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Len posted:Where did nose bleed = psychic powers come from? Sometimes it's the ear. I suppose it's psychic = exertion in the brain, increased blood pressure there, burst vessel. Those in the nose are those nearest to brain that are thinnest and most viable to pop, so there you go. Like I said, sometimes it's the ear (although mostly if they're the victim now that I think about it) and you also see bloodshot eyes and stuff.
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I can't quite explain it but the characterization of Hopper in Stranger Things 3 seems wrong. He's angrier and more action hero this time around
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Jul 7, 2019 20:23
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Len posted:Where did nose bleed = psychic powers come from? Probably Scanners.
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Jul 7, 2019 21:00
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Len posted:I can't quite explain it but the characterization of Hopper in Stranger Things 3 seems wrong. He's angrier and more action hero this time around It's weird because in season 1 there was talk he could be the next Indiana Jones, but by season 3 he looks more like the next Danny Devito in a Twins remake. And yes, there is a lot more anger.
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Jul 7, 2019 21:12
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Len posted:I can't quite explain it but the characterization of Hopper in Stranger Things 3 seems wrong. He's angrier and more action hero this time around Yeah he's just Extremely Pissed 100% of the time and that doesn't jibe with how I remember the first two seasons, nor does it seem to be commented upon (I still have to watch the last episode though).
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Jul 7, 2019 21:38
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I think the first time I saw nosebleed via psychic stuff was in firestarter.
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Jul 7, 2019 22:43
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Len posted:Where did nose bleed = psychic powers come from? Well, the brain's just a giant muscle so to move things with your brain you've gotta flex it like a bicep.
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Jul 7, 2019 22:47
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RareAcumen posted:Well, the brain's just a giant muscle so to move things with your brain you've gotta flex it like a bicep. The gym would be horrifying if you started bleeding from whatever you were working out.
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Jul 7, 2019 22:53
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:I think the first time I saw nosebleed via psychic stuff was in firestarter. I thought Firestarter had something about nosebleeds, but I can't remember any specifics. Maybe Carrie as well? So Stephen King is to blame for it.
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Jul 7, 2019 22:58
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I thought The Dead Zone so a lot of circumstantial evidence points to King.
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Jul 7, 2019 23:06
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Krispy Wafer posted:I thought Firestarter had something about nosebleeds, but I can't remember any specifics. Maybe Carrie as well? So Stephen King is to blame for it. The dad in Firestarter could mind control people with a “push” that gave him a nosebleed. Carrie didn’t get nose bleeds from her power but, well.... https://www.menstruationresearch.org/2014/03/06/the-enduring-menstrual-mystique-of-carrie/
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Jul 7, 2019 23:25
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Alhazred posted:On the other hand, a disabled person who wants to die so he isn't a burden to his family is also the plot of a propaganda movie from 1940's Germany. It was also a major plot point in the show Man in The High Castle, with modern alternate reality nazis. Wanting to die when you're in that situation is natural, but in this movie in particular it was irrational. He was happy, he was still attractive, he had family and friends who loved him. His main sticking point onwanting to die is not being able to do skiing and poo poo anymore. It came off as very selfish, not done out of a sense of compassion or anything. e: also I agree about the nose bleed thing. Is it really necessary for eleven to get one every single time she uses her powers? We get it, her powers take a physical toll.
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Jul 8, 2019 00:33
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It wasn't about him wanting to die in The Man in the High Castle it was about the nazis wanting to put him in an extermination van. It was only slightly bittersweet because his father was the uberstormfurher (american nazi dept of amerinazis)
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Jul 8, 2019 00:40
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:It wasn't about him wanting to die in The Man in the High Castle it was about the nazis wanting to put him in an extermination van. It was only slightly bittersweet because his father was the uberstormfurher (american nazi dept of amerinazis) He volunteered despite his dadnazi trying to protect him. He willingly died for the benefit of his family, and at least partially because he probably genuinely believed he should die for being disabled. But the motivations are still similar. In one case they want to die so their family doesn't have to wipe their rear end and lose a lot of their free time, in high castle's case it's so their family doesn't have to get gassed for hiding his disability.
