What are you watching?

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:33 pm

anyway, ive said more than enough to get at least one of us "iced" sorry

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:42 pm

vurt wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:29 pm
no mystical power over anyone.

no, he just plied the girls with acid so he could f**k 'em

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:44 pm

AnX wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:42 pm

vurt wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:29 pm
no mystical power over anyone.

no, he just plied the girls with acid so he could f**k 'em

indeed. definitely not a nice man.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:47 pm

my point is, the case made him this icon, had they not put his own wasted ass on tv news repeatedly that would not have happened.

when the police came for him, he thought it was drug related and ate his entire stash of acid. which is why his brain was fried to f**k.

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 1:42 pm

vurt wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:31 pm
he didn't like the beatles either but had a very close and intimate relationship with dennis wilson, and the "manson family jam" band recorded hours of music in brians home studio, which was all destroyed.

Didn’t Dennis quickly realize what kind of guy he was and they ended up in a fist fight after Manson threatened his kids? I kind of remember it was a physical fight changed things then Dennis told all the music people he introduced Manson to what a psycho he really was.

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 2:51 pm

Old Believers (good), Hide and Seek (good), and The Waldheim Waltz (pretty good).

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 7:10 pm

Coming to Terms (pretty good).

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:06 pm

Jakub (good), East of War (very good), and Silent Night, Deadly Night (saw it when I was a kid, but only remembered, or half-remembered, the Linnea Quigley part; the Grandpa scaring Billy scene is good, from then it is just so-so except for one other scene).

e@rs · Post by **e@rs** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:57 am

Bad Times At The El Royale - has its moments, but overall I can't say I liked it.

fairlyclose · Post by **fairlyclose** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:46 pm

e@rs wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:57 am
Bad Times At The El Royale - has its moments, but overall I can't say I liked it.

I thought it was fun - sort of playful with tropes

mgw38 · Post by **mgw38** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:04 pm

Picked up a CBS All Access subscription during the Amazon Prime Black Friday sale and started watching Evil. Good stuff. Episode 4 is one of the darkest and most disturbing network TV episodes in a while. Even Black Mirror feels pale in comparison.

fairlyclose · Post by **fairlyclose** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:52 pm

mgw38 wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:04 pm
Picked up a CBS All Access subscription during the Amazon Prime Black Friday sale and started watching Evil. Good stuff. Episode 4 is one of the darkest and most disturbing network TV episodes in a while. Even Black Mirror feels pale in comparison.

I'll check it out - sometimes I like these shows but other times they are too specifically or intensely Christian for me to understand or suspend disbelief in the underlying mythos.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:03 pm

watched The Irishman last night

its OK, nothing amazing (typical mob type film) but easily 90 mins too long

not as good as the hype (but very little is)

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Post by **el-bo (formerly ebow)** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:25 am

Oops! Wrong thread.

mgw38 · Post by **mgw38** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:59 am

fairlyclose wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:52 pm

mgw38 wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:04 pm
Picked up a CBS All Access subscription during the Amazon Prime Black Friday sale and started watching Evil. Good stuff. Episode 4 is one of the darkest and most disturbing network TV episodes in a while. Even Black Mirror feels pale in comparison.
I'll check it out - sometimes I like these shows but other times they are too specifically or intensely Christian for me to understand or suspend disbelief in the underlying mythos.

It's actually a lot less Christian than you might think. The Catholic references are primarily for establishing context, they have close to no meaning for the progression of the storyline. At least so far.

Edit: And I think that is actually what makes episode 4 so dark. You are somewhat waiting for a supernatural explanation and then it resolves itself in a twist that is disturbing because it is completely realistic.