If it were completely up to me, the only movies I’d be seeing this year AND next year are the Super Mario Bros. movie and, if it’s theatrical, Justice League x RWBY. But society, my family, my desire to at least feel like I’m doing the right thing, my desire to stay current and the movie industry’s obsession with their cinematic universes has made it look like this:
April/May 2023-Super Mario Bros., Justice League x RWBY, Guardians of the Galaxy 3
June 2023- Shin Ultraman DVD
July 2023-The Marvels
November 2023-Possible subtitled release of new Japanese Godzilla film concurrent with Japanese theatrical release
December 2023-Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
March 2024-Godzilla and Kong; Origins (Working Title)
The thing is, I lack any confidence Adam Wingard can do anything worthwhile with the MonsterVerse, I have serious superhero movie fatigue and would ordinarily just get the Aquaman one on DVD to support Amber Heard (which may still happen) and I have doubts that the Godzilla franchise in general is going to be worth what it was. Michael Dougherty took it to heights thought impossible, now it seems impossible to repeat or go beyond those heights. I am honestly thinking the franchise’s best days are behind it and now it will fall to be a niche novelty film with no heart and forgetting its soul as the dire warnings of atomic weaponry. A Godzilla film is more than Monster A fights Monster B, other writers figure out the rest, it is a window into the characters of our souls, head of the table, nature goddess, scrappy fighter, the terror of the chaos of destruction, bloodthirsty and soulless lust for power, the struggle to defend, that side of ourselves that claims we can be better if we relinquish our bonds and compassions and tries to prove itself right by trashing us. And at the center of this, radioactivity. Do the benefits outweigh the detriments? Is it right or wrong? Can it be used to help, or is it only a tool for destruction? Should we wholesale ban it all, or are there enough times it’s still helpful to keep it around? No black-and-white answer will properly deal with these questions, which makes us still grapple with it, grapple with is Godzilla a hero or not? Instead, we want binary morality and simple answers, black and white, which is not going to answer all of nature’s actions in the real world, but we look at everything as though it was a human, our kind of human and they are, and yet also not.
I might be leaving Twitter much sooner than I thought, I realized today with the school shooting people are going to blame the LGBTQ+ community for such things, claiming the name of Jesus as they do. I can’t deal with the hate politics of the Republican party, which I’ve been dealing with for at least 13 years, anymore, not like this. I’m going to post there tomorrow for the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy and on 4/16 for World voice day and that may be it, it depends on how many hate comments I see tomorrow and throughout this week just visiting. They’re not even saying anything, just the fear of what they can say is enough to cripple me.
Here's my favorite songs of the first quarter of 2023:
1.) Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)-Daughtry feat. Lzzy Hale
2.) The Spirit of Radio-Kurstin x Grohl, Jack Black
3.) Gonna Be You-Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Gloria Estefan, Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper
4.) Jolene-Olivia Newton-John, Dolly Parton
5.) Peace like a River-Dolly Parton, Dionne Warwick
6.) Turbo Lover-Ronnie Romero, Nozumo Wakai
7.) No More Tears-Ronnie Romero, Gus G.
8.) The Shining-Ronnie Romero, Chris Caffery
9.) A Light in the Black-Ronnie Romero
10.) The Four Horsemen-Ronnie Romero
11.) Through the Streets-Joel Gibbons, Joel Hoekstra
12.) Lose You-Sam Smith
13.) Who We Love-Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran
14.) This Is Why-Paramore
15.) The News-Paramore
16.) Running Out of Time-Paramore
17.) You First-Paramore
18.) Liar-Paramore
19.) This is Mongol (Warrior Souls)-The HU, William DuVall and Alice in Chains
20.) I Finally Do-Erika Harlacher
21.) Heart Wants What It Wants-Bebe Rexha
22.) Way Back to the Bone (Live 4/27/1973)-Trapeze
23.) You Are The Music (Live 4/27/1973)-Trapeze
24.) Black Cloud (Live 4/27/1973)-Trapeze
25.) Keepin’ Time (Live 4/27/1973)-Trapeze
26.) You Are The Music (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
27.) Way Back to the Bone (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
28.) Coast to Coast (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
29.) Midnight Flyer (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
30.) Your Love Is Alright (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
31.) Black Cloud (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
32.) Die For You (Remix)-The Weeknd, Ariana Grande
33.) Unchained-David Lee Roth
34.) Wonder Woman Suite, Part 3 (Live)-Hans Zimmer
35.) We are the Resurrection-LOVEBITES
36.) Stand and Deliver (Shoot ‘em Down)-LOVEBITES
37.) NO BAD DAYS-Macklemore, Collette
38.) Still Alive-Demi Lovato
39.) Heart Attack (Rock version)-Demi Lovato
40.) FLOWERS-Miley Cyrus
41.) Thousand Miles-Miley Cyrus, Brandi Carlile
42.) River-Miley Cyrus
43.) Violet Chemistry-Miley Cyrus
44.) Muddy Feet-Miley Cyrus, Sia
45.) Wildcard-Miley Cyrus
46.) Wonder Woman-Miley Cyrus
47.) Flowers (Demo)-Miley Cyrus
48.) Out of that Truck-Carrie Underwood
49.) I Miss Strangers (Acoustic)-Death Cab For Cutie
50.) I’ll Never Give Up On You (Acoustic)-Death Cab For Cutie
51.) Honky Tonk Women-Brooks & Dunn
52.) It’s Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)-Brothers Osborne, The War and Treaty
53.) All-Star Jam-Metal Hall of fame All-Stars
54.) Eye for an Eye-Rina Sawayama
55.) Winner Takes All-Nita Strauss, Alice Cooper
56.) METAL KINGDOM-BabyMetal
57.) Divine Attack-Shingeki-BabyMetal
58.) Mirror, Mirror-BabyMetal
59.) MAYA-BabyMetal
60.) Believing-BabyMetal
61.) Monochrome-BabyMetal
62.) Trees We’ll Never See-Amy Grant
63.) Eminence front (Life)-The Who with Orchestra
64.) Man on the Silver Mountain-Paul Gilbert
65.) Holy Diver-Paul Gilbert
66.) Heaven and Hell-Paul Gilbert
67.) Screaming Suicide-Metallica
68.) Lux AEterna-Metallica
69.) If Darkness Had A Son-Metallica
70.) Whipping Post-Jenn Ford
71.) Hotel California-Jenn Ford
72.) Eagle Flight-Revolution Saints
73.) Talking Like Strangers-Revolution Saints
74.) Need Each Other-Revolution Saints
75.) Crime of the Century-Revolution Saints
76.) Bed of Roses-Ian Hunter, Ringo Starr, Mike Campbell
77.) You’ll Never Be Alone-Sweet & Lynch
78.) Lights (Live)-Neal Schon, Deen Castronovo
79.) Another Celebration At The End of the World-Mammoth WVH
80.) Out of Pocket-Black Stone Cherry
81.) Judgement Day-Kings of Chaos
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