#Kuato Lives!

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#Kuato Lives #total recall #kuato lives

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Kuato Lives!

#Rick and Morty #Unmortricken #spoilers #rick and morty spoilers #Total Recall #Kuato #Kuato Rick

[buzzkillzine]

14/8/22

So my girlfriend and I gave been going out for 10 years. It's been a great 10 years.

But over the last few months things have been on thin ice. And it's my own fault.

It started with a Grudge. Specifically the Grudge from 2004 starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.

So for pretty much our entire 10 year relationship my girlfriend and I love showing each other movies. I love gorey horror movies, Sci fi, Dumb comedies etc and she loves 00s films with white covers and pink writing, Australian films and rom coms. Obviously that's a very narrow snapshot of our tastes but enough of an idea of where we're starting from.

When we started watching movies together we'd pick stuff that the other hadn't seen in an attempt to show them our favourite movies. She hated horror movies and didn't watch any and I had a big blind spot for her stuff.

Little by little we eased each other into our respective tastes and along the way we opened our minds to each a la Kuato from Total Recall (a film I picked and she enjoyed).

We both realised that it's great to watch stuff out of our comfort zone and we even found some stuff that became rewatchable favourites.

She enjoyed the ridiculous campness and hyper-masculine-to-the-point-of-homoerorotic of stuff like Predator, the parody and hidden in plain sight satire of Robocop and the ridiculous fun of Dredd. In turn I enjoyed the great writing of Mean Girls, the relatability of Booksmart and the sheer joy of Romy and Michele's Highschool Reunion and Josie and the Pussycats.

The 'your pick, my pick' rotation of films worked great. Until a few months ago.

We had watched The Ring (2002) pretty early on in our relationship and enjoyed it. One day in around May this year I realised that there were some other remakes of Asian horror that she hadn't seen.

Now I had watched the Grudge around the time it came out in 2014. I was in highschool and remember it being an eerie ghost tale with some effective scares and a great story. Plus it stars Sarah Michelle-Gellar who is great in Buffy (a show which my girlfriend loves), what could possibly go wrong?

So, with my pick chosen, we sat down to watch a film from my teens years that had cemented my taste in horror movies and would surely be a fun little trip down memory lane.

But... it stunk!

I was puzzled, baffled and shocked. What had happened to the tension, the strong female lead, the creepy atmosphere and the heart in the story? None of it was there.

We got about 3/4 of the way through and first the first time since Freddy Got Fingered (my pick) we called it a dud and turned it off. (Part of our rules are if you're reeeeeeaaallly not digging a partners pick you can tap out. She tapped out. However FGF is a stone cold classic and I stand by it)

I apologised and we watched something else that we both enjoyed.

But I was still puzzled. What went wrong? Why did I get nothing from the film? Like admittedly the CGI looked awful now and it was miss-cast and SMG is normally great, like in Scooby Doo (her pick) or I Know What You Did Last Summer (my pick) but the film was just a real fizzer and didn't live up to my memories and her expectations.

So a few days pass and it's back to my pick. The whole Grudge situation is getting to me. I need to fix this.

Then I see that The Grudge (2020) is streaming and Lin Shaye is in it. Awesome! Hollywood realised that they mucked up the OG remake and decided to update it and fix the problems by making it creepy, updating the CGI and putting Lin Shaye in it. We both love Lin Shaye from the Insidious films (my pick but we both love them) and this will surely make up for my dud pick and we'll get to see a good remake of the story.

But.... it also stinks.

The same traps. Nobodies fault but it just didn't land with either of us. I'd picked 2 duds in a row and they were both the same film.

I was way off my game.

The curse of the dud Grudge followed me over the next couple of months.

I either picked stuff we both didn't enjoy of stuff that she flat out hated. Her picks kept coming through strong but mine were consistently bad. My radar of what I thought we'd both enjoy had been damaged.

I couldn't, for the life of me pick a film that was campy fun, silly fun, gross fun or even fun fun. Pick after pick I failed. The pressure of trying to find something we'd both enjoy was getting to me.

Then it happened.

We watched Black Phone in the cinema (my pick, I liked it. She didn't) then watched 'X' (my pick, I liked it, she really didn't) and then she dropped the bombshell.

'Maybe you should take a break from picking for a couple of movies?'

I knew she was right. I'd fucked up and kept fucking up. I needed to take a break and take stock of what I was doing.

So she has picked the last couple of films, Not Okay (both loved it) and Amélie (what a classic) and I have attempted to make a list of films with all the right ingredients to finally break my streak and get back on the good film buddy/great boyfriend podium.

