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SHR’s Beach House 2.0

Because pop culture ain’t gonna watch itself.

StrawHatRican@gmail.com

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Welcome to The Beach House 2.0

Deep-diving on all things pop culture related, again…

Joining the ranks of legendary Hollywood sequels like Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and The Godfather II, StrawHatRican’s Beach House 2.0 is the sequel to a very old Blogger site that may or may not have been abandoned by its creators.
But from the ashes of lethargy comes a new hope to consume as much pop culture as possible, and complain (or praise when earned) about it!
Gaming, reviews, political commentary, and more - leaving no stone unturned, and no take, however wild it may be, unappreciated.

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Romance Dawn: How the One Piece Became Real

Sep 4, 20236 min read

Romance Dawn: How the One Piece Became Real

Romance Dawn is worth the hour investment if you don't want to follow an epic worthy of Don Quixote De La Mancha tomes.

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Man In a Rubber Suit - Gojira (1954)

Mar 13, 20234 min read

Man In a Rubber Suit - Gojira (1954)

There is an almost cosmic cruelty to the fact that Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai won Best Film at the Japanese Movie Association awards...

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Imperius Rex: Wakanda is Forever

Feb 13, 20233 min read

Imperius Rex: Wakanda is Forever

“Ryan's cinematic eulogy is an entirely heartfelt spectacle devoted to the remembrance of a king that was taken too soon…”

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A Product of its Time

Dec 2, 20216 min read

A Product of its Time

Ever sat down and gave any real thought to the cyclical nature of fads, styles, and stories? If I had to choose an anime opener as...

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Muad’Dib’s Blurry Vision

Oct 10, 20215 min read

Muad’Dib’s Blurry Vision

This film is awkwardly acted, underwhelmingly scored, and edited in such a way that the gargantuan task of telling the story of Paul Atreide

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"Aware" of Star Wars

Sep 23, 20210 min read

"Aware" of Star Wars

Dear Star Wars fandom... We need to talk. I don't even know where to start, so I guess we're just going to go ahead and begin in the only...

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A Slave to the Art

Sep 20, 20216 min read

A Slave to the Art

I love wrestling. I don't even pretend anymore at this point. I've heard everything, I've seen all the faces. "You like wrestling? The...

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10 Rings to Rule them All...

Sep 12, 20215 min read

10 Rings to Rule them All...

Sometime in 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 Pandemic, I started noticing a frightening trend. Asian Americans were being attacked in...

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Pro-Wrestling's Cold War

Sep 7, 20216 min read

Pro-Wrestling's Cold War

My thoughts after watching AEW's All Out 2021 PPV.

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In The Heights... a revelation.

Sep 4, 20214 min read

In The Heights... a revelation.

I'm often asked, mostly by friends and family, what my favorite movie is. Singular. How? I've been watching television and films for four...

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Furiosa Road (A Mad Max Critique)

Aug 26, 20217 min read

Furiosa Road (A Mad Max Critique)

“Nobody barks orders to Mad Max!” If you’re familiar with this quote, I am sorry for your loss. If you’re a normal decent human being,...

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Zach Galifianakis... why?

Aug 26, 20214 min read

Zach Galifianakis... why?

(Originally published on Blogger, JANUARY 19, 2011) Zach Galifianakis, a name that makes me glad computers have a copy/paste option. I...

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"Why Are You Wet, Baby?"

Aug 26, 20213 min read

"Why Are You Wet, Baby?"

Leonardo DiCaprio... boy, I used to hate that man. Probably the byproduct of jealousy (if I wanted to be a blonde white boy. I...

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The House by the Beach, redux

Aug 23, 20214 min read

The House by the Beach, redux

(initially published on Blogger, Dec 24, 2010) I tried not to get involved in the whole bloggin' business. Honest, I tried my damnedest...

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Beach House 2.0

Aug 23, 20211 min read

Beach House 2.0

A few years ago I started a Blog on Blogger, Google's free blogging platform that helped me organize my thoughts on things like movies,...

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A New Captain

Aug 23, 20215 min read

A New Captain

“They will never let a Black man be Captain America. And even if they did, no self-respecting Black man would ever want to be.” – Isaiah...

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Preciosa Americana

Aug 16, 20214 min read

Preciosa Americana

I haven’t prayed to a God in over a decade. That’s not a humble-brag, that’s just we’re I’ve been, spiritually, for most of my life. I...

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Happy Memorial Day

Aug 16, 20212 min read

Happy Memorial Day

In recent years, a number of veterans of the armed forces in the United States have been confronted with a small, albeit important,...

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