demagogue on 7/10/2022 at 05:05
Could this be the first good movie made about a game?
It's got a better chance than the last Mario offering.
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Tocky on 8/10/2022 at 02:02
Holy shit I forgot about The Incal. Obviously about paying attention to this thread as well. That was a long long time ago Heavy Metal did that. I can't recall a damn thing about the story now. It will be a surprise remembrance for me. Thanks for posting that, Dema. Also the All Quiet on the Western Front. This new version should prove interesting in what it leaves in compared to the earlier ones. You know, I wasn't thinking Germany had that style of helmet in WWI. I have one and now I have to wonder if it's from WWI instead of WWII. I know that seems non sequitur but when I hold an object in my hands I picture the person who wore it, what they ate, what they thought, who their friends were, if they died or lost it, were they scared or stoic, were they like me? Now I have to add in another war.
As for me the only thing I've watched lately that I liked is For All Mankind. Okay, the Rings of Power has been interesting, but nothing I was truly impressed by in a personal way. I want another dystopian sort to fall for.
Tocky on 9/10/2022 at 02:34
After saying the above I just watched an excellent movie on Netflix. It's based on a Stephen King short story, one where he is influenced by his muse rather than just blowing everyone up in the end. It's called "Mr. Harrigan's Phone" and is about a young mans relationship with a rich old guy who pays him to read to him. For me the whole movie can be summed up with Mr. Harrigan's question about Conrad's The Heart of Darkness, "Do you understand what he means when he says, the horror... the horror". The kid just says, "I think so", but in your head you think of your own interpretation. Mine is that he is lamenting the horror one can make of themselves when they indulge their ego beyond their humanity to sate a lust for power as Conrad's character does.
This is a well done movie in pacing and character development. It leaves a few questions open but they are the ones we should ask of ourselves anyway.
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Harvester on 11/10/2022 at 20:37
Yes, I also liked it, watched it tonight. It’s been a while since I read the short story, I think in the story there’s one more time he uses the phone. As far as blowing everything up, it’s mostly his epic 1000+ page novels he does that. In the short stories he just takes one idea and runs with it. I like that he sells his short stories to budding filmmakers for a dollar. Probably didn’t do that here, because Netflix, Ryan Murphy, Jason Blum and director John Lee Hancock are all household names, if I were him I’d charge them full price.
Typical King in this movie is also the appreciation of classic literature.
Tocky on 12/10/2022 at 03:31
I like that too. An unexpected generosity in a venal world out of pure giving spirit. A kindness. A validation of humanity. That money is not the end all target. But absolutely charge hell out of those who can afford it. You know I had a presence at the Stephen King forum. I saw this first there. I still hang out at Weekend Playground on occasion as Scratch.
It would bode us well to ground ourselves in the classics. There is a reason they are still talked of. Because of him I read a lot of Nathaniel Hawthorn and have never been disappointed I did.
Tocky on 5/11/2022 at 04:35
I finally watched the latest Elvis movie. You knew I would. There was nobody like him or will there ever be. My cousin JoAnne went to school with him in Memphis. My mom saw him in the Toccopola gym at my little town. On the same floor I learned to skate on, the same floor I square danced on with Karen, and when he came here he was heckled by someone my mom knew. Elvis told them "looks like there is another fool out there... only one of us is getting paid for it though." Past the seven nine split on the way to Water Valley was the man who made his outfits. On my honeymoon we had set out for parts unknown but my Trans Am overheated and we stopped in Memphis. Instead we went to Graceland. We've been on his plane. I had the same Honda Dream motorcycle he had. When we went to Tupelo to Johnny's Drive In and we sat at a table and then looked at the plaque. It was Elvis table. The one he sat at as a teen and during his visits home. We've seen his shotgun shack. We've swung on his porch swing. And yeah, I'm distant kin.
Colonel Parker took too much credit. Elvis would have been Elvis no matter who was his manager. There was nobody like him. He would have been Elvis. He was Elvis. The world will never know another. His voice is much imitated but never duplicated. Elvis was alright. Fuck anyone who says different. His daughter said upon his death, "what will the world do without him?". Less. Less. The world was less without him. I remember the day he died. My sisters cried at the Graceland gates. Some of the world died with him. Some of all of us died with him. You don't know. You weren't there. You didn't watch his Aloha from Hawaii on the most watched single performer TV special ever. My wife and I did. We were kids and in separate houses unknown to each other but we saw the same thing on the same night along with over a billion people around the world.
He was the same age as my mother. He was as used by the world as anyone ever though he had wealth. He had wealth and fame but it was a golden cage for him. He had gold records to line the walls of his home. He had any woman he wanted. He had all his dreams come true. But he was missing something. He was missing control of his own life. I love the life he did live though. He was generous. He was kind. He was weak to his own sexuality. But what man would not be given he was the most beautiful man who ever lived?
Go to hell anyone who is jealous. He was Elvis. The only one who will ever be. This is a plant I grew up knowing. It's poisonous if you don't boil the bad stuff out. When you do it's like turnip greens. I've eaten it but not often. Do you even know what a tow sack is? Those days are gone. Elvis is gone. Part of me is gone. More every day.
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henke on 2/12/2022 at 09:02
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Is this one of those new INDIE MOVIES HEH HEH HEH
no but seriously folks
This... uh, didn't do much for me. Ok, I like Indy bustin out the whip and snarling at everyone in the last shot. And I like seeing Sallah again. There's too much CGI. De-aged young Indy makes me think the titular dial enables time-travel or something? Hath Indy become unstuck in time like Billy Pilgrim??? Will I see this? Possibly.
rachel on 2/12/2022 at 09:32
Oof. This looks like a mess, honestly.
Tocky on 2/12/2022 at 15:16
It looks like the sort of mess I would love. It seems to hint at playing to an audience which is also aging, and I see nothing wrong with that. Quite the contrary. When he says he misses waking up each morning wondering what new adventures it will bring that hits home for us old men. The whole trailer intrigues the hell out of me in fact. All Indy movies are a lovely mess so that doesn't deter me in the slightest.
Also, going in the other direction, I quite liked a series aimed at young girls. Wednesday was excellent. It was a murder mystery spread over the course of a season. Tim Burton did a fine job of portraying an outcast among outcasts in a way most of us can sympathize with, particularly since many of the characters were annoying stereotypes.
heywood on 2/12/2022 at 17:51
I was not moved by the trailer, but yes I'm up for one more round of Indiana Jones.