*This blog post was started on July 15, 2022.
I think that I am nearly recovered from Fan Expo Chicago 2022. The cats were kind enough to let me literally sleep through half of my day off. There was also a degree of relief to realize that my current work week is only five consecutive days. That makes the lack of a two-day weekend for the foreseeable future an easier thing to swallow. The finances are great despite a trip to an entertainment convention.
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Can you believe that I made it out of Rosemont with only purchasing two Funko Pop! bobbleheads? Only one was purchased at the con on top of that.
Still, the exhaustion has lead to bit of a lack of content creation motivation. With two podcasts already recorded and an easy to binge third podcast to compose, I have not watched a movie since "The Producers" on Sunday the third. Because there is a lack of stress to binge sub 100-minute films, my intention for the next couple of weeks is to catch up on features with runtimes that are greater than 100 minutes (Thanks Starz [And ThePoeticCritic for requiring me to subscribe to watch "The Cable Guy" for NinetyForChill: The #Podcast's Jim Carrey Episode.] for throwing up "Spider-Man: No Way Home" on your platform.) and binge the series(s) that I meant to for Fan Expo. There is also a lot of video game stuff for me to clear up to get to "Pokémon Legends: Arceus". Where is the time to come up with blogs?
Time is still something that I have difficulty managing. Thus, wanting to get to bed at a reasonable hour means more than a hundred minutes is difficult to obtain. It is tough to find 90 minutes. Thankfully, television determines 22 minutes equals 30 minutes. This lead to a dive into my unwatched anime vault.
66 minutes is easy enough to manage. When one of these anime's is inspired by a worse ("Equilibrium" is bad.) Kurt Wimmer movie, the thought of 28 minutes less of "Ultraviolet" is one that can be stomached easily.
Ultraviolet: Code 044 (Eps 1-3).
It has been 60 years since the hemophage virus had divided the human race. The Central Government has declared that those infected are no longer human and must be annihilated, not just from the Earth, but all corners of the galaxy. Their efforts on their home world have been very successful. Off world, the wise phage named King has been able the rally the outcasts to a position of strength with aspirations of creating their own government in the asteroid belt.
The Central Government's primary weapons are clones who have been infected with the hemophage virus, so they can utilize the superhuman, vampiric abilities of their target while being docile to their masters. These clones maybe stronger than humans, but the virus will kill them eventually. Five years of service is all that is expected. This applies to even the government's best agent, 44.
44 is the most efficient disposal agent. Her youth leads many of her targets lowering their guard. Her determination to make the most of her short life makes her seemingly invincible. But, she was infected at 14. She has just turned 19. With little time to fulfill her purpose, she is off to the colony of Neo-Tokio to stop King.
This is the furthest away from government supervision that she has been. With this freedom and yearning to truly understand her existence, will she have the focus to succeed in her task? Or, will the new conditions allow her to reconsider her purpose? One government will fall, but it may not be the one she intended to take down.
