Watched movies and series

The Batman (2022)

I'm one of the few people whose favorite Batman movie is Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever. It's lighter and more humorous than the other Batmans, and it's literally less dark, more colorful. And it has one of my favorites at the time, Chris O'Donnell.

I have to admit that I haven't seen any of Ben Affleck's Batmans, but I still don't quite understand why Batman had to be made into a movie AGAIN. In my eyes, Robert Pattinson doesn't fit the main role. And why is Batman an emogoth? It goes too far towards unintentional humor. The movie was also too long.

It bothered me where Gordon's performer is familiar for me. Well, from The Hunger Games.

 

 

Flowers in the Attic: The Origin 2022

I first read V.C. Andrews' book Flowers in the Attic as a teenager. It wasn't until much later that I found out that there is a sequel to it. There are five books in that series, the last of which is a prequel, meaning it takes place before the events of the first book. And of course, where history is rewritten.

This miniseries is based on that prequel, which I haven't read. It tells the story of the evil grandmother from the first book. Wasn't she originally evil, but just an innocent victim of evil?

Flowers in the Attic is famous for its incest, the entire series is full of it. Fortunately, despite that, the children always turn out to be damn beautiful.

Creepshow (2019)

The horror anthology series Creepshow (2019) is a sequel to Stephen King's film of the same name. I didn't really care for that film, but from its sequel, Creepshow 2, the story The Raft has always stuck in my mind. In it, young people go swimming in a lake, a big mistake. At the end, a sign is shown saying "no swimming"...

There were three seasons of this series on Viaplay, the latest fourth was missing.

The series is very much in the same vein as the legendary horror series Tales from the Crypt, which I would seriously like to see again.

The story of the very first episode is based on King's short story Grey Matter, and otherwise contains King references. And familiar actors...

One episode (All Hallows Eve) made me cry quite inconsolably with its sadness. It's about a group of teenagers going trick-or-treating on Halloween night. For some reason, all the adults seem to be genuinely scared of them...

When the big brother says to his little brother at the end that "now you can rest" and "I wish I could have known you longer"... 💔

 

 

I also remember the episode where a person selfishly causes the destruction of all of humanity and Earth.

It Ends with Us

I haven't read the book by Colleen Hoover that this movie is based on. I stopped watching this movie for a long time because the male lead disgusts me so much when I have read about his disgusting behavior on set.

Kind of a strange movie. The main character wore strange clothes. I must have missed a lot because I haven't read the book. And this movie didn't make me want to read it.

 

 

Saw X

 

I borrowed this movie from the library. The whole movie is just flashbacks and fan service. I was waiting for the iconic theme song throughout the movie. But it can't be helped, towards the end this movie inevitably brought a smile to my face. Just when during the end credits I thought what about that guy, there was a scene and a surprising cameo. The biggest problem with this movie is that you know for sure that nothing can happen to Jigsaw and Amanda.

 

 

 

Breakfast at Tiffany's

I hadn't seen this movie in a long time and I borrowed it from the library. There's a cat in the movie and the iconic theme song Moon River played in my head. Oh, the poor cats, what they did to them on set. I don't think I even knew it was based on a Truman Capote short story, which was next on my library lending list.

 

 

 

The Lion King (1994)

I had wanted to see this movie for decades, and now, inspired by the game Dreamlight Valley and the book Nala's World, I finally borrowed it from the library. I watched the original English version of the movie, not the Finnish dubbed version. For some reason, tears came to my eyes. Only afterwards did I realize that the movie was full of famous voice actors.

 

 

 

Amazing Race Australia

 

The task was tough, but I managed to watch 21 episodes of the sixth season of Amazing Race Australia in the summer of 2025. The original Amazing Race USA has always been shown in Finland (in the summer), but unfortunately not this time. We had to settle for Australia, from which the first season was not shown either. This sixth season was special because it had twice the number of teams, which makes no sense. Nor the fact that many teams were in quarantine for a long time, but were then allowed to return to the competition normally. And the time penalties for not completing tasks were also ridiculously small, only 10-15 minutes. In the original, 4 hours! With that Australian system, it would be more profitable to leave all the tasks undone. Unfortunately, I was spoiled for the winning pair when I went online to check if one of the competitors was still alive.

