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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 15, 2021 15:27:10 GMT
It's probably not worth your time. I saw it in the theater, and to be fair, I remember literally nothing about it. But that kind of says it all. You don't remember how hot PAM looked?
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 15, 2021 15:30:31 GMT
I always had a thing for PAM
She played Mary Kay Letourneau -
Haven't we all had a teacher we were once in love with?
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 15, 2021 15:40:54 GMT
Think I'm going to get a PAM marathon going today and watch Carlito's Way next
Great underrated crime/gangster flick with Pacino and Penn
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 15, 2021 16:42:58 GMT
Think I'm going to get a PAM marathon going today and watch Carlito's Way next Great underrated crime/gangster flick with Pacino and Penn Penelope Ann Miller used to be adorable. I haven't seen her in ages though.
I thought she was the one in Weeds - not the main character, who was played by Mary-Louise Parker, but the other one - but I just checked and that was Elizabeth Perkins. All three of them looked a bit alike.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 15, 2021 18:57:34 GMT
Watching The Night Stalker documentary on Netflix. What a piece of shit he was. A good case for bringing back hanging drawing and quartering.
I had an aunt who lived in Pasadena at the time. She said it was like a nightmare to see 11,000,000 people scared shitless.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 15, 2021 20:04:12 GMT
Watching The Night Stalker documentary on Netflix. What a piece of shit he was. A good case for bringing back hanging drawing and quartering.
I had an aunt who lived in Pasadena at the time. She said it was like a nightmare to see 11,000,000 people scared shitless.
I finished it up last night. I knew the name Richard Ramirez, the moniker The Night Stalker, and that he was terrorizing LA, but otherwise I knew almost nothing about that story. It's crazy that this has not been a movie yet. As I was watching it every beat of the story plays out like a detective movie or season of a detective show or something... almost to the point that you'd consider it a little too clichéd and familiar. One thing they do that I understand and also think is a little misguided is to not give Ramirez much of any background at all. They briefly talk about his upbringing, and the idea is to not excuse him or explain away his horrific nature, but at the same time there seems to be a lot there. Not only was his childhood seemingly horrific and tailor made for ruining a life, but also there was a lot about his adult life that was left unexplained and was pertinent to the investigation. I also found the very, very dramatic cinematography of the recreations and reenactments a bit cheesey at times. Still overall a worthwhile watch. It's a story I wasn't very familiar with but was a big deal, and these detectives made for compelling characters, and also it was only 4 episodes at about 45 mins each, so it never overstayed its welcome. And the moment when he was caught was pretty awesome. That was a point at which it would almost seem too perfect as a dramatic movie moment. |
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 15, 2021 20:45:48 GMT
Watching The Night Stalker documentary on Netflix. What a piece of shit he was. A good case for bringing back hanging drawing and quartering.
I had an aunt who lived in Pasadena at the time. She said it was like a nightmare to see 11,000,000 people scared shitless.
I finished it up last night. I knew the name Richard Ramirez, the moniker The Night Stalker, and that he was terrorizing LA, but otherwise I knew almost nothing about that story. It's crazy that this has not been a movie yet. As I was watching it every beat of the story plays out like a detective movie or season of a detective show or something... almost to the point that you'd consider it a little too clichéd and familiar. One thing they do that I understand and also think is a little misguided is to not give Ramirez much of any background at all. They briefly talk about his upbringing, and the idea is to not excuse him or explain away his horrific nature, but at the same time there seems to be a lot there. Not only was his childhood seemingly horrific and tailor made for ruining a life, but also there was a lot about his adult life that was left unexplained and was pertinent to the investigation. I also found the very, very dramatic cinematography of the recreations and reenactments a bit cheesey at times. Still overall a worthwhile watch. It's a story I wasn't very familiar with but was a big deal, and these detectives made for compelling characters, and also it was only 4 episodes at about 45 mins each, so it never overstayed its welcome. And the moment when he was caught was pretty awesome. That was a point at which it would almost seem too perfect as a dramatic movie moment. He starred in the latest season of American Horror Story too
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 15, 2021 20:56:53 GMT
I finished it up last night. I knew the name Richard Ramirez, the moniker The Night Stalker, and that he was terrorizing LA, but otherwise I knew almost nothing about that story. It's crazy that this has not been a movie yet. As I was watching it every beat of the story plays out like a detective movie or season of a detective show or something... almost to the point that you'd consider it a little too clichéd and familiar. One thing they do that I understand and also think is a little misguided is to not give Ramirez much of any background at all. They briefly talk about his upbringing, and the idea is to not excuse him or explain away his horrific nature, but at the same time there seems to be a lot there. Not only was his childhood seemingly horrific and tailor made for ruining a life, but also there was a lot about his adult life that was left unexplained and was pertinent to the investigation. I also found the very, very dramatic cinematography of the recreations and reenactments a bit cheesey at times. Still overall a worthwhile watch. It's a story I wasn't very familiar with but was a big deal, and these detectives made for compelling characters, and also it was only 4 episodes at about 45 mins each, so it never overstayed its welcome. And the moment when he was caught was pretty awesome. That was a point at which it would almost seem too perfect as a dramatic movie moment. He starred in the latest season of American Horror Story too I thought that was so odd. I'm surprised people weren't more upset by this fairly recent real life serial killer being a character in a goofy 80s style slasher TV show. |
