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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Regional food
Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 06:09:49 PMMrs. Fearnow's Brunswick Stew
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Off Topic Discussion / Regional food
Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 05:49:57 PMSo, I'm curious about where everyone here lives, and any sort of food your area invented or is known for/regional. I noticed in the pizza thread a few people mentioned tuna and sweetcorn which I think is British?
I'm in the Philadelphia area. Known for cheesesteaks, obviously. I've heard the hoagie was invented here (uncertain if true.) We have the Texas Tommy (hot dog, wrapped in bacon, grilled or fried.) Scrapple (breakfast meat, a pre-formed block of meat made with pork scraps, cornmeal, spices. Tastes better than it sounds.) Stromboli, similar to a calzone. Irish potatoes.
There's more. I know Chicago has a deep dish pizza, Chicago dogs, etc...
I'm in the Philadelphia area. Known for cheesesteaks, obviously. I've heard the hoagie was invented here (uncertain if true.) We have the Texas Tommy (hot dog, wrapped in bacon, grilled or fried.) Scrapple (breakfast meat, a pre-formed block of meat made with pork scraps, cornmeal, spices. Tastes better than it sounds.) Stromboli, similar to a calzone. Irish potatoes.
There's more. I know Chicago has a deep dish pizza, Chicago dogs, etc...
#4
Television / Re: TV characters you hated?
Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 05:33:06 PMDwight Schultz is great.
#5
Good Movies / Re: Recent theatrical viewings
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 04:29:32 PMI love a Hollywood mess!
EXIT 8: An expectant father becomes lost in a repeating stretch of subway, where failing to notice "anomalies" may trap him there forever. This attempt to map psychological meaning onto an abstract video game premise only works somewhat well; an interesting attempt that manages to be slightly underwhelming at the same time. 3/5.
EXIT 8: An expectant father becomes lost in a repeating stretch of subway, where failing to notice "anomalies" may trap him there forever. This attempt to map psychological meaning onto an abstract video game premise only works somewhat well; an interesting attempt that manages to be slightly underwhelming at the same time. 3/5.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 03:46:54 PMAct of Violence In A Young Journalist (1988) - All of my bad movie training has led to this: being probably the only non Uruguayan person who would be interested in watching this demented straight to video adventure, which was the subject of a documentary I saw ^ a few days ago. It's quite long at an hour and 48 minutes, the subtitles are dodgy (the worst is when they are eating and the white words are across the white tablecloth), and yet, it was ultimately a unique and compelling experience. If I had to describe it generically, it's sort of like a giallo with Something Weird/ Ed Wood vibes and spanish dramas I don't know about thrown in?
A reporter is chronicling violence in Uruguay as a story. Entire five minute long real time interviews with "experts" are included. At the same time, she is being stalked by a violent guy, so apparently her reporting is accurate! Besides of that, there is a romance with some guy and they go on awesome dates to places like the Wrangler store in Montevideo and constantly pour cokes for each other.
The only way to see this is on youtube. It had some great 80's incidental music and scene fades and would make a superb episode of MST3K if that were possible. The two lead actresses look a lot alike and one plot movement left me as completely confused as I've ever been while watching a movie because of that. There's even a little nudity, too.
5/5
A reporter is chronicling violence in Uruguay as a story. Entire five minute long real time interviews with "experts" are included. At the same time, she is being stalked by a violent guy, so apparently her reporting is accurate! Besides of that, there is a romance with some guy and they go on awesome dates to places like the Wrangler store in Montevideo and constantly pour cokes for each other.
The only way to see this is on youtube. It had some great 80's incidental music and scene fades and would make a superb episode of MST3K if that were possible. The two lead actresses look a lot alike and one plot movement left me as completely confused as I've ever been while watching a movie because of that. There's even a little nudity, too.
5/5
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 01:10:12 PMADHD
For some reason, I can never think about Hall Of The Mountain King without looking it up.....
I always find myself thinking about The Sorcerer's Apprentice or Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.....
For some reason, I can never think about Hall Of The Mountain King without looking it up.....
I always find myself thinking about The Sorcerer's Apprentice or Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.....
#8
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 01:03:52 PMIs BONE TEMPLE the conclusion? I had read that there would be two more movies of which BONE TEMPLE is only the first...?
#9
Good Movies / Re: SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOIN...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 12:48:22 PMI too have finished it.
Some general/non-spoiler-y thoughts per my initial post:
It's very good and it's worth the investment.
Weronika Tofilska returns to direct Parts 7+8 and does a really lovely job. She needs a handsomely budgeted feature, stat.
Haley Z. Boston only co-writes Part 8. I assume she still had control of the writers' room over the entire project. 4 more new writers (iirc) come onboard for parts 5-8, including one named "Ben" that clearly identifies as "a man" and another named "Alex" who, I dunno. Only one of those four has any previous recognizable credits (as a staff writer for "Stranger Things"). As a writer, I hate this, and as a feminist, I kind of hate this, too... I would've rather the Duffers let Boston write the whole thing herself or w/ a couple of femme co-writers. The writing is, overall, imperfect. Writing 8 perfect hours of horror (or six and a half total, maybe) is tough for one writer, maybe impossible for a group. But, overall, it is pretty good.
Part 6 sometimes feels, as with Part 3, like TV dogpaddling between major plot beats. At its worst its clumsy, but it does also include some excellent sequences that move the plot forward and clarify the conflict. So, though padded, it rises above the (middling) nadir of Part 3.
On the other hand, Part 5 bounces immediately back from what could've been the showstopping Part 4. It's tightly scripted, tightly directed (by #3 director Lisa Bruhlmann, who also directs Part 6), and, in spite of having no actual "horror" content, is possibly the most tense and nerve-wracking episode in the series. (I guess it helps if you have serious social anxiety and a drinking problem.)
