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Why cant they give Jesse Plemons different character to play?

Will and Hesse sit down with Lexi Alexander, director of Green Street Hooligans (2005), Punisher: War Zone (2008) & Absolute Dominions (2025).

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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, first up is Drunken Angel (1948), a yakuza-themed film noir from the master himself, Akira Kurosawa, considered his first great film. A gangster (Toshiro Mifune) receives medical after being wounded in a gunfight, only to discover he has tuberculosis, too. The doctor tries to keep him in the hospital for treatment, and the two form an unlikely friendship. But uh-oh, what happens when the boss finds out his underling is having second thoughts about the whole gangster thing? Drama ensues. Considered one of the best Japanese films of the 1940s.

After that is Smile 2 (2024), the sequel to Smile (2022), which we watched yesterday. Its plot does not directly connect to the first, aside from its central conceit of trauma taking the form of ghosts with unsettling smiles. This time, the object of torment is not a psychiatrist, but a pop star (Naomi Scott), whose anxiety over the pressures of fame and fortune begin to drive her into insanity. Same director as the first film (Parker Finn), and considered by pretty much everyone to be superior to its predecessor. Let’s check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

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Letterboxd:

• Drunken Angel: https://letterboxd.com/film/drunken-angel/
• Smile 2: https://letterboxd.com/film/smile-2-2024/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Drunken Angel: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/90016
• Smile 2: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/991876

CWs for Drunken Angel:

• Drug addiction.
• Alcoholism.
• Hospital scenes.
• Self-harm.
• Gun violence.
• Terminal illness.

CWs for Smile 2:

• Child abandonment.
• Abusive parents.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcoholism.
• Death of animal.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Animal corpses.
• Death of cat.
• Death of pet.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Throat slitting.
• Blood and gore.
• Hand damage.
• Dislocations.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Decapitations.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Tooth damage.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Stabbing.
• Drug overdose.
• Death of parent.
• Jump scares.
• Shower scenes.
• Possession.
• Audio gore.
• Incarceration.
• Mental hospital scene.
• Mental illness.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Dissociation.
• Suicide attempt.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdown.
• Misophonia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicide.
• PTSD.
• Jump scares.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Chronic illness.
• Sad ending.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.

Links to movies:

• Drunken Angel: https://tankie.tube/w/soET1L7MvwhTsT3mvAjsLE
• Smile 2: https://tankie.tube/w/9rk5Am5YBjEBmV731jyXXW

you're not allowed to say The Sopranos though.

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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is Smile (2022), a horror tale about a psychiatrist who deals with the most disturbed patients as a way to cover for her own childhood trauma. But what happens an evil entity starts stalking her, and she starts being confronted by the demons of her past, all associated with the unsettling smile of death? I assume spooky stuff. One of the top reviews on Letterboxd call this “so mid-2000s style horror that it’s almost camp”. Sounds cool. Director is Parker Finn, who is known only for this and the sequel, Smile 2 (2024), which is generally regarded as an improvement. We have to start with the first one, though.

After that is Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), a live-action adaptation of the famed French comic book series, and sequel to Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (1999), which we watched last week.. A pair of superpowered Gauls get into a bunch of comical antics fighting the Romans, who have been unable to conquer the village that the wily protagonists defend. This time, their war leads them on a journey to Egypt, where they meet Cleopatra herself (played by Monica Bellucci.) Hilarity ensues. Director is Alain Chabet, who is otherwise best-known for the caveman comedy RRRrrrr!!! (2004), which we have not yet watched. As with its predecessor, it was a big hit at the French box office, and is almost universally regarded as superior to the first. Sounds good to me.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Smile: https://letterboxd.com/film/smile-2022/
• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra: https://letterboxd.com/film/asterix-obelix-mission-cleopatra/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Smile: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1217089
• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/38435

CWs for Smile:

• Child abandonment.
• Abusive parents.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcoholism.
• Death of animal.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Animal corpses.
• Death of cat.
• Death of pet.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Throat slitting.
• Blood and gore.
• Hand damage.
• Dislocations.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Decapitations.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Tooth damage.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Stabbing.
• Drug overdose.
• Death of parent.
• Jump scares.
• Shower scenes.
• Possession.
• Audio gore.
• Incarceration.
• Mental hospital scene.
• Mental illness.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Dissociation.
• Suicide attempt.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdown.
• Misophonia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicide.
• PTSD.
• Jump scares.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Chronic illness.
• Sad ending.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.

