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Failed at reaching my Challenge goal the last two years, but I can't imagine not making it this year being stuck inside with nothing to do. I feel like I've got a ton of really interesting stuff lined up for myself that I'm very excited about, keeping a couple of Letterboxd lists to make sure I maximize my viewing time with cool weird stuff. Love that idea of weekly themes, dorium!
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Yea the key is you want to mix things up, don't choose a limiting theme and then force yourself to stick to it the entire month. A few years ago I did 5 movies from each decade starting with the 1930s up to the present, so I was never stuck in any one decade long enough for it to get stale. This year with everything going on I think I'm gonna keep things really loose and just give myself permission to watch whatever I want, although scheduling those last few days before Halloween is always fun. Last year for the first time I didn't actually watch Halloween on Halloween night, instead I went with Return of the Living Dead, Coppola's Dracula and Trick r Treat.
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Jedit posted:You can simplify it further - it's a test run for Firefly.
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Sep 1, 2020 18:07
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Fulci fans, check out Fulci for Fake. Was really enjoyable.
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Given the choice between watching Firefly or Alien Resurrection again, I'd pick AR every time. If I'm going to have to grind my teeth through several hours of Whedon dialogue then I'd rather it be accompanied by gory sci fi fun than Lost Cause bullshit starring a gamergater in chief
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Basebf555 posted:Yea the key is you want to mix things up, don't choose a limiting theme and then force yourself to stick to it the entire month. When I was doing my just franchises theme, there were some points where it was a challenge to force myself through the rest of the franchise coughAmityville[i]cough[/]. That's part of the reason I'm doing whatever I've not reviewed for an Ironman yet for this go around. I'm already plotting out my viewing schedule so soon as the thread's live, I'm tearing out the gate.
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I failed at doing 31 last year and every year, but I did try to shoot for an equal amount of female directors last year which I highly recommend. It makes you do some deep dives.
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Sep 1, 2020 18:46
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31 is directed by Rob Zombie tho
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Kvlt! posted:31 is directed by Rob Zombie tho Rob made an entire movie as a secret message telling you to do the October Challenge. Will you let Rob down?
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If the thread can't peer pressure you into the October Challenge, Kvlt!, then I'm going to do my damndest to peer pressure you into smoking cigarettes. The choice is up to you.
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Sep 1, 2020 18:51
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if you do start smoking cigarettes, you'll at least look as cool as you feel.
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feedmyleg posted:If the thread can't peer pressure you into the October Challenge, Kvlt!, then I'm going to do my damndest to peer pressure you into smoking cigarettes. The choice is up to you. but I already quit cigarettes does this mean i have to start again 
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Basebf555 posted:Rob made an entire movie as a secret message telling you to do the October Challenge. Will you let Rob down? ID NEVER LET YOU DOWN ROB
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Kvlt! posted:but I already quit cigarettes does this mean i have to start again yes
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Kvlt!, I hope you do the challenge because I like reading your thoughts about movies and you watch a lot of stuff that I've never even heard of
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Sep 1, 2020 19:27
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Color out of Space just hit Shudder. If that's not a doozy of a birthday surprise for me, I'm not sure what else would be aside from Rob Zombie letting me have my pick of his horror memorabilia collection.
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Question for the October challenge: does a televised recording of a musical count for this? It's about 2 hours and is a subtitled broadcast of the 90's German production of the Tom Waits/William S Burroughs musical The Black Rider, a retelling of a German folktale of a hunter making a deal with the devil.
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Flying Zamboni posted:Question for the October challenge: does a televised recording of a musical count for this? It's about 2 hours and is a subtitled broadcast of the 90's German production of the Tom Waits/William S Burroughs musical The Black Rider, a retelling of a German folktale of a hunter making a deal with the devil. I don't think it's ever come up but I assume it would qualify. Really the only rule is that it has to be over an hour(?) and you can't count t.v. series.
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Flying Zamboni posted:Question for the October challenge: does a televised recording of a musical count for this? It's about 2 hours and is a subtitled broadcast of the 90's German production of the Tom Waits/William S Burroughs musical The Black Rider, a retelling of a German folktale of a hunter making a deal with the devil. Yeah this is cool. Basebf555 put the loose guidelines pretty well.
