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minimoviemarathons · 7 months
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Mini Movie Marathons
When I was a kid, we had a premium channel called The Movie Channel. It didn't have the newest movies or original programming like HBO or Showtime. What it did have was what I'm calling mini marathons. Three unrelated movies with some common element and a snappy title.
Examples:
End of the line
Speed
Snowpiercer
Conair
(movies that end in a crash)
I See Dead People
Field of Dreams
Stir of Echos
Ghostbusters
(someone sees a ghost)
Second Time's the Charm
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(sequels better than the original)
I'm going to be making more of these and would love to hear your mini movie marathons.
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flipflopslapfight · 7 months
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Review: "Slumber Party Massacre (2021)" (Remake)
I have been a sucker for the “massacre” genre of movies since… well… forever. When I saw that there was a remake of the original Slumber Party Massacre coming I was kinda excited. When I found out it was a lot less excited, but a lot more curious. Continue reading Untitled
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gilly-laughs · 7 months
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Mini Movie Marathons
When I was a kid, my dad bought some channel de-scramblers from some guy and that's how we got HBO, Showtime, and The Movie Channel.
The Movie Channel wasn't anything special like HBO or Showtime that had newer movies or original shows. What it did have were mini movies marathons. Three movies united under a snappy title. The one that has stuck with me was:
Hook, Line, and Stinker
Hook
Flatliners (the original from 1990)
Gas-s-s-s
It's an odd assortment of movies of various qualities, genre, and rating, barely tied together by the title but something about it has lodged itself in my brain. It has surfaced many times over the years but today I saw something that really made me think about it.
While browsing movies on a service, I saw Train to Busun and Snowpiercer next to each other. One is a zombie movie and the other is a post-apocalypse action movie but both are take place on trains. It got me thinking. What other movies are on trains? What movies could complete this mini train movie marathon? What would you call it?
Snakes on a Train
The Polar Express
Atomic Train
Source Code
Bullet Train
Ideally most of the movie should take place on a train but beyond that it's open season.
Do you have an idea for your own mini marathon? Don't forget to give it a snappy title.
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🎟MetalSandwich Movie Mania🎟
Welcome to the MetalSandwich/Harringroveson Movie Event! I hope everyone will have a good time and make new friends as we create or appreciate the cool stuff that comes out of this event!
After a movie night with some friends on discord where we watched The Lost Boys, the idea came about to me to have a Week, seven days with a prompt for each day, with the date and prompts announced months in advance so everyone has time to make something for it!
The prompts for it will be focused on movies from the 70s/80s/90s! After an interest check and vote, the date decided was October 10th-16th! I hope everyone will have enough time and fun for this to become an annual event!
Tag for the event is #MetalSandwichMovies23
The Official Prompts!
(I decided to skip voting for this in the name of time and energy, but I was as thorough as I could be to ensure there was something for everyone!)
Oct 10th - Free Musical/Animated Movie Day
Oct 11th - Free SciFi/Fantasy Movie Day
Oct 12th - Free Action/Adventure Movie Day
Oct 13th - Free Romance/Historical Movie Day
Oct 14th - Free Horror/Creature Feature Movie Day
Oct 15th - Free Genre Movie Day
Oct 16th - Iconic Movie Day: (The Lost Boys/Labyrinth/Rocky Horror Picture Show/Etc)
Read more for Rules & FAQs
What is accepted for the event?
Anything! Fan fiction, fan art, photo edits, moodboards, fan videos, playlists, cosplays, you name it! Just let your creativity go!
Is there a minimum word count or something similar for other projects?
Not at all! Go wild, write drabbles, do anything!
I will ask that any videos include captioning and images include alt text to be considerate towards our friends with hearing and auditory processing difficulties!
How strict do we have to stick to the prompts?
Good question! With the variety and freedom of the prompts I hope you'll have plenty of wiggle room. And maybe you don't feel any movie au in particular but still want to participate? Maybe the boys just have a movie night watching a movie of your choice or they're actors! Who knows, you do! ;) I just want everyone to have fun. If you'd like any movie suggestions, let us know and we'll make a post!
I might run a little late in posting? Is that okay?
Life happens and it sucks! The dates are good for organization and giving everyone a clear schedule to try to keep to. But anything made specifically for this event will be accepted as long as it is posted sometime in October or early November. Otherwise, there's always next year!
I'd like to chat, maybe share ideas, or just show love for our favorite guys! Is there a discord?
Yes! It's 18+ and you can join us here!
Cool! Is there a Twitter?
Also yes! Give us a follow and share!
https://twitter.com/atthehawkevents
What kind of ratings and content are allowed?
This is an explicit, kink, and Dead Dove friendly event as we are dealing with many kinds of movies, including horror! Just make sure to tag appropriately. If you're unsure and need help with tagging, reach out via DM and we'll give our best suggestions.
