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Finally started watching The Promised Neverland and I'm like what makes this so special? Get to the end of that first episode and I get it. Certainly lived up to the hype unlike That Time I was Reincarnated as a Slime everyone has been raving about. I gave it several episodes but not for me. I think I hate any anime where it features a person being magically transported to a video game world. Is there a fancy name for that subgenre?

I watched the first three episodes of Boogiepop and the first episode didn't grab me but the second and third episodes were weird enough that I might still keep watching.

Doomsday - This movie is why I'm not worried about the new Hellboy sucking. Neil Marshall made a fun ass post-apocalyptic tribute to Escape from New York and Mad Max with a female lead way back in 2008 that was sadly ignored much like the wonderful Dredd. Rhona Mitra is great as the lead playing pretty much lady Snake Plissken including the missing eye. Plus you got the late great Bob Hoskins and the still alive Malcolm McDowell hamming it up. Honestly I can't recommend this movie enough. 5 bad ass car chases set to a remix of Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood out of 5

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - A Spielberg classic from back when he still had an imagination that is a must watch. Little side note I always felt bad for Teri Garr's character as Richard Dreyfuss' wife who has to deal with his UFO obsession and three of the most bratty kids ever put on film. What's she get for all this? Richard Dreyfuss kissing another woman and abandoning Garr and his three young kids to explore the cosmos. 4 UFOs from that Boston album cover out of 5

I remember some Comic Book Guy looking nerd walking out immediately after the trailer for the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie trailer.

Captain Marvel - Do you like Marvel movies? It's one of those and a pretty decent one at that. Really doesn't do anything to break the tried and true Marvel Studios formula which I still find fun but getting a bit long in the tooth. Brie Larson was pretty good and the de-aging make-up and CGI they did to Samuel L Jackson worked surprisingly well considering the dude is 70. Kinda wished they would have done more with the whole set in the 90's thing other than a few gags and some really obvious soundtrack choices but that's a fine balance to walk because too far and you're pandering like Stranger Things. Also a really good Stan Lee cameo which is weird but apparently James Gunn before he became persona non grata at Disney knocked out a bunch of these cameos around the time of Guardians of the Galaxy 1 or 2. I guess I give it 3 Skrull out of 5

I'd say One Piece is my all time favorite but you are in for the long haul if you start that one. It started back 1997 and Eiichiro Ido rarely takes any sabbaticals unlike the guys that created Hunter X Hunter and Berserk which I both recommend.

Keeping with their horror movie trend I would love the Tall Man from the Phantasm movies, Pinhead from Hellraiser, and Candyman Candyman Candyman Candyman Candyman. I am sure it would be a licensing nightmare but I want Nether Realms to make a straight up horror movie fighting game.

As someone who frequents a lot of barcades I find I do best when I got a buzz going. Sober I am in my head too much and overthinking when I play. Drunk and my hand-eye coordination suffers. Got a nice buzz from 2 to 3 beers and I am in the right head space to get the high scores in Centipede and Tempest that stood for nearly a year until some freak blew them out of the water.

Ichi the Killer - Revising the first Takashi Miike movie I ever saw and I still love it. Still didn't understand half of what was going on but I think that works to the benefit of a lot of Takashi Miike's movies especially his many gruesome Yakuza movies. What a fucked up disgusting yet wonderful movie. 5 Severed Tongue Tips out 5 Severed Tongue Tips.

Anyone read the manga it's based off or seen the prequel movie? Curious if those are worth checking out.

I might have teared up a bit at the end of the latest episode of Psycho Mob 100. Reigen is such a great character.