Board 8 > All Purpose Horror Topic 2018: so Suspiria was fucking weird (again)

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I do want to give a few more thoughts on Bandersnatch. In general I love meta stuff but it really has to strike a good balance; the "CYOA" commentary was good, so was all the concepts of free-will, and the predesignated ending, but the ending with the "game" being developed for Netflix definitely went too far. I also wish there could've been hidden third options for when you didn't want to choose between two, I tried a couple of times anyway and it always just chose something for you. Not too big a deal but would've been a nice touch for some scenes in particular. I do also want to put a spotlight on like every performance, they really helped carry the episode at times, especially Will Poulter. The Jerome F. Davies background story was scary and neat too.

I'd like to see this type of concept explored some other time, there's definitely room for improvement here.
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So I want to talk about Bird Box.

This movie feels very, very disjointed. So do you want to be a creepy cult movie or a hidden monster movie or a psychological threat movie? Why try to be all three? All three of them together feels so strange to me. Because by the end, none of them actually feels like a total threat because none of them get a focus. Like, at the beginning the psychological threat kills tons of people. But then sometimes it doesn't kill people and it just makes a creepy cult of people who want them to see the monster/psychological threat, but the monster never feels like a monster because all it is is just a gust of wind, and the focus is on this cult group of people who seem okay except they just really want you to look at the invisible monster thing.

Like, if you're going to do it this way, don't keep showing an invisible monster running around and chasing people. Keep the camera tight on them. It would have made it much more horrifying. Or show only shadows or something.

And in terms of it being a growth for Sandra Bullock's motherhood, it's about as subtle as a freaking brick to the face. Like, it's not even clever. After five years you can't name your fucking children? That's stupid. You're stupid. You just call them girl and boy until your former pregnancy doctor shames you into it? And why include the pregnancy doctor at the end? It could have been literally anyone in that scene.

That said, I didn't have a bad time watching this movie. I enjoyed it for the most part, but I feel like a lot of movies have done everything a lot better than this, but this movie was not without it's clever moments (like the car GPS stuff), but for every moment you had of that, you have freaking Gary pulling out his magic notebook full of creepy drawings.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

I do want to give a few more thoughts on Bandersnatch. In general I love meta stuff but it really has to strike a good balance; the "CYOA" commentary was good, so was all the concepts of free-will, and the predesignated ending, but the ending with the "game" being developed for Netflix definitely went too far. I also wish there could've been hidden third options for when you didn't want to choose between two, I tried a couple of times anyway and it always just chose something for you. Not too big a deal but would've been a nice touch for some scenes in particular. I do also want to put a spotlight on like every performance, they really helped carry the episode at times, especially Will Poulter. The Jerome F. Davies background story was scary and neat too.

I'd like to see this type of concept explored some other time, there's definitely room for improvement here.

I have mixed thoughts on the Netflix thing. Like, I wouldn't have minded it if it was just one Easter Egg ending, among like over a dozen endings. But making the decision of it being Netflix/Branch/PACS such a major point kind of threw it. I was rolling my eyes by the third time the Netflix option came up.

Overall though I really liked it. Ultimately more options than I thought there'd be (looping paths showing up differently was awesome) even if I wish certain aspects were expanded just a bit.
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Hey <a href="/community/ColZach">@ColZach</a> still around?
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

So I want to talk about Bird Box.

This movie feels very, very disjointed. So do you want to be a creepy cult movie or a hidden monster movie or a psychological threat movie? Why try to be all three? All three of them together feels so strange to me. Because by the end, none of them actually feels like a total threat because none of them get a focus. Like, at the beginning the psychological threat kills tons of people. But then sometimes it doesn't kill people and it just makes a creepy cult of people who want them to see the monster/psychological threat, but the monster never feels like a monster because all it is is just a gust of wind, and the focus is on this cult group of people who seem okay except they just really want you to look at the invisible monster thing.

I thought those elements fit together well, because for me this felt like obvious Cosmic Horror. Overall I thought the movie was decent enough.
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Well maybe 'obvious' isn't the right word. More like, it felt kinda all over to me to until I realized what is (probably) happening here.
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Underleveled posted...

I pretty much agree with everything Inviso said there.

Kass > Abi > Keith > Stephen > Terry due to circumstances > the rest of the cast I honestly couldn't care about other than being glad Jeremy won because he lives two towns away from me.

Same town, never met him or Val =(

ninkendo posted...

oh then what's the point

It's an ongoing league to play with board 8'ers and have fun. At least that's how I understand it.
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I've had four copies of Ocarina of Time - N64, 2 on Game Cube (the one that came with Wind Waker pre-orders and the Zelda 15th Anniversary collection that had that, Majora's Mask, and Zelda 1 and 2), and now 3DS.

I've also bought Virtual Console versions of some older games that I already owned.

In addition, I traded in Sonic Adventure DX years ago and recently repurchased it.
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Fps, I imagine Waluigi would make some interesting weapons and fight some different enemies.

From: Red Shifter | #010
What is your planned distribution channel for the PC version of Chester?

