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A recent conversation in a discord group reminded me of something important. If you're on the younger side (under 25 or 30) and you haven't seen all the incredible, dark and disturbing fantasy films that came out in the 1980s and late 1970s, then I would strongly encourage you to do so. There was something so dark about that genre during that time that I absolutely adore and that isn't really around in modern films for children and young adults (once they learned that it traumatized a whole generation of us).

My faves in case you need any recommendations. (Some of these are really not appropriate for children, so keep that in mind lol).

The Dark Crystal - 1982 - the Skeksis will give you nightmares. I am honestly very proud of the remake for being just as disturbing if not more so than the original.

Watership Down - 1978- NOT FOR CHILDREN - Jesus Christ why did so many of our parents show us this film at a formative age? It's all about trauma and death and displacement and there's literal blood and murder. Not a G Rated Film. Still, it's very good. Loads better than that CGI remake from a decade ago.

The Secret Of NIMH - 1982 - Incredible movie. Minor disturbing elements. Probably my favorite on the list. It's just a great adventure story with real world issues (animal experimentation, mental health problems, disabilities) and there's even a lovely romance. Highly recommend.

Legend - 1985- This film is just straight up disturbing. Yes, there's a lot of beautiful shots of unicorns and sexy, 20-something year old (insane Scientology wack job) Tom Cruise and gorgeous Mia Sara, but there's also torture, madness and literally the Devil (Tim Curry is the entire reason you should watch this film)

Labyrinth - 1986 - I only really have two words. David. Bowie. My 10 year old self found out about a lot of burgeoning kinks while watching that man prance around in eyeliner and a codpiece. It's a wonderful adventure as well - if you ignore the blatant romantic and sexual tension between Bowie and an underage Jennifer Connelly (none of us could)

The NeverEnding Story - 1984 - Lots of disturbing imagery in this one! The Nothing was fucking terrifying, and the creatures in this world seemed uniformly creepy, but still incredibly well done. Love the adventure of it.

The Princess Bride - 1987 - Not technically a kids film maybe? Lots of adult themes and adult jokes, but safe for kids imo. I adored it and still do. Incredible performances by Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin. R.O.U.S, Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! (need I say more?)

The Last Unicorn - 1982 - A beautiful film with stunning representations of innocence, good and evil. Just gorgeous really. I should rewatch it as it's been 20 years or so.

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May I also add Willow - 1988 - Parallels to LotR to be sure, but it has adventure and magic and heroism and an evil queen and goofy ass brownies and a badass knight of a princess

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You can’t omit Return to Oz (1985). In this sequel to the Judy Garland classic, Dorothy (played by Fairuza Balk) is sent to an asylum for electoshock therapy to treat her Ozian delusions. After escaping the asylum, she returns to a broken and shattered Oz, and is tasked to save the land (and herself) from traumas.

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it's Ryland Grace's own damn fault for hearing there was a ship named Hail Mary slated for a one-way trip into space and not immediately clocking that it was gonna be "full of Grace" whether he wanted it or not

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here's a link to Ember's website, where you can download a high quality version!

https://www.betterthanember.com/

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Inspired by @fyeahaudiodrama's do you love the color of the audio drama?, I have finally reorganised the contents of my podcatcher:

My morning

Woke up having to diagnose myself due to physical patterns over the last couple of days. Trying to put it all together, I think adding juice to my diet is unbalancing some things. I'm getting more nutrients, which is great. But I think I'm getting a direct dose of natural sugar in addition to more fiber. So now I have to up my sodium and electolytes in general and drink more, because my body is reacting by trying to get rid of excess and not quite doing it right. At least I've gotten better at self awareness for that.

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Walked out to greet the dogs in their kennels, as usual the little fluffy one looks me dead in the face, smiles, and puts his paws on the bars to stretch out. The bigger one is impatient and acts like I'm 6 hours late to let her out for the morning.

Made some juice, and more juice, and more juice. We're now three days deep. Trying out a new combination for today as well, so minor reward later.

Did some cleaning and organizing. Not a lot, but it was a lot for me at the moment. But happy with myself so far.

Answered my manager who asked me a question way early and I knew a client was going to be left hanging if I didn't. You know what? They still were. In the 4 hours before I start my day, nobody else on the team was able to help them. So when I walked in the virtual door I just had to login and take the case back and get on the call with people who were confused as to why I was the one on the call.

Made coffee in the new coffee maker, hells yeah. Fed the dogs at the proper time, started work at the proper time, and wish I was doing something else, thus this post. --------------------- Sometimes it's difficult working with clients when the documentation is wrong or confusing, accepted knowledge is wrong or confusing, and I'm sitting here seeing the behavior that happens the same way every time. And the fix works the same way every time. And still coworkers and clients will tell me that's not the way it works. But it does. So am I just supposed to sit here and keep my mouth shut while everybody runs around in circles until they do the thing they say can't work? Also, will somebody please stop writing our documentation like this?

