Fitness Boxing Results 10/7/20

 Today's set was strength and cardio focused.... and amazingly, weaving ended up being involved yet again! The left joy-con continues to de-snyc for whatever reason but oh well

 

Fitness Boxing Results 10/6/20

I am slightly annoyed because the left joy con apparently was re-syncing with the Switch on the Beginner Combos at the end causing me to miss punches! Still had a solid workout today!

Quick Thoughts: Young Frakenstein

When people talk about the greatest movies of a certain genre, there is often a lot of debate, and as time marches onward, the status and reputation of films from an older generation changes. Hell take this year for example as a sudden shift in culture basically saw Gone With The Wind, one of the greatest films of all time, basically being banned from being broadcasted on television and via a streaming service! For me this raises some questions, as it relates to some comedies, and I kind of wish I had this in mind when talking about Blazing Saddles a few weeks ago, but it popped back into my head after another Mel Brooks comedy, Young Frankenstein, was apart of my weekly discord watch alongs.

In particular there is one scene where The Creature kidnaps and has its way with Elizabeth towards the end of the film, and while its done for a comedic element and a call back to a joke earlier in the film about how the Creature would have to be larger than a normal person to be brought to life, meaning it would have an "enormous schwanzstucker", it makes me wonder of if that scene at a some point is going to end up being edited out of future releases of the film. I know it's silly to think that, but it has crossed my mind. Of course as with any comedy there are probably numerous things in Young Frankenstein most folks would find questionable in terms of content, but obviously that one scene is the biggest one that comes to mind. 

That said, when one compares Young Frankenstein to the five Frankenstein films that came before it (which is referenced within the movie), it certainly comes across as a movie that fits within the same universe. The props, music and general tone easily match that of the earlier films, which was intentional from the outset as it was made it the same style, using as much of the original props and set reconstructions that could be made. Gene Wilder gives a incredible performance and carries the film from star to finish, with Marty Feldman getting quite a number of great one liners. What is funny to me is some of the reviews that exist about the film, one of which criticizing that the plot wasn't original.... I'm guessing some people don't know what the word parody means, as it's supposed to make light of something already existing and lifting heavily from the source material is expected, it's why most of Mel Brooks' films and things like Airplane and the Naked Gun are fondly because of they capture the spirit of what they are needling. 

Fitness Boxing Resultys 10/5/20

 Nice simple workout today, with the exception being on weaving (which is apart of Intermediate combos 1 & 2) as figuring out what is counting as a weaving motion seems to change every other day

 

Lineup for the week of October 4, 2020

Figuring out what to do for Friday's stream proved to be a little complicated as what I wanted to do was not possible (turns out Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe was a not a backwards comparable title on Xbox One). So on Friday this week we're going to mess around with Nickelodeon Kart Racers, a cheesy little racing game featuring characters from a handful of shows (TMNT, Spongebob Squarepants, Hey Arnold and Rugrats) It is fairly topical since it does have a sequel coming out on December, and I can use it to boost my Xbox Gamer Score!

All other days will be the same as last week with obviously Sunday already passing with Overwatch. Kingdom Hearts takes up Monday and Tuesday, Stranger Things on Wednesday, Star Trek Online on Thursday and Twitch Sings to start off Saturday!

Hope to see you all over at twitch.tv/fredcasden! 

 

 

Fitness Boxing Results 10/4/20

Between the frustration of Twitch actually trying to bury small streamers and the growing realization that the Twitch Sings community is basically dying off, I was pretty keyed up today.

Best of the Week 9/27-10/3/2020

Here are highlights from my Twitch channel (http://twitch.tv/fredcasden) from the week of September 27 to October 3, 2020, featured contend includeds Overwatch, Kingdom Hearts, Stranger Things 3: The Game, Star Trek Online, Injustice Gods Among Us, Fitness Boxing, Twitch Sings, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo & Paladins!