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Awesome, thanks!
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Flying Zamboni posted:Question for the October challenge: does a televised recording of a musical count for this? It's about 2 hours and is a subtitled broadcast of the 90's German production of the Tom Waits/William S Burroughs musical The Black Rider, a retelling of a German folktale of a hunter making a deal with the devil. Yo where can I watch this, I loved The Black Rider album.
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Personally I think we should allow tv shows but with the caveat that a season only counts as one entry. If someone want to spend 13 hours for 1 slot or a 3 hour miniseries that only "hurts" them. I don't see the big deal. No one's really keeping count. Its only kind of weird when people watch like Masters of Horror episodes and count them all as individual movies. And even that just seems accidental since they released all those episodes individually like they were films. I don't think anyone was trying to rig the system and I think having the field open to kind of out of box stuff is fun.
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Basebf555 posted:I don't think it's ever come up but I assume it would qualify. Really the only rule is that it has to be over an hour(?) and you can't count t.v. series. It has to be at least an hour. Masters of Horror generally gets disqualified on that reason. Though I do have to ask about films that are close but not quite an hour. There's some I'm considering for the challenge but they're at 58 or 59 minutes.
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M_Sinistrari posted:It has to be at least an hour. Masters of Horror generally gets disqualified on that reason. Though I do have to ask about films that are close but not quite an hour. There's some I'm considering for the challenge but they're at 58 or 59 minutes. Though by all means if you do watch them write them up as uncounted side entries anyway! They're still interesting to hear about even if they don't "count".
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STAC Goat posted:Personally I think we should allow tv shows but with the caveat that a season only counts as one entry. If someone want to spend 13 hours for 1 slot or a 3 hour miniseries that only "hurts" them. I don't see the big deal. No one's really keeping count. Its only kind of weird when people watch like Masters of Horror episodes and count them all as individual movies. And even that just seems accidental since they released all those episodes individually like they were films. I don't think anyone was trying to rig the system and I think having the field open to kind of out of box stuff is fun. Well the simple reason is we're CineD and not TVIV. It was always only movies, even before I took over the tradition. And when I included mini-series as qualifying, it was an incredible head-ache. It's a challenge, so there must be perimeters. edit: Another clarifying point is, every challenge, there's a few people that say "Well, Haunting of Hill House on Netflix is 10 hours long, so I should be able to cut those down into 90 minute chunks and count them individually", or others that said "Camp Crystal Lake Memories is 9 hours, so I'm counting it as four films." And, my answer is always No. You want to watch a 9 hour documentary and count it as a single film? Do so! I literally did it for a challenge. If you want to count something as 4 two hour movies, just watch 4 two hour movies. The point of the challenge is to watch new movies or write up things about old favorites. There are so many movies to choose from that I have zero sympathy for someone that complains they can't watch a TV show instead, when three dozen other people can. Just watch the show? If you want to write about it, you can, in the thread, but you're still not watching a movie, so it won't count. And people do that every challenge, and just included it in their "Extras". 
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graventy posted:Though by all means if you do watch them write them up as uncounted side entries anyway! They're still interesting to hear about even if they don't "count". That opens the door for a bunch of silents I've got that I didn't do because they're on the very short side.
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M_Sinistrari posted:It has to be at least an hour. Masters of Horror generally gets disqualified on that reason. Though I do have to ask about films that are close but not quite an hour. There's some I'm considering for the challenge but they're at 58 or 59 minutes. Yeah, I used to make an exception for Masters of Horrors, but the lengths vary by 10 minutes, so they can be anywhere from 50-61 minutes, and there's usually two edits floating around due to some episodes getting extended for physical release. Then I got plenty of complaints that said "Well if MoH counts, then why can't ___ count?!" and so I cut MoH out too.
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Get hype. After the Green Knight, this is my most looked-forward to film of the year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahn56QWkD0Y Yall are clowning yourselves if you haven't seen his earlier movie, Antiviral.
