couldn’t figure out if they didn’t understand my whistling language, can’t do small talk, or too focused on the destination to hear me.

I turn my head slightly to get a better look at the passenger, and whoever, or whatever, this thing was, turned my blood cold. The pitch black cloak cracked to reveal an outfit similar to my own, with the only difference was the passenger’s containing bright colors I never existed in this world of black and white. The thing that freaked me out though, was that it was mirroring my actions, not like a young child copying their parents, but as someone replacing their identity with another half-heartedly.

I whistled a “what are you doing,” hiding my fear with curiosity, and strangely enough, it responded with a noise I didn’t think was possible. This, THING, seemed to have echoed my question with the same hollowness present with his actions. “Who are you,” I whistled, and it went quiet once again. Whatever this thing is, I need to get it off the boat. Now.

I start whistling for the parrot to come help, but he didn’t come. Come to think of it, that bird would have flown to the cockpit with a sarcastic remark by now. I glance at the passenger, determining if I should leave it alone with the ship, and not taking any chances, I grabbed it’s limp arm and rushed to check the poopdeck to see what happened to that annoying bird. It wasn’t on its usual perch and the only place I could check was the potato room. I turn the door handle, and the bird was curled up next to the pile. And so was Pete.

Pete was a big guy, but he was buried underneath thousands of lumpy potatoes that would have tripled his weight, his chest struggling to rise. I released the passenger’s arm and ran to remove the potatoes off of Pete as the passenger stared. I lost count of how many potatoes I had removed before Pete was able lean forward, when he spotted the passenger, eyes growing wide with fear. I turn around, and this thing had its hood off.

It looked like me, but it was wrong. It’s eyes were wide but vacant, it’s nose as shiny as metal, and the ears were perfectly round, as if they were saucer plates. This imposter had a sword in its hand and was slowly moving towards us. I spot the knife used to cut the potatoes, and grabbed it. I steady my hands, focusing on the imposter, when it ran towards me. At this point, Pete had managed to get his footing and he and the bird managed to scurry away. Traitors.

The battle was rough, its skill mirroring my own, its eyes never leaving my own. I step back, tripping on the potatoes, and falling straight onto the box that contain the damn vegetable. I wince in pain as the imposter was standing over me, sword ready to be plunged into my chest, when I heard animalistic clicking. I open my eyes and the parrot was circling the imposter, and Pete had a barrel in his arms. He rolled it with great speed towards the imposter and I had to scurry to get out of the way. The barrel splintered on impact and the imposter was limp. I ran towards Pete and we locked the creature in with the potatoes.

We head up to the cockpit, and we realize we are in the middle of nowhere. “Nice going Wills,” the sarcastic parrot cawed. “Zip it ya pillow fluffer,” Pete spat, but there was a sense of desperation in his tone, wishing he was home. This is something we can both agree on.

I had found a map and compass, but there was nothing to see. All of us on ship knew how much danger we were in, with the only food on this ship being in the same room as that imposter. Me and Pete look at each other, and then at the parrot. We both knew he could betray us at any time, but he was our only hope of safety. Pete checked his pockets and pulled out a scrap of paper. He plucked a feather from the parrot, spat into his hand, and used it as ink to write a letter of help. He then cut a piece of extra rope with the potato knife and tied the note around the bird’s leg. “You better come back or I’ll turn you into a thanksgiving dinner, got it?” Pete spat, and the bird nodded, and away it went.

A few days passed, and no safety came. Pete was focusing on the boat, trying to ignore the hunger nibbling on our minds. I knew my mind should be focusing on survival, but it was concentrating on seeing Minnie and hearing her song. “Oi, Willie! You gonna continue thinking about that lady, or are you going to face reality and help me get out of this place?” Pete spat with bitterness. “Yeah, well it’s not like I was, oh I don’t know, saving your life.” “I thought I paid you back by knocking out that imposter.” “Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got that map working?” “Nope.”

I don’t know why that response was what got to me, but at that moment I felt my legs go weak and I felt the post of the cockpit scratched my back. Pete looked at me with shock at my state, and he went to put the anchor down. He came back and sat in front of me. I could feel the awkwardness in his face, lacking the experience of comforting others. “You okay?” he spat, and I could only shake my head yes tiredly. He could sense this, and asked me something I never heard him utter.

“So, what do you plan to do once we get to land,” Pete spat. I thought for a moment, and I whistled, “I wish to hold Minnie in my arms and hear her song, dance with my beloved in my arms, to assure her that I am safe and will always love her.” I start wiping small tears from my eyes as Pete looked at me.

