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"Weezer - Pacific Daydream" Severely Overhated

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      I'm going to be honest. I used to make fun of this album too. As a young teenager with a  burgeoning music taste and a strong desire to have hipster credibility, I saw everyone making fun of this album, and specifically the song Feels Like Summer , and felt compelled to do the same. Of course, that doesn't mean I refused to listen to it. Back then, and even now I do listen to quite a bit of Weezer, and even I had my moments of listening to it, almost like a guilty pleasure, like the two weeks where I worked a summer job and just listened to 5SOS on repeat. But now, all grown up, craving the fleeting moments of summer more and more, I must admit that I unabashedly enjoy this album. I don't think I'll go as far to try and fight people over it, but I won't be afraid to say I really enjoy this album. Perhaps everything just rolled right in it's favour, it has the nostalgia factor going for it, and the summer one too, and frankly I am a pretty big Weezer fan, s...
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"EARTHGANG - GHETTO GODS" I Was Forced to Listen to This

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      I have no idea who these guys are and I'm doing this review against my will. GHETTO GODS - EARTHGANG THE GLOW - NA/100 I'm not commenting on some intro. GHETTO GODS - 15/100 It's like if someone told them they put horns in this track it'd make it sound super epic and go hard. BILLI (feat. Future) - 10/100 I was glad when Future came on because they stopped yelling about Billi's.  WATERBOYZ (with JID & J. Cole) - 10/100 The less they repeat this chorus the better. HEY BOO - Skit - NA/100 A welcome reprieve. AMEN (with Musiq Soulchild) - 20/100 Hearing Musiq Soulchild reminded me that I'm supposed to be listening to music. ALL EYES ON ME - 15/100 Less offensive than the other tracks. LIE TO ME - 40/100 The beat is goofy as fuck and horny (not in a good way) but it's not that loud and frankly I don't hate it as much as I thought I would. JEANS INTERLUDE - Skit - NA/100 Am I glad there's a skit? I won't comment on that. BLACK PEARLS (feat. ...
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"Creature Commando's" Surprisingly Good for Seven Episodes

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    Honestly, this show was very much a tale of two halves for me. If you had asked me my opinion on this show after about two or three episodes, I would have been lukewarm on it. The plot felt pretty formulaic, and the only time I really managed to care about this show was when "The Bride" was on screen. Now, don't worry. There won't be any complaints about "woke" or how they ruined Frankenstein as a DC character, because frankly I didn't care too much about him or his role. But his appearance did mark by far the best part of this show, and that was shift away from your standard "team of misfits' show towards something that felt more real.     Now, don't get me wrong, this season is only seven episodes long you won't be blown away by intricate stories of how actually they're all the good guys, but what it does make you do is care about the characters, which is really hard with a show of this length. I mean seriously, whenever I see ...
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"Moonlight" Still as Poignant as I Remember

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      I write this review as someone whose watched this film before, and as someone who frankly still feels a little unequipped to be properly talking about this film, giving it the grace I should have. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't think it's perfect, but honestly with a film like this it's kind of hard for me to rank it on the usual scale of enjoyability I use for films. It's hard for me to slot this film into my rankings because frankly it's a hard film to watch. It's harrowing, it's devastating, it does it's job well, and leaves you just kind of uncomfortable by the end. So let's talk about it.     To me, this is a film about environment, whether it be as Little, Chiron, or Black, Chiron is struggling to figure out who he is, and is morphing before the viewers eyes. Like Juan said, in the moonlight he isn't just defined by who he is on the outside, or who other people think, he can become something completely different, and that's ...
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"The Summer I Turned Pretty 2" They Need to Go Back to Having this Show in the Summer

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      If you were wondering, yes I did still watch this slop show, and no I did not enjoy it as much as I did last time. Of course, yes part of it is because this show lays it on so thick, and yes another part of it is that I'm team Conrad. But also, there were just some really bizarre choices this season that just made everything not feel that believable, and I'm just disappointed with the direction things seem to be going in.  I definitely think this is a stepdown from season 1, and honestly I think the show's starting to forget a little bit about what it's supposed to be. So, let's talk about it.      So, many flashbacks. This show is called The Summer I Turned Pretty . Part of it's appeal is that it leans into the summer aesthetic and vibe to create a bright, fun, mostly lighthearted show. Except that's nowhere to be found this season. Respectfully, I can see how the death of Susanna would be an interesting point of conflict in this show, except it...
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"It's Always Sunny Season 17" Are They Back?

