What's the latest movie you've seen?

[Janiya]

I'm not sure I could really recommend it 😅 the only thing that really saves it is good lead actors doing their job well. It makes for a decent watch, but not a particularly entertaining movie.

Okay lol I'll take that into consideration, from what I can remember the movie had a lot of gore.

[Guybrush]

Okay lol I'll take that into consideration, from what I can remember the movie had a lot of gore.

I guess it has a lot of gore for what it is, a kinda romantic teen flick. But it's not on the level of, say, Peter Jackson's Braindead or last year's Evil Dead Rise 🙂

[Janiya]

I guess it has a lot of gore for what it is, a kinda romantic teen flick. But it's not on the level of, say, Peter Jackson's Braindead or last year's Evil Dead Rise 🙂

Evil Dead Rise was crazy as fuck from what I remember. Never seen Braindead

[Trollheart]

For, again, simple low-brainpower-required fun, take elements of Die Hard, Taken and Rambo and throw in Jackie Chan as a vengeful restaurant owner, Pierce Brosnan as Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, add a pinch of the IRA and essentially, a pretty incompetent police force, and you have this:

It won't win awards, but hey, it's fun.

[Guybrush]

Evil Dead Rise was crazy as fuck from what I remember. Never seen Braindead

If you like grisly, gory practical effects, Braindead has more of it than any other movie I've seen 😄 an endearing classic. It's also hilarious!

[DJChameleon]

Evil Dead Rise was crazy as fuck from what I remember. Never seen Braindead

If you end up liking Braindead. Check out Brazil.

[Janiya]

If you end up liking Braindead. Check out Brazil.

Alright 

[Trollheart]

If you end up liking Braindead. Check out Brazil.

What??? Terry Gilliam's dystopian cult classic? Surely not. I can't see that movie having anything in common with something called Braindead...

[DJChameleon]

What??? Terry Gilliam's dystopian cult classic? Surely not. I can't see that movie having anything in common with something called Braindead...

You know what they both have in common? Their use of practical effects!

[Guybrush]

I also don't see a huge resemblance, although I guess the protagonists have something in common, both being of a weaker male sort.. Although Lionel certainly shapes up as quite the zombie killin', damsel rescuing hero.

[Trollheart]

You know what they both have in common? Their use of practical effects!

Hell, you could say that about a lot of movies! But to compare Brazil to this Braindead seems to me to be disingenuous, as from what I read, the latter is a "comedy zombie splatter movie" and the former is a whip-smart science fiction dark comedy comment on the likes of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Kafka. I don't see the connection. Just because it has good effects doesn't make it like the other film. Your logic escapes me.

[innerspaceboy]

Just watched Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). A great piece of sci-fi history, and prescient given the modern age of AI.

[Janszoon]

Just watched Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). A great piece of sci-fi history, and prescient given the modern age of AI.

That's been on my list for a long time. What did you watch it on?

[innerspaceboy]

That's been on my list for a long time. What did you watch it on?

I've never owned a television or a smart TV or used a streaming service of any kind. I just downloaded and watched the film off my server. It was nice - it came with the original 1970s press kit. Sorry I can't be of more help.

[Mindy]

The Matrix (1999)

First time watching this in over 20 years, as well as my first time watching it since realizing I was trans. I'd always seen some of the trans allegories being described that made sense to me, but watching this again with those 20 years of experience in the trans community I was kind of blown away by just how prominent they are. From the various plot elements being metaphors to the topics of conversation in the dialogue, it all feels so incredibly obvious watching it through my trans eyes.

It's honestly a pretty emotional experience watching this again, realizing exactly what it always was. I think about what it must have been like for the older trans people who knew who they were back in 1999, and I imagine them having a similar reaction, to view this movie and feel seen, having had the experience of feeling like so much about their life just felt all wrong.

I'm so happy I revisited this.