Even tho its essence—false consciousness and ideology masking reality—is normally connected with the left. Is Neo supposed to be Christ or the proletariat realizing their historical duty? I've mentioned before, tho, that it's fascinating to me how much the right has grabbed from the mid-century left. What unites the two sides is a contempt for liberalism, but it's amusing to see the right use dumb leftist tropes against the left without appreciating the provenance.JennyB wrote: ↑02 Jul 2021, 9:21amI really hate that movie. It's like a libertarian wet dream.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Jul 2021, 6:49pmThe Matrix is on tonight. I haven't seen it, start to finish, since it was in the theatres (I remember the theatre I was in had the volume cranked uncomfortably loud). So I'm about to have my mind blown with, like, real truth.
edit: So, like, Trump is Neo and the Deep State is the Matrix …?
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But at least Keanu was hot!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Jul 2021, 9:50amEven tho its essence—false consciousness and ideology masking reality—is normally connected with the left. Is Neo supposed to be Christ or the proletariat realizing their historical duty? I've mentioned before, tho, that it's fascinating to me how much the right has grabbed from the mid-century left. What unites the two sides is a contempt for liberalism, but it's amusing to see the right use dumb leftist tropes against the left without appreciating the provenance.JennyB wrote: ↑02 Jul 2021, 9:21amI really hate that movie. It's like a libertarian wet dream.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Jul 2021, 6:49pmThe Matrix is on tonight. I haven't seen it, start to finish, since it was in the theatres (I remember the theatre I was in had the volume cranked uncomfortably loud). So I'm about to have my mind blown with, like, real truth.
edit: So, like, Trump is Neo and the Deep State is the Matrix …?
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And it had one of the Models, Inc! (Today is going to be dated 90s reference day, I see.)JennyB wrote: ↑02 Jul 2021, 10:05amBut at least Keanu was hot!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Jul 2021, 9:50amEven tho its essence—false consciousness and ideology masking reality—is normally connected with the left. Is Neo supposed to be Christ or the proletariat realizing their historical duty? I've mentioned before, tho, that it's fascinating to me how much the right has grabbed from the mid-century left. What unites the two sides is a contempt for liberalism, but it's amusing to see the right use dumb leftist tropes against the left without appreciating the provenance.JennyB wrote: ↑02 Jul 2021, 9:21amI really hate that movie. It's like a libertarian wet dream.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Jul 2021, 6:49pmThe Matrix is on tonight. I haven't seen it, start to finish, since it was in the theatres (I remember the theatre I was in had the volume cranked uncomfortably loud). So I'm about to have my mind blown with, like, real truth.
edit: So, like, Trump is Neo and the Deep State is the Matrix …?
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What if Ferris Bueller wasn't a slacker and instead wanted to lead a revolution? A teenager believes he's the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky and is meant to relive his life, so he embarks on a life of revolution, including organizing the students of his school against administration. Very funny and charming because Leon is so earnest about his perceived destiny. Highly recommended.
What if Ferris Bueller wasn't a slacker and instead wanted to lead a revolution? A teenager believes he's the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky and is meant to relive his life, so he embarks on a life of revolution, including organizing the students of his school against administration. Very funny and charming because Leon is so earnest about his perceived destiny. Highly recommended.
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Event Horizon (1997) The title refers the name of an exploration ship that disappears then reappears near the planet Neptune in the 2040s. Sam Neil is the scientist who built it, and Larry Fishburne is the Captain of the crew sent to retrieve it. When they find it their experience are not only out of this world, but out of this dimension. Kinda like Hellraiser in space. Sean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers, Gotham) is a crew member. Paul Anderson, who did most of the Resident Evil films, directs. I liked it better this time than I did a few years ago.
Vicious Fun (2020) While drinking away the blues because his roommate doesn’t share his feelings for her, a young man passes out in a bar and wakes up to find himself in an after-hours support group for serial killers. His knowledge of horror films helps him bluff his way to safety…well, for a few minutes, at least. This takes place in the 80s, though it didn't really feel like it. One guy had a Members Only jacket, and there was a rotary phone, that was about it, and for a comedy, it should have been funnier. The lead gave off a Sean Astin vibe, but this managed to be fairly entertaining all the way through, good enough to watch once. David Koechner was in it too.
Skull: The Mask (2020) An archeological dig unearths a mythical mask that kills its finder and wraps itself around the face of an innocent, who goes on bloody rampage. Trying to stop it are a shoot-first lady-cop, a man who believes it’s his birthright to protect it, and a museum proprietor with sinister intentions. Sounds good, but I didn’t like the characters. Very gory, though. Brazilian, in Portuguese with subs.
