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[Unbeliever]

Strange Brew was really a strange movie!
Max von Sydow, Rick Moranis, Mel Blanc, and others I've never heard of.
I kept thinking it couldn't get any sillier, but then it did!  🤣

[the_antithesis]

Never saw SCTV, eh?

[Unbeliever]

No, never did watch SCTV. 🤪

[SGOS]

SCTV had potential, but didn't stick like SNL.

[SGOS]

Daddio Does well in most critics and users reviews 78% and 74% on RT, but apparently totally bombed at the box office. It bombed so bad at my theater, it only lasted for 3 days, and it only played for two showings late at night. I haven't seen it, but now I have to. Whenever such a wide disconnect takes place between reviews and box office receipts, I get so curious that I want to see for myself, but I'll have to wait for the DVD if one comes out.

This is two bombs in a row for Dakota Johnson, and one for Sean Penn. Dakota's last bomb was Madame Web, which was not one of Marvels finest, but not as bad as the thrashing it got in the media. IMO

[Blackleaf]

I just want to have a quick rant about Star Wars. It was always my impression that the Jedi Order of the prequel trilogy was flawed on purpose; that Anakin's fall to their Dark Side, as well as the destruction of the order itself, was partially their own fault. But apparently, according to Lucas, the only thing wrong with the Jedi in those movies was that they got involved in the Clone Wars, when they should have remained neutral. That whole "no attachments" thing? That's not intended to be a flaw, despite how absurd it is.

Now, I get that the Jedi are partially inspired by Buddhist monks, and that's why they're supposed to be free from worldly desires, but we can agree the Jedi take that too far, right? Sure, don't be possessive. Don't covet money or power. That's fine. But you're not allowed to have friends?

In the Clone Wars series, Anakin loses R2D2, and he has to go out of his way to rescue the droid. Obi-Wan actually chastises him for doing this, saying that he has become too emotionally attached to this droid. Anakin tells him that it's not about that, but R2D2 has knowledge of secrets that would be dangerous in enemy hands. What he said wasn't a total lie, but he definitely valued that droid as a person. It's actually common practice for a droid's memory to be wiped on a somewhat regular basis, in order to prevent them from developing free will. In other words, it keeps them in line, so that they'll be good little slaves. Anakin claims he doesn't do this because R2D2 is more efficient than normal astromechs, and he doesn't want to change that, but it's actually because he values R2D2 as a person. Was he in the wrong for doing that? Should he have just conformed to the norms of the times and used his droids as disposable tools? What are you trying to say, George?

But the main issue with Anakin, of course, is his attachment to his wife. I get that he's afraid of loss, and that he should learn to let go. But:

1) She isn't dead yet, and there's nothing to suggest that her death was inevitable. Was he supposed to do nothing? To not even try?

2) Are we expected to believe Anakin was wrong for falling in love in the first place?

3) If Anakin wasn't afraid of being excommunicated from their weird cult, he might have turned to the Jedi for help instead of Palpatine. Anakin tries talking to Yoda, although he can't give any specifics. But the advice he gets basically can be boiled down to, "Stop caring so much, you sensitive human. Be a stoic, uncaring psychopath like me. Then you won't give a fuck when people die." Palpatine was the only person who would listen to Anakin and offer to help. How are the Jedi not to blame?

The funny thing is Anakin actually had the perfect master for this situation. In the Clone Wars, he's kind of a mirror to Anakin. He fell in love (off camera), and he nearly left the Jedi Order to be with her. He knows what it's like to feel powerless as a person you love dies in front of you. It happened to him twice. First with his master Qui-Gon, then again with Satine. Obi-Wan was even aware of Anakin's relationship with Padme and just played dumb. Goddamn idiot. Imagine how differently things would have gone down if he'd offered a listening ear. All he had to do was tell Anakin that his secret was safe with him, and that he understood. Anakin would have gone to him instead of Palpatine. Obi-Wan would have been like, "I got ya, fam. I'll contact the best Force healer I know and ask them to watch over Padme." Boom. Conflict resolved.

Of course, that couldn't happen, because we know Anakin has to become Darth Vader somehow. My only problem with this is that George Lucas seems to think this situation was entirely Anakin's fault. What's the message supposed to be here, George?

By the way, doesn't this "no attachments" thing go totally against what the original trilogy had to say? Obi-Wan and Yoda intentionally withheld information from Luke, because they wanted him to kill Vader without a second thought. How noble of them. But then when he finds out the truth, they try to convince him to give up on Vader; that there is no hope left for him. But Luke doesn't listen. He stubbornly appeals to his father's emotions, trying to redeem him. And in the end...he's right! His attachment to his father pays off. Vader kills the emperor, and the galaxy is saved. What? I thought attachments were bad, George! What's going on?

Another frustrating thing is that, in the Disney content, Luke seems to be continuing to push the narrative that Jedi can't hold attachments on his students. Why? This doesn't make any sense!

[Unbeliever]

I saw a movie yesterday called Inhumanwich, about an astronaut who gets irradiated while on a flight to low Earth orbit, and gets turned into an intelligent, carnivorous pile of ground meat.
He gets back to Earth and starts eating every mammal in sight!
This movie needs to be watched with a lot of wine to go with all of the cheese! 🤣
It's black and white, and is a spoof of 1960s sci-fi films. I think they intentionally tried to make the absolute worst movie they could, but it was kinda fun anyway.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I don't need recommendations for bad movies. There are so many out there.

[the_antithesis]

You know, I thought "inhumanwich" was a typo.

[Unbeliever]

Life Cycle was a very weird movie! I guess it would be considered a sci-fi psychological thriller.
It's about a computer programmer who lives in the basement of his grandparents. For several years he's been working on a project  - an animatronic head, powered by AI, and he tells it to become human.
It starts out fairly tame, but it quickly gets more and more heavy.
You might not want to watch this before bed if you're subject to nightmares! 😱

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"The House that Dripped Blood", 1971.
"An anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K."

Robert Bloch co-wrote the vignettes. Strong cast. 

[SGOS]

You Hurt My Feelings: Julia Dreyfus, hasn't done much since Seinfeld. I think I've seen her in one other movie that didn't impress me much. This one starts slow, and I had to wonder if it was going to be worth it, but the whole thing ties together nicely by the time it's finished, and I found it quietly enjoyable. No car chases, super villains, or epic battles. The set up was quiet. The conflict was quiet, and the resolution was quiet. But I felt unusually satisfied (quietly of course), at the end.

[the_antithesis]

... Julia Dreyfus, hasn't done much since Seinfeld...

That's and interesting statement. Wasn't she on that TV series that was popular for a number of years?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

The New Adventures of Old Christine
TV Series
2006–2010
TV-PG

[SGOS]

That's and interesting statement. Wasn't she on that TV series that was popular for a number of years?

Yes, she may have been on more than one. I just never tuned in for some reason, and I don't know how popular they were, or how well she did in those parts. So all I can say is she dropped off my radar, not that she wasn't busy.