Saturday Morning Cartoons #113
USA! USA! USA!
Good morning, fam!
Hope you all had a good week.
Anyone else doing a crappy job of keeping up with the Olympics?
So far, I’ve only caught women’s swimming, men’s gymnastics, and some synchronized diving live.
I know, I know. I should be arrested for missing Simone Biles, but that’s what YouTube’s for, right?
While I count down the days to breakdancing,1 check out this week’s recs.
Drop whatever you’re doing, start the “USA!” chant wherever you are, and let’s get into it.
Here’s what I have for you this morning:
I read Yellowface by R.F. Kuang and she covers it all: racism, cancel culture, social media, the publishing industry, you name it. I really enjoyed how she was able to balance humor and commentary while packaging it all in a compelling story. Definitely worth a read! (★★★••)
Welp, I didn’t think I had it in me, but I saw Deadpool & Wolverine not once, not twice, but three times. Now that the honeymoon phase has worn off, I have to knock it down from five to four stars. It’s definitely the most comic-accurate MCU movie yet, but the plot isn’t as consequential as you think. Still 1000% worthing seeing. (★★★★•)
I started playing Alan Wake Remastered for PS5 a few weeks back and the only reason I finished it was so that I could start the sequel (which I have yet to do). Interesting story but the gameplay became mind-numbingly repetitive. Skip it. (★★•••)
I’ve heard of raw dogging long haul flights, but Turkish sharpshooter Yusuf Dikec straight up raw dogged the air pistol event for silver! Zero equipment. Zero fucks given. (★★★★•)
As a generalist, I’m always impressed by people who specialize in one area, especially when it’s the freaking pommel horse?! After Stephen Nedoroscik won Team USA the bronze, I have a feeling we’re going to see a huge uptick in pommel horse noobs. (★★★••)
Speaking of men’s gymnastics, Frederick Richard beasted his events and helped us bring home the bronze. Spider-Man himself couldn’t have stuck his landings any better. (★★★★•)
OK, I finally watched Simone Biles murder all four of her gymnastic events and my god, I have no idea how any human is capable of flipping that high into the air. It’s no surprise she helped us bring home the gold. (★★★★★)
Why read through my Olympic highlights when you can laugh your ass off while Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson break things down? (★★★★•)
I think we can all agree the real winner of this year’s Olympics is Snoop Dogg. At this point, he’s won life and is now just doing side quests. (★★★★•)
As someone who love coffee, I got a kick out of this breakdown of celebrity coffee companies (and reviews of their coffee). Gotta love the brutal honesty. (★★★★•)
You made it to the end! As a bonus, I’ll leave you with this.
Cheers,
Billy
Friday, August 9th. Duh.