False Positive (2020) Broad City’s Ilana Glazer goes to a fertility specialist (Pierce Brosnan) and once impregnated believes everyone is conspiring against her. Glazer also wrote the screenplay, which owes a lot to Rosemary’s Baby. The end was OK, but the middle grinded to a halt. I did a time check at what I was sure was an hour, maybe more, and it was 38 minutes. I can’t recommend. Gretchen Mol played a nurse, I do like her!
Cruel Jaws (1995) This shameless Jaws rip-off used some underwater footage from multiple previous Jaws movies and was even marketed as Jaws 5 in some countries. Italian director Bruno Mattei and a cast of Floridians with this as their only film credit “borrow” a ton of dialoged from the classic (no boating accident, eat sleep make baby sharks, we’re gonna need a bigger helicopter…yes helicopter) and a plot about closing the beach and guy who looks like Hulk Hogan who can’t pay the rent and his cheap-ass Sea World knock-off. After the Piranha-esque massacre scene, a little girl in a wheelchair profoundly exclaims that “Sharks are really bad.” She also asked her Hulk Hogan dad if Tiger Sharks have a shark for a daddy and a tiger for a mommy. A few pretty girls and a fair amount of bikinis, but no nudity. This could work as a fun “bad movie” but not much else.
Queen Bee Strikes Again aka Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee’s Counter Attack (1971) As far as I can figure, this is the first of the seven Girl Boss (Sukeban) franchise, although “Strikes Again” and “Counter Attack” sure makes it sound like a sequel. Reiko Ike leads a gangs of juvenile delinquents who turn tricks, drug and roll Johns, steal cars, shoplift, fuck their boyfriends while riding motorcycles, and blackmail congressmen who fuck teenage pop singers, just to name a few. It climaxes with a pharmaceutical heist and a hail of gunfire. Loaded with nudity, violence and all around sleaziness, A+ in my book. Miki Sugimoto is a background character in this one, in a year or two she would rise to leading lady status. Well, in Pinky films, at least.
Vicious Fun (2020) While drinking away the blues because his roommate doesn’t share his feelings for her, a young man passes out in a bar and wakes up to find himself in an after-hours support group for serial killers. His knowledge of horror films helps him bluff his way to safety…well, for a few minutes, at least. This takes place in the 80s, though it didn't really feel like it. One guy had a Members Only jacket, and there was a rotary phone, that was about it, and for a comedy, it should have been funnier. The lead gave off a Sean Astin vibe, but this managed to be fairly entertaining all the way through, good enough to watch once. David Koechner was in it too.
Skull: The Mask (2020) An archeological dig unearths a mythical mask that kills its finder and wraps itself around the face of an innocent, who goes on bloody rampage. Trying to stop it are a shoot-first lady-cop, a man who believes it’s his birthright to protect it, and a museum proprietor with sinister intentions. Sounds good, but I didn’t like the characters. Very gory, though. Brazilian, in Portuguese with subs.
False Positive (2020) Broad City’s Ilana Glazer goes to a fertility specialist (Pierce Brosnan) and once impregnated believes everyone is conspiring against her. Glazer also wrote the screenplay, which owes a lot to Rosemary’s Baby. The end was OK, but the middle grinded to a halt. I did a time check at what I was sure was an hour, maybe more, and it was 38 minutes. I can’t recommend. Gretchen Mol played a nurse, I do like her!
Cruel Jaws (1995) This shameless Jaws rip-off used some underwater footage from multiple previous Jaws movies and was even marketed as Jaws 5 in some countries. Italian director Bruno Mattei and a cast of Floridians with this as their only film credit “borrow” a ton of dialoged from the classic (no boating accident, eat sleep make baby sharks, we’re gonna need a bigger helicopter…yes helicopter) and a plot about closing the beach and guy who looks like Hulk Hogan who can’t pay the rent and his cheap-ass Sea World knock-off. After the Piranha-esque massacre scene, a little girl in a wheelchair profoundly exclaims that “Sharks are really bad.” She also asked her Hulk Hogan dad if Tiger Sharks have a shark for a daddy and a tiger for a mommy. A few pretty girls and a fair amount of bikinis, but no nudity. This could work as a fun “bad movie” but not much else.
Queen Bee Strikes Again aka Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee’s Counter Attack (1971) As far as I can figure, this is the first of the seven Girl Boss (Sukeban) franchise, although “Strikes Again” and “Counter Attack” sure makes it sound like a sequel. Reiko Ike leads a gangs of juvenile delinquents who turn tricks, drug and roll Johns, steal cars, shoplift, fuck their boyfriends while riding motorcycles, and blackmail congressmen who fuck teenage pop singers, just to name a few. It climaxes with a pharmaceutical heist and a hail of gunfire. Loaded with nudity, violence and all around sleaziness, A+ in my book. Miki Sugimoto is a background character in this one, in a year or two she would rise to leading lady status. Well, in Pinky films, at least.