 

Northern Lights

 

This acclaimed series was on my bookmarks for a long time until I finally watched it. Two broken souls meet in a Dublin night. I don't know how I would have reacted to this if I hadn't read the spoilers in the episode descriptions. I'm surprised that adults who work and date regularly still live with their parents.

 

 

Halloween 2025

I thought I wouldn't be able to get pumpkin this Halloween. Because fresh pumpkin is a lot of work and there's only a little bit of edible part left. And because the last time the pumpkin puree exploded all over the place. Well, I bought frozen pumpkin puree. Maybe it won't explode when opened? Except the instructions say to thaw it in the fridge for a day before using it. I'm scared of what will happen this time.
 

I always want to use this pumpkin picture in my Halloween posts. It's from a wall calendar from years ago.

 

 

Pluto TV has been showing Friday movies again, and this year Saws too.

But it was hard to decide which movie to watch for Halloween. I've been wanting to watch Skeleton Key again for years, but I don't dare. It's too haunting. I'd be interested in Langoliers too, but that's too horrible.

I finally decided to watch It, it's been a while since I last watched it. I already missed Pennywise, the original. Tim Curry ❤️

But then I realized that it's been even longer since I last watched Interview with the Vampire, so I watched it first. That vampire movie has been a scandal for many reasons. Tom Cruise chosen as Lestat. Homoeroticism. Kristen Dunst and Brad Pitt's kiss. I guess the moral of the story is that you shouldn't seek out other people, it only leads to suffering and death.

What's annoying about It's DVD release is that the scenes during the opening theme of the second episode have been cut out completely. And now there's was problem that there's something wrong with the disc, it freezes at the very end and complains that "the disc can't be played". Even though the cheapness of the TV miniseries is obvious, It still manages to entertain me.

 

 

Today's big plan is (of course?) to play Friday. Before, I had true horror of Halloween in Friday, playing as Lachappa. But then I realized that playing as Deb is even more terrifying for me, because I can't stand seeing the bunny die. Last Halloween, I did it so that if a small map was selected, I played as bunny, otherwise as Lachappa. And that's what I plan to do today too. My dream would be to survive as bunny at least once.

 

 

These days I play Friday on PC and my body can't stand sitting for long periods of time. So I take a lot of breaks and then watch the (original) Pet Sematary movie. It was the first Stephen King book I ever read, by the way.

 

 

I thought I wouldn't have much time to play Friday because I was supposed to go to Gloria today, Friday, which is the official Halloween, even though there are no parties. But I was very surprised when I found out that Gloria is having a Halloween party tomorrow, Saturday, which is All Saints' Day. Has there ever been one there before? At least not before this decade. The last time I went to a Halloween party was in 2019. We were at a certain bar's Halloween party, where we didn't stay for many minutes. Then we went to Gloria, where there wasn't a Halloween party, but it was still fun.

I did such a radical thing that I washed my "Halloween" dress even though the washing instructions say it shouldn't be washed with water. Why shouldn't a dress made of 100% polyester be washed with water? It seems to be still intact after washing. Still, I'm afraid that the dress won't fit me properly anymore because I've lost weight. Too many clothes hang on me like a garbage bag. Although judging by the clothing ads, that's the fashion these days...

 

 

But inspired by a certain streamer, I came up with an urge to dress up as cat Claire someday. That would be the perfect combination for me. So that's a life goal? I think I've already thrown away the shorts from my previous Claire "costume". The Made in Heaven shirt is still there, and unused... While searching for my cat ears, I also found black gloves, a purple grenade "bag" and... a water gun. The Claire wig is of course still there, but it gave me a headache. Unfortunately, the Claire costume I looked at years ago doesn't seem to be for sale anywhere anymore. I want to be original Claire and not remake.

I bought purple tortilla chips from Lidl's Halloween selection, so the party can begin!

 

 

Ps. Found the perfect Halloween shirt, but unfortunately at Target, which doesn't ship to here. Cat + Friday ❤️ Of course, there would be shirts for sale elsewhere with the same theme, but with different images which are not as good.

