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porfiria posted:Clowns are so big right now guys they really hit the jackpot on the timing. Kids are OBSESSED with scary clowns. Turns out actual clowns aren't too hyped, though: http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3457830/least-one-clown-group-actually-arranging-protest/ Dianne McNicol, a totally not scary clown posted:"You need to remember that clowns are people too." Dianne McNicol, perfectly ordinary human being posted:"Don’t promote IT, don’t go out on halloween and dress your kids as scary clowns, don’t perpetuate the idea of evil clowning."
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Guy Mann posted:There were similar complaints about Disney's Atlantis ripping off some anime just because it had generic glowy ancient civilization lost technology and a girl with colored hair. Nadia: The Secret Of Blue Water. Spoiler: the secret is the lost civilization of Atlantis.
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Phylodox posted:Turns out actual clowns aren't too hyped, though: Stephen King tweeted his response, more or less saying he wrote IT because people already find clowns scary and "don't shoot the messenger".
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Sep 8, 2017 22:29
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I don't get IT and am not with IT nowadays. What's the deal as to why that movie matters?
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Gatts posted:I don't get IT and am not with IT nowadays. What's the deal as to why that movie matters? The themes are still resonant. I mean look at school shootings. We're all Derry.
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The MSJ posted:Stephen King tweeted his response, more or less saying he wrote IT because people already find clowns scary and "don't shoot the messenger". Bozo the clown was always cool to me  i only find clowns scary if they have razor sharp teeth
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I was fine with clowns until Poltergeist. gently caress that clown.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:I thought it was mostly Alone in the Dark that killed her career, honestly. She was pretty consistently cited as one of the most awful parts of that awful movie. Nah, that was just the symptom. The fact that she was in Uwe Boll directed video game co starring Christian Slater is definitive proof that her career was over. Because you take anything else rather than that.
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Tars Tarkas posted:Indian movies rule and I'm glad they've started showing them more often at the local theaters it was me, i greenlit this
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Snowman_McK posted:Nah, that was just the symptom. The fact that she was in Uwe Boll directed video game co starring Christian Slater is definitive proof that her career was over. Because you take anything else rather than that. Ben Kingsley and Jason Statham starred in a Uwe Boll feature and they're pretty fine now.
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Gatts posted:I don't get IT and am not with IT nowadays. What's the deal as to why that movie matters? I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you...
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CelticPredator posted:Ben Kingsley and Jason Statham starred in a Uwe Boll feature and they're pretty fine now. I firmly believe that Ben Kingsley is literally physically unable to turn down a role, while Statham just heard that he would karate fight orcs and signed on. Yes, there are outliers, but the overwhelming majority of people in a Uwe Boll film are there because they have nowhere better to be.
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CelticPredator posted:Ben Kingsley and Jason Statham starred in a Uwe Boll feature and they're pretty fine now. Kingsley didn't so much "Star" in Bloodrayne as much as he sat a lot. He also stood a couple times. All these years later, all I remember about that awful loving movie is Ben Kingsley not giving a single gently caress any time he was on screen. Also I think Meatloaf exploded in sunlight.
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Snowman_McK posted:I firmly believe that Ben Kingsley is literally physically unable to turn down a role, while Statham just heard that he would karate fight orcs and signed on. I think it's easier for Brits to just take the check because it's a much shorter plane flight. Plus it's not like both of those people aren't already in a bunch of poo poo movies.
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Timby posted:I feel like that shot of Reid has to be from an American Pie promo still or something. Also the photo of Dean Cain is taken from an interview on the Today Show  ... and the hedgehog pic is the first hit in a GIS for "cute hedgehog"  And the official imdb.com listing for the movie is slightly weird: quote:Tara Reid brings her Oscar award winning prowess to this documentary about a hedgehog that Dean Cain farted on giving it the ability to talk. It's a fun loving family movie that will for sure make you say "WOWZA. That's a stinky fart!" At this point I was ready to write it all off as some sort of weird prank but it's apparently brought to you by the same people who produced these classics:    ... which are apparently actual real movies you can watch with your actual human eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjrckRD4wZc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV0lSu-dvDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DLoBgFHzic I don't know what the gently caress is going on here 
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joylessdivision posted:Kingsley didn't so much "Star" in Bloodrayne as much as he sat a lot. He also stood a couple times. IIRC they literally filmed where they were filming because it was near where Kingsley was shooting a real movie and it was easy to give him a decent bit of money to be in Bloodrayne for the like three minutes he's onscreen. This is how there's typically a "wait, what are THEY doing in an Uwe Boll movie?" in each of his films.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I don't know what the gently caress is going on here It's The Asylum for glurge.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:I thought it was mostly Alone in the Dark that killed her career, honestly. She was pretty consistently cited as one of the most awful parts of that awful movie. Nah, she had a reputation as a drunk and a party girl well before Alone in the Dark.
