?You Pay?, I'll SUFFER III: Estee (Potentially) Takes On Morbius · 10:50am Tuesday
ETA: The target percentage increase was met. At 6 p.m. EDT on July 4th, we Morb.
The last time I made this sort of announcement, it was noted that I was apparently trying to slide into Tokyo on a trail of my own blood. This may not be a completely viable strategy. For starters, this moron would follow me in. Licking up the blood.
...yeah. This one's gonna hurt.
So here's how this is going to work.
As before, I am basically trying to reach Ponicon by selling my own pain. At the time of this writing, the convention fundraising attempt, which is being conducted through my Ko-Fi tip jar, is at 64% of goal. If, by midnight Eastern Daylight Time tomorrow (July 3rd), the goal is showing 68% or higher, then the deadstreaming session will be activated.
Should the target increase amount come in, I'll go live in the chat server within #deadstreaming on July 4th at 6 p.m. EDT. That'll be my form of fireworks. Complete with cheap F/X smoke coming off the characters' skin and clothing. (Or as Morbius devotees might know then, the Power Fart Lines.) And we keep going until the movie is complete -- although there will be a ten-minute intermission at the halfway mark. The movie is 104 minutes, so I expect the deadstream/liveblog commentary to take about four hours.
The recovery time, based on the reviews, may be four days.
I do have a physical and digital copy to work with. (This is not entirely my fault. If you open a postal dropbox, you have to accept that some people are going to send items while under the belief that they're being funny.) However, I believe the -- 'film' -- is on Netflix and anyone wishing to simul-suffer knows where to look.
I'm aware that for the prior two sessions, I set the necessary goal percentage increase as 3%, and this is a minimum trigger gain of 4%. Why? Because it's Morbius. The movie's reputation preceded it. Also, I could have gone for a 5% bump and thus set this off at 69% of goal. I didn't because A. I know my audience and most of you are already smirking, plus B. let's not associate this film with anything pleasurable.
So once again, there's your offer. You can take me up on it -- or not. But if the gain is reached, then we're all gonna go Morbing. However, I won't post a second blog to announce whether the target was hit: I'll just edit this one on the morning of the 4th.
Shall we do the Sony Dance? Twitch to the left, bleed to the right...
You can find the Tip Jar Of Future Agony here.
...recently, Sony announced that they are going to gradually shut down all hardcopy releases for their films. No blu-rays, 4K, or DVDs. Some might call that a move towards digital-only and the ability to revoke a purchase at any time. Personally, I do feel that's part of it.
But given their recent history, I suspect they're also trying to cut down on the evidence.
You have a strong spleen, young one. I'm still only half-done with Madame Web, and I've found the best part so far is how many times the hack actors can be killed on screen as it goes on. It's kinda like Ladybug and Cat Noir, in French, starting several seasons in, with minute-long chunks chopped out at random.
(I wonder if Morbius will have a Directors's Bite version instead of Cut...)
Morbius hype! (Poor Estee)
If I may ask, are you considering holding a mental palate cleanser on standby for afterwards? Perhaps something along the lines of Azumanga Daioh might help (or, if you follow the "hair of the dog" philosophy, some Plan 9 from outer Space)
I'm planning on being in Japan next summer for the World Expo, and I might be in Tokyo for the con as well, depending on exactly when it is.
Also I've been to Japan before, so if you want any tips and advice, fell free to ask.
If ever there was a Marvel movie that desperately needed a cameo appearance by Wesley Snipes, this is the one.
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MST3K, it's the only thing strong enough to wash the filth of Morbius from Estee's brain.
:looks at tip jar:
LOL. Of course it's at 69%.
Don't do it.
Run far, run fast...
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Nice.