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 15, 2021 20:59:19 GMT
He starred in the latest season of American Horror Story too I thought that was so odd. I'm surprised people weren't more upset by this fairly recent real life serial killer being a character in a goofy 80s style slasher TV show. Completely agreed
The start of the season had a nice premise to it - a nod to the F13th Slasher genre in the 80s - it got so convoluted and turned into a complete mess
Found it odd as well
If I was a family member of one of the deceased I would have been furious - it was kind of like glorifying a serial killer
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 15, 2021 22:52:23 GMT
I thought that was so odd. I'm surprised people weren't more upset by this fairly recent real life serial killer being a character in a goofy 80s style slasher TV show. Completely agreed
The start of the season had a nice premise to it - a nod to the F13th Slasher genre in the 80s - it got so convoluted and turned into a complete mess
Found it odd as well
If I was a family member of one of the deceased I would have been furious - it was kind of like glorifying a serial killer
Yeah, the shitty devolution of that season from fun 80s slasher into ridiculous nonsensical bullshit notwithstanding, I don't know how they got away with including him as a character. With all the completely innocuous things that people get upset over these days that actually get things cancelled, it's amazing that this one skated by people. I wasn't gonna start a letter writing campaign or anything, but I did find it odd, and while I don't really get offended by anything, I was surprised that other people weren't up in arms over it. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 16, 2021 14:20:13 GMT
I watched an Argentinian tear-jerker on Netflix, “Notes for My Son”. Based on the true story of a terminal cancer patient who became an Internet celebrity for tweeting about her final days, and for writing “notes” for her young son which were later published as a book. The Twitter thing is fortunately not the entire focus of the movie.
The director is Carlos Sorin, who made at least three other movies that I liked very much: Historias Minimas, Bonbon el Perro, and El Camino de San Diego. They are touching films that never go into maudlin territory, and the same is true for this latest one. I enjoyed, but of course the subject matter might not be appealing to all audiences.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 16, 2021 21:00:39 GMT
Trending on Twitter - We finally have our first look at Kong vs. Godzilla Godzilla Fanboys are going to freak out - Kong is the same size as the big dopey clumsy lizard  |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 17, 2021 1:06:41 GMT
Mr Brooks.
Very weird .. felt like three different films mixed together. Tone was all over the place.
Still, it was different, I'll give it that.
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Post by tristramshandy on Jan 17, 2021 1:13:41 GMT
Watched the documentary Class Action Park (2020) about the notorious amusement park in New Jersey. Captures a moment before the United States was petrified about lawsuits (although they received their fair share).
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 17, 2021 1:27:15 GMT
Watched the documentary Class Action Park (2020) about the notorious amusement park in New Jersey. Captures a moment before the United States was petrified about lawsuits (although they received their fair share). Interesting story, underwhelming doc, I thought. |
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Post by tristramshandy on Jan 17, 2021 1:50:33 GMT
Watched the documentary Class Action Park (2020) about the notorious amusement park in New Jersey. Captures a moment before the United States was petrified about lawsuits (although they received their fair share). Interesting story, underwhelming doc, I thought. Yeah, I liked it because I knew nothing about it, so it took be from complete ignorance to learning something, but after finishing it, it seemed like there were a lot of ways to make it better.
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Post by TutuAnimationPrincess on Jan 17, 2021 1:52:23 GMT
This is a ridiculously long thread and I’m not reading through it...but all the same the only correct answer is “all the sports”.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 17, 2021 4:16:51 GMT
This is a ridiculously long thread and I’m not reading through it...but all the same the only correct answer is “all the sports”. Just for context; this thread was started when sports were shut down at the beginning of the covid lockdowns and the thread topic was 'Now that sports aren't on what are you watching?' Or something like that... so it's asking what people are watching other than sports. And then the thread title was changed when leagues resumed, but the topic remained. |
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Post by TutuAnimationPrincess on Jan 17, 2021 6:18:13 GMT
This is a ridiculously long thread and I’m not reading through it...but all the same the only correct answer is “all the sports”. Just for context; this thread was started when sports were shut down at the beginning of the covid lockdowns and the thread topic was 'Now that sports aren't on what are you watching?' Or something like that... so it's asking what people are watching other than sports. And then the thread title was changed when leagues resumed, but the topic remained. I know what this thread was and is...just the same, the only correct answer still remains "all the sports".
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 17, 2021 15:31:49 GMT
Just for context; this thread was started when sports were shut down at the beginning of the covid lockdowns and the thread topic was 'Now that sports aren't on what are you watching?' Or something like that... so it's asking what people are watching other than sports. And then the thread title was changed when leagues resumed, but the topic remained. I know what this thread was and is...just the same, the only correct answer still remains "all the sports". It is, in fact, not. |
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