Going to be aiming for Steam. Going to wait until I have a few more features in the PC version and have some positive reviews and a set release date before pitching it though.

Oh, ignore my insanity. >_>

Politics is cancer. :(
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hella YEEESS

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I'm glad they hammered the structure.
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Me too, that was a huge glaring issue.
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so it's a slightly smarter "The Happening", got it
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Just watched Bird Box

It was ok. Basically A Quiet Place meets The Happening

Music was good though
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that was some party, huh

Totally meant the furniture side =P, really love the cupboard answer.

I was typing something up trying to compare this to Cody Rhodes or Dean Ambrose but with some extremely legitimate pathos to prove herself.... and I ended thinking about Sami Zayn.

Can you imagine if Sami Zayn were GM instead of Daniel Bryan?

He'd probably still be in the ring long after the cameras stopped rolling and everyone left WIFOMing over the finish, though probably on the subject of astronauts vs cavemen somehow.

UltraMana posted...

I was typing something up trying to compare this to Cody Rhodes or Dean Ambrose but with some extremely legitimate pathos to prove herself.... and I ended thinking about Sami Zayn.

Can you imagine if Sami Zayn were GM instead of Daniel Bryan?

He'd probably still be in the ring long after the cameras stopped rolling and everyone left WIFOMing over the finish, though probably on the subject of astronauts vs cavemen somehow.

Wrong topic.
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Just realized I didn't nominate either David Starr or Keith Lee and I'm ashamed of myself.

Since we got so many people in here no (and somehow no Div fights needed of anyone) I could up the fights to 3-man or 4-man

I kinda like 3-man

and then if there's anyone who needs to fight in here we can quickly switch back for them

*edit* damn someone dc'd
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so I got Hello Neighbor for Christmas, and was pretty excited to try it out. Didn't know much about it other than it was a horror puzzle game that was pretty popular

but goddamn this game is terrible. It plays so unbelievably poorly. They're some of the most wonky controls I think I've ever used, to the point where the game is painfully unfun to play
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kinda wished I had noticed the 38 metascore before bothering
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Yeah it's one of the worst I ever played. It looked so promising too early on.
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GGs Ange. That counter on my PK flash was awesome lmao.

3-0 for MikeTavish.
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Has anyone played Bendy and the Ink Machine? That's another one that's mostly intriguing because of how popular it's gotten but I really don't want another Hello Neighbor situation

legitimately one of the worst games I think I've played
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Bendy has a good story but the gameplay execution is pretty boring.
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NOOOOOOOOO

https://comicbook.com/horror/2019/01/16/channel-zero-cancelled-syfy-four-seasons/
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Rip

Still need to watch seasons 2-4
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TT Go! is definitely mediocre and a poor follow up to a beloved series, but the episodes where it's self aware of this fact are surprisingly fun. I mean even a bad show can have good moments...

As for this, I'm disappointed. At a glance it looks about as quality as the Ben 10 reboot. I would've much rather had a continuation of the 2011 version. *sigh* Maybe they'll give that one an ending a decade later like Samurai Jack.

I kinda saw this coming with Channel Zero but it still sucks.

Apparently there's some kind of monthly anthology series on Hulu now though? And some show I think on Amazon that might be similar.
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directed by Dan Gilroy and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, the pairing that gave us Nightcrawler ie literally my favorite thriller
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Wow but the REmake 2 demo is impressive
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Johnbobb posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdAR-lK43YU" data-time="

directed by Dan Gilroy and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, the pairing that gave us Nightcrawler ie literally my favorite thriller

& Rene Russo again. Looks pretty wild.
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Dan Gilroy really likes shipping his wife with Jake Gyllenhaal

it's just Burton/Depp/Carter all over again
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

monthly anthology series on Hulu

Yeah, Into the Dark. Haven't watched any yet though.
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Johnbobb posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdAR-lK43YU" data-time="

directed by Dan Gilroy and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, the pairing that gave us Nightcrawler ie literally my favorite thriller

And this looks amazing.
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I was so hoping they would do a re:view of this one day! I adore this movie a whole lot.
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Just watched Mandy.

I have issues with a few aspects, the most notable being the uneven pacing but also the weird pigmen and the way it randomly introduced characters like Caruthers and The Chemist so late into the movie for plot convenience.

Other than that though, holy shit this was bonkers and brutal in the kind of way I haven't seen since Hobo with a Shotgun in 2011. Great soundtrack, great visuals, and either an incredible or disasterously terrible performance by Cage (I haven't figured out which yet).
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From: Iubaris | #083
You're using XNA right? Are you programming in C# then?

Yup.

Watched You Were Never Really Here

it's now my #1 for 2018

holy shit that movie
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I haven't even heard of it, sounds really good though.
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It's incredible

Some of the best music and cinematography I've seen all year, along with Joaquin Phoenix delivering probably the best performance of his career
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is there online trading?

yeah that seems really good and intense, I will check it out

Autopsy of Jane Doe is frustrating because it's almost good, but employs too many clichs and doesn't commit to any particular set of rules/backstory. The setup is good though.
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