#cerebos

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FYI, a couple of games that I've worked on are on sale over on itch.io from now through January 3rd.

Zach Welhouse's Cerebos: The Crystal City is a GM-optional collaborative storytelling game about a group of travellers riding a train to their titular destination. Along the way, you'll stop at various surreal locales – drawn from a pair of 78-card decks with contributions by numerous guest writers – and discover more about the travellers' pasts, eventually uncovering the purpose of their journey and the true nature of the Crystal City. I served as editor and crowdfunding organiser.

Costume Fairy Adventures, meanwhile, is an older title whose system you may recognise as a very early prototype of the one found in my own forthcoming Eat God. Its premise is similar, in that you're a bunch of goofy little critters with cartoon super powers going around causing problems on purpose, though a typical session's rating skews a little more G-rated. I served as lead developer and head rules-monkey on this one, alongside several other writers you might have bumped into here on Tumblr, including @astrakiseki and @dizzyhslightlyvoided.

Both are 50% off until January 3rd. The sale on Costume Fairy Adventures also includes several supplementary playsets, if you already have it from one of the various charity bundles it's appeared in and want to round out your collection.

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He was too busy fighting on earth to learn about onion.

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1951 Cerebos Salt ad by totallymystified

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Oh dang! Uhhh

1. Cerebos, the Crystal City, by Penguin King Games.

I REALLY got into indie TTRPG's this year, and this was 100% the kicker for that. Got into a new group of friends who invited me to play this and been obsessed ever since!

2. Probably Cerebos' conductor mechanic.

We played the one where you're on a train through the underworld (forgot the conductor's name oops) and one of the mechanics is that you can try to convince a resident at a stop to become fuel for the soul engine. This led to a gut wrenching scene where a player was convincing a dead and bound lighthouse keeper (in the middle of the desert) to forfeit his afterlife in favor of what I assume to be eternal torment.

3. Thousand Year Old Vampire, by Tim Hutchings.

SUCH A GOOD JOURNALLING GAME!!! It deals with memory loss as an immortal being and it gives me an excuse to research history :)

A #SeptembeRPG prompt list from @eladhen on dice camp.

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X-Men comics are so insane. So I'm reading the New X-Men: Academy X right? Context before this is New Mutants and that ended with Magneto attacking the school and completely wrecking it. So in Academy X we find out a kid with teleportation powers name Jeffrey died. but he died between jumps so he's basically a ghost. Now as a ghost he's haunting the school because he died and no longer thinks it's safe for anyone. He's like throwing knives, teleporting people, and making tables float. But like the comic ends with him going back to class, as a ghost. Imagine coming for your first day at a mutant school and you get introduced to a kid who died but still comes to class.

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yknow that scene, might be in X2 but I could be wrong, where Logan puts the cigar out on his hand and pulls that face? I've just realised, if that scene was in cerebro, and cerebo expands Charles' range so he can literally reach people's minds across the world, surely he could feel what was going on in Logan's mind in that moment. Like he's right there in the same room, surely Charles was tempted to call him out for being the masochist he is, and elected to be polite this once. so now I'm just thinking of Charles turning around and nonchalantly calling Logan a little freak. and he'd be right

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Escaped.

Tobias Foster had finally escaped the Faceless Man's grasp, feeling proud of himself for doing so. There was only one problem, though...

The escape had cost the mutant an arm and a leg. Literally.

So now here he was, lost in the woods, left to bleed out and die like a dog. He didn't want things to end this way... But he had nowhere to go. He couldn't go back to the Faceless Man, because he'd get killed on sight, and he DEFINITELY couldn't integrate himself into human society, because once again, he'd be killed if anyone found out what he was. He called for help until his throat was raw and scratchy from screaming out, and eventually collapsed from blood loss.

Duchess stood outside Cerebo, waiting for Charles Xavier to re-emerge and give her the details of her mission. She smiled in greeting at the man as he glided out on his chair, though her eyes held some concern at the situation at hand, she held a tablet at stand by, ready to record down the co-ordinates of the mutant they were going to help.

A little later, Duchess was in an all terrain vehicle, off-roading it through some woods to where Xavier was sure the mutant would be. She was alone, but not unarmed. Duchess slowed down to a stop, not wanting to scare them off or maybe even run them over. The Professor had told her the mutant was badly injured.

