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Jinh posted:think i'll watch The Lighthouse tonight also, i've been meaning to do that. ...holy poo poo ![]() Jinh fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Oct 11, 2020
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# ? Sep 1, 2024 01:29 |
Any thoughts on when to show this week's movie? I couldn't help but notice we had fewer people this last week, but that could be for many reasons. Open to suggestions on titles and times! Happy October, friends.
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I had a dream last night that I watched an old black & white scary movie and I was really excited to tell my friend to watch it but now i am awake and the movie isn't real. lets try to watch one like it anyway, a few things I remember from the dream-movie are nothing so I guess let's watch Casper or Yellow Dog Far From Home | |
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BoldFrankensteinMir posted:Any thoughts on when to show this week's movie? I couldn't help but notice we had fewer people this last week, but that could be for many reasons. By the way, I watched The Boys From Brazil on my own time with my brother, and I have to say we really loved/hated it. Excellent choice!
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It was canadian thanksgiving, and my phone went flat ![]() Time was ok though. I think I'd like to see like a zombie movie, something less 'thinky' to spice it up!
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are there any pro-zombie movies? My zombie apocalypse fantasy has always been to just join the zombies ASAP and we can work with them to build a better constitution and civilization with a much healthier environment since nobody needs all the disgusting living-human luxuries that taint the world. | |
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Khanstant posted:are there any pro-zombie movies? My zombie apocalypse fantasy has always been to just join the zombies ASAP and we can work with them to build a better constitution and civilization with a much healthier environment since nobody needs all the disgusting living-human luxuries that taint the world. Fido is kind of a pro-zombie movie? |
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Prof. Crocodile posted:Fido is kind of a pro-zombie movie? Excellent call. Billy Connelly being silly even for him. Okay so we'll try the same time this week, midnight BST, and I will look for a less thinky zombie movie pref in B&W. Should be interesting...
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Tonight! At midnight BST (about 6.5 hours from RIGHT NOW!), join us at http://psp-tv.com/r/BYOBween for this week's scary movie: 1932's White Zombie starring Bela Lugosi!!!!![]() Warning: yes the title to this film is a comment on race, and yes there are comments about race in this movie, from the 30's, so be prepared. Considering the entire idea of Zombies is stolen and twisted from an IRL religion it's pretty hard to find totally inoffensive zombie material, but this one isn't so bad comparatively (I was considering 1941's "King of the Zombies", an early horror/comedy, but oh man some of the jokes in it are suuuuper not cool...). If somebody has a better idea (and a youtube link) today we can look at watching it instead, but this one is a classic, and only momentarily icky in places IIRC. See you tonight, friends! IF YOU DARE! *lightning, thunder, gust of wind, dark and stormy etc*
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Khanstant posted:are there any pro-zombie movies? My zombie apocalypse fantasy has always been to just join the zombies ASAP and we can work with them to build a better constitution and civilization with a much healthier environment since nobody needs all the disgusting living-human luxuries that taint the world. the girl with all the gifts is at least nuanced on the subject, I liked it e: I may be in transit when the movie starts but I hope I can catch some of it! |
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The more I think about it, I like how White Zombie fits our theme: uncomfortably relevant-to-2020 classic horror movies. We started with a plague in The Last Man on Earth, and a message of perspective about who the "good guys" and "bad guys" really are. Then it was international neonazis in The Boys From Brazil, where we saw the real terror of fascism: when it's embodied in the youth. And for our third night: cultural appropriation! Bela Lugosi plays a Voodoo priest in what is generally considered the first feature-length zombie movie. Based loosely on The Magic Island, a book that helped start the highly distasteful faux-Haitian Voodoo craze (It makes the faux-Polynesian Tiki craze seem almost respectful in comparison.) Like I said, I passed over much worse offenders to get to this one- unlike almost all zombie movies that follow, this one at least takes place in part in Haiti. We'll have to use our, gulp, historical perspective and good judgement in watching it, oooh scary! Edit- corrected spelling. BoldFrankensteinMir fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Oct 17, 2020
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Show starts in 45 mins! http://psp-tv.com/r/BYOBween
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Fun times once again! Not every scary movie has the guts to conga-line its baddies off a cliff so efficiently, but there you have it. It begs the question- if you had access to the backlot, sets and props of a classic movie studio, what story would you tell with them? I'd do a movie about a real estate agent who specializes in castles, and the movie is him trying to sell one crazy millionaire castle after castle and keep him from seeing that they're haunted. Just needs one more sale to retire, but ALL these castles are haunted darn it!!!!
