I Just Watched I Saw The TV Glow And It Has Fundamentally Changed My Person And The Course Of My Life.

I just watched I Saw the TV Glow and it has fundamentally changed my person and the course of my life.

Please go watch it, you can rent it on YouTube.

Spoilers below

I had no clue where this was going at times. There was a moment where The Pink Opaque was a Candle Cove situation, but boy was I wrong.

The flashbacks to his childhood in the show was so wild. Owen screaming that he’s not safe, and that his dad isn’t his dad. Then just after puking up TV static was horrifying.

The underlying trans themes are absolutely crushing. When Maddy came back I thought her question would be about her transitioning. And the parallels of how moving away and being yourself will save you, while staying and hiding yourself will kill you. Somehow, it was worse.

Having Owen be in a dress, brought me so much joy and sadness. He looked so happy, he never looked that happy for the rest of the movie. At the end saying how he has a family now, and how much he loves them, the way he says it sounds so sad. Like he had to settle and accept that he will not be himself.

The constant battle between “There is still time” to “You are running out of time” is horrible.

The colors that are used are perfect. The mix of pink and purple with the contrast of blue and green. Pink and purple were the over all colors used, especially when the show comes on. Almost like that this is where Owen is realizing that he may be trans. And blue/green when rejecting it. That all he can be, and all he knows how to be is a man.

This movie is easily one of the best movies I’ve watched this year, if ever. And it’s definitely the most impactful.

There is easily stuff I missed, or just didn’t mention. PLEASE go look at other posts, because they show phenomenal foreshadowing in the movie along with the story telling.

I saw tv glow is like YES the realization you are trans might implode your life and make the world you live in uninhabitable but that will happen anyway if you don’t do anything about it. if you retreat from your own needs and refuse to let yourself resurrect you’re still gonna run out of air and even the tv show that kept you alive at one point won’t be able to bring you back

girlypop

is it gay or is it girlypop

Soup time

Chat I am so comfy cozy. Dare I say… snug as a bug in a rug

bro wants me

He texted me while drunk, is that a sign chat?!???