She reached into the back of the jeep and pulled out a med kit, moving forward by foot. Duch hadn't gone far when she spotted the guy, running over to his unconscious form. It saddened her to see him in such a state, she immediately started to get to work on stopping the bleeding and getting him back. She messaged back to Jubilee and Hank waiting in the Blackbird, telling them of the situation. It wasn't long before Hank came to assist Duch in getting the unconscious guy back to the Blackbird.

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Dark Phoenix

Logan Howlett x Fem!Phoenix force!OFC

Chapter One: Strange Visions

Chapter Summary: Layla Xavier, Xavier's daughter, was Born with The Phoenix Force Powers and Telekinetic Abilities along with some of Telepathy, But comes in contact with a Dark energy force after seeing Visions.

Synopsis: Layla Xavier becomes the Dark Phoenix after coming in contact with a strange Dark energy force, Dialing her abilities up to a Hundred, Logan Notices something is up when she runs from the Mansion.

Warnings: Nightmares, Visions, Telekinetic abilities, Dark Phoenix, Phoenix force, Military and Police, Telepathy.

Characters: Jean grey, Logan Howlett, Scott summers, Charles Xavier, Erik Lehnsherr, Hank MCcoy, Mystique, Storm.

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It Started Out with Small Visions that came from Her Telepathy Abilities, Xavier was still Trying to figure them out, they first came in blurry Pictures and Images of a single dark energy force, but Neither Layla nor Xavier could figure them out.

Later on Layla started Hearing weird Voices in her head, not like normal other Mutant Voices she Usually heard along with her Telepathic abilities, but different dark voices, Like the Phoenix Personality Inside of her. Xavier started to get worried about this considering how strong The Phoenix is, But Layla Promised him that she was okay, and that she could control it.

Then a couple of weeks later her Personality and Behavior started changing, she was becoming rude to the other Mutants in the Mansion, she was even rude to one her best friends, Jean, Logan Noticed it the most though, she would get angry and cause her Telekinesis to go a bit out a control knocking things around off Tables or causing metal tables to crush or compact.

It only got worse, It was like the Phoenix itself was trying to come out, the personality side anyways, which worried All of the X-Men, Jean especially since she knew what that was Like. Jean even Tried to talk to her about it.

“Layla, I can help you..” Jean had Stopped her on her way back to her room, “I can Help you control it..”

“I don’t need your help..” Layla snapped back, Stomping away, Jean wouldn’t stop, she wanted to help Layla. “Layla, Please.. All of us our worried, you can’t let it control you.. Please let us help you fix it.”

In one moment the Phoenix Took over as she Turned around in a Fury, Souless black eyes started into Jean’s Brown ones. It was Dark then Just the Phoenix, it was dark, a Dark Phoenix, Corrupted. “I don’t want to fix it.” She hissed. “This Overwhelming power is Mine.. all mine.. I don’t want to fix it..” her Voice was Demonic.

In one flick of her wrist, Jean was Pushed back, as Layla stormed off to her room, leaving Jean in shock of what she Just saw. Xavier and the rest of the X-Men were warned about this.

Days Passed and things Seemed to get worse, Layla wasn’t sleeping, she would wonder around the X-mansion alone all night, and then Sleep all day.

One Rainy day everything hit the Ceiling, right before everyone else went to bed, in one Powerful burst Layla Broke out her window and Ran away from the Mansion, The Dark Phoenix Tainting her Decisions and her Mind.

Storm was the first to walk into her room, Gasping at the Sight, “She’s Gone..” She whispered. Xavier Sighed and Lead them all to Cerebo to Try and Locate Layla Using his Telepathic abilities.

They went Through Different places Until Xavier Located her Running in a Panic to An Old Cabin where she was Hiding Out, “What the hell is she doing there?” Logan asked, Concerned, Xavier Shrugged, “She’s owned that Cabin for years, For how we have to find her before she Destroys something with the Dark Phoenix.”

Once they arrived at the cabin, It was like she almost immediately noticed them, not in the Dark Phoenix’s Control but Within her Own. Layla Briskly walked out, “I told you to stay away Dad..” She Said. Her Eyes Showed how Unstable she felt at the moment any time Xavier tried to intervene with his words, The Phoenix got angry and Tended to harm People even if they were her friends.

