the second best was during the ring 2, when samara jumpscares in the ambulance at the start, and the entire theatre jumps
except for me and my friend, seated three seats apart (because there are other friends), who turn and look at each other and just cackle with delight at how well it got everyone
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My first date was to Lady in the Water. And we ended up being the only two in the theater. So we basically did our own MST3K over the film. And that was probably the best date I'll ever have.
Dropping acid before seeing the smash hit Mafia!, starring Jay Mohr, where my friend spent half of the film trying to walk through the wall of the theater, muttering over and over to himself, "I gotta get out, I gotta get out".
Back when they played a silly little pitch video before every IMAX movie, when I went to see The Dark Knight, after the man says "You could hear a pin drop" and a laser pin drops on the screen and it goes ting I yelled "I HEARD IT!"
I think it's fair to say I was a popular guy that day.
I once had a pass that let me go to the pictures as often as I liked, and I went to see Phantom Menace like 7 times. I didn't even like it the first time, I was trying to convince myself that it was Star Wars, so it couldn't be bad.
I fell asleep a couple of times, and 1 time I went because it was raining and the cinema was right there so it was better than getting wet.
I also went to see Jaws be myself a few years ago because no one would go with me because my friends are idiots. There were only 6 other people in the entire place aka the only correct people in town.
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I saw Get Out in one of the (initial) last showings at the Drafthouse.
it was a late-afternoon matinee, and I had already treated myself to a hearty lunch, so I asked the server for a cup of water, cookies, tea, and told him I wouldn't need anything else. (Less tip than a full meal, but also no worries.) There were, like, 7 people in the theater? I sat in the near-to-last row, and the closest person was 5 rows up, mid-theater.
I felt very free to react, and it was a good experience, but it would've been a treat to see it again in a full showing.
This is one of the strangest spoilers I've ever seen.
spoiler for length / boring justification, heh
it's hard for me to tell a story without a lot of detail, but i can also recognize it's not necessarily pertinent to others
Dropping acid before seeing the smash hit Mafia!, starring Jay Mohr, where my friend spent half of the film trying to walk through the wall of the theater, muttering over and over to himself, "I gotta get out, I gotta get out".
I haven't seen like any of the big gangster movies that are very important and formative and whatever
but also seriously you should check out that scene if you're remotely a horror guy because it is hilarious
it's like in a cartoon when someone pulls off their costume
Unfortunately, I am very much the opposite of a horror guy and even incredibly cartoonish gore makes me supremely uncomfortable, but I can appreciate a scene like that from a respectable distance.
Yep empire of the summer moon is listed as one of the four sources on the dollop website
Well I guess that puts the final nail in the coffin for me and The Dollop.
I was already personally not the biggest fan of their podcast because I'm not a fan of their humor, but, I'm always excited to get new and interesting history. But if they aren't going to even bother do solid research and find good sources I don't have a desire to listen to them.
I wish Hardcore History put stuff out more frequently, but at least it's worth the wait.
A few pages back, but this kinda stuck in my head so now I'm gonna get it out of my head. Let me by preface saying this isn't, like, a defense of The Dollop or an entreaty to keep listening or whatever. If you don't think it's funny, there's basically no reason to stick with it.
But I think 99% of people would really struggle with finding "good sources" for Indian history. It comes down to... Philosophy, almost? I'm working some things out here, so I might not phrase all this as clearly as I could if I was, like, working on a paper or something.
When we're in history classes, we're reading the history books, we're reading the primary sources. We're told that this is what history is. And there's the implication that this is the only history you can trust - even though everybody has a bias and a motive, whether they're fully aware of it or not.
Most Indian history isn't written. It can be handed down in oral tradition, or incorporated into ceremony. It's extant (though, by now, frequently heavily damaged/deteoritated), but it isn't considered "legitimate" because it's not in a book. There's this idea of, "Well if it's spoken, you can just lie about it." Yeah, and you could just lie in a book, but most people try not to, because history is important. The implication that history isn't cared for or cultivated, just because it isn't written down, is bizarre. And if somebody wanted to write them down now, there are a couple of problems. The first would be finding a publisher - the places that publish history don't tend to like oral history. The second would be that, when that history's written down, there's a bigger risk of it being used against them. "Your account says this, but this other (white) account says this, so yours is wrong, so your whole thing's a lie, so you don't even have a trustworthy history. Why should we believe you about anything?"
So say you want to do a piece about an Indian story. There will be a lot of historical accounts and "primary sources," but they will be overwhelmingly white. Indian accounts are less likely to exist, harder to find when they do, and often degraded as "less legitimate." So which are you more likely to go with? Ideally you'd reach out to the specific tribe, talk to one of their historical/cultural experts/liasons. If they have them, and if they're willing to work with outsiders. But most people don't think to do that, and honestly, they might tell you no.