My fear after Part 4 was that Boston & co. had resolved all the compelling mysteries of the series. In fact I was wrong, and they smartly find ways to go deeper into the lore and tease out significant tension and uncertainty even through Part 8. Honestly that final Part (an hour) maybe inflates things by 10-15 minutes, but the resolution is, ultimately... satisfying in its inevitability.
My most serious criticism of SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN - which, by the way, I do think is an exceptional piece of work - is inextricable from the particulars of its production. As a three and a half or four hour feature film that cuts out every bit of fat, SVBIGTH is probably impeccable, beyond reproach. But who was going to give Boston and Tofilska the money to make that 3.5-4 hour art film - and build that house??? Probably no one. So, again, if the only way the world could get SVBIGTH was to get the 8-part episodic Netflix version....... insert Seinfeldmoji here.
I will commend one (sort of) specific thing here:
The most terrifying thing about SVBIGTH is how it dramatizes magical thinking or OCD - both of which I suffer from - and portrays them as entirely real phenomena that will manifest with profound and dire consequences if ignored.
Then it positions its protagonist against the person or people who ostensibly care about her the most, and make them the true antagonists of the drama, because they refuse to believe that her magical thinking is entirely justified and legitimate. 
If you've never experienced this pathology in your own life... take my word for it... this is seriously scary $#!t...! Like... this was tough for me to get through at times and I lost a little sleep over it. (In other words, nice work, Boston & company.)
Finally:
Camila Morrone is a juggernaut in her first big breakthrough role. EMMY NOMINATION, please??? Tour-de-force. A young Adjani!
Good use of JJL. Wonderful casting against-type of Levine.
Zlatko Buric as The Witness is a truly Struycken-esque figure. Gus Birney as Portia is an indelibly iconic Lynchian she-creature: Lil, Nicole Thorne, all of Grace Zabriskie's characters... and Aunt Gladys from WEAPONS while we're at it.
I understand there are murmurs of a "second season"... presumably by way of a "sequel" exploring the Custard mythos, not an episodic "Highway To Heaven" starring the new Witness........
Some general/non-spoiler-y thoughts per my initial post:
It's very good and it's worth the investment.
Weronika Tofilska returns to direct Parts 7+8 and does a really lovely job. She needs a handsomely budgeted feature, stat.
Haley Z. Boston only co-writes Part 8. I assume she still had control of the writers' room over the entire project. 4 more new writers (iirc) come onboard for parts 5-8, including one named "Ben" that clearly identifies as "a man" and another named "Alex" who, I dunno. Only one of those four has any previous recognizable credits (as a staff writer for "Stranger Things"). As a writer, I hate this, and as a feminist, I kind of hate this, too... I would've rather the Duffers let Boston write the whole thing herself or w/ a couple of femme co-writers. The writing is, overall, imperfect. Writing 8 perfect hours of horror (or six and a half total, maybe) is tough for one writer, maybe impossible for a group. But, overall, it is pretty good.
Part 6 sometimes feels, as with Part 3, like TV dogpaddling between major plot beats. At its worst its clumsy, but it does also include some excellent sequences that move the plot forward and clarify the conflict. So, though padded, it rises above the (middling) nadir of Part 3.
On the other hand, Part 5 bounces immediately back from what could've been the showstopping Part 4. It's tightly scripted, tightly directed (by #3 director Lisa Bruhlmann, who also directs Part 6), and, in spite of having no actual "horror" content, is possibly the most tense and nerve-wracking episode in the series. (I guess it helps if you have serious social anxiety and a drinking problem.)
My fear after Part 4 was that Boston & co. had resolved all the compelling mysteries of the series. In fact I was wrong, and they smartly find ways to go deeper into the lore and tease out significant tension and uncertainty even through Part 8. Honestly that final Part (an hour) maybe inflates things by 10-15 minutes, but the resolution is, ultimately... satisfying in its inevitability.
My most serious criticism of SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN - which, by the way, I do think is an exceptional piece of work - is inextricable from the particulars of its production. As a three and a half or four hour feature film that cuts out every bit of fat, SVBIGTH is probably impeccable, beyond reproach. But who was going to give Boston and Tofilska the money to make that 3.5-4 hour art film - and build that house??? Probably no one. So, again, if the only way the world could get SVBIGTH was to get the 8-part episodic Netflix version....... insert Seinfeldmoji here.
I will commend one (sort of) specific thing here:
The most terrifying thing about SVBIGTH is how it dramatizes magical thinking or OCD - both of which I suffer from - and portrays them as entirely real phenomena that will manifest with profound and dire consequences if ignored.
Then it positions its protagonist against the person or people who ostensibly care about her the most, and make them the true antagonists of the drama, because they refuse to believe that her magical thinking is entirely justified and legitimate. If you've never experienced this pathology in your own life... take my word for it... this is seriously scary $#!t...! Like... this was tough for me to get through at times and I lost a little sleep over it. (In other words, nice work, Boston & company.)Finally:
Camila Morrone is a juggernaut in her first big breakthrough role. EMMY NOMINATION, please??? Tour-de-force. A young Adjani!
Good use of JJL. Wonderful casting against-type of Levine.
Zlatko Buric as The Witness is a truly Struycken-esque figure. Gus Birney as Portia is an indelibly iconic Lynchian she-creature: Lil, Nicole Thorne, all of Grace Zabriskie's characters... and Aunt Gladys from WEAPONS while we're at it.
I understand there are murmurs of a "second season"... presumably by way of a "sequel" exploring the Custard mythos, not an episodic "Highway To Heaven" starring the new Witness........
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Bad Movies / Re: Invent A Bad Movie Title P...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 10:30:17 AMBikini Babes In Boilersuits