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A long-haired Finnish culture geek with bad attitude. They say I'm at times completely out of my mind and crazy, so you can expect anything coming out of my keyboard when the planets are aligned and my inner creative lunacy kicks in.

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Revenge of the Book Diary (2025) (63 items)
Book list by Darth Brutus
Published 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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My Favourite Albums (562 items)
Music list by Darth Brutus
Published 5 years, 2 months ago
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Trail of the Film Diary (2025) (12 items)
Movie list by Darth Brutus
Published 2 months, 1 week ago
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Curse of the Music Diary (2025) (929 items)
Music list by Darth Brutus
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People I find Inspiring (93 items)
Person list by Darth Brutus
Published 2 years, 6 months ago



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A Great Game Ruined by a Disappointing Ending

Posted : 2 years, 11 months ago on 29 May 2022 07:35 (A review of Breath of Fire IV)

I was lucky enough to find this game back when it was still new and hot. Back then I was keen on classics JRPG's and the cover art alone told me this was something really special.

To keep this short, Breath of Fire IV is more or less a very typical late 90's JRPG with leveling up system, random fights and such, if you happen to know games like Lunar then you pretty much have the same good stuff here.

What really got me and still do are the design choices which couldn't be any more interesting and creative. Instead of taking the easy anime and fairy tale route all the others were doing, these guys were inspired by Chinese and Shinto mythologies and the presentation is truly memorable and unique, there's nothing quite like it even in our time.

I especially love the hardest motherf'king boss of the game that is Won-Qu, a shishi and guardian spirit of the god emperor. That beast always handed me my arse, but the character itself is so damn cool.

The ending is the reason why this isn't one of my favourites, though, I just hate it. There's two different endings, both of which are more or less the apocalypse of this fancy and unique fairy tale world. I just hate it so much, why not just let it be as it is and leave the rest to the player's imagination. Not only that, but if you happen to choose the good ending, it just stops all of a sudden out of the blue. Everything leading up to that point is so epic and fun it ruined the latter part of the game for me.


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THE definite proof that God does exist!

Posted : 3 years, 3 months ago on 12 January 2022 07:58 (A review of Rambo: The Force of Freedom)

I know it's for kids, but good lord is it so much fun! Like, imagine the dumbest films Steven Seagal has ever made and put in John Rambo to do his usual stuff. Because it's for kids there's shitton of stupid humor and moral lessons and some of the most awful one-liners I have ever heard in my life. The action is so over the top it's awesome, like Rambo sinks every damn battleship and shoots down planes and even nuclear missiles, but because of censorship nobody ever hits anything with their guns or gets hurt. That's because the people who made the show realized that there's a fine line between violence and action and that's how they could go extreme with the latter without breaking any rules.

The best (and most bonkers) episode in the whole series is the one where a group of international terrorists kidnap Santa Claus and Rambo has to go teach those evil men what Christmas is really all about... in his own merry and loving way. In this episode alone Rambo rides Santa's sleigh while being chased by a battle helicopter. It's insane and over the top, but that's just how it should be. I can't believe I just found out recently about this gem, it's so entertaining and full of unintentionally hilarious stuff it should be taught in schools.


This cartoon is THE definite proof that God does exist.



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One of the best black metal albums ever.

Posted : 3 years, 3 months ago on 6 January 2022 06:42 (A review of Exercises in Futility)

I can't believe how back in the day when people told me to get this thing I just thought it would by another cookie cutter Norwegian style black metal album with lo-fi production and lots of blastbeats. It wasn't until recently that I got really curious since its popularity and acclaim have only gotten bigger over the years, to the point even mainstream metal groups in social media are constantly telling me to listen to it. Then I finally did, and...

Jesus frigging Christ this is good. Mgla are anything but average, they may be very straightforward, but the skill and talent present here are insane. The production quality is more or less lo-fi and there's even some blastbeats, but that's just how it's supposed to be. The songs themselves are masterfully constructed and despite being very long, they never get boring. There's amazing atmosphere and tensionbuilding, great use of repetition... it's amazing stuff.

The best songs here are the first and the fifth, but it's still all killer and no filler. The latter is especially famous for the drummer making it sound like he has multiple extra limbs, that's some crazy skill right there. So frigging cool.


