From the German release, “Willkommen im Tollhaus” How do you pronounce “Wiener sucks” in German? Also, is Dawn’s head evaporating like a ghost? Who released that still?
Here it is. The first of two shoe gaze movies I plan on showing this year. What the Hell is a shoe gaze movie? Well, I stole the term. In music it began as a derogatory term, a catchall referring to indie music with melancholic undertones. Think Cocteau Twins or My Bloody Valentine. Now imagine a 1990’s introspective movie, melancholy yet with humorous undertones. In our movie tonight we experience the awful social realities of junior high. Even the nerds are sub-grouped, with our star tonight at the very bottom of the heap. Heather Matarazzo plays Dawn, our star in this film. She did really great in this film. She later went on to play Lily Moscovitz in the Princess Diaries films, and otherwise has stayed happily below the radar in indie films, with over 60 acting credits to her name.
This is far above the class level I normally post – at least according to IMDB. Todd Solondz wrote it. If you don’t recognize him, he also wrote Happiness. Still no? Well, now you have learned about a whole subculture of film. Congratulations. This particular film is peak shoe gaze. This film might be one of the best representations of junior high committed to film. The only horror in tonight’s film might be from some of our regular posters reliving memories. I will warn you – occasionally jumping into a shoe gaze film is fun. Going deep into it will result in you getting lost in a cave.* Beware…. BEWARE!
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary until you start staring at your shoes and NEVER LOOK UP. Next week, we start our sprint to Halloween. We will have a lot of B movie classics! And I am going to kick off this year’s run with The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock, with JUST Lou Costello. That’s right folks. I will have your obscure gems playing this year. I’ll save more explanation on that film for next week.
*Todd talks about the lack of his movies’ popularity at the box office. Not once does he bring up Trump. Notice what the animator does with a line near the end of Todd’s discussion. Trump really does live in the head of every liberal, rent-free. Poor bastards. That’s what happens when you stare at your shoes all day.
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(h/t: The Hyperbole)
I be typing
I be trolling
I be snarking
I be rolling
You got burned
I be LOL’ing
I pull away
Like it’s stolen
First on my own petard.
You’ve earned it.
In our movie tonight we experience the awful social realities of junior high.
Huh.
Diving in….
My junior high was a brutalist nightmare, universally described as a prison by all the students. Later I found out is was actually designed by a city architect who did, in fact design prisons. It’s finally being torn down so kids won’t ever have to deal with that again.
My Jr High was 75% Hispanic and 25% Anglo. For three years I got beat up on a routine basis.
Only Anglos can be racist and commit hate crime assaults.
Are you sure you weren’t “jumped in”?
My JH and HS (same building) superpower was being a nerd while avoiding all violence. Which, being in the ghetto, was a valuable superpower.
Everyone was afraid I’d shoot the place up, so that helped.
Thanks Columbine kids.
All white jr and senior high, jr was mostly Lutheran, German/Scandinavian back ground. Senior was with the junior high in a small town school. Little bullying.
K-12 in the same building. Probably 60% injun 39% white, with a mexican or black transferring in or out every few years.
Endurance car warranty ad. Screams scam.
They actually provide sample contracts.
https://www.endurancewarranty.com/sample-contracts/
I’m shocked. So not scam, just generally a really bad value for most everyone.
They have to make a profit on their policies. So it will, for most people, cost more than just saving the premium in an account for a rainy day. Unless you buy a Range Rover.
Oh, I get it having worked underwriting and product construction.
My issue is always the coverage and marketing and not the cost.
The marketing implies just about everything is covered. The reality is usually quite different and requires a careful read of the contract.
The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away.
*buffs nails on lapel*
AKA, “insurance” lol.
My company is pretty big on “warranty”. I’m on the IT side but I’m familiar with this stuff a little bit.
Yup. I hate insurance… spent untold thousands and have never gotten a dime out of it because I am risk averse and careful.
Hmmm… PetSmart commercial. I’ll take it over COVID ads.
Remember the time Salvador Dali made a hologram of Alice Cooper’s brain?
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/salvador_dalis_hologram_portrait_of_alice_coopers_brain
That is neat, and it makes sense that they’d be fans of each other.
*hits play*
Last week it was 2 seconds of movie followed by 4 seconds of buffering. I held on the the end because of the promise of Jessica Alba topless. At the end, no boobz.
Tonight I have the choice of 2 seconds of movie followed by 4 seconds of buffering or The French Connection on TCM. I guess I’ll stick with Gene Hackman.
