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Rinkles posted:Dumb question, but does watching dozens of these movies a year dull your capacity to be made uncomfortable (or maybe occasionally frightened) by them? I don't really watch dozens of horror movies a year tbf  I just listed a bunch from the last decade that were noteworthy to me. Horror is not my favorite genre of film but I def appreciate films that can confront horror without really being labeled horror. mother! and Fury Road are my two favorite films from the last 5 years. They are seemingly unrelated, but upon further inspection they both explore strikingly similar themes, they just do so using very different techniques of cinematic language. The horror of mother! is juxtaposed with a sort of comedy of errors that makes it a real genre-blend in the end, and that juxtaposition is very effective at getting to a central truth surrounding the psychotic degree of human abuse and extraction on this planet, not to mention its consequences for our future. I think horror in film can be very effective at helping us process huge real world events, so, catharsis. The horror in mother! is a wake-up call. The horror in Fury Road, if it can be defined that way, is a rallying cry. And I guess in the end many of the most horrifying things I've seen in film would not be classified as horror at all (Lynch is very good at this, it turns out), but would be misconstrued, ignored, or taken as normal and acceptable.edit; Somewhere in there I stopped answering your question and just started thinking out loud...I'm sorry. : /
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Rinkles posted:"luckily" for me I have the opposite reaction to stuff that makes me anxious.
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Nail Rat posted:The Blizzard Arcade Collection exists in some sort of weird twlight zone. You can get trophies in it, but they're not visible anywhere - not on Playstation.com, not on PS4, not on PS5, not on the PS App. Has there been a title like this before? Yeah it happens when the trophies aren't 'up' on the PSN server or whatever, it mostly happens to me if I've gotten a game a couple of days early, it'll sort itself out eventually.
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Cardiovorax posted:Not trying to be presumptuous here, but are you using any medication and if not, have you considering starting? I'd be happy to share some personal experiences with what I found helpful by PM if you're not comfortable with talking about it here. Thanks. Yeah I've been meaning to get around to talking to someone, I have deeper issues. I've been apprehensive about therapy in the past (just embarrassed), but I've been trying to get over that. I actually had an appointment regarding that matter this Friday, but had to cancel because of the weather.
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Struggled with depression and anxiety for most of my life, but I'm no authority. –in my opinion– definitely talk to someone, but try to avoid the pill factories. There are better outlets in life.
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Rinkles posted:Thanks. Yeah I've been meaning to get around to talking to someone, I have deeper issues. I've been apprehensive about therapy in the past (just embarrassed), but I've been trying to get over that. I actually had an appointment regarding that matter this Friday, but had to cancel because of the weather.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:A24 distributes the next Tim Rogers review in theaters 
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Uncut Gems made me almost as anxious as a horror movie tbh
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I appreciate the support. Thanks. Sorry for making a scene.
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Uncut Gems is a good movie, i enjoyed it much more on a second watch with subtitles on though, there's a lot of aggressive shouting matches in that one
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Rinkles posted:I appreciate the support. Thanks. Sorry for making a scene.
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Rinkles posted:I appreciate the support. Thanks. Sorry for making a scene. Dude! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQuc7wfO16Q
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There’s a 90’s alt movie called Go that’s more anxiety inducing than any horror movie I have ever seen, and it’s just a movie about, like, 90’s west coast rave/drug culture. Part of absorbing scary movies is figuring out your personal triggers. There are like 2-3 spooky ideas that really get under my skin, and anything outside of that isn’t really capable of doing more than startling me. Like the entire “spooky doll” genre is just insanely stupid on it’s face and I can run those movies no sweat. Honestly I genuinely believe that longform TV dramas like American Horror Story or the Netflix “House on Haunted Hill” show or obvious classics like Twin Peaks are better positioned to scare people and genuinely unnerve them because you can build tension over hours/days/weeks instead of trying to experience a full roller coaster of emotions in 90 minutes.
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Uncut Gems made me almost as anxious as a horror movie tbh the party at the end of capitalism
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VideoGames posted:It is called A24 because it is A24HourReviewByTimRogers Oh my god lol
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Bust Rodd posted:Honestly I genuinely believe that longform TV dramas like American Horror Story or the Netflix “House on Haunted Hill” show or obvious classics like Twin Peaks are better positioned to scare people and genuinely unnerve them because you can build tension over hours/days/weeks instead of trying to experience a full roller coaster of emotions in 90 minutes. Twin Peaks sure but despite the name American Horror Story doesn’t seem to be scary at all. I watched a bunch of the Coven season since my girlfriend likes it and it’s entertaining but not remotely scary
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Uncut Gems made me almost as anxious as a horror movie tbh
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Twin Peaks is the kind of quasi-horror that is all about being existentially horrifying in what it tells you about how the world really works, but not immediately frightening in the sense of scary things happening... which is probably why it's better regarded, because that kind of thing tends to keep working even when you've become kind of resistant to gribblies and monsters screeching in your face.
