Now for some fun, especially for those who've watched HBO's "Game of Thrones" show.
And they've also posted Episode 2:
For some reason, this reminds me of the movie "Heathers," which![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
chernobylred and I just watched for the first time last night. HOW DID I MISS THIS ONE? Check out this freaky trailer:
Last night, I kept asking aloud how I've never seen Heathers before. Here's what I came up with, which is both telling and ironic, considering what the movie is about:
I think it's because it came out in 1988, when I was in college and not dating anyone, and boys then saw it as a "girl's movie." That's right: Boys didn't allow themselves to see "girl's movies," and might still keep themselves from enjoying such. Not that Heathers is either a boy's or girl's movie, but it was perceived as such, partly because the lead is a girl (Winona Ryder). I never had that issue, but I've also never liked going to movies alone, so I missed out. BECAUSE OF THE DAMNED PATRIARCHY. I stopped myself from enjoying a film that would have blown me away at the time, because of cultural normativism. I'm a white guy in the US, yet I've been harmed by the retro-patriarchy. Just goes to show that we're ALL harmed by outmoded cultural norms.
Chris
And they've also posted Episode 2:
For some reason, this reminds me of the movie "Heathers," which
chernobylred and I just watched for the first time last night. HOW DID I MISS THIS ONE? Check out this freaky trailer:Last night, I kept asking aloud how I've never seen Heathers before. Here's what I came up with, which is both telling and ironic, considering what the movie is about:
I think it's because it came out in 1988, when I was in college and not dating anyone, and boys then saw it as a "girl's movie." That's right: Boys didn't allow themselves to see "girl's movies," and might still keep themselves from enjoying such. Not that Heathers is either a boy's or girl's movie, but it was perceived as such, partly because the lead is a girl (Winona Ryder). I never had that issue, but I've also never liked going to movies alone, so I missed out. BECAUSE OF THE DAMNED PATRIARCHY. I stopped myself from enjoying a film that would have blown me away at the time, because of cultural normativism. I'm a white guy in the US, yet I've been harmed by the retro-patriarchy. Just goes to show that we're ALL harmed by outmoded cultural norms.
Chris
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Editing to add: **which I am assuming you have seen. If you haven't, then maybe it's less about having been a boy than it is about not having been a Kool Kid! :)
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I did see and love River's Edge! Different story, there ;-)
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I used to enjoy going to movies alone; I saw "Heathers" in Australia in 1989 and it blew me away, so I went more than once. I don't like going alone so much anymore, but that's probably more because I'm so tired of talking and texting during the movies. Watching a DVD at home isn't always as fun, but at least I can hear the movie without distraction.
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Even a normal movie is disturbed by such things as you mention. When did it suddenly become okay to text during a movie? JUST TURN IT OFF. There's a power button on that thing, y'know. MANY PEOPLE ARE ASSHOLES.
Love watching movies at home, preferably with others but alone is cool, too. At a theater, the flawed experience just isn't worth it when I'm alone.
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