“Layla Please.. we only want to help.” Jean Tried to Console her, Layla shook her head, Erik Came from behind her Cabin some how, “She Dosen’t want your help Charles.” he Intervened. Logan Rolled His eyes, “for Fuck’s Sake.” He Cursed.

“Can’t you see she doesn’t want to fix it, she wants to Let it go.” Erik Said, Layla Rolled her Eyes at them both, Bickering like an Old Married couple. Jean sighed, “No she needs to learn to control it, before she kills someone.” Layla caught storm’s eyes, Flowing with Sympathy for her, often Misplacing it as Pity.

“Oh please I don’t want your Pity.” Layla sad, Souless Black eyes Returning, “I don’t want to Fix it, or Control it.. I want to let it go, to let my power flow, Even if it kills someone.” her Voice was Demonic, Logan Couldn’t even See it was Layla.

“Layla, you can’t truly want that, your not a Killer.” Logan said, A Hiss Resounded from Layla. “Right now you are not speaking to Her, your are talking to the Life Incarnate, Phoenix.” Layla’s eyes returned to Normal hearing cop car sirens, Causing her to clench her fists Against her head.

“No, Stop. Stop it. No. Leave me alone!” Layla screamed, turning and with a Flick of her hand The Cop Cars were stopped flipping over, the sheer power telekinesis had on objcets. She had no control over this sheer Power, Objects Flying, the X-Men were careful, Dodging the Flying Objects.

“Layla!” Logan Called out, Using his Claws to Cut the flying Objects of wood, slicing them Effortlessly. Layla was Levitating now, the amber glow in her eyes stronger, a corrupted Version of the Phoenix force, something you did not want to let loose, Logan Tried to reach her, he wanted to at least try to calm her down. Layla floated back using her Telekinesis to Knock Logan and the other away from her.

It was Xavier's turn to reach her, "Layla, Layla Listen to me, I can help you, but you have to Listen to me, Please." Xavier Pleaded with her, Layla shook her head, "No, No I don't, Please Stay back I don't want to hurt any of you." Layla's soft voice Pleaded, Jean Stepped up, "It's okay, I understand." her soft voice Pleaded with her.

"Please, Let us help you."

[transingthoseformers]

what IF Fort max was secretly a huge kinky bitch and cerebos and red alert know. She never told em, they just did.

Cue to her being treated so damn well in the berth by the other two and some lovely cuddles afterwards :]

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That would be so fascinating and sweet yes

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trying to speak spanish with my duolingo/mango education like ayudame, me cerebo esta my pequeno y vacio

[prokopetz]

#d666 then (via @cartesiangirl)

I have literally written a game that makes use of a d666 lookup table during scenario generation, and edited another that employs one during character creation.

(Admittedly, it's not one big table in either case; the former uses an initial d6 roll to select one of six d66 sub-tables, while the latter uses an initial d66 roll to select one of thirty-six d6 sub-tables.)

d1212 table when?

I actually know of a game that extends the "d66" notation to arbitrary dice combinations in table lookups, using, for example, "d48" to mean "roll a d4 for the 'tens' place and a d8 for the 'ones' place", and while it rightly points out that using mismatched dice pairs for your lookup rolls removes any potential ambiguity regarding which die is the tens and which is the ones, it also explicitly rules out using d12s or d20s in this fashion specifically because there's no non-ugly way to notate it.

[thedeadleafs]

Cerebos Table Nutritive Salt

Ilustração Portugueza, 1910s

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1950 Cerebos Salt ad by totallymystified

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Page 18-19

[Page 18 and 19 only have photographs. On page 18 has two vertical ones, page 19 two horizontal ones. The left one on page 18 centers Mike and Will. Will is sitting against a tree, legs crossed over one another. There is a sketchbook in his lap and he is bend over it, drawing something intently. Mike is sitting next to him, his head on his shoulder, eyes closed. Around them there are a few others eating from the picnic that is on the blanket.]

Summer Sketching

Jonathan Byers, 1987

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[The right photograph is of Dustin next to Cerebo. He is fiddling with the dish, screwdriver in his mouth. Erica has the headphones on and is turning one of the knobs. There are open books scattered around them, the wind blowing some of the pages.]

