Greetings and salutations, weary traveler! A new decade is upon us, for it is now 2020. If I were a Dark Souls NPC, this is the part where I’d start laughing maniacally.
I know what you’re thinking, “shouldn’t I have posted this on January 1st?” Ideally, yes. But honestly, after my Frozen II review had been delayed for way too long, I knew that had to be my first writing of the decade. It just had to be. As I’ve mentioned numerous times in the past, Frozen is both one of my favorite films, and one of particular importance to me. Thus, because it took me so long to finish my review of its sequel, it made sense as the one and only option as my first writing of the 2020s.
Why not read my Frozen II review again, while we’re on the subject?
If you’re curious what else I have planned for the near future, I… what’s that? You’re not curious…
Well, I’ll tell you anyway.
I hope to finish my reviews of the Star Wars films, continuing in episodic order. I most recently reviewed the original Star Wars feature, Episode IV – A New Hope, which means next up is the best Star Wars feature, The Empire Strikes Back. Then of course I’ll cap off the original trilogy with Return of the Jedi, followed by 2015’s delightful return to form, The Force Awakens. It’s just a shame they stopped making Star Wars films after that. But at least they went out on a high note, I suppose…
… Okay, okay. I’ll review The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker as well. *Sigh*
Along with those, I also plan on reviewing Knives Out, another Rian Johnson film that, like The Last Jedi, seems to believe that swerves and twists for the sake of swerves and twists equate to originality and creativity. Apparently Mr. Johnson isn’t aware that M. Night Shyamalan has already proven on numerous occasions that isn’t the case. Oh please, don’t make me re-watch Glass!
Yeah, apparently I got a lot of Friends gifs…
Anyway, I also have a list of games to review, so hopefully I’ll start knocking those off said list soon enough. Mostly leftover 2019 games, but some older ones as well.
In fact, I have a schedule that I hope to stick to for 2020 in regards to the number of movie reviews, game reviews and top 10 lists per month. Fingers crossed I follow through!
As you may have guessed, with the new year comes award season. Everyone and their dog seems to do it, and I am no exception. I plan on doing my best of 2019 lists in not too long (I hope). But also seeing as we’re in a bright, shiny new decade, I also hope to do some ‘Best of the Decade’ awards reflecting on the movies and video games of the 2010s. And maybe that will lead me to make retroactive decade lists for the 2000s and 1990s. Maybe even the 1980s as well, seeing as I was born during that decade. Yeah, I was born in September of ’89, so we’re grasping at straws here, but any excuse to revisit 80s movies is a good one, I say. Funny thing is the 80s really stick out to me with movies, while the 90s really stick out in regards to video games. I don’t know why I pointed that out, but I thought it was interesting.
Oh yeah, and one of my New Year’s resolutions is to finally make reviewing TV shows a thing. So again, fingers crossed.
I’m hoping to review the three currently-existing seasons of Stranger Things, as well as The Mandalorian, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and maybe some others. Also, now that I have Disney+, maybe I’ll start reviewing The Simpsons. But just the classic seasons. I don’t know if I could stand to watch the more contemporary seasons. I would rather watch Glass again than watch new Simpsons.
Well… actually I’m not sure about that. That’s a lose-lose scenario if ever there were one. But yeah, classic Simpsons is still on the cards.
At any rate, this “New Decade Post” is coming dangerously close to becoming one of my filler posts that haunted 2019, so let’s wrap this up before that happens.
Anywho, I hope you lovely people are all having a great, productive new year so far. May the new decade be one of great new beginnings and some cool returning stuff, I guess. Hopefully the next time I’m writing a blog like this, it’s updating my progress on learning about makin’ the vidya James.
Wizard Dojo 
Here’s to an awesome 2020!
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I’d definitely be interested in a Simpsons review series. That was my favorite show as a kid, even if I was too young to get some of the jokes during the classic period. Stopped watching around when I was at college, though by then the show had been going downhill for at least a few years.
I heard Knives Out is supposed to be good, but your warning makes me cautious. I like a good twist, but a twist merely for the sake of trying to shock the viewer with no other purpose just pisses me off. No surprise coming from the guy who made Last Jedi.
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Thanks! I hope to start reviewing Simpsons (and other shows) pretty soon. I think I’ll definitely aim for the first 10 seasons of Simpsons, since that seems reasonable and before the point of no return. Most people seem to think season 9 was when it started decaying, others season 10. But it seems pretty unanimous that after that, it was apparent that the show wasn’t the same. And now, with its utter reliance on guest stars, over-emphasis on overly-long couch gags, and butchering of certain characters’ personalities (what have they done to Ned Flanders?!), it’s unrecognizable sans for the people being yellow.
Knives Out is supposed to be good according to most critics. But I see that as another red example of 2019 being a showcase of professional critics’ complete disconnect with audiences. Critics also loved Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which utterly baffles and dumbfounds me (I say this as a Tarantino fan). 2019 really was one display after another of critics proving that, if a movie panders to them and is made by the right people, they’ll eat it up despite its quality. I was excited to see Knives Out because, well, I can’t recall the last time I saw a whodunnit in theaters. Suffice to say I was disappointed, which I’ll elaborate on when I review it.
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