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Inescapable Duck posted:It's The Asylum for glurge. Pretty much. And that stupid dove logo is a sure sign it's a vaguely Christian film. The poo poo you learn working at video stores back in the day.
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As much as I'm trying to wean myself out of TVtropes terminology, I do like 'glurge'. It sounds like pink toxic waste.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Also the photo of Dean Cain is taken from an interview on the Today Show This feels like it's a Bowfinger type situation and the only footage of Tara will be shakey handicam outside her Starbucks or something.
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Gatts posted:I don't get IT and am not with IT nowadays. What's the deal as to why that movie matters? Underage orgies speak to everyone. It's timeless stuff. Which for some reason isn't in the new movie.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Also the photo of Dean Cain is taken from an interview on the Today Show I want to see all these movies.
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Ape Agitator posted:This feels like it's a Bowfinger type situation and the only footage of the hedgehog will be shakey handicam outside her Starbucks or something.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:
What Oscar winning prowess? Unless it's Oscar Meyer.
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It's crazy to me that this garbage (direct to video in general really) has a workable business model. Do enough people really buy the DVDs? Do they sell the broadcast rights to cable changes desperate to fill up the hours? How does this stuff make money?
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porfiria posted:It's crazy to me that this garbage (direct to video in general really) has a workable business model. Do enough people really buy the DVDs? Do they sell the broadcast rights to cable changes desperate to fill up the hours? How does this stuff make money? Youtube channels about babies that hypnotise their parents into bringing them candy make massive money. There's a market there. A market that will scream for hours, and hours, and hours, unless you put on the stupid youtube video again. Or the movie with the talking cat. Or talking hedgehog. Then the little buggers grow up, and wonder why there is a market for this stuff. *They* never watched anything so... so... puerile!
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porfiria posted:It's crazy to me that this garbage (direct to video in general really) has a workable business model. Do enough people really buy the DVDs? Do they sell the broadcast rights to cable changes desperate to fill up the hours? How does this stuff make money? Nearly no budget, fearful Christian parents and grandparents and church groups, I'd imagine.
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Moreau posted:Youtube channels about babies that hypnotise their parents into bringing them candy make massive money. There's a market there. A market that will scream for hours, and hours, and hours, unless you put on the stupid youtube video again. Or the movie with the talking cat. Or talking hedgehog. The Internet was a mistake.
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i always thought the clown fear thing was like a majorly exaggerated thing, like bacon and people obsessed with masculinity, for a wider audience. I had a clown toy and while i thought it was kind of weird, that's because it was in a toybox of poo poo from the 70s and 80s and really anachronistic, as were the voltron figurines, and all that other crap. it was a previous generation's toys. nobody talks about how voltron is creepy, just about how cool it is, or how lame it is, depending on which side of power rangers existing you grew up on
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People saying they were scared of clowns was old "look at me, i have a weird & interesting fear please acknowledge me" hat at least 20 years ago. See also "Can't sleep, clown's gonna eat me" from The Simpsons in a 1992 episode. Carthag Tuek fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Sep 9, 2017 |
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I wasn't too worried about clowns as a kid, except for those carnival clown games where plastic clown upper bodies would rotate back and forth waiting for kids to put balls in their mouths to hopefully roll into the right slot to win a prize, dead-eyed limbless torsos staring into the void forever, I had to be escorted past those with my eyes covered. I think the point is that badly accomplished clowns, especially to a young child sensitive to overstimulation, can be creepy and terrifying. A crazy bizarre looking person who you can't ignore, won't leave you alone, and everyone expects you to be grateful for their company. It's like a creepy drunk uncle everyone's too polite to say no to.
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Powaqoatse posted:People saying they were scared of clowns was old "look at me, i have a weird & interesting fear please acknowledge me" hat at least 20 years ago. Nowadays it's a very unsurprising thing to be afraid of. By the way, Despicable Me is now the highest-grossing animated movie franchise ever. It has surpassed Shrek (and Ice Age when it comes international box office). http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/886169-despicable-me-3-crosses-the-1-billion-mark-at-the-worldwide-box-office
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Inescapable Duck posted:As much as I'm trying to wean myself out of TVtropes terminology, I do like 'glurge'. It sounds like pink toxic waste. Glurgic Avenger The first Super-hero...from Plattsburg!
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I have no fear of clowns, but I have a memory burned in my brain of getting shots at the pediatrician, and she would tell us to look at a picture of a sad hobo clown to distract us from the needle (it didn't work).basic hitler posted:i always thought the clown fear thing was like a majorly exaggerated thing, like ... people obsessed with masculinity Allow me to introduce you to the wonderful world of MRAs, MGTOWs, and incels. We have such sights to show you.
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Inescapable Duck posted:As much as I'm trying to wean myself out of TVtropes terminology, I do like 'glurge'. It sounds like pink toxic waste. I remember reading "glurge" on Snopes years and years before TVTropes even existed.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I remember reading "glurge" on Snopes years and years before TVTropes even existed.
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