The whole YOU HAVE DIED OF DYSENTERY oregon trail bit I did tap out on tbrh
cholera, i'm pretty sure
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 December 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
this was def the hottest i've seen Franco looking in years... but Bill Heck tops him (heh heh)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 December 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
I not only found Franco attractive in the film (which is rare) but I actually enjoyed his performance (which is even rarer).
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 20 December 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
I feel like there was some kind of deliberate cross-reference between "PAN SHOT" and "PRAIRIE DOG" or whatever the wagon train guy yelled
― sleeve, Thursday, 20 December 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
the first episode is an extended Singing Cowboy joke... it's hard to believe how many singing cowboys on film there were in the '30s and '40s. Roy Rogers was the only one who endured.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
I was trying to think of a name of another one besides Roy while watching it and sadly drew a blank
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link
Gene Autry was the only other one I'm really familiar with
Yeah gene autry has endured. His Xmas songs get a lot of play
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
I watched a Ken Maynard one the other night for lols and it was weird as hell.
― WmC, Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
Yes, Autry def #2 (and possibly richer!) but have you ever seen any of his films? My God, there are 97 on Letterboxd; I wonder how many exceed 55 minutes, or weren't serials.
Check out the plot of this one:
https://letterboxd.com/film/the-phantom-empire-1935/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link
sounds right up my alley
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link
Yeah I wasn't responding to circa or Shakey.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Thursday, 20 December 2018 23:56 (five years ago) link
I'm on team leprechaun, you guys don't deserve JF.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 04:26 (five years ago) link
rmde
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 04:27 (five years ago) link
Leprechaun lies in the eyes of the beholder imo
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 04:29 (five years ago) link
You can think any damn thing you like. Just don't pester me with your sad delusions.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 04:34 (five years ago) link
^ not new board description
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 04:45 (five years ago) link
Coen Bros are not good with digital effects. You'd think those cottonfields in O Brother with the green desaturated out would've taught them something. Or at the very least, that technology would have improved in 20 years.
There's an evening scene in the Nebraska segment where Alice is interrupting Billy's dinner YET AGAIN, and his red kerchief is just all fuzzy. I don't mind getting set up for stuff like Buster patting himself and leaving a Buster-shaped cloud of dust, but the kerchief or the rainbow appearing over the prospector when he finds Mr. Pocket just took me out of it.
― pplains, Monday, 6 May 2024 02:10 (two weeks ago) link
I dunno, they're part of a huge, *huge* number of established filmmakers for whom that's just not a dimension of life they tend to engage with. I'm sure there are a couple counter-examples, but generally speaking those old(er) dogs aren't about to pick up new tricks. The answer is to fork over dough to more Dee Rees-es and fewer Scorseses, not hoping the latter will suddenly privilege the experiences of [insert marginalized group here].
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 15:39 (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Little did we know!
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 6 May 2024 02:30 (two weeks ago) link
Old dog/new tricks doubters... could never be me
The first act of this movie I remember fondly. The rest? Shot out the ol memory hole as soon as I finished (except for the franco meme viralization)
― H.P, Monday, 6 May 2024 03:01 (two weeks ago) link
The main thing that pops into my head when I think about this movie is this exchange above:
WmC: The prospector gets shot in the back and just carries on like nbd?
Dr Morbius: IT DINT HIT NOTHIN' IMPORTANT
― o. nate, Monday, 6 May 2024 14:25 (two weeks ago) link
Haha. Mostly I remember the Tom Waits sequence from this movie, and pretty vividly.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 6 May 2024 14:35 (two weeks ago) link
― H.P, Monday, 6 May 2024 03:01 (twelve hours ago) link
Weird, same. I reread a post of mine upthread about how a certain segment dragged for me. I have absolutely no memory or clue what I'm referring to.
― Evan, Monday, 6 May 2024 15:27 (two weeks ago) link
The more I think about the last chapter being filmed completely on a sound stage, the more I think how distracting and unnecessary the digital effects were.
A matted sunset, colored stage lights, camera lens filters... Crazy how 2019 technology doesn't come close to matching the realism of 1939 technology (IN THIS CASE.)
― pplains, Monday, 6 May 2024 15:47 (two weeks ago) link