Not a front for a secret organization.
Written by Rob Schultz (human).
For some reason, our title card was oddly low-res, so I rebuilt it. Also, now I've got it in a video loop with a light snowfall that I can enjoy for a couple of months.
Set List at the Pack is a completely improvised stand-up show that happens every Thursday night at 10:30, at the Pack Theater in Los Angeles, CA.
My pal Becky thought up a Christmas song, then recorded it with the help of her friend Jason's friend Sam. Next, she shot a music video with a bunch of people I don't know by name. And finally, I asked if I could help too. The whole process only took a week!
If you were working on a neat creative project, I could probably help you out too!
Bad Genius - ★★★★☆
Mostly great high school heist. The last act drags a little.
The test taking scenes are so much more engaging and suspenseful than anything I’ve seen lately. This would be a great double feature with Justice League for people who are always shouting about the importance of Stakes.
Coco - ★★★½☆
Certainly it fits into my top 50% of Pixar movies. Very glad it wasn’t another sequel. Outstanding third act. Interesting choice to just kill the dog.
FWIW, I saw the version that didn’t have Frozen on Ice at the beginning. Shame that a Pixar short didn’t get made instead.
Lady Bird - ★★★☆☆
In much the same way that a lot of things in the current cultural moment are not about me, I am happy that this exists but I didn't connect with it as well as I did with some other recent high school movies. This isn't how I happened to grow up. Still, I sure liked some of Lady Bird's decisions and definitely disliked others, and I could probably say the same about my high school aged self.
I do feel like I probably need a rewatch to pick up everything Lady Bird was putting down, but also that I'm probably not going to give it one very soon. Alas.
However, this was the best movie I saw this year that was directed by a woman. Of the 90-ish films I’ve logged so far this year, not limited to 2017 releases, I’ve seen 7 directed by women. and 4 of those were documentaries.
This week, join Gangbusters! for our third and final 3rd anniversary show, so named for its position as our 156th installment.
Gangbusters! happens every Friday night at 11pm in the upstairs theater of The Clubhouse.
I think the visual reference of this image might depend on how old you are.
Company: 60Out
Room: Dracula
Date Played: 11/26/17
Player Count: 5. 3-4 would probably be best.
Success: Success!
Premise: You know how sometimes your village gets a dracula, and you hope it’s just going to go away, but you start running out of eligible young people after a while, and then you’ve got to send a posse to vanquish the demon? That.
Immersion: As expected with 60Out, this is a room with lovely production design. It’s the high end of game show-esque design.
Highlights: This was a cool room to showcase what room escapes can be like for the new players joining us for their first game. There’s an action sequence unlike anything I’ve seen in a room before.
Lowlights: As usual, wear and tear on magical objects can make them finicky. Also, our GM chimed in a lot - some GMs get trigger happy with the PA system, especially since a few times he was actually trying to talk to players in a different game.
And Finally: I think you could probably sequence break this game. We didn’t, because the technically optional parts were easily accessible and listed in order in our dracula journal / walkthrough manual, but since we ignored the clues they produced, we might as well not have bothered with them. This was a fun game, but probably mid-tier as far as 60Out goes. Out of 39 games played, I’m ranking this one at #17.
How to book this room yourself: Visit https://www.60out.com/los-angeles/rooms/dracula