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      Look I'll try and keep this review brief, because that's basically how it feels watching this show. I mean seriously 17 seasons and each season is eight episodes? It goes by so quickly I just wish it was around longer. And even if the show is starting to show it's age, I have to admit I feel like this season sort of started to turn it around again. Look, a large complaint of the show (which was kind of true), was that people felt the characters were starting to become a bit flanderized, but I feel like they've started to come around on it again, so let's talk about it.     I'd say this season was a mixed bag. There are some episodes that I just didn't care about, a decent amount of episodes dedicated to The Golden Bachelor , but inside this season are some episodes that really make you feel like they've tapped back into what makes the show feel good. Like take The Gang F***s Up Abbott Elementary.  Now, I won't pretend that I'm too good to w...
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"Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth" I Still Don't Like This Band

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      I'm going to be honest, I've already reviewed one Nine Inch Nails album, and I still have nothing to say about the band. I mean what do you want from me? Generally I just don't get much from industrial rock, and frankly these days the only time I hear about Trent Reznor is when he's making movie soundtracks. I even went back to my last review of The Fragile  to see if anything has changed (I'm writing this intro while I'm about 70% done with this album I listened to most of it on the way to a My Chemical Romance concert).Honestly, the part about more action probably still stands. Frankly, I don't even know how I gave that album a 70 I don't remember anything from it perhaps I was being too kind. Either way, for some reason people love this band, especially my friend CJ, so without further ado, my track-by-track review. With Teeth - Nine Inch Nails All The Love In The World - 50/100 I'm not even going to pretend that I really like the beginning ...
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"How I Met Your Mother Season 9" The Ending is as Bad as Advertised

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      KILL TED MOSBY, KILL TED MOSBY, KILL TED MOSBY .  These calls for violence are not unwarranted, I'm just fucking stupefied that someone genuinely thought this is how you end a television show after nine seasons. What was the point? What was the point? I love this show to death, and this might be the first show with a laugh track that I've really enjoyed while I was an adult. Nine consistent sitcom seasons, with a cast of great chemistry, and a revolving door of life subjects touched upon that never felt too old, and this is how they end the show? If you just wanted Robin and Ted to get together in the end WHY WOULD YOU SPEND AN ENTIRE SEASON ON THE WEDDING OF ROBIN AND BARNEY.     I just don't get it. What was the point? I mean this season was an uphill battle anyways. The mother is finally revealed, and Marshall was apparently not available for most of it hence why he spends half of the season sidelined in this massive road trip. Even still, even out...
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"Scott Pilgrim Comic Series" Worse Than I Remember

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    Where do I even start with this comic book series? Well, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World , is one of my favourite films of all time, and I actually watched that before I ever even touched this series. Even still, my love of this franchise has never really waned, I mean it's set in Toronto which means more to me than it really ever should, but that's no surprise at this point. Even still, when I read this comic book for the first time year ago, I remember it being on par, if not as good as the movie, but now looking back, it's simply not the truth. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm glad this source material exists, and I think it does a great job of making fleshing out this whole fantastical world. But it's also just messy, and by the time you get to the ending you really appreciate the changes they made when adapting this series to the big screen, so let's talk about it.     I think most pertinent is to talk about the ending. I just think the ending to this serie...
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"How I Met Your Mother Season 8" KILL TED MOSBY

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      Let me start this season off with a very serious message that cannot be undersold nor understated. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. WHO THE HELL IS STILL ROOTING FOR TED AND ROBIN IN THIS SHOW AND WHY DO THEY KEEP ON BRINGING IT UP. YOU CANNOT TEASE THE MOTHER AND FINALLY SHOW HER FACE. I am so sick and tired of this show dragging on this relationship no one wants or doesn't even make any sense. Free Robin. I don't care that she's basically just introduced to be the love interest for Ted, she deserves so much more than that. I love this show dearly but this show is beginning to get on my nerves. There's no way they're stretching out Barney and Robins wedding to for an entire season.      They ...
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