 

My favorite word in the English language: Arse

Well, that's how it happened, on Kali's memorial day, internet problems hit and I couldn't play or stream the game Cats and the Other Lives. I took it as a personal insult because the internet started working better the second I would have stopped playing. The internet only worked while I was cooking and eating. When I started playing, it stopped working again. Well, in the end, I managed to get it working for a while in the evening, but I had to stop playing when ER started on TV.

And finally, late in the evening, it turned out that the internet not working was not even due to DNA, but to us. Since I wanted to stream the game, I was afraid that the wifi wouldn't work well enough through the door, and so I wanted a LAN cable for the PS5 just in case. That's why the internet went haywire! So the wifi would have worked normally all day, but the wired internet wouldn't. Resetting the router helped. 

That's never happened before. However, I always had a habit of changing PS5's internet to wired when playing Friday, as wifi is not necessarily enough for online games.

And again I was disappointed because the episodes of ER are censored and cut. The last episode of the 12th season 21 Guns had been cut from everywhere. From the beginning, from the shooting and from the end. Because of the latter also the song, Snow Patrol's "Open your eyes", (beware of shameless promotion of my own video) ended in the middle... It's been a while since I've had any of my favorite episodes on my computer, they were lost when I replaced my computer because there was supposedly no space on the hard drive. I used to watch these episodes often, but now it's not possible.

 

 

It really scared me how much of the next day's episode, the first episode of the 13th season, Bloodline, had been cut. There's a lovely song, David Gray's "Slow Motion", during which some gory things happen. I found on Youtube German dub version of that scene. It was a big surprise then that Bloodline wasn't censored at all. I guess it would have been too difficult, just because of that song.

Another pair of leggings fell apart from the arse in the wash. Will this buying of clothes never end?

When I realized that my newest socks, Happy socks, were broken, I realized that they probably aren't a very durable brand. Luckily, Facebook was able to immediately advertise to me what I need, namely customizable cat socks. They are expensive though and of course plastic, so I won't buy them.

 

 

Now you can have it, fill your pots with porridge! I was so happy when Forsman's Christmas tea went on sale at Prisma. I calculated that I would need more than 24 packages to last me the whole year.

 

 

I guess I shouldn't buy a tea advent calendar, because those teas are always crap.

I went to Lidl mainly for the sugar-free chocolate. I was afraid it would be out of stock, and there seemed to be only dark chocolate on the shelf. Luckily, I realized that behind all that red there seemed to be a hint of blue. The sugar-free milk chocolates were hidden behind the sugar-free dark chocolates.

Chocolate is still amazingly cheap at Lidl, only 2.49. I think it's very similar to Lindt chocolate, which costs over 6 euros at Siilinjärvi's supermarket, for example. In that same store, Stephen King's The Long Walk costs 19.90, while everywhere else it costs no more than 13.90. I feel like saying that some people are fucking greedy bastards. 

 

Movie review: The Long Walk

Damn, this is bullshit.

That was my first reaction when the changed ending of The Long Walk (affiliate link) movie started to be revealed.

This article contains some plot spoilers.

50 young men participate in a walking race. Only one makes it to the finish line alive.

I had worked hard and painfully to protect myself from spoilers. I knew that the ending had been changed, and that people thought the new ending is crap. But I didn't know what the changed ending would be.

At some point, I first hoped and then feared that the ending would be a dream or hallucination of a character, but no. Fortunately, the very last seconds were faithful to the book, meaning the character's final fate was left open.

Making a character evil (and stupid!) who only thirsts for revenge and corrupts his friend into the same thing is not good. Making everything and everyone's deaths pointless in the end, even the father's. Of course, it was all pointless from the start. The point is that no one ever really wins the Long Walk.

And one character has been made into a saint, representing all that is good in the world. Well, he certainly wasn't like that in the book. On the contrary, he got his scar from trying to rape his girlfriend.

And I didn't think it was believable that the main character would suddenly just give up and betray his mother, especially after he had just realized that she was right. Mothers are always right about everything.

And then there's the fact that an alternate ending has been filmed, because an upcoming home release 4K will have it. 

 

 

Of course, I understand that the book's ending had to be changed. The ending of the book would have been too bland, more drama was needed, and that's certainly what's at the end of the movie.