I have my picks locked and loaded and will report back next week on how I've done.

I think I've picked something suitably ridiculous, fun and over the top to win back her trust.

Wish me luck and I'll let you know how I go.

(Just to be clear, she's great and this is all just fun but I take watching movies together seriously)

Also my car broke down but it fixed now.

#movies #journal #writers on tumblr #writing #watchingmovies

[aniviashirtstore]

Original mars Federal security wanted Rebel Leader Kuato Lives shirt

Concurrent with the Original mars Federal security wanted Rebel Leader Kuato Lives shirt moreover I love this “Teenage Dirtbag” meme on social channels are high school reveries on the catwalk that go beyond candy-colored Mean Girls suits. There was a preppy/boyish thread that ran through the spring 2023 men’s shows that was enlivened by skateboards at JW Anderson and ERL. Meryll Rogge, from Belgium, leaned into the jock (as depicted by Hollywood); prom looks were played with at Thom Browne. Then there was All-In’s Debutante collection, presented at the Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour in Montmartre that was a reasonable stand-in for a smells-like-teen-spirit gym in Anytown, America. Benjamin Barron and Bror August, from the U.S. and Norway, respectively, and based in Paris, are the designers behind this upcycling label that’s something of an insider’s secret. Maryam Nassir Zadeh was an early supporter; Lotta Volkova modeled in last season’s couture-inspired collection; and Inti Wang, Leon Dame, Issa Lish, and Ceval were some of the faces who joined the coming out party for spring today. (Among the “chaperones” at this event was the Swedish Fashion Council who have been helping the designers structure the brand as part of their talent incubator program.)

[tropichalys]

Fragments - Kuato Lives! | ChillSynth / Dreamave

#SoundCloud #music #Kuato Lives! #ChillSynth #Dreamave #Synthwave

[sorens2015]

Get your ASS...

#total recall #arnold schwarzenegger #kuato lives #Mars

[andysambergstan]

kuato [2/2]

andy on snl: if you thought andy and scarlett johansson kissing would be sexy, "trick! you better think again"

32x18, april 2007

#andy samberg #scarlett johansson #bill hader #maya rudolph #amy poehler #fred armisen #kenan thompson #will forte #snl #saturday night live #kuato #andy on snl

[twiststreet]

If you woke up in the morning and there was a Kuato growing out of your belly, what do you think the first thing you’d say to him would be?  

He didn’t look like he had good teeth plus he’s probably connected into your intestinal network, so I think asking him if he’s hungry doesn’t get you anywhere, probably.  You don’t want your new Kuato thinking you’re some kind of jerk.  

And you don’t want to be like “time to take a shower, lil’ buddy” because I think that’s a lot for a Kuato to go through on his first day.  A shower could feel like drowning for him-- I don’t know!  Huge risk!

I know some of you out there would want to say “Boy, we’re both having some kind of day-- how about a shot of bourbon?”  I can see your argument coming from a mile away: “Yeah, you’re connected physically, but I think Kuato still has a tongue in there somewhere and he’d still be able to taste it. And I think he’d appreciate the gesture.  Plus you could find out if you get drunk twice as fast!”  

Much like Kuato himself, I can hear you saying these things in my mind.  But what if your Kuato can see the future (I think that’s one of his mutie powers) and is like “oh no-- if I start drinking now, I’ll end up being an Alcoholic Kuato”--?  You could really freak out your Kuato more than anything, and on Day One!  All I’m asking-- all i’m ever asking-- is that you just think about you think about someone else for a change-- think about your Kuato’s well-being for just one second; is that really so hard?    

I think, me?  I’d offer to take Kuato somewhere-- a Museum, a Beach, like a nice date.  

Not like “romantic”-- you don’t want things to be awkward for your Kuato.  “I don’t feel that way about you,” is hard to hear from anyone, but especially a little gnarly dude who lives on your belly.  But more like trying to create a “hey, first day being my Kuato, let’s see the sights of the big city” vibe.  A “we got a lot of adventures ahead of us, me and my Kuato” kind of vibe.  Really start thing on a positive note.  

I mean, taking a book to the beach would be hard because you’d need to hold one book up to our Kuato and one book for yourself, and that takes some like... ambidextrous qualities.  So right this second I’m leaning museum. But I just really think Kuato would think the Vermeer’s are intense.

#total recall #kutao #kuato lives #see you at the party richter

[brokehorrorfan]

Kuato lives on Middle of Beyond's Total Recall button-up shirt. It costs for $55.

