LemmySoloHer

LemmySoloHer, 6 months ago

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LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

“You know Sonic the Hedgehog? You probably already know this but in the early 90s there were two different Sonic cartoons airing at the same time. One was dark and dramatic, the other was a hilarious comedy about chili dogs. And the same guy played Sonic in both shows. Isn’t that wild? The same guy playing two different versions of the same guy? …Or maybe you didn’t watch cartoons…or you’re not into chili dogs…”

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

Has it been fun?

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

ship arrives: “I am here!”

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

@aslafoo, don’t skip on this – this is the answer! I had a very bad experience last year that ended up causing me to develop OCD and it was mind-boggling how I couldn’t stop myself from giving into it, I’ve never experienced anything like it.

Finally brought it to my doctor, got prescribed medication that ultimately fixed the problem. Also was told to look into cognitive behavioral therapy, which I did, and found it extremely helpful as well (though I’m doing so well that I don’t want to risk coming off the meds just because the cognitive behavioral therapy practices were helpful). My doctor also gave me a referral to both a psychiatrist (in case I had side effects from the medication that lasted beyond the adjustment period and needed to explore other options, which I didn’t) and a psychologist (to be guided through cognitive behavioral therapy professionally, which I didn’t end up doing because my insurance no longer had a contract with them and by the time the American healthcare system re-referred me to another office I had no more symptoms). Basically my primary care physician gave me everything I needed to get my life back.

100% it was worth bringing to my doctor and I recommend doing the same. Don’t wait on it. Consider getting some cheap fidget toys to fill your hands in the days leading up to your scheduled appointment but schedule it for as soon as possible.

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

“Jhjhjh” could be a .

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

Parents taking an interest in their kid’s interests and One Piece are two things that make this world a better place!

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

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LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

Perfect Dark with dual analog controls is something I’ve wanted to exist and now it does! No Mac support though, gonna have to maybe take another look at clearing things out to make room for boot camp.

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

Holy freakin moley I never knew this, that means I might be able to give it a shot on my mac sometime even without this new port. For anyone else as unfortunate as me that’s gaming on an old mac, I found the tutorial for how to set this up by Eggyhead.

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

Apparently they’re called “butt babies” according to James Gunn’s Peacemaker.

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

I see Robert De Niro from Taxi Driver applying for the job.

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I swear the alien in the middle with the spacesuit and fishbowl helmet looks familiar too. Anyone recognize the other applicants?

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

Turns out it’s just the alien equivalent of someone you think you know but “just has one of those faces.” I ended up finding a few different artists that did something similar and I must just have seen them enough to vaguely remember them!

There’s a stock illustration, and stock cartoon, and a coloring book, and an original gallery all from completely different people!

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

I did some deep digging and found a few random works resembling the same alien so I think it’s just a common style that I’ve seen just enough to vaguely remember it!

And thanks, when I switched to Lemmy I was thinking about pun usernames and as soon as I thought of it I knew it was the one!

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

Yeah this was after his “training” when he went with this as the unhinged-person equivalent of a superhero costume. He’s smirking at the rally he’s at but also trying to blend in by smiling and clapping, even though his new look makes him completely stand out.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen it but it is a total classic that’s worth a rewatch if you don’t remember it!

LemmySoloHer, 7 months ago

This brought up the distinct memory of Captain Janeway having Pecan Pie with Gathorel Labin, but I didn’t realize how many Pecan Pie references were in as well.

Now I’m wondering if Pecan desserts were a favorite of Star Trek writers rooms or something?

LemmySoloHer, 8 months ago

That’s a bop. In fact, it’s such a bop that I can only assume that they didn’t use it because it caused testers to stop working and start dancing instead.

LemmySoloHer, 8 months ago

I was really getting into the new dynamic that Zara brought to the agency and didn’t realize this was the last season. The “Chill Barry” episode (Season 14 Episode 4) is up there as one of my favorites too. I can’t say that all seasons were on equal footing but I can earnestly say I thoroughly enjoyed each and every one and am glad it kept going this long.