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sinclairstarz · 1 month
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for the cinephile byler truthers. i made the party’s modern au letterboxd accounts
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in my head mike wheeler is the film bro cinephile of the party. hes a big brad pitt fan and fincher is his favorite director if you even care.. dirty dancing would be in his top 4 if he was honest. he went to see dune cause hes a scifi nerd, ended up hating it so much and complained about it to will but still gave it 2 stars cause it was pretty. did leave a very mean review. very critical rater but mostly leaves high ratings because he just doesn’t watch things he doesnt wanna see.
alternative movies i considered putting: pulp fiction (5 stars), the killer (1 star), se7en (5 stars), across the spiderverse (5 stars), nope (5 stars) , the batman 2022 (4 stars), once upon a time in hollywood (5 stars), inglorious basterds (5 stars), the matrix (half a star)
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the thing is so good and he has a poster of it on his wall in canon so it felt right. it just feels wrong not to do ghostbusters (plus its one of my favorite movies…) and yall need to hear me out on brokeback 😭😭😭 ur telling me he wouldnt bawl his eyes out??? ur wrong. will byers is a jake gyllenhaal lover. he watches dirty dancing a lot for mike, and loves ghibli movies a lot. he cried during rain man. honest rater but doesnt take it too seriously, mostly 4/5 star ratings
alternatives: saltburn (half a star), asteroid city (5 stars), blackkklansman (5 stars), the force awakens (3.5 stars), the perks of being a wallflower (4.5 stars), back to the future (5 stars)
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rogue one because lucas has taste. its the best star wars movie, if u care. he would love how fun and goofy ghostbusters 2 is. in my head Wes Anderson is like the party’s claimed director and they all watch his movies together and do marathons because the weirdness, comedy, and emotional commentary is a perfect mix for them. so. bottle rocket. lucas’ favorite wes anderson is the grand budapest hotel if u wanted to know. he rates things pretty highly and isn’t super critical.
alternatives: dodgeball (5 stars), scream 5 (4 stars), the matrix (3 stars), good will hunting (5 stars), jurassic park (5 stars), die hard (5 stars),
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likes making lucas watch gone girl on valentines day and telling him shes gonna do that to him next time he annoys her. v for vendetta is her favorite romance movie and shes a big marvel fan (in a cool way. kind of .) but thor ragnarok is probably one of her fav marvels, along with spiderman far from home and iron man. i just know she watches Casino Royale and decided she hated James Bond and then ended up watching all the Daniel Craig Bonds with Mike and loved Skyfall so much. the song is on her playlist and she did cry after No Time To Die.
Alternatives: Superbad (5 stars), baby driver (5 stars), bottoms (5 stars), 10 things i hate about you (3.5 stars), scream (5 stars), kill bill (5 stars), lord of the rings: the return of the king (1.5 stars)
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also a bit of a film nerd. i considered giving him a star wars and i know in my heart he’d probably have empire somewhere in his top 4. but star wars is lame and i wanted to give him se7en so he fucking gets se7en. he knows john wick is objectively dumb but he doesnt care hes just here for a good time. the party probably watched saltburn together and all fucking hated it. I just know hes a kurosawa nerd and always goes when the local theatres do very rare special showings of his movies.
alternatives: baby driver (4 stars), the ewok adventure (5 stars) hot fuzz (5 stars) harry potter and the sorcerers stone (4 stars) legally blonde (5 stars) spirited away (5 stars) dazed and confused (5 stars)
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she likes movies that make her feel all warm and fuzzy and hopeful. i wanted to give her breakfast club, but i think she’d honestly like sixteen candles more (even though breakfast club’s better). she cried at almost every movie in her top 4 and makes max rewatch juno with her like once a month. she gives most movies 5 stars unless she really hates them, and loves any movie thats fun to watch, even if its bad. she likes movies with pretty girls and fun colors.
alternatives: barbie (5 stars), legally blonde (5 stars), inception (2 stars), heathers (5 stars) pretty in pink (4.5 stars (she was mad andi didn’t end up with ducky)) my neighbor totoro (5 stars)
in conclusion if you haven’t seen They Cloned Tyron (2023) go watch it it deserved the oscar
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jurassicateer · 7 months
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Nublar Nightmares Returns, Bigger and Badder Than Ever!
It's that time of year again.
The one time of year when the scariest thing in Jurassic World isn't just the dinosaurs.
NUBLAR NIGHTMARES!
This year, the most primal Halloween event in prehistory is wilder than ever, as all manner of tropical terrors and mad science monstrosities take over Isla Nublar for the whole of October!
Here's just some of the horrors you can expect to rise from the Dawn of Time:
Holoscape Hauntings: Holographic spirits plague the island, manifesting at random anywhere they wish! From the Ferry to the Monorail to even your hotel room, nowhere is safe!
