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Off Topic Discussion / Re: How's everyone doing?
Last post by chainsaw midget - Today at 09:46:59 AMJust went back to work after taking 2 and a half months off to take care of medical issues with my mother.
Legs are sore now. I am not used to standing so long anymore. Oh well... it'll come back to me.
Legs are sore now. I am not used to standing so long anymore. Oh well... it'll come back to me.
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Good Movies / Re: The Odyessy (2026)
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 09:23:45 AMWatched in IMAX yesterday. Recommended, but not essential. The sound was LOUD.
It's good. Classically made, little experimentation in style. I liked the script adaptation. It alternates between Odysseus' wife and son back in Ithaca and his own journey home from the Trojan war, and rather than just linearally following the king and his men on their travels. This made his eventual return more emotionally satisfying, since we were familiar with what he left behind. Nolan also gave Odysseus feelings of guilt and something like PTSD, which is a modern take on the tale that expands it without betraying the source material.
Technical aspects were naturally top-notch, flawless. Cast was good, but perhaps not great. Damon was very good in the lead. Lupita Nyong'o was fine but distracting because of the online controversy. No one would have noticed Elliot Page was in the movie if not for the controversy. Overall a 4.5/5, the best rendering of Homer onscreen so far.
It's good. Classically made, little experimentation in style. I liked the script adaptation. It alternates between Odysseus' wife and son back in Ithaca and his own journey home from the Trojan war, and rather than just linearally following the king and his men on their travels. This made his eventual return more emotionally satisfying, since we were familiar with what he left behind. Nolan also gave Odysseus feelings of guilt and something like PTSD, which is a modern take on the tale that expands it without betraying the source material.
Technical aspects were naturally top-notch, flawless. Cast was good, but perhaps not great. Damon was very good in the lead. Lupita Nyong'o was fine but distracting because of the online controversy. No one would have noticed Elliot Page was in the movie if not for the controversy. Overall a 4.5/5, the best rendering of Homer onscreen so far.
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Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:20:19 AM
Why are you dancing?
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: How's everyone doing?
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:16:16 AMI saw THE ODYSSEY in IMAX yesterday. 
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Good Movies / Re: Jason Statham Stole My Bik...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:14:40 AMHow about a remake of the Italian neorealist film THE BICYCLE THIEF done as gritty action film?
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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:12:30 AMI'll do my best, M.10orda!
63. Downfall (1945, last days of Hitler)
63. Downfall (1945, last days of Hitler)
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Good Movies / Re: Unofficial Horror Movie Un...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 05:41:51 AMIf by "universe" we mean simply "genre", then all of these are fine.
ZNO, you are correct, GATES OF HELL does seem related to THE BEYOND and the other films, though a little more uncertainly. (I only watched it once and it made little sense to me.) In spite of it being seen as part of the trilogy, HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY has no, no relationship to THE BEYOND or GATES OF HELL - it's about an undead mutant mad scientist hiding in a basement. There is communication between the worlds of the living and the dead (ghosts) and a character crosses over at the end, but there's no hidden portal to aitch-ee-double-hockey sticks.
SUSPIRIA, INFERNO, and MOTHER OF TEARS are an Official trilogy - nominally about a coven of immortal witches (or something). That concept introduced in SUSPIRIA (which has no portal to the underworld) is referred to sort of indirectly in INFERNO (which has a portal to the underworld but no witches, really - I mean I dunno exactly what's going on in INFERNO, it is bloody wicked cool, though). I cringe to admit I never watched MOTHER OF TEARS, so I'll trust you on that.
ZNO, you are correct, GATES OF HELL does seem related to THE BEYOND and the other films, though a little more uncertainly. (I only watched it once and it made little sense to me.) In spite of it being seen as part of the trilogy, HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY has no, no relationship to THE BEYOND or GATES OF HELL - it's about an undead mutant mad scientist hiding in a basement. There is communication between the worlds of the living and the dead (ghosts) and a character crosses over at the end, but there's no hidden portal to aitch-ee-double-hockey sticks.
SUSPIRIA, INFERNO, and MOTHER OF TEARS are an Official trilogy - nominally about a coven of immortal witches (or something). That concept introduced in SUSPIRIA (which has no portal to the underworld) is referred to sort of indirectly in INFERNO (which has a portal to the underworld but no witches, really - I mean I dunno exactly what's going on in INFERNO, it is bloody wicked cool, though). I cringe to admit I never watched MOTHER OF TEARS, so I'll trust you on that.
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Good Movies / Re: Unofficial Horror Movie Un...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 01:50:28 AMQuote from: claws on Today at 12:38:31 AM^ The Initiation (1984)
ah, that one did cross my mind... then I decided I was probably confusing it with THE INITIATION OF SARAH
jogging my memory. I've seen it. not one of the better horrors of that era
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: How's everyone doing?
Last post by Trevor - Today at 12:45:47 AMQuote from: Zapranoth on July 26, 2026, 11:03:31 PMBeen a while since I posted.
Who's still around? What's up in everyone's world?
Brother Zap, welcome.
I'm doing OK thanks, still trying to cope with my mentor and friends passing and my book is in final edit.
Doing OK.
☺️🐢