CWs for Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra:

• Objectification of female characters.
• Slapstick violence.
• Alcohol.
• Fistfighting.
• Torture.
• War scenes.

Links to movies:

• Smile: https://tankie.tube/w/vyYKbj7fNxdyss8wyxUzD5
• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra: https://tankie.tube/w/eGkDTEs3JSMQgvQXjzeo75

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Note that you need a Hexbear account to use Blorptube. You may wish to use a VPN as well. Note that we're starting half an hour earlier than usual because we're watching one more episode than usual. Next week we'll finally start Once Upon a Time... Life, which, unlike ...Space, I actually watched as a kid.

Also, if you use an anime tracker like Anilist or MAL: Once Upon a Time... Space is listed in a number of anime databases due to being a Japanese co-production.

• https://myanimelist.net/anime/11307/Ginga_Patrol_PJ
• https://anilist.co/anime/11307/Once-Upon-a-Time-Space/

By the way, the same applies for Once Upon a Time... Life!

• https://myanimelist.net/anime/3624/Seimei_no_Kagaku__Micro_Patrol
• https://anilist.co/anime/3624/Once-Upon-a-Time-Life/

What are we watching?

Episode titles: "The Humanoids" — "An Hostile World" — "City in Flight" — "The Great Computer" — "The Battle of the Titans" — "The Infinity of Space"

Series description: Once Upon a Time... Space tells about the confrontation of many big galactic powers. Among them there is the Omega Confederation, of which Earth is a member; the military republic of Cassiopeia led by General The Pest; and a powerful supercomputer which controls an army of robots. The show follows the adventures of space police members Pierrot and his friend Mercedes ("Psi") and adapts elements of Greek mythology and other mainly European folklore. Some episodes concern topics such as the balance of political power; man vs technology; and the existence of God.

We're watching the official YouTube uploads of the English dub, I should mention. It's got pretty bad audio mixing at times, and only automatic captions. Thankfully, Once Upon a Time... Life evidently has much better audio mixing, so you can look forward to that next week!

Content warnings

This show is said to contain "little to no violence" except against wild animals, but from the track record of what we've watched so far, it's also got some questionable handling of race and class, like one of the episodes we watched basically had robot drapetomania.

The previous show in this series, Once Upon a Time... Man, for which Space is technically a continuation, had the following content warnings, if nothing else: Death incl. murder — sexual assault — nudity — animal gore — disease — racist caricatures — religion presented as fact — Eurocentrism

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The visual cuisine for tonight is two more Twin Peak episodes followed by more Venture Bros. Special thanks to DrMonarch for uploading the entirety of Venture Bros, uncensored. ~~It looks like we're going to finish season 6 tonight.~~ we won't be finishing season 6 tonight, instead we will watch 4 or 5 episodes depending on how everyone is feeling

Twin Peaks

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12451?index1=-1&index2=-1

• Domestic violence
• Stalking
• Drugs & alcohol
• Addiction
• An animal dies
• A pet dies
• Shaving/cutting
• Kidnapping
• Cheating
• Abusive parents
• Abused becomes the abuser
• A woman is brutalized for spectacle
• Gaslighting
• A character is abused with a belt
• Child abuse
• Bugs
• A character is drugged
• References to pedophilia
• References to and implied sexual assault
• A bully beats someone up
• A character is restrained
• A character's mouth is covered
• A character struggles to breathe
• A character gets choked
• A character has undergone amputation in the past
• A character dies by hanging
• Unconsciousness
• Bone breaking
• Finger mutilation
• Corpses
• Torture
• References to a child dying
• Sexualization of minors
• A character sacrifices themself
• Death
• A disabled character is played by an able bodied actor
• A child's toy is destroyed
• Ghosts
• Jump scares & loud noises
• Natural bodies of water in the opening credits
• Characters are possessed
• Trypophobic content
• Vomit & spit
• Copaganda
• Incarceration
• Anti LGBT+ slur
• An LGBT+ character dies
• Deadnaming
• Hospital scenes
• Depictions of mental illness
• Self harm
• Misrepresentation of autism
• A mentally ill person is violent
• Dissociation
• Characters implied to be autistic are mistreated
• Suicide attempt and a character declares they will attempt it
• Unstable reality
• A character has a meltdown
• Misophonia
• Anxiety attacks
• Body dysmorphia
• Claustrophobic
• Depictions of ptsd
• Shakey cam
• Screaming
• Profanity
• Flashing lights & images
• Ableism and ableist language
• "Man in dress" jokes
• A trans character is misgendered
• Fat jokes
• Misrepresentation of a minority
• Religion
• Large age gap
• A character loses their virginity
• Incest
• Kissing
• Jokes about men crying
• Mentions of existentialism
• Sad endings
• Car crash and someone is hit by a car
• Blood & gore
• Guns & gun violence
• Nuclear explosion