At the end of an extremely fun show that made for a fantastic final legacy for Jessica Walter and George Coe, I have to say…uh…damnit I had something for this!

LemmySoloHer, 8 months ago

Looking for stuff that’s truly scary and not just gore

1. Hereditary (2018) - Still one of the most unnerving things I’ve ever seen. Does NOT rely on gore and has only maybe 30 seconds of blood in the entire thing. The horror of it comes from the skill of the storytelling and only at the end did I realize how many little things were said throughout the movie.

2. It Follows (2014) - Unique and does an incredible job of making you constantly check the background for potential danger. Did not scar me like Hereditary did but instead offers a very fun version of anxiety for its runtime if that makes any sense. The first is a must-see. Skip the sequel.

3. The Ritual (2017) - Brings some of that Lovecraftian style horror. One of those movies that just creeps you out and brings that fear of the unknown in style, yet brings out that primal survival instinct at the same time.

4. The Others (2001) - Just a damn good ghost story. I won’t say anything else to avoid spoiling it.

5. Nope (2022) - I’ll say that there are a lot of layers going on here. This is probably better recommended for movie nerds that love intertwining story themes, characters and backgrounds that serve as a foil to the main plot, a slow buildup of details that culminate into an expertly told story, and an emphasis on sound design and symbolism.

Honorable Mention: Coherence (2013) - I know, I know. It’s not a horror movie. But that existential dread, that fear of the unknown, that feeling that makes you panic, it’s all there. This is a sci-fi puzzle movie somewhat like Primer so I’ll say the dread and terror is not in itself horror. That said, it’s a creepy watch and I’ll always recommend it as a good palette cleanser after something like Hereditary traumatizes you or after binging fun, dumb classic horror style stuff.

LemmySoloHer, 8 months ago

SophistiCATed.

LemmySoloHer, 8 months ago

The dichotomy of needing an egg in these trying times vs being in trying times because you already have one.

LemmySoloHer, 9 months ago

Not to mention every talk show host did the same thing, going on without writers and explicitly stating every show they need their writers back and support them.

Plus Conan continued to pay his writers out of his own accord throughout that strike. It’s the same reason Conan only agreed to move from New York to LA if he could bring his staff with him to TBS: he cares about the people he works with. It’s also why he paid them on his own accord again during the lockdown.

My opinion of Conan remains where it was: highest of the high. Team Coco #1.

LemmySoloHer, 10 months ago

Not to detract from the discussion but does anyone know what’s handwritten at the top of the ‘paper’ above the word Daily? It looks like it says “Hi Hi Farm” or “4141 Farm” and it’s becoming that mystery that’s going to periodically pop in my head at night when I’m trying to sleep.

LemmySoloHer, 10 months ago

I just binged the show Central Park on Apple TV+. After seeing it animated in Loren Bouchard’s style for so many episodes, seeing this shot of it makes me realize how good of a job they did drawing the view of it from Bitsy’s high-rise.

LemmySoloHer, 10 months ago

I was looking for this on the streaming service formerly known as HBO Max but double checked again and it’s still not up. I think I misinterpreted the digital streaming release date as a Max release when it’s really just the release where you can pay to digitally rent it?

Is it actually on Max or did you have to pay to rent it?

LemmySoloHer, 10 months ago

Oof okay if they’re taking Venture Bros. off the streaming service entirely next month that definitely explains why the movie won’t end up on there. Thanks for the heads up, at least this way I won’t be endlessly waiting for it to drop.

LemmySoloHer, 10 months ago

You bring up a good point and I didn’t realize the entire show was going to be leaving Max in August which definitely suggests the movie won’t ever stream on there. Normally I’d see if I have enough rental rewards credits saved up for it but it’s only available to buy and I still have to schedule a stupid phone call to reactivate my apple ID before I can even purchase anything anyway. So…

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LemmySoloHer, 10 months ago

“Crack Baby Shark” would be a good title for a mashup of the Crack Baby cadence and the song Baby Shark.

LemmySoloHer, 11 months ago

Crab people, crab people…

LemmySoloHer, 11 months ago

I’m pretty sure most everyone remembers it as being super freakin’ awesome. GO TEAM VENTURE!

