Aarcflick

 Speaking only from personal experience, 2024 was looking like a particularly terrible year in terms of entertainment. Sure, there were some blockbusters and some hits on streaming services, but overall, there were more flops than masterpieces. Given that entertainment industries around the world were still reeling from the losses they’d suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, and had recently been hit by strikes by writers, actors, and animators, I told myself that things could have been a lot worse; we should just enjoy the good things and ignore the rest.  That being said, all of my optimism evaporated the day I learned of the existence of the Umjolo franchise. Not only were The Gone Girl and Day Ones two of the most awful pieces of media I’d seen last year, but also two movies I wouldn’t inflict on my arch-nemesis. And just when I thought I was done with Zuko Nodada’s abominations, I learned that he had a third in the works, titled My Beginning, My End! Well, let’s hope thi...