Besides the ending there are of course a lot of other differences between the book and the movie.  

I'm not a fan of blood, gore, and guts, not to mention (diarrhea) crap. I knew in advance that the movie was going to be incredibly violent, and I kept my eyes closed at many points. There was also a lot of swearing, even the f-word was only used a few hundred times.

I liked it when the major said "Good luck, son" to one of the characters right at the beginning. 

But the true star of the movie was of course the eyeless cat, which I wondered already in the trailer.

 

  

 

The Long Walk is one of my favorite works by Stephen King, and I had been waiting for decades for it to be made into a film. Still, it was hard to find time in my busy schedule to go see it, and it was almost a month after the premiere. There were a total of 8 people in the audience at a Tuesday night screening. 

 

Ps. One of the trailers shown was for The Running Man, which will premiere in November. That's also one of my favorites from King's books, but I don't like the fact that this film has gone in a more comedic direction. And the ending has been changed from the book, apparently because of WTC...

 

Autumn dress mania

Autumn came with a bang. It was literally the last moment to go on a cruise if you wanted to go on a summer vacation. Even a day later, it wouldn't have worked.

And exactly the same thing with my own health. I wondered about the swelling in my stomach after the trip, and a day or two later severe endometriosis pain began.

My computer screen has started to scare me. Sometimes it goes dark unexpectedly, and only comes back on when I close it and open it again.

Dresses

I bought dresses from online second hand store. Two dresses from the same seller saved on postage, the dresses themselves only cost one and two euros. These were on sale for a long time but nobody bought them. A black party dress (size 38) and a violet-gray sheath dress (38).

 

But then when I tried to buy the third dress (a black sheath dress, size 36), the online store wouldn't let me do that. Every time I got the message "Your bid failed. Please check the information you entered and try again." The product in question was on sale with supposedly safer service. It's really safe to buy when you can't buy at all. I then corresponded with their customer service, and finally I was able to buy the dress.

 

 

Then I was sad to find out that all these dresses are too big for me. The usual story, lots of clothes but nothing to wear. Too small, too big, see-through, too short, ill-fitting. I still don't know what to wear to my grandma's funeral.

Movies

This fall I would like to do many things, but they all cost (too much).

The book The Long Walk is one of my favorite works of Stephen King. I've been waiting for decades for it to be made into a movie. And now it's premiering on the day of my grandma's funeral. It's been many years since I last went to the movies, can you still buy tickets the same way you used to? I mean buy online and pick them up at the box office? But I hear that movie tickets cost 20 euros these days...

The last Downton Abbey movie is also premiering on the same day. But I hate a certain DA character so much that I can't stand it. Killed Sybil, fu.

 

 

Friday 12.9.: my grandmother's funeral, the premieres of The Long Walk and Downton Abbey, the release date of the Borderlands 4 game, the start of the World Athletics Championships.

The play Murder on the Orient Express will be performed at the local theatre this autumn, which I am always interested in. But the tickets cost over 40 euros. It's a bit of a shame that I don't have a student card, I could get a discount on many things.

It would also be nice to go bowling. I've never been to the new bowling alley here.

 

Movie review: Salem's Lot (2024)

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The movie Salem's Lot, based on Stephen King's book of the same name, was finally released on Max. It was originally supposed to come already in 2022, and to cinemas. So a late release is never a good sign?

 

 

In Salem's Lot shit hits the fan in a small town. I don't know if this is a huge spoiler, but it's about vampires. Bad things happen to children in the story, so if you can't stand it, don't watch this movie. Personally, I don't appreciate the fact that in King's books the main character is always a writer, and this is the case in Salem's Lot as well.

I was surprised that this new Salem's Lot is set in the 1970s (like the original book) and not moved to modern times, as seems to be the trend.

I hear this movie got bad reviews, but I happened to like it. The 70's were executed nicely. Things are moving fast, some say too fast. There really is no idling. In the past, only mini-series have been made about this book, which may be better suited to this story in terms of length.

 

It hasn't even been that many years since I re-read Salem's Lot, so I guess I should be able to tell you how faithful this movie is to the original work. But I can't say that I remember the details of the book very well.

After watching this movie, I would like to change my necklace pendant to a cross...