Trick r' Treating: Main Street becomes Trick r' Treat Street as costumed Isla Guides hand out original Jurassic World sweets and treats!
Count DNA-cula's Halloween Party: Mr. DNA commandeers the Event Center for a back-to-back, family-friendly Halloween bash!
IMAX Monster Marathon: A full schedule of scifi horror, Kaiju-crazy monster movies at Pterosauria!
Jurassic Jack o' Lanterns: Discover a patch of truly monstrous pumpkins at the Botanical Gardens, spliced with Cenozoic-era gourd DNA and enhanced with boo-tiful bioluminescence!
The Haunted Hike of Horror: This year, your Isla Guide will lead you into a mysterious crater where an unidentified artifact emits a ghastly green flame.
Camp Creep-taceous: Camp Cretaceous opens for a teens-only Halloween party, with special guests, the Nublar Eight!
Project Evilution: Our signature haunted house, now located at the Hidden Adventure! This year, the laboratory falls prey to a terrifying pack of Indominus/Human hybrids! Keep your eyes peeled. They can camouflage!
Face your nightmares at Nublar Nightmares! Only from October 1st to 31st!
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nevermindirah · 9 months
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Booker vibes hard with scifi. he has so many visceral sense-memories of reading early scifi novels as the genre developed in his first decades of immortality. all the dystopia speaks to him for obvious being God's chew toy reasons, but there are times over the years when hopeful scifi stories boost him emotionally in a way no amount of good deeds or warm hugs seem to manage.
so by the time he gets stoned and goes to the movies in 1977, he's ready.
he falls hard for Han/Leia. he too was a scoundrel who fell in love with the coolest and smartest girl around who somehow found his scruffiness charming. he too came of age and put down roots amid galaxy-shaking political and social upheaval. but Star Wars was so safely cartoony in its far-away galaxy that he found he could earnestly enjoy how hopeful it was.
over the years he tore through the novels, he picked up fan magazines here and there, stopped by the occasional con. when he discovered fanfiction, hoo boy. he wrote over 100k of Han and Leia's snarky, sappy, smutty, blaster-heavy post-RotJ adventures in like the first month alone.
decades later, he very nearly had to leave the theater when Kylo Ren killed his father.
some of those same decades later, Nile. she's only 5 years old when Episode I comes out and by the time she's old enough to sit through all-ages blockbusters the prequels have been so ragged on that she doesn't bother. maybe she catches some of the original trilogy on cable at some point but she doesn't particularly connect to it.
Star Wars becomes relevant to Nile when she's in her figuring things out after high school era and she hears the guy from Attack the Block is gonna be in the new trilogy.
rip Finn's character arc and everything else that could've been so good about the sequel trilogy, but there's still some stuff to treasure there, and Nile — well.
a few months into immortality she does a marathon of the whole Skywalker saga. it's fun and silly and a way to spend a few days. the others pop in sometimes to watch with her but for the most part she's enjoying her own private screening. then she sees Rey all alone in that AT-AT carcass and suddenly she can't stop crying. Finn's storyline is just as wonderful and frustrating as she remembered, but the way he and Rey keep finding each other, keep fighting for each other — yeah.
suddenly she's WRITING. she's usually been drawn to visual arts when she has the time and interest to create, but here she is now, writing tens of thousands of words at a time, pouring her heart out through these two space orphans who have living family they just can't get back to and through a lot of galactic bullshit manage to build a new home in each other.
she starts getting regular comments from an ao3 account with a hilarious mishmash of works in a bunch of different fandoms going back years. there's some original trilogy fic on this person's account all dated the same day in 2009, and when she reads one, an intricately plotted and super romantic Han/Leia mission fic, she notices details that make it seem like it was written before the prequels came out.
the comments get longer. she and her commenter start chatting on discord, about their blorbos and fandom drama and increasingly just life. to the extent that Nile can tell anyone about her life, that is. it's nice, having an online friend.
then one day Booker fucks up. he lets a too-specific detail slip. Nile laughs in disbelief, types into discord "hey uh if I'm right about something, pick up your phone," and then she calls him.
years later, Booker will finally admit he did a little hacking to double-check it was her before dropping that purposeful slip. then he'll write Nile a lightning-hot fic where Finn introduces Rey to holonet cybersex.
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intexda · 10 months
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I always forget how long cable scifi used to be.
"I'm gonna check out babylon 5!" Fuckin' 110 episodes and 6 (soon to be 7) movies.
The length makes sense. These shows took place over years of development and story with aging characters and were meant to be watched over the course of their life span as opposed to running a cross series marathon.
They come across as big and intimidating to me when i want to check them out. I have to take them in baby steps but my brain is like "Look at all those steps. That's fuckin' crazy!" So I hesitate a bit, but i still end up enjoying them when I get past that.