Scientists of the Future

Jonathan Byers, 1987

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[The upper photograph on page 19 is of the driveway of the Harrington house, a basket mounted on the front of the garage. Steve and Lucas are in the midst of playing a game, they both wear serious faces and Steve is trying to block Lucas’ throw. Neither of them are wearing a shirt and they’re both sweating in their shorts. More obvious are Eddie and Max in the foreground. They're both leaning on their knees, ogling the two players. Max's eyes peer out through thick lenses, but that doesn't hide the moon eyed expression that matches Eddie's.]

Lovers by the Court

Jonathan Byers, 1987

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[Below that is an image of a hammock they put up at the Hopper-Byers house. In it is Nancy, Robin sprawled over her chest. Robin is asleep, while Nancy has one hand in her hair, scritching the undercut part of her hair. In her other hand, she has a book, the title can’t be made out from the angle. She is oblivious to the camera.

Hammock Cuddles

Jonathan Byers, 1987

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MOVIES I WATCHED THIS WEEK #205:

HANA-BI ("FIREWORKS") (1997), my 4th film by actor-director Takeshi "Beat" Kitano. Always unexpected moods from him, with unmistakable score by Joe Hisaishi [one of the greatest modern composers]. A crime story about a violent cop causing bloody mayhem, who's actually a taciturn, meditative and melancholic husband, coming to grips with his dying wife, their recently dead daughter, his suicidal partner, and the fact that life in general is slipping away.

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Four years into this project, and after seeing upward of 4,000 movies, also reading about numerous others, I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about "Cinema" by now. Imagine my surprise this morning when I came upon a lovely analyses of my favorite Nils Malmros coming-of-age drama, 'Tree of knowledge'. And as I scroll through the portfolio of this random Letterboxd reviewer named Lawrence Garcia, his recommendations, lists, and whatnot, I'm flabbergasted: I never ever heard of 70% or more of all the films that he's talking about!

So now I'm left with a new, giant depository of unfamiliar films to watch, and when will I have the time? Skimming through his recommendations, I picked a trial one for size, British John Smith's 1987 THE BLACK TOWER. An unseen man narrates in impassioned voice how he finds himself haunted by a mysterious structure that seems to be following him wherever he goes. (Screenshot Above). Like a figure in a Kafka story, he's losing it. Is it symbolic, is it depression? Madness? It’s definitely unique. 8/10.

And what next? Just this John Smith alone made over 60 movies like this one that are probably worth checking out!

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4 MORE WITH MICHEL GONDRY:

🍿 IS THE MAN WHO IS TALL HAPPY? (2013) is my 8th film by distinct filmmaker Michel Gondry. It's an unusual, creative documentary. Gondry sat with progressive linguist Noam Chomsky for a series of interviews, and animated their conversations in his unique, whimsical style. 2 Fascinating intellectuals talking about philosophy, Cognitive science and activism. Chomsky opens up a bit about his personal history (F. ex. as a child he wanted to become a taxidermist), and the whole experience is inspiring and engaging.

🍿 ONE DAY (2003): Now, this is "different". 3 years before directing 'Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind', Gondry directed David Cross as his own human-size turd, who keeps following him in the streets of NYC, and claims to be his child. It's as weird and gross as it sounds. I always felt that David Cross comes across as a piece of shit, so that works double here. Spoiler alert! At the end, the turd turns into a Nazi [Wait, what?] and he's not the worse for it!

🍿 THE LETTER, a sweet, early (1998) short, that takes place on 12/21/1999, ten days before the millennium, about a childhood crush.

🍿 The very last film I saw this week was actually the most enjoyable (even though as a documentary it was pretty pedestrian): MICHEL GONDRY, DO IT YOURSELF (2023) follows the eccentric creator from his early days as a drummer in a punk band, first music video artist for Bjork and Daft punk to his current status as world famous inspiration.

Meanwhile, I'm waiting for his latest animated film, Maya, give me a title.

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Somehow similar to Gondry: My frequent, favorite re-watch ♻️: Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 1989 FOUTAISES (finally with English subtitles!), where Dominique Pinon talks about "things he likes and things he doesn't": Bibi Fricotin, Razibu Zouzou and Little Cerebos... Richard Widmark's laughter..." 10/10.

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ANDREJ MUNK X 3:

🍿 New discovery: Andrej Munk, an influential postwar artist of the 'Polish Film School' of the 1950's.