I am sorry to hear that. This buffering is unacceptable, and clearly the work of your communist governor. I will address this next time I am in New Mexico. In the mean time, enjoy the conversation.
Naw, commie gov aside, I have two connections to the internet. The DSL from the phone company has no data cap but speeds slow down to 56k modem territory in the evening when my neighbors log on. My satellite connection with Hughes has a 10GB per month data cap so streaming videos and the like are not happening. Also, Hughes is wildly optimistic on their data transfer rates.
There is a microwave option but I think that I am on the fringe of their signal. I’m seriously considering Skylink. Might pull the trigger soon.
Skylink is a good option in comparison to what you have.
Yeah, reliable high-speed internet was one of the nice things about moving.
You no longer in Ulster?
We moved back in March, but only a couple of miles.
We got lucky to find a sucker willing to buy the old place.
I have been very happy with Starlink. Worth the $90 per month. The initial cost of $600 was hard to swallow, though.
They are laying fiber along the road I live on this week. It will take a a very low price to make me switch.
Fiber is costing me $50 but has to be bundled with telephone for another 20. I do like a land line ’cause I can hear much better. Dumped my wife’s cell phone, she never used it, wouldn’t answer it. We get very few robo calls anyway.
I’ve been thinking about dropping the land line. Is the sound quality that different?
I’m old, hearing impaired somewhat. I find a big difference.
Are they charging for hookup? Around here they got a big pile of Big Daddy Gov cash and when they came through all you had to say was “hook me up”. Didn’t matter if you were going to actually subscribe or not. I fucking jumped at it since the other choice was hotspotting off my cell service.
Big Daddy Gov installed loads of fiber in my area, and used the boat landing on my road for staging. But, my road didn’t get the fiber. Same copper wire that was put in 70 yrs ago.
That is pretty fucked.
Everything Big Daddy Gov is fucked up. He beats us because he loves us.
Since you were unsatisfied by the view of Jessica Alba in Idle Hands, I give you this.
https://geeksoncoffee.com/jessica-alba-boobs-pictures/
🙂
“TAKE A SHIT FOR ME”
First time it has ever been said in a movie.
Huh. I’ve actually said that. A few times.
I’ve also said, “I’m gonna fuck you in the balls!”
You had to be there.
I have seen this, and it can be rough. Not for violence or gore, any of that, but it is a hard movie emotionally.
By they way, Cocteau Twins – not shoe gaze. My Bloody Valentine – shoe gaze.
I accept your judgement.
Yeah, I’m thinking this is going to be a rough watch.
It sure is. And Todd deserves a ton of credit for pulling this off.
Forgot to add, Shoe gaze is generally downbeat lyrics with squalling guitars.
For example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyYMzEplnfU
LOL the video is a good explanation of the origin of the name of the genre.
I’m pleased that a new generation has revived it in the last few years.
Ahh… her first crush.
OMG… She almost blinded a teacher with a spitball.
STRANGER DANGER
Dylan Baker’s character in Happiness is Peak pedo, in an entertaining way, not a gross way, like OMWC.
The scene were he runs back to his car with Teen Beat, barely concealing his lust, if fuckin’ amazing.
is. the word we are looking for is IS.
Dear TPTB:
Somehow, I accidentally published The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock. This is a mistake. It was not done, just some random notes. Please help and take it back to draft. I have money,
She’s going to get blamed for him stealing the money.
You know it.
/anyone think Brandon gave her an Ex Lax cookie?
Brandon didn’t sniff her hair?
Different Brandon.
…And Dawn burns every bridge.
Dawn isn’t very bright.
I don’t think any junior high kid is very bright.
I resemble that remark.
I downloaded the onX off road app today. 6 months free, I though it sounded neat.
The nearest off road stuff is kinda far away. 😒
I bought onX the 2nd year I couldn’t find my ground blind on deer rifle opener* before dawn.
I was hundreds of yards from my blind and on someone else’s land. In fact, I could see the land owner in his tree stand.
I invited him (the adjoining landowner, we call him Racist Dave) to dinner to make up for it.
It’s the last few seconds that got me.
I hope you all enjoyed!
Beat The Meat Challenge
That girl can really handle a lot of meat.
I’m not 100% sure that’s a girl.
That’s the world
we live inI know.I’m just gonna run
That’s what She Said!
Her accent is terrible though.
That was… something else.
Definitely not my usual fare. Halloween ramp up starts next week with that last movie of Lou Costello.