So that's cool.
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edibleashell · 10 days
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Hi, I'm me, and I finally decided to put something about myself on here. I'm mostly here to quietly reblog things that amuse me but I'm hesitantly willing to try that Human Interaction thing.
Tl;dr: The Gits, Klaatu, sci-fi, MtG, time loops, cute animals
I reblog a lot of cute animals because I love thar nature shit.
Big television fan, currently watching Xena, I'm only on s3 so I haven't risked interacting with the fandom much. I put a lot of effort into avoiding spoilers, I like the writers being able to surprise me.
Music is a big part of my life, I'm into a wide range of music and if you're a fan of The Gits or Klaatu you should definitely reach out because I need that kind of enrichment. I also listen to all sorts of things ranging from Pink Floyd to Mitski to Jim Croce to Echo and the Bunnymen to of Montreal to Lorde to Gordon Lightfoot to Emily's Sassy Lime. I'm always open to music recs.
I love sci-fi, especially sci-fi books written before the moon landing, there's real charm in the imagination of a time when we couldn'tsay for certain that there weren't little green men on the moon (though finding unproblematic scifi from that age is a real struggle). I also heavily enjoy modern sci-fi of course. I like fantasy too, I just lean more towards the sci-fi end of the spectrum.
I'm an avid Magic the Gathering player, been playing for about twenty years so you'll definitely see that here.
My favorite fiction trope is a good time loop, I think I've seen almost every time loop movie but it's a big world.
I video game, currently playing DAI, nearing the end of my Mass Effect-Dragon Age marathon, it's only taken me like a year and a half.
I'm a queer 90's- kid USAmerican (my sincerest apologies), this is a bigotry free zone (to the best of my ability, but I am a flawed human, feel free to call me out).
Favorites (subject to change):
Music: The Gits
TV show: Sense8
Movie: Groundhog Day
Book: The Sirens of Titan
Video Game: Horizon Zero Dawn (still haven't played the second one though so no spoilers!)
Meme: "I'm not trying to rob you" Gandalf talking to a dog with a tennis ball.
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minimoviemarathons · 7 months
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Swiss Cheese
Total Recall (1990)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dark City
(memory full of holes)
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detectivehole · 5 months
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I hope you don't mind a recommendation for cowboy movies but here's some good ones: The Cowboys (1972), True Grit (1969), A Fistful Of Dollars (1964), The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957), and shows like The Virginian and Gunsmoke are some favorites of mine. Obviously a lot of them have not aged well but they're good :)
these are good recommendations and i will check them out. i'll probably even report back and write little review posts like i do when i have scifi marathons 👍 thank you
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duranduratulsa · 8 months
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Now showing on my 90's Fest Movie 🎥 marathon and DuranDuranTulsa's Plenty Scary Movie...Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla (1994) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #scifi #monstermovies #creaturefeature #godzilla #godzillavsspacegodzilla #kaiju #vintage #vhs #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas3rdannual90sfest #durandurantulsa #plentyscarymovie #8sThePlace #ktul #durandurantulsasplentyscarymovie
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harborpointeblvd · 9 months
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Hi....If you don't mind, can I ask, what are your top 10 (or top 7) favorite media (can be books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series)? Why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks....
No one's ever asked me this before! I only came up with 9. It's hard to think of many that have stood the test of time, because my ADHD brain tends to become super obsessed with a piece of media for three months and then lose interest. But here goes. This is mostly gonna be stuff I have never talked about on this blog.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) - I can't tell you why I like Buffy. I generally don't like vampire shows or any kind of "sexy monster" shows. When I'm looking for webcomics, I automatically skip over anything that has vampires in the description. And I don't like any other Joss Whedon shows. There's just something special about Buffy, I guess?
The Twilight Zone (1960s TV series) - When I was a kid, we used to watch the Twilight Zone marathon on the Scifi channel every New Years. I remember the first episode I ever watched was "Third From the Sun", and my little 8-year-old brain was blown away by the twist ending. A lot of it is super cheesy, but the series is just really nostalgic for me.
Forensic Files - I used to make fun of my sister for her "murder porn" and then I sat down and watched with her one time, and I got sucked into this story about a woman who was wrongly imprisoned for poisoning her baby (who actually died from a rare blood disease), and since my ADHD brain can't just like things a normal amount, I ended up binge watching the whole series. Now I just put it on for background noise. I'm still most interested in wrongful conviction stories.
Community (TV series) - Not much to say here. It's just really funny and I love the characters.
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Book series) - I read them as a kid and re-read them as an adult. It's wonderful world-building - a somewhat simple story that feels like it's part of a much bigger story.
