Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

20220729:
Overall, this was a decent movie. I didn't know most of the pop culture references having not spent much time on YouTube but I guess I understood the major brand references.

[20220729][20230530 Edit]

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Instant Comments:
This princess scene is great.
Hehe, Vanellope gets a song
What exactly did Ariel do in the rescue? Though I guess only some of them played a part in the rescue...

Credits: Vanellope's song is written by Alan Menken
"Well, there was a scene in the trailer that wasn't in the movie and it made me sad." [20230530: I was going through my notes and this didn't have quotes around it so I thought there was a scene in the Ralph Breaks the Internet trailer that wasn't in the movie, and that it made me sad. However, it's actually a line from the midcredits scene. What I don't think I realized when watching the scene over, is that the little girl is toddler Moana!]
Video game. Pancake pancake pancake
Hahaha. The bunny gets the pancake.
Wow they got all, or at least most, actors and actresses to do their original role (e.g., Jodi Benson, Vin Diesel, Tim Allen)
Click here for Frozen 2 trailer turned into a Rickroll with Ralph performing [20230530: When rewatching the trailer for the above, it occurred to me that an instrumental of "Never Gonna Give You Up" is playing for part of it]

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Watched 20220729 (Disney+)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Breaks_the_Internet
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5848272/

X2 (2003)

20220720:
Yesterday I watched X-Men and so today I decided to watch the sequel. As I started the sequel, my memories of this sequel were strong and it cast doubt in my mind as to whether I had seen the first movie prior to yesterday.

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Instant Comments:
Seemingly random intro. I feel like it should have actually been the inner workings of Cerebro at a microscopic level and then ending with the entire room.
Huh. How does Nightcrawler's power work?
Wow. Xavier can freeze all those people? How?
I love this (and remember it): he puts the cigar out with his hand. (Another scene I remember is Erik's escape)
I guess it's one thing to mimic someone's appearance, but to also imitate their fingerprints is amazing [doing a Google search reveals that she is able to do this because her powers are psychic in nature ("psionic")]
Huh. I thought Colossus was always incased in metal.
What was Rogue doing not running with the rest of the kids?
Why didn't all these soldiers storm the school at the same time?
I feel like the door to Cerebro should just be locked psychically
"Professor Logan"
I remember them rejecting their son for being a mutant, which is sad ("There's something I need to tell you.") [Well, in the scene where he reveals his secret, it's not as bad as I remember][Well, perhaps there is some level of rejection.]
"Have you tried not being a mutant?"
Why did none of the cops try and shoot John.
"When will these people learn how to fly?"
How did he happen to be where they were happening to crash?
She couldn't transform the cells at the scar?
Only manipulate the fire... seems like he was able to enlarge it as well.
The middle finger.
So if Stryker can blow the doors open, then anybody could blow the doors open... what's the point of having "secure" doors?
Why would Styker's son be doing this? What incentive does he have to control Xavier?
How does this imitation Cerebro work with missing panels. (Somehow Stryker knows Since later Magneto rearranges the panels)
Hmm. Well Jason himself would be a mutant.
All this time there's still a pool of adamantium?
I'm curious in the difference between how Logan just infused adamantium and the original process (oh wait, I vaguely recall there were mainly needles and I guess they get injected into the bone?)
Why did Stryker have to close the door behind him? (Also why was he worried about the water pressure earlier as if it would ruin his plans)
Jason didn't seem to be affected at the same time as Jean and the other mutants... [an answer says because Jason already maekd himself as the girl, so Xavier wouldn't be searching for the girl]
Jason says to find the humans. So implicitly Xavier doesn't think of mutants as humans.
He explictly says "kill them." I thought Xavier was supposed to be in an illusion. Wouldn't such an extreme phrase have broken Xavier out of the illusion?
I think they made Scott too unlikeable.
Right. Xavier is telepathic whereas Jean is telekinetic.
Phoenix-like powers.
What was in the folder? [oh, Stryker's plans to destroy all mutants]
Jean repeats what Xavier narrated. But... it's not clear what that would have to do with the Phoenix.

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Watched once before.
Watched 20220720 (Disney+)
X2*
*X2: X-Men United
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290334/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X2_(film)

X-Men (2000)

20220719:
I'm curious if I liked this movie when it released. Watching it today, I can't help but feel the story was rough around the edges. The movie had its moments though.

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20220720 Comment:
Today I started watching X2 and I couldn't help but wonder if in fact I didn't see this movie before yesterday.

