…surely you have kissably fresh breath…
…surely you have kissably fresh breath…
Ugh. You’re annoyingly right.
28 Weeks Later.
After the opening sequence sets it up and the story proper begins, it only progresses due to repeated, profound stupidity.
“Let’s just run around outside of quarantine during a zombie apocalypse!”
“My wife has been out in Zombieworld for ages and has turned up seemingly unaffected and is being kept under strict quarantine protocols - I should make out with her!”
Oops. Spanish Prisoner. My brain just stopped or I read that.
I’m upvoting you on pure enthusiasm.
Oh damn I haven’t watched Spanish Prisoner since college. It was one of my “you’ve never heard of this but it’s awesome” recommendations for ages!
Edit: added the actual movie I’m talking about
This should just be a 1D spectrum line.
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Enshittification. Once you learn it, you see it everywhere. It’s depressing.
Are anyone else’s comments showing up twice?
Are anyone else’s comments showing up twice?
Look, I think it’s important to state here that while you can often offer prompts to strangers with no ill effect, 7% of strangers are DEATHLY ALLERGIC to prompts. I know it’s fun to give your strangers prompts sometimes, but I urge you all NOT to give prompts to strangers or you run the very real risk of harming them seriously.
Signed, A strangerologist
Let me know if you try it! I’m pretty excited. I’m setting Retropie to boot straight into a selection of arcade games on MAME so you’ll just plug in power, plug in HDMI to whatever TV, press the button, and after ~2 minutes of boot, you can fire up Golden Axe or Darkstalkers.
In case I forget, I can give you the gist (all the extension cords are internal just to get the jacks exposed outside the case):
Main hardware:
Power:
Video:
Control (waiting for these to arrive):
Basically that particular fight stick opens very neatly and includes a decent amount of open space where the Pi Zero can fit along with a big (~7x120mm) slot out the front that the cable goes out. Once I get all the right cables run, it should be easy peasy. The 3D printed part is mostly to keep it from just having three little cable jacks hanging loose out the front, but if you’re not a neat freak, you can get it done with 2-3 online orders and an afternoon.
This right here. I’m getting more and more disillusioned with my consoles, more into indies, and way into retro. I’m currently working on a self-contained arcade stick with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W in it that will have USB and HDMI on the outside so I can teach my 12-year-old stepson what it’s like to get his ass beaten in Street Fighter II.
I also got us a Retron 3 HD and I regularly scour the local retro shops for good NES/SNES/Genesis games. He’s currently obsessed with Dragon Warrior 1.
I saw it when I was in my early twenties and I’d never seen it before. But tons of pop culture had made jokes of everything in the movie and I expected it to just be a laugh.
The film did such a good job developing dread and helplessness that I forgot all about the jokes.
Plus the spider walk scene hits you in the face like a hatchet.
I think you and I share a fondness for the lightweight spook-house style like Conjuring, Smile, etc. Just in it for the freaky.
Wow you have some fun ahead of you. And from what you’ve said, despite a few (strong) disagreements, I think you have great taste.
The Exorcist Version You’ve Never Seen just adds some deleted scenes back into the mix. A common complaint is that it escalates too quickly as a result, but damn if it didn’t stick with me.
Blair Witch is a real divisive one but if it hits, it hits RIGHT.
Paranormal Activity is in my pantheon of game changers. It’s not perfect (Micah can fuck off forever please) but the way it established the day/night safe/scary cycle only to violate it at the end was a master stroke.
Ouija is just the best creepy Flanagan film for me, but I think my favorite of his is actually Oculus. I love that it’s legitimately trying to avoid the pitfall of dying from dumb decisions by starting off with “let’s study the shit out of this evil”. I also adore Doctor Sleep and Haunting of Hill House.
The It miniseries scared the hell out of me as a child so I can’t promise it’ll be as good now. I thought Chapter 1 was really solid and creepy but the second one dropped the ball really hard.
It’s an interesting movie. In a lot of ways it’s annoying or underwhelming and not much actually happens, but I actually loved the ending.
The way the entire film, from the lore that was set up in the early interviews, was all brought together instantly in a single iconic five-second shot blew me away. It stuck with me for a long time.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on anything new you try! Or if you have opinions on items in my list, even.
Someone asked a similar question from a retro portable gaming standpoint, if it’s useful.
https://slrpnk.net/post/13549792