Haikyuu (Anime) - Right around the time season 3 came out, Tumblr kept recommending it to me. I didn't think I would be interested, because I don't like sports, but obviously I was on the edge of my seat the entire time because Haikyuu is amazing. I've started reading the manga too, but I'm only five volumes in.
Someone Else's BL Manhua - I started reading a lot of webcomics during the pandemic. This was the first one I read, and still the one I return to the most. I don't know if I love it because it's good or it's good because I love it. I loved that my first time reading it, I genuinely didn't know what the pairings would be.
Monkey Island (PC game series) - So, like, super random, but it's this old school point-and-click adventure game series about pirates that you play by solving really out-of-the-box puzzles. I play a lot of point-and-click puzzle games, but none are as delightfully weird as Monkey Island.
Legend of Zelda (Video game series) - I feel like I don't really need to explain. They're just really well-constructed video games, and each game has its own gimmick that it makes the very most of.
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IT'S TIME
Metalsandwich Movie Mania has begun!
What is Metalsandwich Movie Mania?
It is an event for creators who love Harringroveson to make things inspired by movies from decades past up to the 90s!
Don't have time or energy to make anything? That's okay, you can be a Harringroveson Thespian and encourage the creators with your appreciation!
Time got away from you or life has Happened? That's okay! We accept late entries up to mid November!
Just wanna watch movies? That's cool too! We're working on arranging movie hang out nights in the discord server! So come on by!
          The Official Prompts!
Oct 10th - Free Musical/Animated Movie Day
Oct 11th - Free SciFi/Fantasy Movie Day
Oct 12th - Free Action/Adventure Movie Day
Oct 13th - Free Romance/Historical Movie Day
Oct 14th - Free Horror/Creature Feature Movie Day
Oct 15th - Free Genre Movie Day
Oct 16th - Iconic Movie Day: (The Lost Boys/Labyrinth/Rocky Horror Picture Show/Etc)
Wanna know more? Check out the pinned post on this account for rules and FAQs! Everyone is welcome and we even have a discord for everyone to mingle or just hang out!
Alt Text: above image is a moodboard with gifs depicting Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson and Billy Hargrove. Bold black letting says 'Metalsandwich Movie Mania', and 'Has begun' and '#MetalSandwichMovies23'. Background is dark with a large orange harvest moon.
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gayspock · 1 year
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okay girlies trek movie marathon ahead go go go we're starting with the final frontier
so to set the mood its 10am and i have hot cocoa (fancy one i got for chrismas + marshmallows (vegan ones i got for chrismas)
goodness fucking gracious they really put the budget into this one again didnt they. i mean i know they do for the trek movies in general in comparison to the shows but fuck me this feels like a step up even from tvh
okay girlie pops lets do therapy in the desert . practice mindfulness with me really think about the sand on your feet ow hot hot hot
i wish someone would do this to me to be honest i take the piss but cant some beardy vulcan cunt come up to me and chat about starships and the whatnot
ISNT THIS SYBOK BTW. spocks first retroactively added sibling. btw i wont share how much i hate that fucking choice in so many ways and how theyve done it fucking twice n- sorry seeing red breathe deep. hesgot a good presence t-
AHRHGHGH OGUGHHFHFUAHDHHGF FUCK I FORGOT THE TREK THEME DOOO DODODOOO DOOOD OOO MY PUSSSYYYYYYYYYY SOAKEDDDDDDDDD SHES MAKING THE SAME NOISE SH oh christ i took that one too farback up back up
i sometimes think theres no way ppl read these lbs but if theres one person there hi the credits are rolling
guys the hot cocoa is making my tummy hurt btw but that might also be okay so i got this vegan kebab meat and i didnt know you meant to cook it so i ate the whole pack raw and it was already expired but its like vegan so it cant like be like meat levels of insanity right..... right like im not getting worms am i its. uhm. whatever guys hesclimbing
wheres he going .
dude
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I SAW CLIPS OF KIRK CLIMBING UP THIS BIG FUCK OFF MOUNTAIN BEFORE AND I KNEW BILLY SHITSTER PUT THIS IN TO WANK HIMSELF OFF BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A PLOT RELEVANT SCENE WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE CUNT IS JUST DOING IT FOR THE JOKES
THERES NO WAY THIS IS SO FUNNY . KIRK COME BACK DOWN FROM THERE
hi bones- OH MY GODDDDD HIS CUTE LITTLE JACKET HES SO CUTEEEEEEAND HIS LITTLE SCARFFFFF
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PUT THIS CUNT RIGHT ONTO YOUR PINTEREST BOARDS LADY HES-
okay ffucking hell the way william shatner still says "spock" i forgot it was like that
"1200 points of interest in yosemite and you pick me" right i forgot they were like that
his spoots.........
that made me laugh i wont even lie the way the cunt just feel
can we get a close up on the dancer cat woman please just for uhm my own . purposes interests i dont - OH HERE WE GO- THREE TITS?
