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I am an Autistic Nerd who has had a hyperfixation on FNAF, and recently just got into movies a lot more.

[gendercensus]

The 2026 Gender Census is now open!

[ survey.gendercensus.com ]

The 13th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th August 2026.

It’s short and easy, for most participants it takes 5 minutes or less.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful!

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

PS: You can see some regularly-updated statistics about incoming data here, with lots of demography and graphs to peruse!

PPS: Image credits, bark and grass.

[starenisme]

Well, I forgot to post until now, but I did watch "Evil Dead: Burn" on Thursday. This movie was my first Evil Dead film, and it is such a phenomenal film. The movie is bloody, disgusting, and so uncomfortable at times, but also funny here and there. This film has made me excited to watch the rest of the films as it was that good, and if you are open to gore this is a great film for you.

[jorongbak]

So if Caine and Kinger finally have a father-son relationship… does that mean Kinger calls him by his first name, all three middle names, and last name when he’s about to unleash the full force of his parental wrath

[starenisme]

"Supergirl", this is a film I've been really excited for. It's based off a beautiful comic, and a comic with a phenomenal story, that is almost completely lost in adaptation. This movie is a fine enough superhero movie, and honestly a decent Supergirl movie, but lacks doing what made the original story special. Lobo makes an appearance in this film played by Jason Mamoa, and he's pretty much perfectly cast, but like does almost nothing for the film, and while I honestly feel all the actors were brilliantly cast, this film has a bland script, with an even more bland art direction, something I am kind of tired with superhero movies doing. "Superman" had me excited for this film as it did so many good things to make it seem like we were going to get these colorful fun superhero movies with art that looked like a comic book, which this is not that.

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Now, the third film I watched last night is so rough I didn't really want to review it as I don't love hating on projects unless they are very mainstream, but I think "Leviticus" deserves talking about. This movie was a pretty basic horror film that I would describe as "It's Follows", but gay, with some other parts. The film does well at being a gay romantic drama, but suffers with rhe horror being basic. The story was smartly done, but sitting in a theater trying to watch through this movie, it didn't invest me. I think this one is one that's worth skipping, unless you just want a mediocre horror film, but a gay domantic drama, as that is what it was.

[starenisme]

Now, after watching "Toy Story 5" Yesterday I watched "The Death of Robin Hood". This film is not a major action film, it's a deep emotional drama, and the only action scenes are in the beginning, but if you know that walking in, and are up for a beautifully shot, great acted film, with artistic filmography, this is the film for you. Honestly cannot state enough how I feel Hugh Jackman should win an Oscar for the acting in this film. It follows what Robin Hood was truly like, and I think it deserves praise for that alone.

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Yesterday I hit 3 movies, but ended late so I'm doing the reviews I guess is what I'd call them now, starting with "Toy Story 5". "Toy Story 5" is a well animated film with great visuals, and a gut punch story that went somewhere I wasn't expecting, and I think I actually liked it. Not my favorite Toy Story by any means, but it's a well made movie with heart wrenching moments, and a great family movie.

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So, I just watched "The Furious", a phenomenal action film. It is not a super well written movie woth great dialogue, or a earthshattering new story, but it understands that. It knows what it is, and focuses on what makes the movie great which fills up like 70% of the film, and that is the beautifully choreographed fight scenes. Every fight scene is so much fun, and so unique, and it really is just a kung-fu movie love letter.

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Well, I watched "Disclosure Day" yesterday, and had to think about it. This movie is a phenomenal big film, with great acting, cinematography, and direction. Thst doesn't mean I loved it. The writing is my biggest issue, and it just feels a bit off. Not bad, just not what I was hoping for. Steven Spielberg has again proven he knows how direct a movie, but I don't know if this proves he can still write one.

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So, last night I watched, "Scary Movie", the 6th movie in the franchise. I want to start off by saying the commentary in it is pretty great, and I did enjoy some scenes, but the jokes fell flat. Like most of the movies jokes for me were some mediocre jokes. I loved the first one, and thought the second one was fine, and that was all I'd seen up to this movie, so I was really excited, just for this movie to be a big disappointment, FOR ME. I am not saying you won't like it, if you like the humor in Scary Movie 2, this feels pretty similar, just it's not for me.

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"Masters of the Universe", that's what I watched tonight, and it perfectly captures what a He-Man movie should be. It's a fun goofy 80's film with great action and choreography, and some pretty good jokes. Honestly would recommend it as just a fun time, if you just want something to watch.

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"Backrooms" is the movie I am discussing today, and oh boy is it good. It perfectly hooks you in within the first few minutes, and has you excited . I will avoid spoilers, but I think that this film will be controversial to any fan of "just the classic concept", as things are not that, they are Kane Pixels concept. If you hate his series, you'll hate this movie no doubt. I enjoyed it a lot, but won't talk spoilers, I will say I think this is a very beautiful artistic film.

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So, I watched "Passenger" (2026). That movie has about one maybe two good scenes in it. This movie is so bad I can't even reccomend it as a joke. The tension, and suspense breaks so much you might as well not have it there for most of the movie, and if you want a movie that's just funny at how bad it is, this isn't that either. It's just the boring, and annoying kind of bad. This movie fails at everything, except for it's concept which was actually a good idea.

[starenisme]

I am very late to posting this, but "The Sheep Detectives" is phenomenal. I watched this film a little while back, and it has everything I think a good mystery needs, and everything a good family film needs, and everything to make you bawl your eyes out. This movie needs more support, and honestly I am all for it, likely will go reqatch this with some friends. Anyway, hope this makes you go check it out, as I loved it.

[starenisme]

So, Mandalorian and Grogu is a tough film for me to talk about. I LOVE Star Wars. It was my childhood hyperfixation, so of course I love it, but this movie.... The movie felt like a few episodes of a TV show stitched together. I will say that there is phenomenal fight choreography, but this film had other issues other than pacing. The movie had what I would call bad ADR for multiple scenes when the Mandalorian was talking, and it felt like there was no acting, but the adventure was a ton of fun, I am very split on this movie, so don't really know what else to say.

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So, I just watched Top Gun in IMAX, and realized something that apparently is controversial. The original Top Gun, is not that good. I love IMAX, and the movie worked in there, but uh, such a slow paced movie. On top of that from what my partner has told me, it is super inaccurate with the moment that the F-14 gets shot down, as that pretty much never happened. All this in a movie with mediocre writing, and the most basic ass story ever, this movie isn't good. Even the action isn't that great.