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Jul 8, 2019 00:43
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Len posted:Where did nose bleed = psychic powers come from? This compilation is from much later than the films above, but here’s a bunch of comics psychic nosebleeds. (Internet Archive link, sadly) https://web.archive.org/web/20180617230741/http://www.politedissent.com/nosebleed.html
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Jul 8, 2019 01:54
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RareAcumen posted:Well, the brain's just a giant muscle so to move things with your brain you've gotta flex it like a bicep. I remember in Equal Rites on wizard saying that there's something of a physical reaction even with magic, so putting all your will into lifting a giant rock would end with your brain crashing through your body and smashing against the ground
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Jul 8, 2019 03:49
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In Veronica mars, at a school dance a sheriff shows up to be her date and then they also kiss. Veronica is a high school student.
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Jul 8, 2019 04:15
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oldpainless posted:In Veronica mars, at a school dance a sheriff shows up to be her date and then they also kiss. Veronica is a high school student. ACAB may also apply to sheriffs.
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Jul 8, 2019 04:50
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yeah I eat rear end posted:It was also a major plot point in the show Man in The High Castle, with modern alternate reality nazis. It’s a nice gauge on how much power it’s taking as long as it’s consistent, which it’s not. Flip a van? Small nose bleed. Make some toys move? Small nose bleed. Scratch that spot on your back you can never reach? Small nose bleed. At least have her snort and hack up a blood clot when it’s real tough.
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Jul 8, 2019 05:08
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Stranger Things 3: It felt like every single episode involved a moment where a character (usually a female one) is thrown against a wall. Please come up with a new way for a villain to show their strength.
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Jul 8, 2019 05:14
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Henchman of Santa posted:Stranger Things 3: It felt like every single episode involved a moment where a character (usually a female one) is thrown against a wall. Please come up with a new way for a villain to show their strength. There should be convenient free weights in every room for the monster to do bench presses with.
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Jul 8, 2019 07:02
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Worf exists so that the Alien of the Week can establish their bona fides by kicking the poo poo out of him, so surely you could just smack Hopper around to show how Big and Bad you are.
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Jul 8, 2019 07:08
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yeah I eat rear end posted:
Is it though?
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Jul 8, 2019 10:26
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Alhazred posted:Is it though? wanting to die in any situation is perfectly natural
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Jul 8, 2019 10:29
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Henchman of Santa posted:Stranger Things 3: It felt like every single episode involved a moment where a character (usually a female one) is thrown against a wall. Please come up with a new way for a villain to show their strength. That reminds me of I, Tonya where it seemed like Margot Robbie had her head put through a glass picture frame on a wall every eight minutes.
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Jul 8, 2019 12:10
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Pope Corky the IX posted:That reminds me of I, Tonya where it seemed like Margot Robbie had her head put through a glass picture frame on a wall every eight minutes. every biopic has this including biopic of fake people A Star is Born
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Jul 8, 2019 12:23
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Henchman of Santa posted:Stranger Things 3: It felt like every single episode involved a moment where a character (usually a female one) is thrown against a wall. Please come up with a new way for a villain to show their strength. Characters with Regeneration superpower exist solely for this, to get shredded by a villain and show how tough they are.
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Jul 8, 2019 13:33
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BiggerBoat posted:I've seen a couple of movies recently where a passenger shoots the driver of a car and even though blood splats all over the window, the window itself doesn't break, which seems unlikely. Reminds me of Pesci killing the old lady in Casino when he wraps his arm around her head before shooting her. Bullet should have went right through his forearm. Nah, those were like .22 shorts. Just bounce around inside the skull.
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Jul 8, 2019 14:07
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Memento posted:Worf exists in Next Generation so that the Alien of the Week can establish their bona fides by kicking the poo poo out of him, so surely you could just smack Hopper around to show how Big and Bad you are. Fixed, no charge.