WHOS THIS GIRLBOSS
CAITLYN KATELYN KAITLYN whichever its spelled- also romulan??? i assume that there's been some cultural mingling but imagine if you met a fucking cunt from mars called Sarah.
anyway shes beautiful as hell . for what reason.
seriously the dusty desert planet in scifi they all look the same its so funny
right the prblem is syboks actor is charming as all hell. fucking divert that smoldering gaze i feel fucking weird as hell
OUGHHH SCOTTYYYYYY HII BABYYYYY CAKESOUGHGHH HI ENTERPRISE OHHHHH HIIII UHURAAAA
oh my god she looks so good she LOOKS SO GOOD ... ahh nichelle 3: ... shes got such a good onscreen presence though man HELL its a shame they didnt utilise her more earlier
okay so they decided to put them together i forgot about that im not mad i gues
sulu and chekov hi guys theyre just vibing in the woods HI GUYS SORRY IM NOT IMMUNE TO NOSTALGI AND SEEING MY FAVOURITE GUYS
GUYSSSSS CAN WE ALL BE NICIESSSSS
"ive always known i'll die alone" ALRIGHT GIRL...
this is actually so cute i wont even lie im not endeared im not (is endeared) theyre on freaking holiday together
MARSHMELLON
SPOCK THEY ARENT VEGETARIAN
except for mineeeee that i have om nom nom
afterthe ritual camp sing along we all have insane freaky gay sex onscreen for the rest of the movie. its normal. it would also be less gay than them singng row row your boat like this
im absolutely ctazy for the sfx in this movie like it feels like half of them are pretty solid but theres just random bits that look so janky this is exactly how i want my star trek i wont even lie to you
also i cant tell if this klingon part is meant to have subtitles or not
ok i found the script online + im following along iwth that LOL ... i guess it makes SENSE why the actual subtitles arent like on the video itself but its still funny
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sorry to be crass but i know someone somewhere has edited this to say spock (goes off to do that)
the way it takes me 10 million years to watch a movie you have to understand theres sidequests in every movie for me to do
GOD....
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THE UNIFORM JACKET WITH THE JEANS THIS IS EVERYTHING TO ME. ABSOLUTE SLAG MOVES. COME ON SERVE ME CAKE CASUAL STYLE
i love it when the enterprise is busted to be honest its so good i hate functional ships i love it when theyre breaking- fuck me i wanna relisten to wolf 359
i already know the plot twist of that being his brother but its very fucking funny nonetheless that spock just sees his broth-
UI WASL
I WASLITERALLY JUSY ABOUT TO SAY THAT ITS VERY FUNNY WHEN SPOCK SEES HIS BROTHER AND IS DEAD SILENT LIKE "THATS SO ME AND MY BROTHER WE DONT NEED TO TALK LIKE THAT"
AND THEN MY BROTHER DEAD SILENT PUSHES A BIRTHDAY CARD UNDER MY DOOR. THROIWING UP. COSMIC TIMING THANKS BUD
by the way ive actually heard a lot of bad things about this movie and im absolutely agreed that this is corny as fuck but frankly when it comes to tos movies... im actually on board if its corny, even if the story might suck in the end. i mean granted- im hardly into the meat-meat of the movie yet. i dont doubt people slate it for NOTHING, and i presume i'll understand the problems better the more i watch (after all i am already kind of irritated with syboks existence even if i do quite like the actors vibe) but its like... hm how do i put this...
im not actually ever against, like, "nostalgia bait" stuff , i guess, and having fun with things if its kinda a) self aware enough and b) well earned. does that make sense? if it isnt taking itself too seriously and bigging itself up in a dramatic way, AND there's a solid foundation to actually have fun with then im okay with a movie that kind of only spins on the funnier, more casual moments and is somewhat self-indulgent in terms of how it panders to fans with, like, showing them all having fun camping .
the issue for me is when its either, as i said, unearned or trying to take itself too seriously... or maybe, like, when it does veer too close to flanderisation or even just spinning the wheels on the characters. its why i think a lot of chibnall doctor who doesnt realyl work when its trying tobe "fun" or "goof off with the fam" like... you guys never really did the legwork to establish these characters well enough to have that, you know?
and im not saying tos has marvellous character work- we can be honest, and say that outside of the triumvirate theyre all over the place- but i do think theyre solid enough to crry and im well okay with that yeah?