When you have a headache and somebody decides to start randomly shooting off loud fireworks in your neighborhood. Plus one of your dogs notoriously thinks barking at the fireworks and running into walls is a good use of her time. It really puts you on edge. Midnight burger's latest episode just hit on a really large and emotional cliff hanger. Fuck you man. But also, great job and never stop making the show.

The more I live, the more I realize my body's cravings have been trying to fix problems it exists with. The more I live past that, the more I realize that my body can only provide break-fix solution cravings, not day to day maintenance cravings.

I wish I was somewhere by the ocean, with a really fucking good cup of coffee, working on a podcast with my wife. Maybe a nice lunch with something nobody would expect me to eat, with flowers made of fruit.

Everybody has multiple versions of themselves. One of mine is trying to form more and really likes our new coffee maker which is sleek and navy blue. One of them is somewhere in a back roads town eating a baldinos sub drenched in vinegar. Another one just wants to lay down and not feel the physical pain and the pressures of a world off it's fucking rocker. Another one? mostly he's thinking about is vibrant, sexy, and endlessly distracting my tiny opossum brain that has a hard to building up momentum. But what a way to be distracted, being married to the reason sunlight was invented.

Alright, that's enough from me, going to hydrate and turn off the yap tap a bit.

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My Cousin Vinny (1992)

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Design graphics Geya Shvecova (Crystal Hypnosis) Archive_220621

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“Fist my bump.”

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a special delivery, mostly intact 💌

10 Movies thing

Movies that shaped me, and most of them I would watch at the drop of a hat. This will be wordier than most of these. A Knight's Tale - Heath Ledger, Misfit friends overcoming the odds, "A Man Can Change his Stars", humility, learning to choose something beyond ego. What's not to love about this movie.

Leon: The Professional - The creator and hell even the story might be problematic. But two lost people helping each other, one old but young, the other young but old, and some kick ass fight scenes. French movies with Gary Oldman are peak. Someone can be incredibly important to you and it still be platonic. "EVERYONE!"

Dragonslayer - Classic fantasy, The Biscuit from Ally McBeal is volunteered by his teacher to go fight a dragon. Awkward bravery at it's best.

Chef - Jon Favreau messing up, trying again, and finding something more meaningful in himself and with the people in his life. Rise from the ashes as it were.

Elizabethtown - Orlando Bloom messes up so much it's a fiasco. Gets distracted from giving up by his father's death. Road trip, love in an unexpected place, and a flaming bird. Don't miss 60b

Fifth Element - Bruce Willis, weird alien woman, and Gary Oldman in a French movie. Remember how I said that was peak? Great music, memorable scenes, bright colors, it's just iconic. Aziz Light!

Willow - Unexpected heroes set on a course of destiny, Val Kilmer, Warwick Davis, magic, classic fantasy, and an adventure to save a baby.

Clue - Tim Curry and so many other amazing actors and actresses here. Hilarious, quotable, and possibly the best adaptation of a board game. "I'm gonna go home and have sex with my wife."

Ichi The Killer - Had to throw one truly fucked up movie in there, considering all the ones that I've seen. This one is right near the top. It's cool, but discomforting, and pushes past past your boundaries many times.

Working Girl - I fucking loved this movie growing up. It's about believing in yourself, stepping outside of social norms, taking risks to get what you want. Plus it has memorable performances form Sigourney Weaver and Harrison Ford. Corporate maneuvers, and a woman who changes her stars.

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So back in 2005, I saved up my own money, dollar by dollar, scrimping and saving every nickel and quarter, to buy my very first "just for me" video game- Devil May Cry 3. It was the first game I ever finished by myself, on my own, never having watched anyone else play it before. It was tough, and SUPER frustrating at points, but I loved it. The whole thing was a very special experience for me and that game holds an important place in my heart,

A few years after finishing it, I was talking to a friend who had just played it. He was saying how he dumped all of his orbs (game currency) into upgrading his minimum health pool and how he wanted to start over with a different build.

I stared at him. "Wait, what?" He repeated- he dumped all his orbs into increasing his minimum HP and just tanked a bunch of stuff.

That was when I realized that you could upgrade your minimum health. I had not noticed that you could spend orbs to do that. I spent them on everything else OTHER than upgrading my health bar. I literally spent so so so frikkin long beating the game with MINIMUM. HP. I WOULD HAVE HAD SAVED SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY IF I HAD JUST FRIKKIN NOTICED THAT INCREASING MY MINIMUM HEALTH WAS EVEN AN OPTION. NO WONDER I HAD TO REDO THE SAME FIGHTS 20 TIMES. NO WONDER EVERYTHING WAS SO. DIFFICULT. I COMPLETELY just missed a crucial element to gameplay and specs and I basically played the game entirely incorrectly, exerting WAY more effort to get the same results as anyone who actually took time to examine the obvious upgrade options.

Anyway, that's what discovering that I have ADHD in my 30s has been like.

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You ever feel like a box too small to fit all of your emotions living in a box too small to supply all your needs living inside of a box so large that's filled with too many needs and you just want to scream into the sky because time, your vocabulary, and the space other people have between their needs are all too small to contain or express those things?

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