I like projects with start and end goal, but after the last project, I've chosen one without a timeline. The goal? watch everything currently sitting in my netflix queue. Here are the rules:
1. Anytime I watch Netflix alone, I can ONLY choose a title from my list. I can watch other things, but I have to get it somewhere else.
2. My wife can watch whatever she wants, and I can join her, we just have to use her profile
3. For TV series, I only have to finish 6 episodes. I'm not going to watch all 260+ episodes of magnum PI
4. I cannot add any new titles until my list is empty.
The idea behind this stems from the 100 book project. I ended with a longer reading list than I started with. Since books or video games are a more substantial time investment, I thought I would pick something manageable, but not too restrictive. I want it to be fun after all.
With that out of the way, here is the first entry:
Nightmare on Elm St 2: Freddy's Revenge & Never Sleep Again:
These two fit hand in hand since Never Sleep Again turned out to be a 4 hour documentary chronicling the whole Nightmare on Elm st. series through Freddy vs. Jason. Nightmare 2 was terrible, but kind of charming in the way terrible movies are when you can tell that everyone involved was trying to make something good. It's also a not very subtle allegory for a young gay teen coming to terms with his sexuality. The documentary referred to it as the TOP GUN of 80s horror and pointed out that it was voted at the most unintentionally gay horror movie of all time. I didn't think it was that obvious until they showed all of the offending scenes in a montage. The documentary turned out to be very well done and is a good companion piece to anyone who was a fan of some of the movies. There are lots of great interviews with the actors and they spend plenty of time on each movie. It is put together with a lot of love, but it also acknowledges the series' shortcomings.
Never Sleep Again: A+
Nightmare 2: C-
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