and anyway thats all to say. ive known too many pretentious types disavow all sorts of media that does kind of act a bit self-indulgent or does something fun/stupid and i dont know man i do agree in many ways but also, like, entertainment is sometimes meant to be entertaining and its hardly the worst ever if a star trek movie just fucks about a bit instead of doing some epic space opera every single time, nor does it ruin the entire franchise or work that came before it. its why i really fucking rate the voyage home- because it lets itself take the time, take the breather after the other three movies. like i understand if it does purposefully undermine something else but like... i dont know i feel like some people ironically have such a shallow mindset sometimes where theyre likt, fucking hell, its the death of all media because they were silly 1 time and did something a bit funny/had fun (esp if it isnt just to their tasts)
(adnd yeah its also like... i dont know you know osme ppl who seem to have 0 media awareness in terms of like.. yeah man you can wax pretentious gobshite all you want but also its star trek man and thats not to belittle the franchise in any way but also manage expectations of what youre going to be consuming AND also realise that its not BAD that not everything is, like, you know some high calibre art and that actually that diversity in art is kinda better for your media diet tbh like they all serve a diff purpose like- you know so unrelated its also like im sorry it reminds me of all the discourse around knives out and the such and people not taking that movie into context and whatever the fuck or ALSO how im watching bsg lright now and i know im tempering my expectations interms of what that will deliver, what it will do and even further than that the actual politics)
( BC THAT ALSOOO is a whole other thing im so off topic here where its like im obbiously not talking about genuinely harmful media here but ive seen some ppl online kind of assume that media has to cater to their exact political alignment or else it isnt good and its like i absolutely agree you can analyse/dissect that and with bsg i do sort of like look at it and think well are we being serious with what we're doing here but also like eh shrug its kinda weird when you go in with the intention that apiece of art has to come to your exact own personal conclusions about the world by the end of it do you know what i mean . like i dont even mean tht in terms of like.. trying to defend things, but i mean that in terms of your own personal growth and open mindedness and appreciation for others' worldvew... anyways im so off topic im so so off topic this is literally the final fontirer 1989 here)
anyway im like
IM THE WORST IM RAMBLING LIKE THIS WHEN IVE BATRELY WATCHED THE MOVIE BC LOL #ANNOYING WHEN THIS ISNT EVEN RELATEDDDDDD
my point is i feel like what ive seen so faris kinda fun and the dialogue though corny and whatnot has made me smile enough that i feel like if this is gonna be sustained throughout im not gonna be mad if the overall plot does suck which idk is contrary to what i thought before i started bc ive heard such bad things about this one
which hey i guess theres other stuff behind that too because going back to that self-indulgent part.... it is obvious billy shits is, as i said, having a long self pleasure session . i also know theres other problems there tbh too-yeah...
ANYWAYS
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can someone edit in them kicking their legs and giggling 👆
OK I SAID ALL I SAID ABOVE BUT THE UHURA SCENE WAS THAT ONE NECESSAY GUYSSSSSSS
also my god i eed to stop pausing ive been watching for almost 2 hours and im 40 minutes in thats so fucking funny
sybok: "ok but dude i didnt want anyone to dieeeee i was joking"DUDE PLEASE
the catgirl is feral i repeat the catgirl is feral
oh so it turns out the hostages are rather cheeky
WHY DID THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THEM OUT OF THEIR GOOD OUTFITS UGHHH BOOOOOO LOSERS BOOOO at least sybok is slaying does he have long hair? i do like that; i do appreciate that
"which will take...?" "exactly 15.5 seconds" "AN ETERNITY, DURING WHICH-"
I GET WHAT THEY MEAN BUT LOL
can i also say i think i said this when watching bsg but i love how many scifi ships have a lets fuck off really fast mode. its so fuckinh funny.
YHE GIRLS ARE FIGHTTIGNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG
"PICK IT UP" I LIKE HOW HE HAD TO BE TOLD.
AND SYBOK IS LIKE BE SERIOUS I KNOW YOU ARENT GOING TO D- SHOOT HIM? KIRK. BE SERIOUS . HE WONT DO THAT
KIRK YOU BEST NOT BE GOING INTO A STROP LEAVE SPOCK ALONE WILL E VERYONE LEAVE SPOCK THE FUCK ALONE
can i also say . sarek is a right fucking whore. how many wives did he have . like after amanda how many human women did he go through exactly
okay so round about this point i got distracted for another half fucking hour guys its so ufnny how long it takes me to watxh movies
THE WAY THEY JUST KNOCKED SCOTTY OUT. COME ON GUYS HELP
jim being tired climbing up when he literally beasted that mountain come on behave
THE SPOOTS ARE MAKING ME GIGGLE SO BADLY sorry.
the way they all got on together.... please... i will say BOTH times ive expected spock to straight up bridal carry kirk somehow
also i will say god . throwback to pk wars; im still laughing at how farscape presented the eidelons as, like, the answer to peace when its literally brainwashing just like this and its totally unacknowledged. anyways
WHY ARE WE GIVING BONES DADDY ISSUES
THIS IS SO FUNNY ACTUALLY
IM UNDERSTANDING MORE WHY THIS MOVIE IS DRAGGED BUT I CANT EVEN HATE IT ITS FUNNY TO ME BONES WE'RE GIVING YOU THERAPY TONIGHT
its so funny with bones they just give some random horrors to him whenever the fuck you know and then its never brought up again god love god bless
sarek can be so....
sarek can be so funny im sorry i know this isnt the time im watching him reject infant spock but do you remember in tng when he and picard were... well... they were well acquainted pen pals werent they if you understand me . its like hes a whore . hes a terrible father. hes like the worst. but hes kinda funny sometimes.