“What about you?” I whistled. Pete looked down, and with regret, he spat “I considered going back to work, but I’m no longer certain.” I looked at him with curiosity. “Really? You don’t have a lover to go to?” I whistled. “I’m not interested.” “Family?” “I’m the last of my family and I can’t have kids.” “Surely you have a friend, right?” Pete simply shook his head and spat dryly “besides the parrot, I’m not close to people.” I whistled desperately “why?” “I was busy with work and I couldn’t find the time. You’re lucky to have found and kept love. Some people, just don’t know what they are doing when it comes to people.”

“You know we don’t have to be enemies, right?” “You thought we were enemies?” I looked at him with disbelief. “Yeah, you don’t use my name, you never let me work the ship, and that two-faced parrot gets better treatment than me.” He paused. “Oh,” Pete spat dejectedly. He stayed quiet and we were both speechless. We fell asleep in silence.

The next morning, I heard noise from potato room and I shook Pete awake. “What…?” Pete spat, but the tiredness in his eyes vanished when he too heard the noise. “Oh, no, no, no. Mick, get the knife ready. NOW!” I grabbed it and some rope, and handed the knife to Pete, but he grabbed the rope instead. We slowly head to the potato room, and the door was wide open, the door latch splintered. We start walking away, putting our backs together to avoid an ambush, when a hooded figure ran into me, blade in hand.

I whistled a yell and Pete turned around, rope wide open and managed to strangle the imposter, but before it closed its eyes one last time, it plunged its sword into Pete’s stomach. He let go and wobbled, falling to his knees and holding his stomach tightly.

The imposter turned its attention back to me and moves closer. In his final moments, Pete spat at the monster’s feet, keeping it in place. Seeing my opportunity, I move forward, ready to end this nightmare. I slide down to slit this monster’s ankles, with its blade cutting into my shoulder. I ignore the pain and kept fighting, with both me and the monster gathering scars. The monster managed to get free and its attacks managed to get me near the edge of the boat. I look at it, trying to understand what it is, when it kicked me off the boat as I drowned and heard it whistle my tune.

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dweemeister · 4 years

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2020 Movie Odyssey

For those who are not aware, my “Movie Odyssey” consists of all films that I have seen for the first time in their entirety. Rewatches do not count. What follows is a list of every film - feature- and short-length - that were a part of the 2020 edition of My Movie Odyssey.

A good many of these are MGM/Popeye short films that are shown on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on Saturday. Other short films - including the Oscar-nominated short film packages shown in theaters every year before the Academy Awards - also appear. But I saw more features (124; defined as a film over forty minutes in length) than I did short films (97). With no Viet Film Fest this year and fewer obligations to watch recent releases, this year’s Movie Odyssey skewed harder towards older movies than in a long time.

I’m no longer as prolific as I may have been back in my undergrad days in watching movies, but I definitely saw my share of great, good, mediocre, and bad movies in 2020. You’ll notice that most of the 10/10 ratings are clumped near the beginning of the year - there’s not a particular reason for that.

Thanks for being a part of the Movie Odyssey, everyone. Whether we saw a movie together in a theater (before they closed), you read a review of mine, or if we discussed a movie in some conversation anywhere, you have been part of this journey. I look forward to the 2021 iteration, and I hope it’s just as exciting - if not more - as this year was!

Without further ado, the films of the 2020 Movie Odyssey, in the order that they were completed:

JANUARY

The Irishman (2019) – 10/10

The Duke Is Tops (1938) – 5/10

Destroy All Monsters (1968, Japan) – 7/10

Parasite (2019, South Korea) – 10/10

Sinners’ Holiday (1930) – 6/10

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974, Japan) – 5/10

Wimmin Is a Myskery (1940 short) – 6/10

The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018) – 6/10

The Trial (1962) – 10/10

1917 (2019) – 9/10

Tale of the Vienna Woods (1934 short) – 7/10

Nurse-Mates (1940 short) – 6/10

Weathering with You (2019, Japan) – 6.5/10

Klaus (2019) – 7/10

Edge of the City (1957) – 7.5/10

The Unwelcome Guest (1945 short) – 7/10

Fightin’ Pals (1940 short) – 5/10

The Winning Ticket (1938 short) – 6/10

Doing Impossikible Stunts (1940 short) – 5/10

Little Women (2019) – 8.5/10 (2020’s 31 Days of Oscar begins)

