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I do kind of wish they'd ended The Dark Knight with batman and the joker driving the batbike and that stolen truck down the road together and then reaching a fork in the road and then going two separate directions while wiz khalifa raps. That would have owned. Maybe a scene of heath ledger playing on the beach with soft focus soap opera lighting.
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I do kind of wish they'd ended The Dark Knight with batman and the joker driving the batbike and that stolen truck down the road together and then reaching a fork in the road and then going two separate directions while wiz khalifa raps. That would have owned. Maybe a scene of heath ledger playing on the beach with soft focus soap opera lighting.
At end of last thread, someone mentioned fear of clowns having always been a thing, but that's not really true.
Yes, some people were always afraid of clowns, but it didn't really become widespread until about 35-40 years ago. This is thought to have been caused by the 1-2-3 punch of John Wayne Gacy, Poltergeist, and It catapulting the imagery of the creepy clown into the public consciousness to the point that it eventually became the default depiction of clowns in media. Prior to that, the Joker was probably the most prominent evil clown and he wasn't really portrayed as creepy or as a "scary clown" until some stories in the 80s.
Most modern children were probably exposed to a depiction of a creepy clown before ever encountering a "regular" clown and the association sticks. Living in an age of computer effects has also made modern audiences more aware of the uncanny valley effect, which clowns can also trigger due to looking slightly "off" from a normal human appearance.
It's similar to how the movie Jaws caused a sharp upswing in the fear of sharks, which lead to more shark horror movies which lead to more audiences being exposed to scary sharks at a young age. Granted, your average shark is probably more dangerous than your average clown.
Google "1800's clown" and tell me that shit isn't off-putting.
To be fair, I really did just mean that some people have been afraid of clowns forever, but not because of pop-culture influence. It's just an unsettling image sometimes, especially those really classic depictions. Ignore the concept of the clown dating back to the Pharaohs, or ye olde court jester. Just the "modern" interpretation is where I'm coming from. You're totally spot-on about the "why" of it in recent times, though. At least, I imagine that would be the reason.
Change of subject: Fede Alvarez to direct Labyrinth reboot. Anyone want to bet they miscast Jane Levy as Sarah?
At end of last thread, someone mentioned fear of clowns having always been a thing, but that's not really true.
Yes, some people were always afraid of clowns, but it didn't really become widespread until about 35-40 years ago. This is thought to have been caused by the 1-2-3 punch of John Wayne Gacy, Poltergeist, and It catapulting the imagery of the creepy clown into the public consciousness to the point that it eventually became the default depiction of clowns in media. Prior to that, the Joker was probably the most prominent evil clown and he wasn't really portrayed as creepy or as a "scary clown" until some stories in the 80s.
Most modern children were probably exposed to a depiction of a creepy clown before ever encountering a "regular" clown and the association sticks. Living in an age of computer effects has also made modern audiences more aware of the uncanny valley effect, which clowns can also trigger due to looking slightly "off" from a normal human appearance.
It's similar to how the movie Jaws caused a sharp upswing in the fear of sharks, which lead to more shark horror movies which lead to more audiences being exposed to scary sharks at a young age. Granted, your average shark is probably more dangerous than your average clown.
Google "1800's clown" and tell me that shit isn't off-putting.
That shit isn't off-putting.
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Clint EastwoodMy baby's in there someplaceShe crawled right inRegistered Userregular
what if you spend a whole movie not showing the lovecraftian monster and then near the climax the hero finally gets a peak at the unknowable madness and it's a black man cuddling a white woman
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Nah, they're terrible. But they are a LOT of fun.
They're really overrated indie schlock, I agree
Okay wait
I'm no big Fast and the Furious fan
But this might have been better
I don't get this joke
there is an indie pop band named F.U.N.
They did that pumped up kicks song
they seem fine.
Pumped Up Kicks is by Foster the People
fun. is a different story
Foster the People did Pumped Up Kicks, old man
they'e about as "indie" as imagine dragons
which is to say, barely and not for any songs you've ever heard
fueled by ramen is a WMG music label
There are many incorrect things in this post
TEN YEARS IN THE ISO CUBES
Sort of?
Like, it's a weird artifact of nomenclature that it exists, and I think a lot of indie pop could be readily classified in another category
It's a lot of post-punk/alternative/noise pop, I guess
Google "1800's clown" and tell me that shit isn't off-putting.
To be fair, I really did just mean that some people have been afraid of clowns forever, but not because of pop-culture influence. It's just an unsettling image sometimes, especially those really classic depictions. Ignore the concept of the clown dating back to the Pharaohs, or ye olde court jester. Just the "modern" interpretation is where I'm coming from. You're totally spot-on about the "why" of it in recent times, though. At least, I imagine that would be the reason.
Change of subject: Fede Alvarez to direct Labyrinth reboot. Anyone want to bet they miscast Jane Levy as Sarah?
That shit isn't off-putting.
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Well, if you're gonna screw up at least you did it on the least consequential thing possible.
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I love them, but only descriptively, not prescriptively.
I really like cataloguing my collection and being able to sort it based on shared criteria. But I pick that criteria and it's not hard and fast rules.
this is why I just said indie pop
I did. It was very good!
Y'know, like Dr. Thunder or Mountain Lightning
Those are wal-mart brands, the least indie thing imaginable
Post industrial crust punk for me.