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BoldFrankensteinMir posted:Fun times once again! Not every scary movie has the guts to conga-line its baddies off a cliff so efficiently, but there you have it. give it a wisecracking vulture (a la eddie murphy in shrek) and you've hit gold! also thanks bfm, that was real fun |
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White Zombie was great! BFM has been killing it as a horror show host. Great job on all the movie selections so far!
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wait... its already over? |
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Yeah i really appreciate this. I've had issues with anxiety attacks and stuff in the past, and because of that I've never been into the more contemporary kinds of horror movies or video games because they use jumpscares and "saw" style super intense gore stuff too much. That "scared" feeling, of being trapped and overwhelmed in a scene, is really uncomfortable to me. This is the first time that i've been able to enjoy movies around halloween with a few friends, and it's awesome ![]()
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Doctor Dogballs posted:I missed it too!
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i'd rather just fix my own dumbness and be there to crack wise with all my byob friends ![]() ---------------- |
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Doctor Dogballs posted:i'd rather just fix my own dumbness and be there to crack wise with all my byob friends
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I could run the movies a second time. Today was especially bad because it was just an hour long. I'm glad y'all are liking this because I'm going all out for Halloween Saturday. I got a costume, and a big long playlist of shorts and music I'm gonna play, I'll be in chat all day getting drunk with anyone who wants to join me, it's gonna be a blast.
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Jinh posted:Yeah i really appreciate this. Another BYOB success story!
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dang i missed it | |
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BoldFrankensteinMir posted:I could run the movies a second time. Today was especially bad because it was just an hour long. Hmm this getting drunk idea is appealing Also, sorry I missed the last one op. I plum slept in and missed the whole thing!
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sorry i missed the last movie! Saturday night (for me) is still good!
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What's the movie this weekend? ![]()
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Chewbecca posted:What's the movie this weekend? Haven't picked one yet! I am open to suggestions.
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BoldFrankensteinMir posted:Haven't picked one yet! I am open to suggestions. are you mostly sticking with old ones? we could go real old and do the cabinet of dr. caligari
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Manifisto posted:are you mostly sticking with old ones? excellent suggestion! The key factor is if a movie is on Youtube and not restricted in any regions, but a movie with a lapsed copyright makes both much more likely!
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the nice thing about old horror movies is that they are often more palatable for a wide audience. movies like slither and from beyond are great, but the gore factor can be off putting for some users. that having been said... is ‘the serpent and the rainbow’ on YouTube? zakes mokae’s mean smile is the best practical horror effect I have ever seen. |
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There is very often a barrier for modern viewers that makes black & white movies hard for them to focus on, so I'm always a little bit careful watching them in groups. Don't get me wrong I love B&W movies and photography, I would have a whole subforum where posting color media is bannable. But I have weird tastes in general so I try to keep perspective on how niche the act of watching classic movies has become.
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BoldFrankensteinMir posted:Haven't picked one yet! I am open to suggestions. how do we show something thats not on youtube. what if someone just plays a movie and streams their screen in discord or sumthin "NICE N' LEGALLY" ---------------- |
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Manifisto posted:are you mostly sticking with old ones? do we even wanna KNOW what gros things Dr. Caligari has in his cabinets ---------------- |
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Doctor Dogballs posted:do we even wanna KNOW what gros things Dr. Caligari has in his cabinets it's porn op it's always porn |
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Doctor Dogballs posted:how do we show something thats not on youtube. what if someone just plays a movie and streams their screen in discord or sumthin "NICE N' LEGALLY" Good question, I've been thinking of checking out Twitch lately for movie-showing purposes, but I'm critically unhip and have yet to ever actually watch a Twitch before so I have a lot to learn. They sound awful, haha.
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Regarding the type of movies for this purpose, I like the old (usually B/W but not always) crappy ones better than "good" ones. If the point of the exercise is to make comments and enjoy the fun of reading others' comments, you don't WANT a movie that needs concentration or deserves attention. I've long been a fan of MST3K and its heirs and successors, and the best movies for the purpose are old and bad and confusing and silly.
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# ? Sep 1, 2024 01:29 |
Robot Made of Meat posted:Regarding the type of movies for this purpose, I like the old (usually B/W but not always) crappy ones better than "good" ones. If the point of the exercise is to make comments and enjoy the fun of reading others' comments, you don't WANT a movie that needs concentration or deserves attention. Word. This is not so much about riffing I figure, since we've been watching quality flicks. But there's still joking to be had, of course. I would LOVE to set up a formal riffing thing on the forums for bad movies, there are a couple groups doing it presently and it remains to be seen which ones coalesce. We'll never run out of public domain cheese video, though.
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