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The Modern Leper posted:I think the point being raised is that, absolutely, you can connect with those themes in the new Hellraiser, but a) it's not a return to form (unless we specifically mean "low budget horror movie that surprisingly punches above its weight"), and b) even recognizing those themes does not mean that you necessarily think they were handled effectively, or that the world of Hellraiser is the place to do it. I recently watched the first hellraiser and 90% of it is closeups of sweaty unattractive people. (My screen was on don’t worry) Maybe the sequels expanded on the Desire thing, but in the original the innocent daughter opens the box and is almost kidnapped by the cenobites, despite the fact that she just accidentally ‘solved’ it.
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Also I'm pretty sure there's a sex scene in New Hellraiser so it's not totally sexless.
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Tagichatn posted:Also I'm pretty sure there's a sex scene in New Hellraiser so it's not totally sexless. it's missionary
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Maybe they learned their lesson with Westworld. Considering the firefight, it was season 2 westworld levels of stupid. Ah yes, I am in a special forces team, let us group up and walk slowly in a clearing through the woods, we don't need cover, that always works! Also: "They hacked us back!" Come on.
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Also very experienced team going to do a spot wet work, guided by very knowledgeable forces from the future, did zero prep work? Who is this mystery man we know literally everything about, and his camping buddies, who we also know literally everything about. Should the bounty offerers let the bounty huntering special forces mooks know about this group or that they are about to get seriously wrekt? Nah fam, let it play, epic bants. I conclude that $9m is small beer in 2032 and the hit team were z list cosplayers who hosed about. Future henchman knows nothing about 2032. Otherwise 
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I thought the firefight was fine. I wasn't creaming my jeans about it and it did the "director doesn't know how to direct action" thing of showing a guy shooting, then cutting to a guy getting hit and falling over, but it wasn't maliciously stupid. Also there's no reason why the antagonist special forces team or the bad guys from Future London would know anything about Burton and his buds beyond being ex-military themselves. Nothing about some outskirts ex-vets would show up in a search 70 years later. And Burton and his buds did almost get chewed up, only a clutch flank from a lucky arrival saved them.
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Love is blind US s3 officially hits the point where at least half the cast is just there to get instafamous and the casting director has clearly abandoned the premise of the show in favor of casting for max drama. It's not so bad it's good, it's just completely boring in how transparently pointless it all is. There's nothing compelling about it at all.
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Not a terribly original observation but I feel like if you name a TV show "Love Is Blind" and it's not about dating while blind, you are evil. Also, it should be hosted by Tommy Wiseau
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Papercut posted:Love is blind US s3 officially hits the point where at least half the cast is just there to get instafamous and the casting director has clearly abandoned the premise of the show in favor of casting for max drama. It's not so bad it's good, it's just completely boring in how transparently pointless it all is. There's nothing compelling about it at all. Yea it's kind of lame. At least Love at First Sight they give them some therapy to try and make the couples work. This show just lets people flounder and then just wallows in the drama. FBoy Island is the trash I crave but even they succumbed to reusing season 1 favorites
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George H.W. oval office posted:Yea it's kind of lame. At least Love at First Sight they give them some therapy to try and make the couples work. This show just lets people flounder and then just wallows in the drama. FBoy Island is the trash I crave but even they succumbed to reusing season 1 favorites There's also the weird meta scene where one of the contestants is putting in eye drops to make it look like he's crying. It's not clear if he thinks the producers will cut the eye drops part to make it look genuine, or if he's trying to be some sort of saboteur trolling the show? And it's not clear if the producers realize that by including it, they make him look like an rear end in a top hat but they also completely break the illusion that the show is a genuine effort at love? Everyone comes out looking like assholes. Papercut fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Oct 25, 2022 |
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Papercut posted:There's also the weird meta scene where one of the contestants is putting in eye drops to make it look like he's crying. It's not clear if he thinks the producers will cut the eye drops part to make it look genuine, or if he's trying to be some sort of saboteur trolling the show? And it's not clear if realize that by including it, they make him look like an rear end in a top hat but they also completely break the illusion that the show is a genuine effort at love? Everyone comes out looking like assholes. *works out while reading this post* SK is the only likeable person and I kinda feel bad for him getting tied up in a show that is not doing him any favors.
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Well, the series finale of The Patient was a frustrating one, although I don't see how it could have ended any differently. I suppose I was hoping for some sort of heroic escape or rescue, but that would be against the story they were trying to tell. While well acted, it was a disappointing follow up to the phenomenal The Americans. I still maintain that this would have made a better movie under 2 hours, than a 5 hour tv-series. Nihonniboku fucked around with this message at 17:52 on Oct 25, 2022 |
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George H.W. oval office posted:*works out while reading this post* Yeah agreed, he's the one seemingly real chill person and he drew the short stick of falling for the "partner who will pretend to be interested for as long as they can stay on the show"
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These new episodes of Unsolved Mysteries are so bad and it's really disappointing. Is it that hard to find a mystery that is actually a mystery? Two of the four episodes I watched just feel like family members unable to accept how their loved ones died.