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Frank Miller
27.4. The original Frank Miller screenplays for Robocop 2 and 3 realized as a comic book. And it's at least as interesting as the films mentioned.
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RoboCop

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The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
27.4. A very simple and short kaiju-tribute. I remember watching this cartoon as a kid, it was great.
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Blackout
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Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto

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RoboCop 3
26.4. Lame. You thought the production of Robocop 2 was a mess, right? This one uses whatever leftover scraps they had from that film, cut the budget and left everything for Fred Dekker to figure out. For some reason they decided to take off the adult stuff and make this one for families. Robocop for kids? What a silly idea - and very boring. But that's only the beginning. They produced massive amounts of licensed games of Robocop 3, which were bigger hit than the film itself and ended up completely spoiling it. When the film was released overseas, people in America pirated it like crazy. What the heck were they even thinking? This is hilariously incompetent and stupid.
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Tadaima.
 Tadaima. 4/10
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Solid State Survivor

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Sitting Targets

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RoboCop 2
21.4. There is some huge irony in a fact that these films were almost routinely sabotaged by corporate meddling. Originally Robocop 2 was written by Frank Miller, but the story was butchered and later released as a comic book, it's great. What's left isn't half bad, but could be better. I believe Irving Kershner was a perfect choice to direct the film, he saved whatever he could within the time and budget constraints.
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Dalam-iwa Goseumdochi

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Fundamentals of Cognition
20.4. When it comes to cognitive psychology, this is the book you need. It took me weeks to read through this, but it's worth it. This is packed with information, zero bullshit. I think the latest version is over 600+ pages, so the thing has only gotten more dense and lengthy with time.
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Niafunke

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Your Queen Is A Reptile

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Alegría

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RoboCop
19.4. The story behind the troubled production is way more interesting than the actual film. Robocop remake was originally planned as a Darren Aronofsky film, but the plans were scrapped. Later another great director showed interest in producing the film but as the budget soared, the studio started meddling with the film. At the end of the day Robocop was made into a family friendly action film with little to no heart or soul. There was even a scandal when it was revealed that the director hated the film and had stated to a friend that 9/10 out of all of his ideas were scrapped by the corporate overlords and his good name was basically stamped into this travesty just for marketing purposes.
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Surf Ninjas

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Wrongfully Accused

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Mr. Magoo

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Creepshow

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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
18.4. I don't get the popularity of this film. There's maybe couple of good jokes and lots of forgettable and mediocre slop. I don't get Mike Myers either, nearly all of his characters look and sound the same.
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Beastars
16.4. Well, fuck me for liking this. Nothing gets me more irritated than something average and boring that doesn't stir up any emotions out of me, like for example lame modern comic books that lack any real personality and style. In that sense Beastars didn't disappoint me the least, it's anything but boring manga. It's more like Zootopia fan fiction with some strange creative choices, but I like it. Legoshi is very sympathetic character and his struggle to overcome his forbidden attraction at a bunny and the negative societal stigmas make a great story. There are some loose ends, funny ideas and things that don't make much sense, but as long as it meets my most important criteria, it's good. I actually wanted to read this to see where it all goes at the end. People told me it's terrible, but I thought it was great.
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Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

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Posted: 2 years, 3 months ago at Jan 6 20:43
thanks for the vote, 600 books? wow, you must have insane knowledge
Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at May 10 13:19
At last, I'm finally done with this list!
If you are interested and you want to check the end-result, you can use the following link :
Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2022)
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Posted: 3 years, 2 months ago at Jan 31 11:35
Hey, good news! I have added your book reading and viewing lists to an aggregate list for the year 2022!
A little project of mine to have one place where we can see what everyone is into this year:
www.listal.com/list/listal-2022-viewingreadinglistening-logs-lalaman
Posted: 3 years, 3 months ago at Jan 21 10:38
Thanks for you help!

The list has been updated with your vote.

If you want, you can double-check the end-result : www.listal.com/list/listals-100-films-see-before-8601
Posted: 3 years, 3 months ago at Jan 18 15:22
Hello!

I'm currently working on a new project and maybe you could help me out.

It's pretty simple.

You just need to click on the link underneath and provide your 10 favorite movies.

www.listal.com/list/listals-100-films-see-before-8601

Thanks in advance! :)
Posted: 3 years, 4 months ago at Dec 20 17:33
Sankyu.
Posted: 3 years, 11 months ago at May 26 16:15
Thank you for your vote!
Posted: 4 years ago at Apr 13 15:08
Thanks for your vote!

Would you mind going back to one of my lists and provide your 10 favorite movies?

To do so, you just need to use the link here underneath:

www.listal.com/list/listals-100-films-see-before-614

Thanks in advance!
Posted: 4 years ago at Apr 13 13:48
Hello!

I'm currently working on a new project and maybe you could help me out.

It's pretty simple.

You just need to click on the link underneath and provide your 10 favorite movies.

www.listal.com/list/listals-100-films-see-before-614

Thanks in advance! :)
Posted: 4 years, 1 month ago at Mar 21 18:33
Thanks for the vote ;)
Posted: 4 years, 1 month ago at Mar 9 18:40
Thanks again! :-)
Posted: 4 years, 2 months ago at Feb 12 16:39
Thanks again my friend.
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Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 8 5:26
a little tardy, yet sincere... thank you for your list vote darth brutus! :))