MAN ON THE TRACKS (1957) tells of an old, stubborn train engineer whose death is suspected to be a sabotage. A Rashomon-like investigation reconstructs his tumultuous relationships with the other railway workers, and the clash between the old and new socialist systems of the time. A movie for old-time train enthusiasts.

🍿 A WALK IN THE OLD CITY OF WARSAW (1958) is a gorgeous travelogue, a colorful portrait of a city rebuilding itself a decade after the war. A pretty girl is leaving her school on the way to a violin lesson and wanders all over the old town. Similar to 'The Red Balloon' in style and feeling. 8/10.

🍿 Munk died in a car crash in 1961, while he was filming PASSENGER, so this last film was released uncompleted two years later. It's a tough call: Fifteen years after the end of World War 2 on a luxury liner returning to Europe, a former concentration camp SS officer runs into a woman who was her prisoner, and with whom she had an unexplained infatuation. Filmed partially in Auschwitz itself, and recreating some actual footage from the camp, it's a grim and desperate drama about the ultimate abuse. The reversal of power (since the survivor can now expose the ex-Nazi) causes the oppressor to recall their story in flashbacks. But because it was very much not finished, the dynamics between victim and oppressor remained murky. What stayed are the hellish scenes from the concentration camp, some of which look harrowing enough, but some are not.

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SOBIBOR, OCTOBER 14, 1943, 4PM is another of French holocaust documentarian Claude Lanzmann. It's actually just footage of a one-man interview which was cut out of his 'Shoah' (as it would otherwise made it 11 hours long). A Jewish survivor of the 'Sobibor Uprising' describes how the rebellion in the death camp came about.

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TANGERINES (2013), my first Georgian-Estonian award-winning war movie (which unfortunately, I could only find in a dubbed French version on YouTube, but hey - free streaming is still free...) It tells of an elderly farmer in a small village, at the intersection of Abkhazia, Georgia, Estonia and Chechnya, an area in the North Caucasus, that is far from the minds and hearts of most people who are not from there. It looks like it is full of masculine, unshaven, aggressive males (there are zero woman in this film neither), who's been fighting with and killing each other for centuries. This film is a very simple, maybe simplistic, tale of two wounded fighters from the opposite sides stuck together in a farm house, who have to survive together.

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2 NOIR'S:

🍿 NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR (1952) is another film considered to be one of the greatest Argentinian Noir's of all time. It's actually two separate stories, based on unrelated crime novels by the same writer of 'Rear Window' and 'Phantom Lady'. Exceptional black and white cinematography of menacing shadows and wrongful killings.

🍿 "You are not very tall, are you?..."

Re-watch ♻️: Howard Hawks' THE BIG SLEEP, a simple re-viewing delight with a convoluted plot. Faulkner! Chandler! cigarettes! Blackmail, murder and (hidden) pornographers! Robert Towne’s script for 'Chinatown' re-constructed many of the dynamics and structures of this one (with its tragic ending being the major exception). Standing out were the independent women's roles; Some were forthcoming and sexy (especially the bookstore owner, Dorothy Malone, and the cab driver, Carmen the little sister, and all threw themselves 's at Bogart's Private Dick!

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I was looking for political dramas about anarchism (not too many of them!) and discovered UNREST, an unusual minimalist Swiss story from 2022, about Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin. It interprets his 1872 visit to a small Swiss town, where he helped the female workers in the watchmaking factory to organize into an anarchist union. But it does so, in the oddest, off-kilter, way. Too restrained and intricate and subtle, it isn't your grandpa's historical period piece (Like 'Reds' or '1900'). Time is the great underlining theme here, as well as the transformative powers of new technologies and capitalism's evil politeness.

I need a second viewing to completely fall in love with this film's unique aesthetics. Recommended!

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2 RARELY-SEEN FILMS BY JACQUES TATI (PLUS 'TRAFIC'):

🍿 Being a competist, these are the last two films of his that I haven't seen before: FORZA BASTIA (1978) was his last, unfinished film, which was thought lost, until his daughter completed it years later. It's the only documentary he made. Like a humorous 'Triumph of the Will' but about a rain-soaked soccer match in Corsica instead. It focuses on the excited fans more than the waterlogged game itself.

🍿 FUN SUNDAY on the other hand, was one of his earlier films (1935) when he was just starting out. A primitive, unremarkable Laurel and Hardy type slapstick number directed by somebody else. 1/10.

