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#21
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by LilCerberus - April 20, 2026, 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.....
#22
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - April 20, 2026, 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...?
#23
Good Movies / Re: SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOIN...
Last post by M.10rda - April 20, 2026, 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........
#24
Bad Movies / Re: Invent A Bad Movie Title P...
Last post by zombie no.one - April 20, 2026, 10:30:17 AMBikini Babes In Boilersuits
#25
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Rev. Powell - April 20, 2026, 09:48:27 AM
"Fidelity" by Yaya Bey
"Highway to Heavenly" by Heavenly
"Of the Earth" by Shabaka
#26
Television / Re: TV characters you hated?
Last post by M.10rda - April 20, 2026, 08:49:52 AMSomeone on that show had to do some acting! Hannibal was iconic but very one-note. Mr. T... at best a scary clown, not an actor. "Face" was just that. (Oddly "Face" should have been an actor's role, but... it wasn't.) Even as a kid, I always thought Dwight Schultz carried the A-Team.
Hannibal was iconic but very one-note. Mr. T... at best a scary clown, not an actor. "Face" was just that. (Oddly "Face" should have been an actor's role, but... it wasn't.) Even as a kid, I always thought Dwight Schultz carried the A-Team. #27
Bad Movies / Re: Invent A Bad Movie Title P...
Last post by LilCerberus - April 19, 2026, 09:27:34 PMAlice In Disorderland
#28
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - April 19, 2026, 09:24:45 PM"Death Wish" (2018)
A mild-mannered Chicago doctor (Bruce Willis) turns vigilante after his wife is killed and his daughter brutalized by home invaders.
Eli "Cabin Fever" Roth's 21st century update of the 1974 Charles Bronson classic is a lean, no-frills revenge saga with a serious mean streak. Willis is his usual badass self and it's lots of sadistic fun watching him give the bad guy's their just desserts. Bronson would be proud.
A mild-mannered Chicago doctor (Bruce Willis) turns vigilante after his wife is killed and his daughter brutalized by home invaders.
Eli "Cabin Fever" Roth's 21st century update of the 1974 Charles Bronson classic is a lean, no-frills revenge saga with a serious mean streak. Willis is his usual badass self and it's lots of sadistic fun watching him give the bad guy's their just desserts. Bronson would be proud.
#29
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Memes n' stuff of the day
Last post by LilCerberus - April 19, 2026, 08:53:46 PM
#30
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by LilCerberus - April 19, 2026, 08:11:24 PMTonight's Stinker
The Jesus Trip(1971)
https://youtu.be/QoH2yDfO5Vc?si=68Td8qd3U4Csb3sL
A group of bikers returns from Mexico with some new(ish) bikes, but runs into trouble at a border checkpoint...
They make a break for it, & ditch the cops by going off-road..... One of them was shot in the run, so they decide to crash at a nearby convent they think is deserted (at least for the weekend), but find three nuns are still there.... One of the nuns patches the hurt biker.... Later that night, one of the bikers finds that the new bikes had heroin hidden in them, meaning drug dealers are also looking for them....
The next day, a cop shows up to flirt with one of the nuns, but he spots one of the bikes, so the bikers take him hostage, then ride out with the cop & the nun as hostages....
They leave the cop in the middle of nowhere, while taking the nun with them.... The drug dealers' helicopter finds them, & they dispatch it with a pistol....
They decide to hide out in a tiny town where one of them grew up, only to find it abandoned... The nun starts to get Stockholm syndrome.....
Three of the bikers go into town for a grocery run, but decide to stop at a nearby bar & get hammered, so they end up having to spend the night.... The next morning, the cop & his dirt-bike club find & capture them, & this time, he aint looking to make any arrests.....
Not thrilling, but not grating either.... Most of the scenes are poorly lit.....
The Jesus Trip(1971)
https://youtu.be/QoH2yDfO5Vc?si=68Td8qd3U4Csb3sL
A group of bikers returns from Mexico with some new(ish) bikes, but runs into trouble at a border checkpoint...
They make a break for it, & ditch the cops by going off-road..... One of them was shot in the run, so they decide to crash at a nearby convent they think is deserted (at least for the weekend), but find three nuns are still there.... One of the nuns patches the hurt biker.... Later that night, one of the bikers finds that the new bikes had heroin hidden in them, meaning drug dealers are also looking for them....
The next day, a cop shows up to flirt with one of the nuns, but he spots one of the bikes, so the bikers take him hostage, then ride out with the cop & the nun as hostages....
They leave the cop in the middle of nowhere, while taking the nun with them.... The drug dealers' helicopter finds them, & they dispatch it with a pistol....
They decide to hide out in a tiny town where one of them grew up, only to find it abandoned... The nun starts to get Stockholm syndrome.....
Three of the bikers go into town for a grocery run, but decide to stop at a nearby bar & get hammered, so they end up having to spend the night.... The next morning, the cop & his dirt-bike club find & capture them, & this time, he aint looking to make any arrests.....
Not thrilling, but not grating either.... Most of the scenes are poorly lit.....