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Instant Comments:
Mutants as an exaggeration of our culture is interesting. When people are so different from another that it causes fear and isolation.
There's something about Charles and Eric which is more appealing, perhaps their age, as opposed to Anna Paquin's character.
Why does Wolverine smoke? Well, I guess he can enjoy it without fear of killing himself.
Similarly I suppose he would drink a beer for the taste, but not to be inebriated.
"When they come out, does it hurt?" "Every time."
Oh, so the accident was created?
A different Sabertooth.
Ooo. Cyclops and Storm. I don't remember any of this
Oh, I didn't realize until the balls fell that the metal balls were swinging because of Magneto, not because of the traditional children's toy
They make it like mutants aren't humans... But to me, mutants are not a separate species...
"Mankind has always feared what it doesn't understand."
Magneto mutated the senator?
It is interesting how, at least in this version, Wolverine goes from being this new member to being the quintessential leader of the X-men
Xavier wasn't willing to kill Magneto...
Smile. "What would you prefer, yellow spandex?" (in reference to Wolverine's classic comic costume)
Smile. Wolverine gave Cyclops the middle blade.
Hehe. Can't duplicate adamantium claws...
Hmm. Kind of a weird stance (Storm flying out the elevator)
Hehe. "Same thing that happens to everything else"
Hehe. "There's a problem. You're not part of the group." (I honestly thought it was the other way around. That the real storm was sneaking up on Mystique disguised as Logan)
I'm a bit surprised that Mystique appears to have taken a fatal blow. I suppose she's probably not dead.
Oh, I thought her white hair came from touching Storm. Here it shows her getting white hair from the stress of using this machine.
Huh. I didn't notice earlier... how did Magneto survive and peel away from Rogue

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Possibly watched once before
Watched 20220719 (Disney+)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_(film)

Thumbelina (1994)

Instant Comments:
Hehe, what power does he use to keep her lifted.
Thus far some fun songs.
Thumbelina gets into dancing at the beetle club
Hehe everybody is after Thumbelina (mole)
Hehe Mrs. Fieldmouse could have all the riches... Why would she care what he has to offer.
This movie is dark relative to Disney movies (marry the mole song)
M is for money" "Oh!" "L-E"
So she was a fairy all along? Or did she only get turned into one

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Watched at least once before
Watched 20220716 (Disney+)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbelina_(1994_film)

Madagascar (2005)

Instant Comments:
Did Dreamworks give up on making movies? [No, they have both new films and several sequels, most recently sequels to Trolls, The Croods, and The Boss Baby]
Hoover Dam
Steak
A single star which turned out to be a helicopter
Free mints
Why is it that the animals can talk to each other (and understand humans and read English) but not talk to humans?
So their destination was Kenya but they landed on Madagascar.
My son thought it was funny when they turned around as a group while hugging
San Diego
New York Giants (American football team)
I imagine I didn't get that reference before. He sees the burned statue of liberty and he says "You maniac! You burned it up! Darn You! Darn you all to heck!" This is a parody to the ending of Planet of the Apes. The original line reads "You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!"
Hehe HELP falls and becomes HELL
Hehe a fake door
Hehe. "Well this sucks" (Antartica)
To be fair, it was Marty's idea
Hehe he brings it to the water and I knew it would be eaten
Marty has the self realization.

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Watched at least once before. Probably only once before.
Watched 20220714 (Freevee)

Camo Sharks (2022)

20220711:
I couldn't help but wonder about the science behind the color board and correction. Despite the correction, I couldn't help but wonder how changes through water work. How does color correction along a white to black color bar adjust an image to the expected color. Perhaps first one adjusts the white end for color and then the grays and black are used for lightness. Or, perhaps a simpler answer is that the color board had portions that were colored and I just didn't pay close enough attention.

Pulling up a clip on YouTube, I was able to verify that the color board only had a grayscale. Thus, I would infer that a grayscale is sufficient to balance an image to true white, while other types of color adjustments would need colors. However, I'm not sure why that would be the case.

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Watched first half 20220710, second half 20220711 (Disney+)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21211218/

Mirai (2018)

Instant Comments:
1a: Watched the first 7 minutes
1b: Resume around 7 min mark
1b: Haha all the trains in the bassonet
1b: Knock on the head with a train...
1b: Thus far all the worries similar [I presume this comment is in regards to the parallel]
1b: Hehe, he stole the tail?
1b: They call him Yukko
1b: So "the prince" was in fact Yukko
1b: Ah the baby's name is Mirai (title of the movie)
1b: His mom is like his grandma
1b: Good intentions
1b: Ada guesses this man is his great grandpa. I suppose she's right.
1b: Oh his leg. So given the stories, the disbelief is that they raced since he couldnt run. But it's possible they did race but she let him win
1b: In this scene Kun looks at a picture and calls it his dad but his mom clarifies its his great grandpa.
1b: Probably Kun from future.
1b: Hehe, "future" Murai flips it on Kun and says he's from the past.
1a=20220708,1b=20220709

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Watched 20220709 (Netflix)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai_(film)

Ms. Marvel

Episode 1:
That's a cool video
Ha never fully stop
Haha. I don't think anyone can hear this
Hmm so focused on college. Seems like bad counselling
Mulan
Of course her mom catches her coming home late
I feel like there must be some consequence to forgetting the gloves. Seems like otherwise going out of the way to add it as a detail
Who are these people in the post credits
1=20220707

20220707: I love how visual this show is.