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That is what most of the original run is too, lots of 'random' killings and disappearances that sadly turn out to be suicides. There's only a few ghost/alien/big foot stories even if that's what is remembered best.
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Papercut posted:There's also the weird meta scene where one of the contestants is putting in eye drops to make it look like he's crying. It's not clear if he thinks the producers will cut the eye drops part to make it look genuine, or if he's trying to be some sort of saboteur trolling the show? And it's not clear if the producers realize that by including it, they make him look like an rear end in a top hat but they also completely break the illusion that the show is a genuine effort at love? Everyone comes out looking like assholes. https://twitter.com/aidanthereup/st...ls-of-this-week
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His eyes were totally just hurting guys. That's all it was. His eyes were dry because of all the crying he did off camera
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Barbarian is streaming on hbo max, and is a real creepy good time.
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isaboo posted:isn't the current / most recent Westworld season better? Seems like I saw that mentioned somewhere, but like others I gave up after S2 was over. just started the most recent season after going through a gritty season 3. i like it so far but i can't watch it back to back like i did with first two seasons.
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Big Mouth Billy Basshole posted:Barbarian is streaming on hbo max, and is a real creepy good time. Oh hell yeah, thanks for the heads up.
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Wyrm just came out on Hulu. One of those high-concept indie comedies that uses sci-fi trappings to tell a pretty basic story. Director did that "Moonshot" movie that was wiped from existence by Zaslav's goons. A friend saw it at a film fest a few years ago and has been raving about it forever - gonna watch it just to shut them up.
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Big Mouth Billy Basshole posted:Barbarian is streaming on hbo max, and is a real creepy good time.
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Off the top of my head, there's none for the first hour and then one really funny one. After that, there might be a few? Only the big spoiler-y one sticks in my mind (because it's really funny).
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Does it have jump scares? I can't handle that poo poo. There's some throughout but I didn't find them too bad. I'm pretty jumpy, and there's definitely tense moments, but I made it through all right.
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I liked Barbarian solid but I really appreciated the "nope" moment, so her deciding to go in was kinda disappointing. I get it, that's where the plot has to go, but I actually liked all the tension building and red herrings and then it's just like Here's a Monster From Rec! and an extended Justin Long storyline. Preferred the first chunk. Still, fun movie, well directed.
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Nihonniboku posted:Well, the series finale of The Patient was a frustrating one, although I don't see how it could have ended any differently. I suppose I was hoping for some sort of heroic escape or rescue, but that would be against the story they were trying to tell. I thought the ending and the show in general was good. Not that it’s over I think it’s easier to recommend as a binge instead of a weekly watch.
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Big Mouth Billy Basshole posted:There's some throughout but I didn't find them too bad. I'm pretty jumpy, and there's definitely tense moments, but I made it through all right. 
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Punkin Spunkin posted:I liked Barbarian solid but I really appreciated the "nope" moment, so her deciding to go in was kinda disappointing. I get it, that's where the plot has to go, but I actually liked all the tension building and red herrings and then it's just like Here's a Monster From Rec! and an extended Justin Long storyline. Preferred the first chunk. Yeah I'd call it a good movie and it was a really fun watch but you have to basically accept that all the people in this world are idiots
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precision posted:reboot is so drat good (the one with judy greer and keegan key) I watched the first episode of reboot and I was struck by how little comedy it had
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Okay I'll probably give it a try but "doesthedogdie.com" says that the movie has "many many jumpscares" so I'm kind of worried
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Shageletic posted:I watched the first episode of reboot and I was struck by how little comedy it had It does get funnier. I never thought I'd be able to laugh at Paul Reiser playing himself but here we are
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isaboo posted:isn't the current / most recent Westworld season better? Seems like I saw that mentioned somewhere, but like others I gave up after S2 was over. I thought S4 put the series back on track after S3 was kind of scattered. They pared down the cast and had a more focused story, and they also took some wild swings that I enjoyed. I like it when a science fiction show really goes for it, and S4 did.
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precision posted:It does get funnier. I never thought I'd be able to laugh at Paul Reiser playing himself but here we are I'll give it a couple more eps
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I wouldn't call anything in Barbarian a jump scare, at least that I can remember. Stuff always shows up slowly off in the distance and is creepy, but when I think jump scares I think like the midnight club having tons of instant cuts to up close ghost shots.
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Barbarian was pretty good, with some decent misdirects. There are a handful of marginal jump scares, but only one that really comes out of nowhere (and that one is funny and kinda telegraphed too). Biggest laugh for me was when Justin Long pulled out the tape measure Enos Cabell fucked around with this message at 15:44 on Oct 26, 2022 |
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Is AMC+ the worst of the streaming services? I've never had so many problems trying to watch stuff with other apps. AMC+ can't seem to keep track of where I am in a series and in some instances the episodes available are different if I'm using the app or accessing it through the browser. Just terribly designed top to bottom.
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Papercut posted:I wouldn't call anything in Barbarian a jump scare, at least that I can remember. Stuff always shows up slowly off in the distance and is creepy, but when I think jump scares I think like the midnight club having tons of instant cuts to up close ghost shots.
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