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Phanatic posted:Nah, those were like .22 shorts. Just bounce around inside the skull. Old lady skulls aren’t tough enough to risk it.
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Torquemada posted:Old lady skulls aren’t tough enough to risk it. People get more hard headed as they age.
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BiggerBoat posted:I've seen a couple of movies recently where a passenger shoots the driver of a car and even though blood splats all over the window, the window itself doesn't break, which seems unlikely. Reminds me of Pesci killing the old lady in Casino when he wraps his arm around her head before shooting her. Bullet should have went right through his forearm. I totally don’t remember Pesci killing an old lady in that
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Jul 8, 2019 17:00
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Alan Smithee posted:I totally don’t remember Pesci killing an old lady in that It's one of those quick 10 second scenes where it's like "and here's one of the gangsters graphically murdering someone, apropos of nothing" that Scorsese and his imitators like to throw in. There's some indirectly related plot reason why they kill her but who can remember that poo poo.
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Basebf555 posted:It's one of those quick 10 second scenes where it's like "and here's one of the gangsters graphically murdering someone, apropos of nothing" that Scorsese and his imitators like to throw in. There's some indirectly related plot reason why they kill her but who can remember that poo poo. It's not an out of nowhere thing, it's based on reality. The squeaky clean dude they set up as the casino president is Phillip Green, played by Kevin Pollack. As he's becoming more of a public face, a woman who he was partners with in a law firm years ago comes forward to take her fair share. After a trial, she's awarded the ability to look at the books of the casino, which is when Nicky (Joe Pesci) is given orders to just take care of her by shooting her in the head.
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Jul 8, 2019 17:09
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I just love that lefty Lefkowicz somehow survived all that irl and likes to play his table games even though he’s technically banned from every casino for some reason even though he was the drat beverage commissioner in that town
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Jul 8, 2019 17:12
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Say what you want about Charlie M, the dude inspires loyalty in his business associates.
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Jul 8, 2019 17:14
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YOU MAKE ME POP YOUR FUCKIN' EYE OUT OF YOUR HEAD TO PROTECT THAT PIECE OF poo poo CHARLIE M YOU DUMB MOTHERFUCKER
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Jul 8, 2019 17:20
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Pope Corky the IX posted:It's not an out of nowhere thing, it's based on reality. The squeaky clean dude they set up as the casino president is Phillip Green, played by Kevin Pollack. As he's becoming more of a public face, a woman who he was partners with in a law firm years ago comes forward to take her fair share. After a trial, she's awarded the ability to look at the books of the casino, which is when Nicky (Joe Pesci) is given orders to just take care of her by shooting her in the head. I mean, I think the explanation kinda goes to my point, which is that the intricacies of why this particular woman has to die aren't as important as having a scene where Joe Pesci disturbingly kills someone. I rewatched Goodfellas recently, and there's a similar scene where Pesci kills Samuel L. Jackson. It's like, yea ok there's a plot reason for it to happen but Jackson's character barely appears in the movie at all and by the time Pesci is graphically blowing his brains out it's easy to have completely forgotten who he even is.
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Basebf555 posted:I mean, I think the explanation kinda goes to my point, which is that the intricacies of why this particular woman has to die aren't as important as having a scene where Joe Pesci disturbingly kills someone. I know what you're getting at, and I normally agree, but usually true life epic Scorcese films have a ridiculous amount of characters to keep track of, and sometimes some of them get the shaft. I know the character you're talking about in Goodfellas, and even in real life, his whole thing was that he was a musician and getaway driver that frequented those clubs. They tasked him with the Lufthansa Heist and he was fine until he decided to get hosed up and hosed while leaving the truck in plain view. By the time Pesci visited him to kill him, the cops already had the truck.
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It's almost like big criminal conspiracies cause an inordinate amount of collateral damage when things go pear shaped.
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