I watched that move in exactly the right time of night in a quiet dark house with a brother in law snoring in the chair next to the couch I was on. On a shitty 25 inch crt with moonlight being the only other source of light.
I can't hear Steal My Sunshine without thinking of a room full of college students just getting absolutely blazed for some reason. Just everything about it invokes the perfect feel of a pot haze fever dream.
Also all the college students get murdered violently while the song continues over the top of the death montage.
I'm pretty sure I'm probably just thinking of a movie I've seen at some point.
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One of my friends leaned over to me and said "worst purple nurple ever" during that scene.
That's amazing. What a hero!
It actually made me very angry because I did not have syrup
Wow I can't believe I never heard about that. Think that'd've made national news.
except for me and my friend, seated three seats apart (because there are other friends), who turn and look at each other and just cackle with delight at how well it got everyone
I read this originally as you yelled SYRUP! and then there happened to be a guy eating pancakes.
It's a very, very specific mutant gene
Just more evidence for the "my mom is the best mom" pile.
"I cannot sanction your buffoonery."
I think it's fair to say I was a popular guy that day.
I fell asleep a couple of times, and 1 time I went because it was raining and the cinema was right there so it was better than getting wet.
I also went to see Jaws be myself a few years ago because no one would go with me because my friends are idiots. There were only 6 other people in the entire place aka the only correct people in town.
it's hard for me to tell a story without a lot of detail, but i can also recognize it's not necessarily pertinent to others
On the one hand, at least he wasn't eating them without syrup like some kind of pervert, on the other hand, idiot can't even make his own pancakes.
I haven't seen like any of the big gangster movies that are very important and formative and whatever
But I have seen Mafia!
I think that has me covered well enough
This is a weird post.
It's a mbmbam reference
Why do you assume that the pancakes weren't homemade?
I'm not paying markup for dang movie theater pancakes, I'm hiding some tupperware in my bag
Argh I had a feeling it was a reference to something.
I had an uncomfortable moment listening to that because when I'm really lazy I will totally just toast blueberry pancake Eggos and eat them plain.
It's not GOOD, but it gets the fuckin' job done.
I saw SH in theaters and it was certainly something to see
it was even kind of a face turn for pyramid head!
I was trying to imply I thought he was referencing an event that happened in the theater.
but also seriously you should check out that scene if you're remotely a horror guy because it is hilarious
it's like in a cartoon when someone pulls off their costume
Or am I imagining a better movie
Unfortunately, I am very much the opposite of a horror guy and even incredibly cartoonish gore makes me supremely uncomfortable, but I can appreciate a scene like that from a respectable distance.
YUP
A few pages back, but this kinda stuck in my head so now I'm gonna get it out of my head. Let me by preface saying this isn't, like, a defense of The Dollop or an entreaty to keep listening or whatever. If you don't think it's funny, there's basically no reason to stick with it.
But I think 99% of people would really struggle with finding "good sources" for Indian history. It comes down to... Philosophy, almost? I'm working some things out here, so I might not phrase all this as clearly as I could if I was, like, working on a paper or something.
When we're in history classes, we're reading the history books, we're reading the primary sources. We're told that this is what history is. And there's the implication that this is the only history you can trust - even though everybody has a bias and a motive, whether they're fully aware of it or not.
Most Indian history isn't written. It can be handed down in oral tradition, or incorporated into ceremony. It's extant (though, by now, frequently heavily damaged/deteoritated), but it isn't considered "legitimate" because it's not in a book. There's this idea of, "Well if it's spoken, you can just lie about it." Yeah, and you could just lie in a book, but most people try not to, because history is important. The implication that history isn't cared for or cultivated, just because it isn't written down, is bizarre. And if somebody wanted to write them down now, there are a couple of problems. The first would be finding a publisher - the places that publish history don't tend to like oral history. The second would be that, when that history's written down, there's a bigger risk of it being used against them. "Your account says this, but this other (white) account says this, so yours is wrong, so your whole thing's a lie, so you don't even have a trustworthy history. Why should we believe you about anything?"
So say you want to do a piece about an Indian story. There will be a lot of historical accounts and "primary sources," but they will be overwhelmingly white. Indian accounts are less likely to exist, harder to find when they do, and often degraded as "less legitimate." So which are you more likely to go with? Ideally you'd reach out to the specific tribe, talk to one of their historical/cultural experts/liasons. If they have them, and if they're willing to work with outsiders. But most people don't think to do that, and honestly, they might tell you no.
Not everyone wants their story shared, you know?
It's all very tricky.
remove all your skin
and wear your skin
over his own skin
That movie is great.
And it's also a bad movie sequel to a movie that already wasn't great.
Also all the college students get murdered violently while the song continues over the top of the death montage.
I'm pretty sure I'm probably just thinking of a movie I've seen at some point.
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