Media Log: January 2026

[cyberneticdryad]

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Books

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Movies

Batman Begins (2005) [Rewatch]
Every time I watch this movie, I look on at the monorail system lovingly and then remember that they completely did away with it in subsequent movies. But I do still love the music and the miniatures used.

Wrath of the Titans (2012)
My partner put this on thinking it would be a good movie for us to heckle together as I love to heckle mythology movies, but this movie was mostly just bland and unengaging. The most interesting thing about it was the pegasus animation. I haven't seen the movie's predecessor, but I'm not even sure it would be worth a heckle watch.

Tron: Ares (2025)
I'm not going to pretend that Tron as a franchise is like, world shatteringly good, but as someone who actually likes Tron, I enjoyed this movie a lot more than the mixed reviews had me thinking I would! I thought the story was at least more interesting than the last movie, and I appreciated that there were more ties to the original. Either someone at Disney really likes Tron and we'll get the sequel they were trying to set up, or the box office failure is going to be the nail in the coffin.

Music

Fleet Foxes, Crack Up (2017) [Relisten]
Put on record while doing chores at home. =) I need to find more of their albums on vinyl.

Utada, This is the One (2009)
I'm not even going to pretend: I put this on for my commute because Simple and Clean as well as Sanctuary were bonus tracks, and my brain is thinking about Kingdom Hearts constantly right now. I'd love to check out more of their music, but the style and lyrics of the album didn't really grab me (even if it was fun to float around such a time specific soundscape for a bit).

Sleep Token, Take Me Back to Eden (2023) [Relisten]

Origami Angel, Somewhere City (2019) [Relisten]
I don't think I'll ever get enough of this album. Always a fun, dancy listen♡

Nothing But Thieves, Dead Club City (2023) [Relisten]
I looooove the title track on this album, but I remember not really loving the vibe of the rest of the album and wanted to give it another try. It's definitely not bad, but it doesn't have the same pull as that opening song. *shrug*

Save Rock and Roll, Fall Out Boy (2013) [Relisten]

Alive!!, Becca (2008)
I wish I had been more interested in non-soundtrack music in middle/high school because as much as I enjoyed listening to this now, I would have been about this in that era of my life. I'd only ever listened to I'm Alive! from this album because of Kuroshitsuji, but it was fun to hear more of her work!

Shows

Fallout (2024-) [S1, Ep 1-2]
Intrigued! Thoughts pending additional viewing with my partner.

Leverage (2008-2012) [S2, Ep 12-15; S3, Ep 1-15]
I cannot believe it has taken me this long to watch this show. I binged most of season one and two last month. I love these hooligans, and I want to go dig through fandom things, but I am waiting so I am not spoiled.

Tron: Uprising (2012-2013) [Ep 1-3]
I forgot! That I had never gotten to watch this! But I figured if I paid for a month of streaming, I may as well get my money's worth. I am intrigued about their use of slightly modified Legacy music at parts. Also, how did I never hear that Elijah Wood was the lead in this???

Video Games

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Comments

[hafnia]

ahhhh I love Fleet Foxes! "Helplessness Blues" is one of my favorite albums of all time.

[cyberneticdryad]

That album was my first love of their work (courtesy of a friend who burned me a copy of the CD). Would love to find a fun pressing of it for my collection<3

[derry]

I second the previous commenter, "Helplessness Blues" by Fleet Foxes is so great! :D

... also, I may need to steal this post format too, it's such a neat idea to keep track of what you're up to during the month! <3

[cyberneticdryad]

I'm glad you like it! I have been meaning to add something like this to my website for ages, but I thought maybe tracking month by month here might be a little easier for me on the go. =)