#total recall #arnold schwarzenegger #80s movies #1980s movies #kuato #paul verhoeven #middle of beyond #shirt #gift #philip k. dick #philip k dick #sharon stone #michael ironside #ronny cox #rachel ticotin

[marahuyos]

Weak idea for an American/foreign Jujutsu sorcerer master: He lives in one of his students’ bodies, like Kuato from Total Recall.

oohh no idea what this is about alidjawldjalwd

#im the last person you would want for pop culture references #mara.mail #zhellas

[mtllica]

Dethkomedy for the ask game! 😁

Do I like this episode? Why or why not?

Yep! It’s almost nostalgic for me in a way bc it’s an early s1 ep. Very funny. Some iconic lines. It’s not my fav ep from season one, but it’s up there.

Favorite moment?

Hard to pick one tbh! I have a few…

-The whole court scene at the beginning

-The line from skwis when he says “Being bleak and dark for a living sometimes makes you lose your objectivity for, yaknow, being bleak and dark.” It lives in my head and plays on repeat.

-“Cut Kuato? I’ll cut bodybag before i cut Kuato. Kuato stays. Kuato’s gold.”

-(in reference to the guy who just made references) “HE WAS GREATTTT”

-“I hate myself! :^)”

Least favorite moment?

Not sure tbh! There’s not much i really don’t like about this ep other than I’m not a huge fan of gross out humor. It’s just not as funny to me.

Do I have an unpopular opinion about this episode? What is it?

Hmmm i can’t think of any

Something I would change?

I would really have liked to see more character development of that sailor guy. Who is he. Why is he helping them. I get that they had to keep it under 12 minutes, but...

Rating out of 5?

4/5! Not my favorite episode ever but i don’t have much to complain about!

Anything else I want to say about this episode?

Being a Metallica fan, of course i was excited when I saw ‘James Hetfield’ in the credits under voices. But like, when i first saw the ep i had no idea which character he voiced, so I had to go back and rewatch the ep before I figured out that he was the sailor guy. You would think i would have figured it out immediately bc i listen to him sing all the time, but no. Idk if that’s a testament to his ability to voice act or my inability to recognize voices lmao.

#thank u!

[gazellefamily]

JOHNNY MNEMONIC (1995) “Uncle Frank-core? Cyberpunk aint totally Sonny’s shit, but I get all the way thru it. Kee trying to move and talk like a human but can’t quite nail it. He even has a whiny spiel that is mean to be comedy and it’s plain odd. Love interest is aggro-btizz Dina Myer of STARSHIP TROOPERS and 90210 who was on top of the world that year but whoosh. Ice-T in Freejack rasta form. Henry Rollins is actually the best actor in this. I didn’t even recognize Dolph till final credits! Lawnmower Man cyber-worlds and a dolphin as the Kuato twist. Pixels scraping your brain in every direction. Jack me in to the net! BTW: it takes place now in 2021 and it gets a few things right: Newark is still dangerous and everyone’s sick and needs a break from the NET.” -Sonny Gazelle

“Our uncle Frank/Marty lives for this shit. He loves cyberpunk so much he even likes Billy Idol’s album CYBERPUNK. I cannot explain why I didn’t see this in his company or in Dez Gazelle’s basement. Some shit gets past the goalie. Um why was this directed by Patrick Bateman’s favorite painter Robert Longo!? He of the bland suited guys fighting each other with a blank background? This was a WEIRD next step for a lion of the downtown NYC art/no-wave scene. I finished a truly appalling slasher movie called ISLAND OF BLOOD right before this and it was the equivalent of running with weights on my ankles. Made JOHNNY seem like fucking CITIZEN KANE. Eh it’s ok. Dina Meyer def spicy. The internet def dangerous - that’s true. No one uses fax machines in 2021, however.” -Tommy Gazelle

[yourstatera]

Kuato Lives made some awesome soundtrack for High Rollers Aerois, here is the Star Bane theme

#rollonsunday #high rollers #high rollers dnd

[nitewerk]

(Kuato Lives!)

#SoundCloud #music #Kuato Lives! #Synthwave #Retrowave #Chillwave #Outrun

[sorens2015]

best view on Mars

#total recall #mars #richter #kuato lives

[andysambergstan]

kuato [1/2]

andy on snl: this is gross and stupid. one of andy’s old refferences seth used to hate lol.

32x02, october 2006

#andy samberg #bill hader #kristen wiig #jason sudeikis #jaime pressley #snl #saturday night live #kuato #andy on snl