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Honestly if someone made a pitch for True Detective S1 being horror I would hear them out, there’s 2-3 episodes of that show that emotionally destroy me with hopelessness, which is the key to good horror for me. If there’s even a sliver of hope I will glom on to it, TDS1 doesn’t have any hope to it
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nm, i dont remember the term i'm looking for
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Bust Rodd posted:Honestly if someone made a pitch for True Detective S1 being horror I would hear them out, there’s 2-3 episodes of that show that emotionally destroy me with hopelessness, which is the key to good horror for me.
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Rinkles posted:nm, i dont remember the term i'm looking for Southern gothic?
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Twin Peaks sure but despite the name American Horror Story doesn’t seem to be scary at all. I watched a bunch of the Coven season since my girlfriend likes it and it’s entertaining but not remotely scary The quality and scariness of AHS swings wildly between seasons, since it’s an anthology that starts over each time. Try 2 (Asylum) or 7 (Cult) or 9 (1984, meaning slasher movie) haveblue fucked around with this message at 01:20 on Feb 21, 2021 |
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you know what, that old Tales From The Crypt was a pretty dope show
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The other day I watched Sion Sono’s Cold Fish, which is definitely an exemplar of the matter-of-fact portrayal of murder that Japanese cinema is famous for. Edit: my favorite line goes like “you never know when someone will just suddenly die. I do though” Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Feb 21, 2021 |
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how has horror chat gone on this long without bringing up jacob's ladder
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VideoGames posted:It is called A24 because it is A24HourReviewByTimRogers Pablo Nergigante posted:Uncut Gems made me almost as anxious as a horror movie tbh What about this https://twitter.com/herecomethemibs/status/1362422024220639236
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:What about this What in the world
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Wait Jughead is played by the little kid from Big Daddy?? What is going on
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I’ve never been able to equate anxiety and depression with horror. I loving love “existential horror” like SOMA and it’s genuinely intriguing to me. Now alien isolation? gently caress that, I will never finish that game. I’m an extreme basic bitch when it comes to horror, all the tricks work on me and I love it.
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Rinkles posted:I appreciate the support. Thanks. For the record a quiet PM to me here or on discord or even PSN and I'll be happy to jabber on endlessly about my struggles and the tools I use to work around them. This goes for anybody, by the way... If you ask, I will always have or make time for you. Horror is a funny thing for me. I love over the top cartoonish stuff like Cabin In The Woods but scenes of cruelty really gently caress me up. I can't stand it when people are cruel to each other - especially in media! If I wanted that I'd wander around the city myself. Man's inhumanity to man, blah blah. We all have that capacity, but it distresses me to see anyone (fictional or otherwise or even myself) choose to avail themselves of it. Also jumpscares are dumb and bad and using one is gonna get you a real hard critical look to justify it.
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Samurai Sanders posted:The other day I watched Sion Sono’s Cold Fish, which is definitely an exemplar of the matter-of-fact portrayal of murder that Japanese cinema is famous for. I love that film. It's incredibly hard to pick a favorite Sono movie because they're all so different but I think that one and Noriko's Dinner Table are way up there.
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Suppose I'm hankering for a D&D monk experience, battering through waves of enemies with superpowered kung fu (which I can proceed to make more and more superpowered). What are my best bets for some satisfying punchman action?
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"mom can we rent uncut gems?" "we have uncut gems at home" uncut gems at home:
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Darth Walrus posted:Suppose I'm hankering for a D&D monk experience, battering through waves of enemies with superpowered kung fu (which I can proceed to make more and more superpowered). What are my best bets for some satisfying punchman action? Literally Diablo 3
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Bust Rodd posted:Literally Diablo 3 Yeah, I was thinking of something a bit more hands-on than that. D3 was part of what got me thirsting for that playstyle in a full ARPG, just like it whet my appetite for more video game paladins. Also, it doesn't feel nearly as good at delivering that punchman experience as it does at its other class fantasies - monks have awkward animations and awkward movesets compared to other melee characters, in my experience.
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Darth Walrus posted:Yeah, I was thinking of something a bit more hands-on than that. D3 was part of what got me thirsting for that playstyle in a full ARPG, just like it whet my appetite for more video game paladins. Also, it doesn't feel nearly as good at delivering that punchman experience as it does at its other class fantasies - monks have awkward animations and awkward movesets compared to other melee characters, in my experience. What was that xbox game called, Jade Empire or something equally generic? I think I was the only person I know who liked it. I think about that one every now and again.
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Darth Walrus posted:Suppose I'm hankering for a D&D monk experience, battering through waves of enemies with superpowered kung fu (which I can proceed to make more and more superpowered). What are my best bets for some satisfying punchman action? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcZQfCYKcI0&t=48s
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most horror media sucks bc people are so wrapped up in being ashamed of the genre they all want to be classified as a "psychological thriller" and thats why all of these new "smart" horror movies are all the same boring poo poo give me critters or dollman versus the demonic toys, thanks. if rich koz or joe bob briggs couldn't present your movie i will probably pass.
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