Episode 2:
She's a new person.
Hehe Brian instead of Bruno
"Have you ever seen a movie?"
Partition. I see.
Trail of stars
Hehe she convinced her uncle very succinctly
Tones of racism... why would they suspect the person with power is not caucasian.
Hehe how does she carry such a bulky suit around? [I guess Spider-Man's suit is not exactly easy to carry around either]
Interesting Kamran. [That would explain why he moved around a lot and arrived after Kamala got her powers... at least reasonable]
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Episode 3:
Djinn
Dr. Erik Selvig. I think that's the physicist from the Thor movies [yes; technically, he's an astrophysicist]
How disrespectful. No warrant. Didn't remove shoes.
"Good is not a thing you are. It's a thing you do"
Very cool mask
I feel like she would have to hide her bangle
$732 in his checking
Chosen family
Huh, things just took a turn (his mom's [Najma] conversation with Kamram)
Hehe the Bon Jovi
Poor Kamala (outnumbered... cornered...) maybe Kamran will help
What kind of powers do these djinn have if any? Or are they just adults?
Lol how did they miss Kamala smeaking away?
What a tough situation (parents inquiring). I would say in classic superhero trope, she has to keep it hidden.
Hehe. Her nani. Good ending to the episode.
1=20220707

Episode 4:
Huh her mom had such an unexpected sad look at the end of the conversation. Maybe it was just the editing
She took off her bracelet [bangle]
Her bracelet is in her backpack
Lol. Her grandma casually telling her she's a djinn...
Selling Polaroids in the age of cellphones
Lol. "Come with me if you want to live. Just kidding..."
Hmm. "What you seek is seeking you"
So ooo... alternate dimension is different from universe... weird.
Interesting. Her mom (Kamala's grandma) told her stories which she didn't believe
The thing that was not quite explained is why the Clandestine or at least the main leader [Najma]...
Strange choice of sacrifice (Waleed)
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Episode 5:
He recites a poem that contains the line ("What you seek is seeking you")
I like how this episode goes into explaining the history
Hmm. Aisha may have "betrayed" what's her name [Najma] but to kill her doesn't make sense
Ah, nice. I suspected she might end up saving her own grandma.
Hehe trail of stars
"It was me"
Ha microchipped
Lol. We can go home she says and dead.
I can make it she says
Huh. What just happened with Kamran... looks like he gained a bangle... not sure how
What's significance of broken necklace
Hehe. Kamran honestly thought Brunos name was Brian. I guess it was technically on Bruno to correct Kamran...
1=20220707

Episode 6:
Hmm... so many people know about her identity now... (family, best friends)
Embiggen
Nice getaway
Interesting regarding the one getting upset about the disobey and it seems like they had to shut down Damage Control... what even really is that [20220717: Apparently they've previously shown up in the MCU, such as Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: No Way Home; in particular, Agent P. Cleary interrogated Peter Parker in regards to Quentin Beck]
Kamala means Marvel. Her dad says "Ms. Marvel"
I didn't get the ending (with the genes). Apparently it's a reveal about mutants and the X-men theme played (I didn't have the volume loud enough) [apparently the comics Kamala is not a mutant but something known as an Inhuman; though perhaps the whole concept is invented to get around property rights]
While Kamala is the first mutant revealed in the main universe [Earth-616], Xavier has showed up in the Doctor Strange movie in the alternate universe
Midcredits Captain Marvel shows up (and Kamala disappears)
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Shrek Forever After (2010)

Instant Comments:
I saw this movie was leaving in 170 min and though I didnt see the third movie yet. Not sure I even remember the second.
Rumpelstiltskin
Hehe I thought this was a prequel due to the Rumpelstiltskin bit.
Oh no... is this a Groundhog Day or is everyday somehow just very similar
Hmm okay now they are on the dragon
Hehe, a real ogre
Omg, what a roar.
Lol he found another cake exactly like the one that Donkey licked.
Hmm... I mean I guess for story purposes but I feel like she could have empathized with his feelings
Wonder what Rumpelstiltskin will do with a day from Shrek's childhood... make another deal with child Shrek?
Fiona... wanted
I suppose this entire experience will make Shrek appreciate what he has
Oh! (Ginger snap!)
Maybe he did just take the day Shrek rescued fiona... (Shrek being wheeled into the castle)
Huh... why would Stiltskin reveal his plan; pride perhaps?
That was quite a move to go through the window and also block it
Haha! "I'm being ass-napped!"
Aww... the little doll
Hahaha "try lous" vs "true love's kiss"
Hehe ogre imitating crow's call
Oh my. The one with a good idea got watered.
That's my chimichanga stand (huh I think that was a team member's spelling bee word and I didn't know how to spell it; I spelled it as "chimichunga" instead of "chimichanga")
Hehe. Puss in Boots doesn't have boots and is fat. [I thought it was "Puss 'n' Boots" but it is "Puss in Boots"] Lol, technically none of those would be true love's kiss.
Ha. Eyeballs in Donkey's nose.
Oh does that mean her curse is not broken yet? (You even know the little rhyme)
Ah of course, the trope of the last moment. Charming that Shrek accepts his end with a kind of happiness...
That final line was heartwarming. A little feeling under my eyes. "It was you that rescued me."

Credits:
During the title end credits, various characters in the series make their appearance.

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Watched 20220701 (Amazon Prime)
Shrek Forever After
also known as Shrek 4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek_Forever_After