LemmySoloHer, 11 months ago

It’s bitchin’ in the upside down

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LemmySoloHer, 11 months ago

I want this painted in the style of Castlevania video game cover art.

LemmySoloHer, 1 year ago

Just checked my “Mind-bending/Sense of dread” watchlist and Possessor is already on there – just added Infinity Pool to it now as well, thanks! Might take a while to get to both but I’m saving this so I can read the spoilers part of your post afterward.

LemmySoloHer, 11 months ago

I added some on that I saw before I made this list just in case you hadn’t seen them and they end up interesting you. If you click on the titles they will take you to the JustWatch page that will tell you all the places that title is currently available to stream. (I took all the release years from IMDB and sometimes the JustWatch release years don’t match by a year or two, I don’t know why).

I tried breaking it up into four categories: Sci-Fi/Sci-Fi Horror, Other (psychological drama, etc.), Horror, and Don’t Recommend. They are in no particular order and I’ve been jumping around myself. The titles on the list span a scale from light, mildly mind-bending to mind-destroying fear of the unknown.

Mind-Bending/Sense of Dread movie watchlist:

1. Sci-Fi and Sci-Fi Horror:

• Coherence (2013)
• Vivarium (2019)
• Arrival (2016)
• Resolution (2012) [Note: watch before The Endless]
• The Endless (2017) [Note: watch after Resolution]
• Triangle (2009)
• Something in the Dirt (2022)
• Exam (2009)
• Circle (2015)
• The Congress (2013)
• Timetrap (2017)
• Timecrimes (2007)
• Primer (2004)
• Pontypool (2008)
• H0us3 (2018)
• Paprika (2006)
• Aniara (2018)
• 400 Days (2015)
• I Origins (2014)
• Sound of My Voice (2011)
• Alphaville (1965)
• Source Code (2011)
• Timelapse (2014)
• Color Out of Space (2019)
• The Signal (2014)
• Possessor (2020)
• Infinity Pool (2023)
• Pandorum (2009)
• Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020)
• The Man From Earth (2007)
• The Vast of Night (2019)
• UFO (2018)
• Nope (2022)
• ARQ (2016)
• Crimes of the Future (2022)
• Equals (2015)
• Alien Code (2018)
• Cosmos (2019)
• Cosmos (2015)
• eXistenZ (1999)
• Replicas (2018)
• Radius (2017)
• The Mandela Effect (2019)
• The Quiet Earth (1985)
• Mirage (2018)
• Domain (2016)
• Predestination (2014)
• Rememory (2017)
• Brainstorm (1983)
• Dark City (1998) [Note: Do watch the Director’s Cut if you can find it, mute the narrated audio at the opening as it was added by the studio but completely spoils the mystery of it all]

2. Other:

• The Prestige (2006)
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
• Blue Velvet (1986)
• Horse Girl (2020)
• Black Bear (2020)
• Waking Life (2001)
• Memento (2000)
• Spring (2014)
• Enter the Void (2009)
• The Machinist (2004)
• Nocturnal Animals (2016)
• Synecdoche, New York (2008)

3. Horror:

• Hereditary (2018)
• The Ritual (2017)
• It Follows (2014)
• The VVitch (2015)
• Possession (1981)
• The Others (2001)
• Inland Empire (2006)
• Mother! (2017)
• Mandy (2018)
• Eraserhead (1997)
• The Corridor (2010)
• Censor (2021)
• The Dead Center (2018)
• Saint Maud (2019)
• Kill List (2011)
• Green Room (2015)
• Mayhem (2017)
• The Empty Man (2020)
• In The Mouth of Madness (1994)
• Funny Games (2007)
• Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
• Cabin in the Woods (2012)

4. Don’t Recommend:

• I Trapped the Devil (2019) [Note: Slow pacing without much development, some well framed shots with good lighting but almost no substance, the highlight is the voice actor for the voice in the cage. It was recommended to me but is the only one on the list that I’ve both seen and didn’t have fun watching.]