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  3. Episode 20: Jamie Lee Curtis

    in Hey, an Actor!

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    I completely understand your point of view but I take issue with your thinking that I don't appreciate build up, atmosphere, the "how and why" and emersion to a scenario.

    In Halloween I cared nothing for JLC's character and was given no real reason to do so, apart from maybe that she was better than her shit bag friends. I hated the child characters who were meant to draw out the fear of this character. Myers standing around and then not standing around got really old really quickly and all atmosphere creation of him stalking people fell flat. As to 'why' the killings took place, the clown costume murdering at the beginning was clumsy and awkward and the 'back story' was melodramatic (I don't buy the 'he's scary because we don't know why he kills' excuse). 'How' they were murdered: hammy - there was nothing scary about them and having waited SO long for them happen they didn't supply adequate payoff.

    To bring an example from the Flickchart thread the reason I am a fan of 28 Days Later (granted I neglected to mention it as an example of a horror film I liked - if indeed it qualifies as horror) is how you care about Jim adjusting to what has happened without you seeing the transformation between normal life and the new zombie overlords. You also see empty Britain and how beauty still remains after the mass deaths. In short there is a reason to care, there is a legitimately scary foe, it builds up why loved ones being killed/becoming infected is so tragic and it's execution is well paced throughout.

    I can completely understand why people love this film and maybe it was spoiled to me by other films and that fact that I knew JLC wasn't going to die but for me its slow pace left me very dissatisfied and bored. You called it for me when you described Halloween as the 'template' - it set ground roles and a formula for slasher films to follow but templates are then improved upon. Disregard its status and in my opinion it doesn't stand up.

  6. What Podcasts are You Listening To?

    in Banter

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    The Infinite Monkey Cage.

    Excellent choice! I went to the recording of the Christmas show with Steven Fry and Richard Dawkins. Then Steven Fry tweeted me. What a birthday!
    You forgot to add how you shamelessly fished for that birthday tweet!

    I merely stated that I was lining up to get inside. And that it would be lovely if he had the opportunity to say hello...

  21. Game of Thrones

    in Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy

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    This show man...

    ...I just...

    ...I mean...

    WHERE WAS GHOST!?!? You can pay for special tit-enabling CGI but not a Wolf/Dog to come and chew that little fucker in half?!?!

    That finale just makes me angry. You kill off another beloved character in another rage inducing gut punch of a betrayal and waste my time on the most boring fetch-quest in TV history. One slutty pixie fighter does not an interesting family dynamic make.

    If Seasons 6 doesn't show Hodor being COMPLETELY adorable I'm straight done.

    Cersei's 'atonement' was pretty brutal though