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Franchescanado posted:Well the simple reason is we're CineD and not TVIV. Yeah, I think I just do stuff as non-counting writeups when I feel like it. Its not a big deal. I just figure like, if you wanna spend 9 hours watching 1 "film" for your challenge hey... that's on you. Like Haunting of Bly Manor comes out in Oct and I'll probably be tempted to watch it. But I also might wait just because I can't count it. Which is weird because there's not much difference between 13 hours for 1 entry and 13 entries for 0. Its just a weird "count it" thing I guess. But I can appreciate that you just don't want 100 PMs answering the same question in different forms so you lay down a blanket rule. It is what it is.
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For fans of the podcast(s) "In Voorhees We Trust With Gourley and Rust" and "In Myers We Trust", I just saw Matt Gourley log Nightmare on Elm Street on Letterboxd. They've been quiet about if they're following through with "In Kruger We Trust", so this is a good sign.STAC Goat posted:Yeah, I think I just do stuff as non-counting writeups when I feel like it. Its not a big deal. I just figure like, if you wanna spend 9 hours watching 1 "film" for your challenge hey... that's on you. Like Haunting of Bly Manor comes out in Oct and I'll probably be tempted to watch it. But I also might wait just because I can't count it. Which is weird because there's not much difference between 13 hours for 1 entry and 13 entries for 0. Its just a weird "count it" thing I guess. I've learned that blanket rules not only save me 100 PMs (which I really don't mind; I get PMs every challenge asking about if certain movies qualify, and it doesn't take me too long to read up and see if it does or not), but they seem to help others make decisions on what to watch. Choice Paralysis is very real for movie challenges. Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Sep 1, 2020 |
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Franchescanado posted:For fans of the podcast(s) "In Voorhees We Trust With Gourley and Rust" and "In Myers We Trust", I just saw Matt Gourley log Nightmare on Elm Street on Letterboxd. They've been quiet about if they're following through with "In Kruger We Trust", so this is a good sign. My hope is for a Craven We Trust with both the Nightmare and Scream franchises.
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Choice paralysis is why I think choosing films as blind as possible is the way to go. I already have 50 films lined up that I know nothing about beyond the country they were produced in, and that some of them have queer themes/cast/crew et cetera. Speaking of which, it turns out sourcing African horror films is a huge pain in the rear end.
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Debbie Does Dagon posted:Choice paralysis is why I think choosing films as blind as possible is the way to go. I already have 50 films lined up that I know nothing about beyond the country they were produced in, and that some of them have queer themes/cast/crew et cetera. Weirdly enough trying to find poo poo out about non dominate world power cultures is real difficult.
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Crazy right? Thankfully Nollywood has a large presence on YouTube, but I was hoping to spread my wings a little further than that. There's an amazing looking film called The Bloodettes from Cameroon that I'd love to watch.
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Lumbermouth posted:Yo where can I watch this, I loved The Black Rider album. Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzyjf9oGBBU
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"Choice paralysis" or "analysis paralysis" gets me a lot. I'm sitting her having not eaten all day because I can't decide what to eat. My Years challenge helped a lot with that since I had to fit criteria which gave me a guideline I could build around and if I got stuck I just did the next year. In April I did franchises and it was the same thing. I get stuck I do the next sequel in the line. I'm gonna try and keep Oct loose this year but I think Letterboxd helps that. If I get stuck I can go to my watchlist or a list and just pick at random. I think it should work for my usual problem. I'm also debating an elaborate art theme that would give me some guideline but I'm not sure I want to commit to 31 art projects in 31 days including some of my bolder ideas like paper mache decorations. Gonna debate it through Sept.
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Debbie Does Dagon posted:
Please share your list so far, I need it.
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The first half of Last House on the left:  The last half of Last House on the Left: 
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For Scream Stream suggestions, are we talking critics or/and audience reception on RT?
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I would like to see someone only consume the worst of the worst horror on Netflix, Hulu and the true depths of Amazon Prime. I’m talking about the awful horror movies that don’t even have box art or descriptions. It’s just a screen of a random clip of the movie with the title in impact font and the genre is just horror
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