FEBRUARY

The African Queen (1951) – 10/10

Hair Love (2019 short) – 8.5/10

Dcera (2019 short, Czech Republic) – 7.5/10

Sister (2018 short) – 8/10

Mémorable (2019 short, France) – 9/10

Kitbull (2019 short) – 8/10

Henrietta Bulkowski (2019 short) – 6/10*

The Bird & the Whale (2018 short) – 7/10*

Hors piste (2019 short, France) – 7/10*

Maestro (2019 short, France) – 6/10*

Marriage Story (2019) – 8/10

A Sister (2018 short, Belgium) – 9/10

Brotherhood (2018 short, Tunisia/Canada/Qatar/Sweden) – 7.5/10

The Neighbors’ Window (2019 short) – 6/10

Saria (2019 short) – 8/10

Nefta Football Club (2018 short, Tunisia/France/Algeria) – 8/10

In the Absence (2018 short, South Korea) – 9.5/10

St. Louis Superman (2019 short) – 7/10

Jojo Rabbit (2019) – 6/10

I Lost My Body (2019, France) – 8/10

Live Overtakes Me (2019 short) – 6/10

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) (2019 short, United Kingdom) – 8.5/10

Born Free (1966) – 7.5/10

Empire of the Sun (1987) – 6/10

Road to Utopia (1945) – 7/10

The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) – 7.5/10 (31 Days of Oscar ends)

*Part of the Oscar-nominated animated short film package as honorable mentions, not nominees.

