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  • While I get what you’re meaning, I am going to ask a question: do you treat criminals the same?

    The way you see military, many of whom are from low income without many means of survival, as monsters because they join a government system that promises social services that harms so many. So a means to an end.

    A criminal will steal or murder for similar reasons a person joins the military - except instead of social services, they’re taking what they need to survive. So do you think they deserve humiliation and degradation? Heck, prison food is similar.

    Both are forced into making morally wrong choices that affect others outside of themselves but instead of anger at the system that creates these situations, you insult the people. It’s reactionary.

    This from someone who knows multiple leftists who changed because of the military. So I see belittling them online as counterproductive to any type of coalition being made as it separates them from others who may hold similar if not the same beliefs.


  • I haven’t seen Burn but I will say Evil Dead has consistently made good films since its origins. This is in light of other films like Hellraiser, FT13, NOES, etc… which had some stinkers.

    The issues I feel with it are really the continuity of it all and the lack of a real character or reason to continue on. I enjoy them but they’re just fun good horror without purpose because of the loss of Campbell from his health issues.

    Personally, I’ve enjoyed most modern horror from indies or studios like A24 and Neon. I have a feeling that franchises are dead and Evil Dead is just the last one clinging to life.

    Though the reboot of Hellraiser wasn’t bad, I want more of that but I don’t expect it to happen.

    Edit: Two well made horror films that are slightly connected are Talk to Me and Bring Her Back. Same directors and similar feelings but beautifully well done horror, some wild gore too but both left me feeling something similar to Evil Dead 2 when I was a kid (mind you, Evil Dead scared the hell out of me as a kid).









  • This pulls in the philosophy of what makes someone “themselves” - is it memory, body, or “soul”. Technically, twins look the same so body could be ruled out that way but I do understand what you mean. I also tend to think of body as a vehicle in this life and not me, just like a car I got given in life. I didn’t choose my body, it’s just what I got given. My personality though - my morals, my believes, etc… that I do consider myself and who “I” am. An argument could be made that as you “craft” your personality or you - it is similar to working out and crafting your body into “you” but some people can’t do that with the cards they were dealt - so I’ll digress.

    I just dig the philosophical conversation to be had here.






  • I can see this comparison a bit.

    I enjoyed Get Out a lot and my second favorite would be Nope. I wanted to love Us but it felt very loosely written.

    Get Out is probably his best due to the subject matter, Nope is a good commentary on animal abuse for spectacle but I definitely see the repeating pattern similar to M Night’s “twist” motif. The big difference is Peele’s films hit more than M Night’s do, where a majority of his failed to stick the landing. Time will tell if he ends up similarly.

    Cregger is another comedy writer turned horror director that may end up better, the new RE seems promising and I feel Weapons and Barbarian are amazing films.


  • I’m a novice musician, producer, and sometimes rapper because I can’t sing for shit but I agree.

    An album is like a film to me, songs are scenes and they fit because it’s a piece of a bigger story. My favorite hip hop albums are The Cool by Lupe Fiasco and APOS by Cunninlynguists (it flips to their newer two sometimes) but I love those so much because they tell stories (they’re technically concept albums) and feel great by themselves too. So on the opposite side, it’s hard to make an album that is cohesive together and amazing individually. Not all artists are that impressive.

    I hate the shortening of songs and even I have fallen to it but I feel good musicians try to make good albums and not just singles. Doesn’t even have to be a concept album. I really like Kendrick’s last two albums, prior more than latter as the beef will age the latter but flow is also important.

    I can talk forever on this but it may just be a sign of the times changing art for the worst.