Category: Documentaries

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5

Right after watching all five seasons of Stranger Things, I watched the making of documentary One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5. For how much the Internet praised and complained about Will’s coming out scene, there was zero mention of it. The documentary’s timeline even skips bizarrely from the making of Episode 6 to the making of Episode 8. Did the creators of the documentary foresee what a train wreck of controversy Episode 7 was going to be and intentionally exclude all commentary about it? Did they re-edit the documentary to remove mention of Episode 7 and replace it with more commentary about Episode 8 after the controversy? Or was Episode 7 so special in their mind that they excluded it to be experienced in the show alone?

On a lighter subject, watching the set dresser splash fake blood on the walls and everything else for Mrs. Wheeler’s fight scene made me cringe.

AKA Charlie Sheen

I was listening to this podcast “The Toxic Fuel That’s Destroying Your Motivation” when host Chris Williamson recommended AKA Charlie Sheen to Healthy Gamer’s Dr. K. The discussion had veered onto the topic of how some people get stuck in bad habits because they don’t experience the consequences. Chris said Charlie Sheen was a prime example of this and recommended the documentary as evidence.

It sounded interesting, and I have Netflix, so I figured, why not? Indeed it was a documentary about how Charlie was repeatedly rewarded handsomely for bad behavior. When he arrived to the set of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off late, the director didn’t mind, and he was later praised by audiences for the two scenes he was in and began his ascension into fame. He attempted to leave Two and a Half Men to get off drugs but was paid a ridiculous salary to stay. When he became such a crack head that he was fired, he became even more famous.

I’ve heard the name Charlie Sheen throughout my life, but it occurred to me as I was watching this documentary that I couldn’t think of anything I’d watched that had Charlie Sheen in it. Upon looking through IMDB, the two movies of his that I remember watching are Foodfight! and Scary Movie 3. Truly the height of cinema.

Is he just famous for being a drug addict? Even my favorite moment from Scary Movie 3 is more funny as I remember it (“Bring me that railroad tie… my balls… Jesus. Not that!”) than it actually is.

Also, that guy from Grace and Frankie is his dad? I guess that shows how much I pay attention to celebrities.