Did someone steal the Eagles Super Bowl team from last year?
As a Pats fan, I was thinking they were an incredibly beatable team last week and I was a little miffed the slow start kept the Pats from doing so.
Not sure what happened to the Iggles.
Teams based around running the QB usually have a short shelf life. But usually more than 1 season. If it doesn’t work out he can start kneeling and cry racism and get paid to not play. That being said, I’m not watching so I don’t actually know what is going on.
I should be watching the movie.
The Vikes are unbelievably shitty.
It hurts to watch.
Kirk is brutal.
I gave up.
Watching Gordon, Gino and Fred in Greece instead.
Getting Rodgers next year will make it all better.
Why not Kapernick?
Maybe they’ll tag team it. Didn’t Moon and Cunningham do that for you guys one year?
Because the Vikes aren’t classy enough to handle an ex-49ers player. Even that unclassy fuck.
But start keeping an eye on the current Packers QB. He’ll be in MSP in 12-ish years.
Well, first things first. Maybe Erin Rodgers will get you to the NFC Championship game in a couple years.
Kirk Cousnins is the king of the pretty stat line in a blowout loss. And in the era of fantasy football, that’s been enough to keep him under center for years.
Not a blowout at this point.
Can the Iggles fuck it up? Let’s see…
I’m heading out. Thanks RJ!
Thanks for coming!
Holy shit!
Now there’s a movie that stuck with me for years. So bleak. Poor “Weiner-Dog”. Poor everyone.
O’Keefe is in Maui.
How the fuck has this dropped off the radar? Where are all the dead kids?
Stay outta my basement!
If it’s bad for Team Blue, then it drops off the radar. That’s just the way it is today.
^So much this.
I mentioned Maui to my wife the other day ‘what? Never heard of it.’
This is yet another 90’s movie you’ve posted that I’ve seen repeatedly. I watched far too much cable television as a child. I don’t remember much about it besides the lead actress and the young kid who wants to bang her. Something with a knife at some point?
Accurate description.
But did you ever see The Boy Who Could Fly?
I had the time of my life on my last two years of high school, junior high was terrible. Spaniards in junior high are some kind of special breed.
Wait…is this the Spaniard what lurks?
Fuck off, Tulpa!
Paqui is pussing out on the One Chip Challenge. I never tried it, but that’s because their regular retail chips are so bland I never thought it was worth the price.
‘I never thought it was worth the price.’
Probably not.
Last night in Kindergarten Copland. Is there any house rules against alcoholic beverages in the pool area? Don’t care atm.
Tacoma FD had whole bit about no glass bottles at a pool party and using the outside towels and not the indoor towels.
My beverage is in German steel.
The trick is to wrap it in British Steel.
https://youtu.be/CEBTrOKfZXc?si=GAfhnfuAn3QCnn87
The cops love that stuff.
https://www.kingdicktools.co.uk/
S Club 7 made no mention.
Rip Paul. Too soon.
Happy Friday morning Glbs!
😃☕
Get your groove on.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BZuJpgX_j9c
🎶🎶
Good morning all!
Some Detroit rock, of the gentler variety.
Uncle Kracker, with Dobie Gray, Drift Away>.
Follow Me>.
🌄 😉
Morning, Glibs.
Good morning, U, Sean, and Beau!
My body may be in CDT, but my brain is definitely still on EDT.
I suppose that’s better than being on DDT
::twitches spasmodically::
Mornin’, reprobates!
So exclusionary. Always leaving me out. 😥
^^^ I know that feeling, when you are among friends and none of them are yours. /jk
Good morning, ‘patzie! I’ve been incommunicado for a couple of days – how are you?
Glad you’re back. Since you asked…
Uretroscope #2 is scheduled for Oct. 2, so I get to walk around with a stent for 3 weeks (then another week or two after the procedure).
Surgical consult for my hernia went well. According to the good doctor it is the size of a lime and needs to be repaired. Which will happen in December after Mrs. Patzer’s hip replacement.
Fortunately, my oldest is still at home to help. He is learning to cook, last night he came home with chopped beef and sausage, which he turned into delicious meatballs. Yum.
I am grateful for the opportunity to practice stoicism.
Kidney stone AND hernia?? Yikes!! 😣
Old age sucks. I hope you can get relief soon.
Recentlyi have changed my preferred time zone to EMT. I do believe preferred time zones are far more useful than preferred pronouns. “It’s 5 o’clock somewhere” has been around for a long time, for good reason.