MARCH

The Shop on Main Street (1965, Czechoslovakia) – 10/10

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) – 7/10

Northwest Hounded Police (1946 short) – 8/10

Wimmin Hadn’t Oughta Drive (1940 short) – 6/10

Princess from the Moon (1987, Japan) – 6/10

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936 short) – 9/10

The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945 short) – 8/10

Puttin’ on the Act (1940 short) – 7/10

Major Dundee (1965) – 6/10

This Gun for Hire (1942) – 7/10

Emitaï (1971, Senegal) – 9/10

War of the Worlds (2005) – 6.5/10

Popeye Meets William Tell (1940 short) – 6/10

Murder Most Foul (1964) – 7/10

Circus Clown (1934) – 6/10

Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917 short) – 5/10

Bumping into Broadway (1919 short) – 8/10

Next Aisle Over (1919 short) – 6.5/10

APRIL

A Sammy in Siberia (1919 short) – 6/10

Young Mr. Jazz (1919 short) – 6/10

I Do (1921 short) – 7.5/10

Persona (1966, Sweden) – 8.5/10

The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) – 7/10

Frankie and Johnny (1966) – 5.5/10

Death of a Cyclist (1955, Spain) – 7.5/10

The Car of Tomorrow (1951 short) – 6.5/10

Poopdeck Pappy (1940 short) – 7/10

New York, New York (1977) – 6.5/10

A Letter to Three Wives (1949) – 10/10

Diego Maradona (2019, United Kingdom) – 7.5/10

Blackboard Jumble (1957 short) – 6/10

Popeye Presents Eugene, the Jeep (1940 short) – 6/10

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) – 4.5/10

The Scar of Shame (1927) – 8/10

One Hour with You (1932) – 8/10

Gosford Park (2001) – 7.5/10

Cry of the City (1948) – 6/10

Deliverance (1972) – 7.5/10

I Am Somebody (1970 short) – 9/10

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963) – 8/10

Le Silence de la Mer (1949, France) – 7/10

McFarland, USA (2015) – 7/10

The Man Who Never Was (1956) – 7.5/10

Cock-a-Doodle Dog (1951 short) – 6/10

Problem Pappy (1941 short) – 6/10

Three Little Girls in Blue (1946) – 7/10

Fireman, Save My Child! (1932) – 5/10

MAY

Babe: Pig in the City (1998) – 6/10

The Bear and the Beavers (1942 short) – 6/10

Quiet! Pleeze (1941 short) – 6/10

Elmer, the Great (1933) – 7/10

Alibi Ike (1935) – 6/10

Body and Soul (1925) – 7.5/10

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) – 4/10

The Bear and the Hare (1948 short) – 6/10

Olive’s Sweepstake Ticket (1941 short) – 6/10

Ceddo (1977, Senegal) – 6.5/10

Stars in My Crown (1950) – 8.5/10

The Big City (1963, India) – 8/10

Bear Raid Warden (1944 short) – 6/10

Flies Ain’t Human (1941 short) – 6/10

The Last Unicorn (1982) – 5/10

Age 13 (1955 short) – 3/10

Barney’s Hungry Cousin (1953 short) – 6/10

Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle (1941 short) – 6/10

JUNE

Lance (2020) – 7/10

Olive’s Boithday Presink (1941 short) – 6/10

The Phenix City Story (1955) – 7.5/10

Be Water (2020) – 7/10

Ordet (1955, Denmark) – 10/10

My Dream Is Yours (1949) – 7/10

The Dragon Painter (1919) – 6/10

The Silver Cord (1933) – 6/10

Caballero Droopy (1952 short) – 7/10

Pest Pilot (1941 short) – 6/10

Aaron Loves Angela (1975) – 5/10

Goggle Fishing Bear (1949 short) – 6/10

I’ll Never Crow Again (1941 short) – 6.5/10

Best in Show (2000) – 7/10

JULY

The Comancheros (1961) – 6.5/10

Cobs and Robbers (1953 short) – 7/10

The Mighty Navy (1941 short) – 7/10

Hamilton (2020) – 7/10

Once Upon a Time in America (1984) – 9.5/10

The Sin of Nora Moran (1933) – 6.5/10

Busybody Bear (1952 short) – 6/10

Nix on Hypnotricks (1941 short) – 6/10

The Steel Helmet (1951) – 7.5/10

The Princess and the Pirate (1944) – 7/10

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015) – 8/10

Deputy Droopy (1955 short) – 6.5/10

Kickin’ the Conga Round (1942 short) – 6/10

Shoes (1916) – 8/10

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972, Japan) – 7.5/10

When Worlds Collide (1951) – 7/10

Tokyo Olympiad (1965, Japan) – 9.5/10

Wichita (1955) – 7/10

AUGUST

Pinky (1949) – 6.5/10

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016) – 6/10

Insiang (1976, Philippines) – 7.5/10

Arrowsmith (1931) – 5/10

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) – 6/10

Blue Hawaii (1961) – 6/10

Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959, India) – 9/10

I Am Not Your Negro (2016) – 8.5/10

Doggone Tired (1949 short) – 7/10

Blunder Below (1942 short) – 6/10

Saludos Amigos (1942) – 5/10

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972, Japan) – 7/10

The Little Colonel (1935) – 7/10

Malcolm X (1992) – 9/10

SEPTEMBER

Murder at the Gallop (1963) – 7/10

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972, Japan) – 7/10

Mädchen in Uniform (1931, Germany) – 9/10

The T.A.M.I Show (1964) – 9/10

The Chump Champ (1950 short) – 6/10

Fleets of Stren’th (1942 short) – 6/10

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) – 6/10

Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1970) – 8/10

Melody Time (1948) – 6/10

Red Dawn (1984) – 4/10

Olivia (1951, France) – 8.5/10

Droopy’s Double Trouble (1951 short) – 7/10

Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye an’ Peep-eye (1942 short) – 6/10

The River (1938 short) – 7.5/10

The Crimson Kimono (1959) – 7/10

Sleepwalking Land (2008, Mozambique) – 8/10

The First Bad Man (1955 short) – 5/10

Many Tanks (1942 short) – 6/10

Marona’s Fantastic Tale (2019, France) – 8.5/10

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972, Japan) – 7/10

OCTOBER

Ramona (1928) – 6/10

The Peachy Cobbler (1950 short) – 6/10

Baby Wants a Bottleship (1942 short) – 6/10

House of Bamboo (1955) – 6.5/10

Ride the Wild Surf (1964) – 6/10

Red Hot Riding Hood (1943 short) – 9.5/10

Alona on the Sarong Seas (1942 short) – 6/10

New Orleans (1947) – 6.5/10

Mad Monster Party? (1967) – 6.5/10

Sheep Wrecked (1958 short) – 6/10

A Hull of a Mess (1942 short) – 6/10

El Camino (1963, Spain) – 7/10

One Cab’s Family (1952 short) – 6/10

Cartoons Ain’t Human (1943 short) – 6/10

The Haunting (1963) – 9.5/10

Dead of Night (1945) – 8/10

From Beyond the Grave (1974) – 7.5/10

NOVEMBER

Heir Bear (1953 short) – 6/10

Me Musical Nephews (1942 short) – 8/10

The Virgin Suicides (1999) – 8/10

The Impossible Possum (1954 short) – 6/10

Too Weak to Work (1943 short) – 6/10

Flower Drum Song (1961) – 7/10

The Little Bantamweight (1938 short) – 6/10

A Jolly Good Furlough (1943 short) – 6.5/10

Plymouth Adventure (1952) – 6/10

The Daydreamer (1966) – 6/10

Wolfwalkers (2020 – 8.5/10

Little Gravel Voice (1942 short) – 6/10

Ration Fer the Duration (1943 short) – 6/10

DECEMBER

X-Men: First Class (2011) – 7/10

Out-Foxed (1949 short) – 7/10

Wood-Peckin’ (1943 short) – 6/10

Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955) – 6/10

The Magic Flute (1975, Sweden) – 7.5/10

Poor Little Me (1934 short) – 5/10

Spinach Fer Britain (1943 short) – 6/10

The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005, Mongolia) – 8.5/10

The Battle of the Century (1927 short) – 8/10

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) – 7.5/10

Burrow (2020 short) – 7/10

Soul (2020) – 8/10

Her Honor the Mare (1943 short) – 6/10

Kiss of Death (1947) – 8/10

#My Movie Odyssey

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