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This cast couldn't be more Canadian if Tim Horton himself was the star.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jul 2021, 8:02amWatched this morning:
What if Ferris Bueller wasn't a slacker and instead wanted to lead a revolution? A teenager believes he's the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky and is meant to relive his life, so he embarks on a life of revolution, including organizing the students of his school against administration. Very funny and charming because Leon is so earnest about his perceived destiny. Highly recommended.
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Is it the cast of Degrassi?JennyB wrote: ↑06 Jul 2021, 9:13amThis cast couldn't be more Canadian if Tim Horton himself was the star.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jul 2021, 8:02amWatched this morning:
What if Ferris Bueller wasn't a slacker and instead wanted to lead a revolution? A teenager believes he's the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky and is meant to relive his life, so he embarks on a life of revolution, including organizing the students of his school against administration. Very funny and charming because Leon is so earnest about his perceived destiny. Highly recommended.
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You guys!revbob wrote: ↑06 Jul 2021, 11:16amIs it the cast of Degrassi?JennyB wrote: ↑06 Jul 2021, 9:13amThis cast couldn't be more Canadian if Tim Horton himself was the star.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jul 2021, 8:02amWatched this morning:
What if Ferris Bueller wasn't a slacker and instead wanted to lead a revolution? A teenager believes he's the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky and is meant to relive his life, so he embarks on a life of revolution, including organizing the students of his school against administration. Very funny and charming because Leon is so earnest about his perceived destiny. Highly recommended.
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A few years ago I guested on a podcast where we just ripped the matrix movies to shreds for hours, I really hated them. Since then, the Watchowskis came out as trans and I think there's a pretty obvious gender dysphoria reading of those films that gives me enough pause to refrain from my outright loathing I used to have.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Jul 2021, 9:50amEven tho its essence—false consciousness and ideology masking reality—is normally connected with the left. Is Neo supposed to be Christ or the proletariat realizing their historical duty? I've mentioned before, tho, that it's fascinating to me how much the right has grabbed from the mid-century left. What unites the two sides is a contempt for liberalism, but it's amusing to see the right use dumb leftist tropes against the left without appreciating the provenance.JennyB wrote: ↑02 Jul 2021, 9:21amI really hate that movie. It's like a libertarian wet dream.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Jul 2021, 6:49pmThe Matrix is on tonight. I haven't seen it, start to finish, since it was in the theatres (I remember the theatre I was in had the volume cranked uncomfortably loud). So I'm about to have my mind blown with, like, real truth.
edit: So, like, Trump is Neo and the Deep State is the Matrix …?
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JennyB wrote: ↑06 Jul 2021, 9:13amThis cast couldn't be more Canadian if Tim Horton himself was the star.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jul 2021, 8:02amWatched this morning:
What if Ferris Bueller wasn't a slacker and instead wanted to lead a revolution? A teenager believes he's the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky and is meant to relive his life, so he embarks on a life of revolution, including organizing the students of his school against administration. Very funny and charming because Leon is so earnest about his perceived destiny. Highly recommended.
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I tried watching Boogie Nights last night. Tried being the operative word. What the hell was that?
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I haven't seen that since it first came out. My chief memory is that most of the people in the theatre expected a fun, disco movie and were not impressed with what they got. But yay Rollergirl!
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Wasn't it about the porn industry?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Jul 2021, 10:30amI haven't seen that since it first came out. My chief memory is that most of the people in the theatre expected a fun, disco movie and were not impressed with what they got. But yay Rollergirl!
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Right. Porn in the 70s, inspired by John Holmes' life.revbob wrote: ↑10 Jul 2021, 11:47amWasn't it about the porn industry?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Jul 2021, 10:30amI haven't seen that since it first came out. My chief memory is that most of the people in the theatre expected a fun, disco movie and were not impressed with what they got. But yay Rollergirl!
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You mean Shlooooong Holmes, amiright?!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Jul 2021, 12:40pmRight. Porn in the 70s, inspired by John Holmes' life.revbob wrote: ↑10 Jul 2021, 11:47amWasn't it about the porn industry?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Jul 2021, 10:30amI haven't seen that since it first came out. My chief memory is that most of the people in the theatre expected a fun, disco movie and were not impressed with what they got. But yay Rollergirl!