The Venture Bros

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/50010?index1=-1&index2=-1

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417373/parentalguide/

• Profanity & slurs
• The r-slur is used both as a slur and to describe a character with an intellectual disability
• A homophobic slur is used multiple times as well
• Violence
• Guns & gun violence
• Blood & gore
• A dog does die
• Abusive parents
• Stalking
• The abused becomes an abuser
• Gaslighting
• Child abuse
• Body dysphoria involving a prominent side character that appears in multiple seasons
• Transphobia: in addition to the above being played off as a joke for a while, a prominent side character is insinuated to be a transwoman a few times because she has a deep voice
• Sexual content
• Sexual objectification of characters
• Incest
• Suicide & suicide attempts
• Depictions of PTSD
• Vomit, spit, shit, & piss
• Drugs, alcohol, and addiction
• Scene with a dog fighting ring
• Dead animals
• Depictions of bugs
• Depictions and mentions of SA
• Characters are restrained
• Shaving and cutting
• Characters are crushed to death
• Characters choke to death
• Body horror
• Amputation
• A character is buried alive
• A character hangs themself
• A character undergoes a medical procedure to alleviate pain in their genitals
• Unconsciousness
• A character has a seizure
• Teeth are damaged
• Depictions of torture
• A character's eye is mutilated
• Death of children
• A minor is sexualized: Dean is frequently depicted as a horny teenager and multiple jokes revolve around this
• Death of a family member
• A child's toy is destroyed
• Cheating
• Ghosts
• Clowns
• Shower scene
• A character is possessed
• Needles & syringes
• Hospital and mental instituion scenes
• A character has cancer and another dies from cancer off screen
• Anxiety attacks
• Mentions of an eating disorder
• Flashing lights & images
• Ableism
• An LGBT character dies
• Age gap: an underage character lies to an adult to get the adult to sleep with them
• Nudity that is generally censored
• A scene with implied bestiality
• Car crashing and honking
• Someone is hit by a car
• Plane crash

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The visual cuisine for tonight is more Poitrine and Hoodwinked due to popular demand.

Bishoujo Kamen Poitrine is a comedy series in the same vein as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon that was also an inspiration for Sailor Moon: a girl visits a shrine and is given the power to become a superheroine to protect her neighborhood.

Hoodwinked is a 3d animated movie about Little Red Riding Hood, her grandma, and a wolf telling the police about what happened earlier.

8 pm est

content warnings:

Bishoujo Kamen Poitrine

unfortunately there isn't a dogdie or imdb page for Poitrine, however it looks relatively tame.

• Domestic violence
• Parents arguing
• Cartoonish violence
• Violence and threats towards children
• Homophobia
• An episode's antagonist is a pedophile
• Alcohol
• Crossdressing
• Depictions and mistreatment of mentally ill people
• Self harm with cutting
• Running gag of the protagonist being sexually harassed
• Demons
• Misogyny
• The protagonist is a child who is almost mistakenly kissed by her father
• Bullying
• Depictions of nazi imagery
• A character is brainwashed/possessed by an antagonist
• A character's makeup is effectively blackface
• Mentions of stereotypes
• Nudity: a monster with a fan blows off a child's clothes
• Child abuse
• A character receives an enema as a punishment but the camera cuts a few seconds before depiction

Hoodwinked

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/14126

• The animation is low quality and bizarre
• Cartoon violence
• Stalking
• Abused becomes the abuser
• Dead animals
• A character is restrained
• A character is kidnapped
• Jumpscare
• Large bodies of water
• Claustrophobic scene
• Flashing lights & images
• Fourth wall breaks
• Ableist language
• Fat jokes
• Car crash
• A character is hit by a car
• Misogynistic slur