medias boy

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[medias-boy]

This page is all about my opinions about the different medias I consume. I will try to post at least once a week, however I'm a college student who likes his leasure time, so I may not always stay on schedule. If you like what you see here, try following my main account @zxiqky-wicky and see how you like it.

My side accounts are not for getting to know me personally. If you want to talk to me about anything other than what this page is for, contact my main account. That being said, I do appreciate any tips, reviews or commentary you have about my posts so feel free to interact!

My tags for this account are

#medias-boy

#medias-boy repost

#medias-boy reviews

#medias-boy consumes more media

My posts are going to be formatted a little weirdly so here's a little guide:

Reposts: Since reposts are mainly going to be from my main account, they will all have a red embedded link to the original post. The link will be below a cut off that looks like this ↓

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[rottingjam]

has anyone done this yet

[badassdemonsword]

Heated rivalry shouldve been about 2 ugly old guys that play mahjong then maybe id consider watching it

[krownest]

i don't remember them playing mahjong but they do other old man things like going to the wet market together and drinking soup and taking walks. anyway go watch suk suk / twilight's kiss

[krownest]

"ok but where's the old chinese lesbians" go watch all shall be well. it's by the same director and the old chinese lesbians are also at the market

[medias-boy]

A friend of mine burnt a CD for me, so I'm listening to that!! I am a huge physical media person, so I absolutely love that they burnt a CD for me! Above is the front and back of the CD case

[medias-boy]

Watching Project Hail Mary!

[medias-boy]

Review: I Saw The TV Glow

★★★★☆ (⅘ stars)

It is the body horror of trans media. I Saw the TV Glow shows off the dysphoria of living in a body that isn't your own in a way that is easily accessible. Some of the sequences and explanations were messy, but they felt intentional, like how a child feels trying something new; anxiety and wonder. The way this movie handles queer characters was good. Although nothing is ever said out loud, it's explicit that this movie is about identity. It's about making a choice:

- Accept yourself and pursue a life that fulfills you, more specifically, to be confident in your identity.

OR

- Put yourself under others. Hide your truth away and give up your freedom of expression.

In the end the main character chooses to hide herself. She decides to remain invisible and live her life behind others shadows. I Saw the TV Glow calls to people who are discovering themselves. It tells them to allow truth to shine; for them to become who they dream to be. As strong as this message is, the movie does not blame the people who have already chosen the latter but instead blames society and it's values for forcing the expectations of cowardice onto those in the closet.

I Saw the TV Glow is the ultimate egg cracker.

[medias-boy]

Watching I saw the TV Glow

[medias-boy]

Review: Frankenstein (2025)

🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 (3½/5)

Overall, this film was quite good however the message was quite muddy to read. I enjoyed Del Toro's take on Frankenstein and I especially liked how it was broken into parts but I felt that without prior knowledge of the book I wouldn't be able to understand the "why" behind some of the Del Toros choices. The makeup, SFX, music, set design, cinematography was beautiful and made me remember why I wanted to go into this industry in the first place. I wish some of the plot points were a bit more consise, however overall pretty good.

I'm trying out a new rating and formatting system. The moons let me add half stars, which allows me to give more accurate ratings. I'm also gonna start highlighting my "TLDR" sentence, which will be the last sentences, that way it's more eye catching

[medias-boy]

Watching Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein

[medias-boy]

In no particular order, some of my favorite art that I've seen for Iron Lung:

CREDIT (starting at the top, from left to right):

@artbysjv @willowwickertop @rustedmonkeyking @monoxology @lynnington @floodwizard249 @fartguitar @wyrmianbones

Please go check out all these amazing artists!!!

[medias-boy]

Having letterboxd has made me seriously concerned about the amount of movies I watch

[medias-boy]

My Letterboxd currently for those interested

Please give me the motivation to finish my ever growing "need to watch" list

[medias-boy]

Having letterboxd has made me seriously concerned about the amount of movies I watch

[medias-boy]

Movie Review - Iron Lung

★★★☆☆

For a debut film, Iron Lung was incredibly well made and very good. However, in my opinion, it needed better pacing. Some shots were too long that they lost their effect. I feel like maybe i should've watched markiplier play iron lung before i watched it because some of the information was kinda confusing. I do gotta say the camera shots were a breath of fresh air. I don't know how to explain it without bringing up clips (which idk if there even are any) but they were really quite nice and kinda reminded me of older thrillers/horrors.For example, there's this one where markiplier is steering and when he looks up it transitions to him looking at the photo thingy that i thought was really really cool.

I have a lot more to say, but this is pretty much am informal summary of my thoughts.

[medias-boy]

Going to see Mark Fischbach's Iron Lung. I'm not the biggest fan of markiplier (I'm perfectly neutral about him), but I've heard it's pretty good for a debut film. I'm going in blind (aka I know nothing of the film at all) so I'll give an honest review in 2ish hours

[medias-boy]

I want to watch more movies where the main character is trans and it's aparent but nobody talks about it, not because they are uncomfortable by them being trans but because it's normal (specifically ftm, but any kind is good)

I want transness to be treated like colored hair is— it's a part of them, but you don't think of their character as only "the colored hair one," and the people who water their character down to just that are seen as annoying jerkwads

TLDR I want trans people normalized in media

[sarvthewise]

How am I meant to explain to people I can't watch my favorite movie because I literally got so upset I basically blocked it out and don't fully remember watching it

[medias-boy]

I can't wait until I get the courage to watch it

[lapvonaa]

American Psycho behind the scenes.

[medias-boy]

This is genuinely such a good film once you understand that it's ironic