Let’s start with the beginning. Maiyan ropes me into checking out this group called Nogizaka46. On the wiki pages, I peruse though the members. They are all pretty. I get to Nanase’s page and know that there are many members as pretty or more than Maiyan, in particular Nanase. To me, she’s always been more beautiful than Maiyan. And I find Maiyan the most beautiful of idols. Somehow, both are true.
Anyhow seven days, at the beginning we begin again.
Ralph Breaks the Internet should have the same alliteration as its predecessor. Shouldn’t the title flow nicely: Ralph wrecks the internet? Yeah? I know. I guess it has to match those memes of things that “break” the internet. That’s how it goes.
This movie was a quite different in mood than Wreck-It Ralph. It was sadder. They would have to explain how if she stays away from Sugar Rush, then why wouldn’t it be unplugged? Some holes in plots are left to your own imagination to fix.
The title should be a “Link of the Day,” but for Wakatsuki it’ll have to do.
Today’s link shows you how awesome a group Nogizaka46 is. Why? Because it describes the graduation of one of the members in nice detail. You’re almost there.
I posting this although I’m going by memory. Watched a few months ago, perhaps end of September early October, right around the time of the re-release of Perfect Blue. It’s a critique of the film, but also of the idol culture upon which the film builds upon.
Does the author build a case against Japan’s obsession with idols? Does the author understand what idols mean to the Japanese? Is his criticism of idol culture just a hook into the horror of the film? Watch it and find out.
I think there are cultural differences between the West and Japan that muddy the waters. There are good things and bad things to idols. Certainly, the participants are open to exploitation, but as in many public pursuits this isn’t specific to idols. Certainly, the fandom can be toxic, but fandom can breed bad fans in any corner of the world. Certainly, the focus on youthfulness can be taken read as something unseemly for the olds to obsess over, but the case may be overstated.
Last week, my mom asked why I was obsessed with the young girls in Nogizaka46. I still haven’t found an answer that would satisfy myself. It is a thing that is me at this moment in life. But really, I have never seen such a concentration of beauty in all my life. So beautiful to make me cry.
If you have the chance or the channel on your set top box, make sure to check out Nogizaka46 on the NHK World program, Songs of Japan. You’ll find them as endearing as I do.
First Man is an intimate portrait of the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong. Intimate is the key to this film. It’s not an epic like The Right Stuff or mission movie like Apollo 13. It’s a film about how Neil Armstrong felt being an astronaut.
We really don’t get into his head though. We get up close and personal. The director chooses to frame his subject in close up most all the time. The spectacle around him barely shown. We are in his personal space. We are close in.
I found the film slightly frustrating because of this choice. I wanted spectacle. I wanted a focus on the mission. I wasn’t prepared for the personal. So it rubbed me the wrong way. I was bothered, but that is me. The movie is good. I say watch it again.
Are you still googling? Dude, it’s, like, almost 2019 and you’re still playing like it’s the late 1990s! Ditch Google. It’s for the best.
Get rid of Chrome. Chrome is the IE6 of the teens. Chrome is junk. I put it on my MBP and ran it for 3 minutes before it punked out and crashed. Needless to say I deleted it immediately. I don’t often go into the Application folder to do that, but with Chrome that janky piece of … I did!
That being said. Ditch Google, said by the guy who’s an Apple homer.