OKAY SPOCK SLAYED THAT GET HIS ASS
BONES LOYAL TO THE BESTIES
igotdistractedgaian guys btw this is so bd its like 1pm i started this at 10am but do you know what i need some new shoesso i needed to go find some and research do you know what i mean
i focus now i focus
THE GANG MEETS GOD. WHY NOT.
i always find it outrageously funny whenever they meet god or go to eden in sci fi . beyond hysterical. why not guys hes just been chilling somewhere why not babes .
KIRK BEING LIKE EXCUSE ME ☝️🤨...?
SORRY THATS SO FUNNY . HEY GOD. EXCUSIES. SCUSIES. [GETS HIS TITS BLASTED OFF]
thats funny as fuck
AGAIN IM SEEING MORE AND MORE WHY THIS IS CLOWNED ON THIS IS RANDOM AS ALL HELL BUT ITS FUNNY AND SO INCOHERENT AND THE PACING IS ALL OVER . GOD BLESS THIS MESS
"but captain we're firing directly on your position" can you have a little fucking fun for once chekov light it up bitch
HE SAID OOIEEE YEOWCH
woah he said damn... he said damnnnn
are you about to say sorryyyyyyyyyy
THATS SO FUNNY
THE KLINGON GUY JSUST SAID SOWWWWYYYY I WONT DO IT AGAIN BWAA..... THATSSO FUCKING FUNNY
GOD
YOU WERE NEVER ALONE... DUMBASSS.
PLEASE CAPTAIN. NOT IN FRONT OF THE KLINGONS FUCKING HELL. GAY ASS
"i lost a brother once. i was lucky i got him bakc" you guys remember when kirk actually lost his brother like hsi real life brother who died
OUGHGHH OH MY GOD THEIR OUTFITS BY THE CAMPFIRE YESSSSSSSSS
CANT WE GET JUST A MOVIE OF THEM CAMPING SORRY THIS WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MOVIE LIKE THE REST OF IT WAS DEAD BUT I RATE IT FOR ROW ROW YOUR BOAT
HELP...
OKAY THATS OVER
SALUTATIONS I NEED TO TAKE ABREATHER BUT THEN WE'RE ONTO UNCANNY COUNTY
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[movie review] aliens (1986)
from easily the best movie i’m going to watch in this marathon to easily the second best movie i’m going to watch in this marathon. james cameron’s sequel famously genre shifts from horror/scifi to action/scifi, and unsurprisingly he makes about the best action/scifi movie you could possibly make in this franchise. comparing the first two movies is justifiably considered difficult because they’re apples and oranges, but i’m not afraid to say that i like apples better and i like what alien is trying to do better than what aliens is trying to do.
it’s a james cameron movie, so there is a maximum amount of effort put into every facet of the production. and the genre pivot doesn’t leave behind many of the core aspects of the first movie.
i’ll never not be impressed by the fact that aliens managed to pull off this genre shift--and send an entire horde of xenomorphs after our heroes instead of just the one--without sacrificing the feeling that xenomorphs are unstoppable killing machines and our heroes are hopelessly outmatched against them in combat. part of this comes from the fact that aliens is a lot more liberal in killing off characters than you’d expect from most scifi/action movies, but even scenes where characters are imperiled by them but manage to escape really sell them as an absolutely deadly threat. when ripley and newt are trapped in a room with two facehuggers, they keep just barely managing to avoid being implanted by the skin of their teeth until help arrives, and even when it does (in the form of several heavily-armed space marines no less), the resulting rescue has an air of desperation to it that leaves the audience catching their breath along with the characters.
ripley continues to be an unmitigated badass in tangible ways while also becoming much more relatable to the audience as she’s fleshed out a bit more. she’s shaken from her trauma, and would much rather stay in her spartan apartment and hug her cat than go back to that place, even with a group of heavily-armed space marines. once she’s there, she tries to stay out of the line of fire as much as possible, and rolls her eyes at the overly macho marines but lets them do their thing until it all comes crumbling down around them because their leader is useless, at which point she just takes over and everyone just kind of falls in line behind her.
all of this without sacrificing who she is as a person, or suggesting that she’s invincible. she’s not a badass because she’s unaffected, she’s a badass because she just keeps going. i love it.
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