🍿 So, I had to watch TRAFIC (1971) once again, because why not? Monsieur Hulot is driving a test camper from Paris to Amsterdam but cannot get there on time for the auto show. And this in the shadow of the Apollo moon landing! Also, it was co-directed with Dutch Bert Haanstra! Re-watch♻️

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MARC MARON X 3:

🍿 FROM BLEAK TO DARK (2023) was worth watching again ♻️. "At some point, those plague babies are gonna want answers". Also, the end bit about committing suicide with a bat... A lot of pain which is distilled into laughter, like the Jewish Auschwitz Joke Book... Well delivered. 8/10. "Selfie?..."

🍿 END TIMES FUN (2020) was directed by his girlfriend, Lynn Shelton, who died of Covid, and of whom he talked in 'Bleak to dark'. The fucked up finale with gay Mike pence and the end of the world was dark. "The lizard portal is open." [*Female Director*]

🍿 CALL ME LUCKY is a 2015 documentary about a (new to me, and now dead) stand-up comedian named Barry Crimmins, who had big influence on early generation comedians in the Boston area and elsewhere. The first half was the usual gab-fest by fellow funnymen (including Maron, Steven Wright, etc.) of how great, radical, political and genuine his comedy was, which was kind of a bore. But the second part took a radical turn and dealt with his childhood trauma of being raped as a little boy. How it shaped his angry views on life, and how, by publicly disclosing it, it molded his lifelong and fierce activism for justice.

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GAB-TOOTHED WOMEN (1987), another documentary by Les Blank, about women with a space between their front teeth. It's a very narrow topic, but is done with a focus on this single premise exceptionally well.

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"No further questions, your honor..."

JUROR NO# 2 is the latest product from 94-year-old Clint Eastwood. Good for him for continuing to be active. However, this Lifetime Television legal drama version of '12 Angry Men' was amateurish on every level. To pretend that the American justice system, the courts, society still functions with the same coherence as it did in the 1980's is cynical and questionable. The main actor (Nicholas Hoult?, who was dreadful in 'The Menu'), can't act here either, and definitely cannot carry the whole movie on his narrow shoulders. 1/10.

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THE SHORTS:

🍿 In COPS (1922) Buster Keaton inadvertently throws a bomb at a parade of policemen, and is being chased by hundreds of cops.

🍿 PEACE ON EARTH is an unusual pacifist cartoon, which was nominated for the Oscars in 1939. It was done in Disney's 'Snow White' style, using similar-looking squirrels as well as Mel Blanc as the voice of their grandpa. It started all Christmas'y cute, but quickly turns post-apocalyptic after the all humans killed themselves off in endless wars, and animals have inherited the earth. An anti-war message film released three months after Germany invaded Poland - Wow!

🍿 MULTIPLE SIDOSIS (1970) is another ODD film, which opened on Christmas 1965, where a 60-something suburban husband is getting a Akai M-8 / Roberts 770x recorder and decides to record himself playing a tune on 11 different instruments. It took 5 years to make, and predated YouTube by 46 years. It was also absolutely spectacular, and was later selected as one of the few amateur films to inclusion in the National Film Registry. 9/10 - Will watch again.

🍿 YUCK! (2024, France), a very cute film about a group of kids at a summer camp resort, who are getting grossed out by watching grown-ups lock lips. 8/10.

🍿 SENTIMENTAL STROLL (2020, France). A woman emerges out of a pond, and start dancing to a Paul Verlaine verse, in front of a group of frogs. [*Female Director*]

🍿 GRANDS CANONS (2018, France): Thousands of meticulously-sketched household objects dance together.

🍿 SPRING ROLL DREAMS (2022, UK). A Vietnamese-American single mother deals with cultural issues when her Vietnamese father insists on cooking. [*Female Director*]. (Via)

🍿 UNFINISHED (2021), a sad story in Czech about a brother and sister who has to say goodbye at the breakfast table, because they are being split up between their divorcing parents. I found it because the director, Dailey Moore, had left a scathing review of a documentary I considered watching.

🍿 GRATEFUL DEAD, a 9-minute "photofilm" directed by Paul McCartney in 1995, created from photos of the Grateful Dead taken by Linda McCartney in Central Park (5/5/68) and at 710 Ashbury in SF (12/1/67). But not very good. (Via)

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