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He's...much less good at writing about moon heists. And I gotta tell ya, I was super disappointed to learn that.

I don't really wanna say much else. If you haven't seen it and you like sci-fi shit go watch it. Regardless of any stupid fucking things the author has said online recently, he's still very good at writing about nerdy guys isolated in space doing hard-ish sci-fi stuff.

(Book is also a 5 star, obviously. I've given that rating to 17 books. This was number 16 - read it last summer.)

That being said, I'm always really judgmental about adaptions when I'm familiar with the original work, but this was still very, very good. I only have 13 other movies 5 star'd, and almost half of those are stuff I'm super nostalgic about.

The book was better.

An A180 Watches a Movie a Day
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Project Hail Mary
Dir. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
2026

★★★★★

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Has anyone else ever done a live action Akira slide?

...is it weird that I wished OJ would show up after that and do an Akira slide too? On the horse?

Everything surrounding Steven Yeun's character is just a giant fucking bummer.

As soon as the weird film director joined the party and started giving ominous monologues like he was Quint in Jaws, I knew that motherlover was gonna get et.

...and hey, they even kill the monster like how they got the shark! Sorta!

I was excited to see Keith David - didn't know he was in this - and quickly disappointed. Alas.

Funny that he still gets a 'And Keith David' credit in the opening. He's on screen for only a few minutes.

This is at least the 2nd movie I didn't realize until it was too late I should have saved for Kaiju Week. Once I get around to it, it's basically just gonna be a bunch of Godzillas and King Kongs and maybe Godzillas vs. King Kongs.

Didn't enjoy it as much as Get Out, but I still liked it. I knew going in that Aliens (and also: ranch?) and that it was maybe somehow inspired by Evangelion? Turns out I didn't know what the film was really about: Balloons are fucking dangerous

It feels wrong to watch this when I haven't seen Us yet. Which is nonsense, Jordan Peele's movies are all standalone, but, you see, my brain is broken... But, I was way more interested in Nope than in Us for Odnar Week, so I ignored my broken brain for a bit.

An A180 Watches a Movie a Day
Monday, April 20, 2026

Nope
Dir. Jordan Peele
2022

★★★★

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Look I'll buy the entire Absolute line if you give me three sword style Cassandra Cain when she shows up

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Art nouveau style poster of Nico Robin from One Piece, depicted in a purple outfit with blossom embroidery and wearing a purple cowboy hat.

Nico Robin 🌸

Batman and (Nico) Robin

I choose to believe Rick and Ilsa were a throuple with Sam in Paris before everything fell apart.

Really glad that nazi got popped at the last minute, punctuated the movie well.

Oh hey, turns out Casablance is good-good. Neat!

An A180 Watches a Movie a Day
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Casablanca
Dir. Michael Curtiz
1942

★★★★☆

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Comic. I’m at my desk, leaning over to the doorway, saying “Hey! Foghorn! Foghorn Leghorn! Get in here!” Foghorn Leghorn is walking past the doorway, “Boy, I tell ya, I tell ya, not so loud, boy. What, I say, I say, what d’ya want?” Next panel, I’m gesturing to my computer. “How do I find that really good manga you recommended? It’s an anime now? I keep getting Halloween costumes.” Foghorn leans over my chair, “well, boy, I say, I say, you ain’t typin the entire title.” Last panel, I turn around- “you said ‘witch hat.’ Foghorn gets in my face- “open your ears, boy!! ‘Witch Hat Atelier, I tell ya! I tell ya ‘Atelier,’ I tell ya’”

How I’ve Been Pronouncing It (Feat. Foghorn Leghorn, my… roommate?)

It's funny that this is the first Toy Story where the human characters aren't super creepy looking, but now Ken is here to hit the uncanny valley for me instead. For basically the opposite reason, his face is too realistic looking for a little plastic guy.

The scenes in the dump were surprisingly effective and tense, even though I knew how the movie ended. And I really enjoyed the whole prison/daycare-break sequence.

Lucky for Andy he lives somewhere where the garbage gets picked up ever 2 days apparently so they were all able to get back to him in a timely fashion.

Why the fuck did Andy stick them all in a trash bag to put them in storage in the first place? I mean, besides to create a wacky misunderstanding and kickstart the plot. Buddy, they were already in a toy chest. Just put the whole thing in the attic.

Bunny Rabbit, my 38 year old stuffed rabbit, shriveled up, color faded to a muddy gray, fur missing in patches, head partly re-sown to the body, chilling in an Easter basket to better balance atop my headboard, where he watches over my bedroom like an adorable gargoyle.

When Andy is trying to put all his old toys into storage, but keeps Woody to take with him, it made me realize I'd done much the same. I still have a lot of my old toys in a big storage bin in my closet, but my favorite stuffed rabbit, cleverly named Bunny Rabbit, still sits on my headboard.