I just chalk it up to most adults now, taking on the kitchen habits of their parents and not adapting to newer tools like you said, silicone bakeware. When my gf(age, 36) and I moved in together, she was totally not used to using bowl scrapers and silicone tools or even a microplane, despite these not being that “new”.…

None of these are really considered body horror. Rabid, with the Cronenberg connection, I get, but that was more about STD’s. Maybe Evil Dead 2 with the hand, and Hellraiser with the Frank stuff, but gore does not equate to body horror.

That’s pretty cool. I mostly thinking of artificial snow machines as a way of conveying the spores. However, can you point to examples of CGI air particles? Not arguing with you there, just wanted a point of reference, but it was probably done seamlessly, that it didn’t look like CGI.

We are still in the tutorial. Gotta get through that first, before they start leveling up.

Regarding the comics, Kirkman did the right thing. He actually ended it before he said he would, in an unexpected way. Not saying it wasn’t a slog to get there, but he didn’t drag it out longer than it needed to be, IMO. He actually had some plot threads that I don’t think was ever paid off(i.e. he dropped a…

I think like you said, backlit dust is already present, sometimes unintentionally. To portray spores you would have to make it distinguishable from dust. More prevalent and dense. That would cause production issues(breathing it in, needing to clean it between shots, getting it in the production equipment, etc.) if…

Although the in-universe is echolocation, it’s also acted as the video-game plays notification that there was one in the immediate area. Without that audio cue, it would be impossible to know one was in the usually dark area. Also had the added benefit making the player tense and uneasy, knowing they would have to be…

Yeah, my memory of the beginning of the game is pretty foggy. I guess having Tess more “nicer and softer”(not that I agree with Shepard’s assessment of her on the show), was to “care” more about her sacrifice in a short amount of time the audience spends with her. Also, to provide a counter point to modern day Joel…

Avatar 3 isn’t out yet.

I don’t remember the extent of how cold and badass Tess was in the game. I have the remake on deck after I’m done with Midnight Suns. However, I got the impression that Tess and Joel were good cop/bad cop. Everyone fears Joel, but Tess we the level headed one you can reason with him. She’s still pretty cold in how she…

I think what hurt Skinamarink this week, is word-of-mouth and the announcement that it’ll be on Shudder February 2. Once horror fans got word of how slow, divisive and experimental the movie is, a lot just opted to wait to see it streaming. Had they wait to drop that streaming date, they probably could have sold more…

I also think it would be tough to convincingly portray the spores on an already dark set without resorting to potentially wonky CGI to pull it off.

-The Big Picture(1989)

Like others have said, it’s all about the recoil. You need an explosion(triggered by a bullet or a blasting cap) to produce the force needed to replicate the recoil of an actual gun. That explosion also needs to release, so unfortunately, something would be firing outside of the barrel, regardless. I’m sure you can…

Not arguing with you here, but we don’t actually have a lot of these kinds of stories made, during and post-2020. Most examples people cite, even comparing The Last of Us were made well before this, including the game it’s based on. Because it’s a well-worn trope, that unfortunately hasn’t sunken into so many heads,…

It should be a tough, relevant watch. We probably need more stories that hammer this point home. I work with ppl that still say “I don’t believe in the vaccine”, and that’s in the face of other co-workers getting sick 3-4 times over now. It’s both infuriating and exhausting, but they are brainwashed, plain and simple.

I mean, the reference is pretty subtle, but also...generic?

The questioning of whether Joel was right, whether he is a monster, etc. is a big reason why I love TLoU as a franchise. Nothing is easy or black and white. You totally can look at Joel as a monster, that was drive behind Abby. I mean he killed her father and doomed human survival. Joel is a flawed man, yes, but does…

For streaming, a lot of is due to poor/slow internet. For a lot, it’s also viewing preference. My gf and I watch tv in a dark room with bias lighting behind the TV. Everything pops and looks vivid. Her parents watch TV in the living room, with windows letting in all the light and also all the lights on. The TV’s…

Yeah, okay I see what you mean. I haven’t read Naked Lunch because I found the movie pretty densely surreal. Not sure how that would translate on the page but now I’m definitely intrigued. Been into more challenging reads in recent years.