November 2021 in photos

Good Movies, October-November 2021

• Little Murders, 1971 - ★★★★.

  

  There’s a through-line between this and the Naked Gun and someone else should make that video.

• Free Guy, 2021 - ★★★.

  

  Vertical integration is a hell of a drug kids

• The Fury, 1978 - ★★★.

  

  Pretty good X Men movie actually.

• Broadcast News, 1987 - ★★★.

  

  “Why do you do this to me, is it because I won an award?”

• No Time to Die, 2021 - ★★★★.

  

  Watched on Tuesday October 19, 2021.

• What Have You Done to Solange?, 1972 - ★★★★.

  

  This movie greatly benefits from making most characters pretty unlikeable. I spent most of the movie having no idea who did all the murdering, which is impressive for a movie from 50 years ago.

• Dune, 2021 - ★★★★.

  

  A real showcase of heavies

• The Shape of Things to Come, 1979 - ★.

  

  Pretty sure this is called “Jack Palance gets boinked on the head with a beam and then blows up” but okay

• Two Smart People, 1946 - ★★★.

  

  Want a better world? Just make more movies about charming con artists.

• Enemy, 2013 - ★★★★.

  

  Toronto didn’t ask for that filter

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, 2021 - ★★★.

  

  Watched on Monday November 15, 2021.

• Violet Evergarden: The Movie, 2020 - ★★★★.

  

  I think I prefer the show’s ending, but this heartwarming one isn’t so bad either. Bring tissues.

International Object Podcast 131 - NJPW World

Rich and Sawyer discuss NJPW World, Ring of Honour, music licensing, G1 booking backup plans, Eddie Kingston vs CM Punk, moral compasses, New Japan “face” style, the concept of “payback”, team-based fandoms, and waiting for the audience to tell you who they think is the protagonist.

International Object Podcast 130 - Billionaires Part 1

Rich and Sawyer discuss AEW relying on if they ever need to make new wrestling fans, or if they have enough for what they need to succeed.

Show notes:

• The Gamers Who Regularly Stream to No One
• The Distraction On Fightful 10/28/21
• Wrestlenomics
• Who’s on Canadian Money? - WorldAtlas

October 2021 in photos

Fran’s Not Here S03E03 - This Thing Has Six

This is a city full of coffee places and no coffee or whatever.

Show notes:

• trying every coffee shop in Toronto
• Coffe Run - Rob Ford
• Carmen Grey (@carmengreyxx) TikTok
• Kellen (@cocoaferret) TikTok
• Lesbian vampires for Halloween🩸
• Mike Tholfsen - Microsoft tips (@mtholfsen) TikTok

Fran’s Not Here is a show about Toronto, co-hosted by Sawyer Paul and Robert Pilgrim. Read blog posts about each episode. The show is hosted at Anchor, where you can subscribe however you want.

The Best of Youtube, October 2021

Youtube is a bad place, but every now and then a good video appears. Because I can’t seem to stop going there, I can at least make it easier for you (and future me) to see what was worth it.

• Social Media is NOT Your Portfolio!!
• Danmei: Boy’s Love (and Censorship) in China | Beyond The Bot
• The NEW iPad Mini is My Favorite Companion
• DANIELSON vs SUZUKI, FISH vs MORIARTY and CONTI vs GARRETT | Buy In LIVE 10/15/21
• The mistake every new game developer makes
• ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Cyberpunk 2077

International Object Podcast 129 - Protagonist

Rich and Sawyer discuss a simple topic: maybe we don’t know who the protagonist is in wrestling until the story is over. Also, some 2021 TV recommendations.

Link Blog, October 2021

• Please Stop Closing Forums And Moving People To Discord

• Parasocial Relationships Online

• Strange if true: People prefer watching TV to gnawing off their own arm during their morning commutes

• Spinning My Wheels

• How To Not Suck At Writing

• Why Is Less More When It Could Just Be Less?

• A Chemical Hunger — Part I: Mysteries

• The Gamers Who Regularly Stream to No One

• ‘Metroid Dread’ Is Stuck in the Past, But the Past Was Awesome

• Who Is the Bad Art Friend?

• The Joy & Opportunity Of Dropping A Routine

• As I leave my job as Calgary’s mayor, I’m grappling with crises we are facing