#lifesgrandparade

[yeahiwasintheshit]

thank you everyone for following me on my salo journey last night lol

like i said last night after i watched it... its gross and disgusting and meant to be shocking and in your face, but is not just exploitation. PPP is a great film maker, and was actually trying to make a point. unfortunately for him, he pissed off the wrong people with the film and got his ass assassinated for it.

with the internet now, weve all probably and most likely brushed up against the grossest and nastiest parts, so a film like this might not be as shocking today as it was in fucking 1975. i could just imagine this film landing like an atom bomb then.

theres a bunch of supplemental docs on the criterion disc which im gonna watch later, if i find anything interesting, ill report later lol

[gowns]

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tagged by @midnightcowboy1969

Last song you listened to: currently new york new york by liza minelli lol but generally this week i'm listening to a lot of norma tanega, dusty springfield and sondheim

Last movie you watched: i have been watching documentaries in the background while i WORK, but the last movie i actually sat down and paid attention to was "all we imagine as light" -- i think it's a beautiful movie and most people should watch it!! it could have been gayer tho

Last show watched:

^ all background stuff while i work. ratings: A, A+, D+

Currently reading: woman running in the mountains by yuko tsushima; i had read "territory of light" this summer and i really like her writing. territory of light pairs well with the movie "perfect days." i'm also reading this anthology of solo performance excerpts for RESEARCH REASONS

Current obsession: DIY theatre, how a joke is constructed (always thinking about this), how to write a musical (always thinking about this), how to hold the audience's attention (always), autism, the importance of letting your freak flag fly, barnacle anatomy

tagging @transmutationisms @indielowercase @quoms @pettydemon @lifesgrandparade @milkshakemotel @prettyboysdontlookatexplosions @mappingthemoon @superdiscochino @drumlincountry @therearepeoplewho

[philcatelinet]

I should have listened to @lifesgrandparade. I should have stopped watching (or lowered my expectations significantly) when I found out Dune Prophecy was based on a Brian Herbert-Kevin J. Anderson book. This series has all the excitement of a CHOAM board meeting. And as a prequel, we know that the Sisterhood survives, as does their breeding program. There are zero stakes here. And they’ve set up a season 2? Will I watch it? You know I will.

You know what really annoyed me about the series? It’s set 10000 years before Dune (the novel and movies) but ALL of the technology and all of the structures of the universe of Dune are already in place. You’re telling me that in 10000 years the human race had not created anything new or advanced beyond the same conflicts that were set up by the end of machine rule? No wonder Leto II had to set humanity on the Golden Path and bring about the Scattering.

[riverofmolecules]

this rich white guy punched a guy in a commanders jersey in fed hill and apparently his family is loaded, so he's like still roaming around despite his life of atrocious, racist, abusive behavior. i saw he was kicked out of three private schools in baltimore, so i checked to see if @lifesgrandparade had already commented on the story

[hughbot]

Last week, Baltimore's only psychedelic cowboy blog (@lifesgrandparade ) brought up Heathcliff so I decided to get out my meager Heathcliff collection and take a look.

Heathcliff was created and (mostly) drawn by George Gately. His last name was Gallagher but he dropped it from appearing on his work because his brother was also a cartoonist and he wanted to avoid confusion. The first book I have is from the 70's and you can kind of see the strip's absurdist bent now and then.

The comic books were published by Marvel and they were created by a full team of writers and artists.

When I was a kid I read Heathcliff in the newspapers but my favorite iteration was the cartoon. I was really in to the Cadillac Cats, a group of strays that lived in a junkyard. They had a car that transformed and it lived in my head rent free when I was a kid. Somehow I still know the words to the theme song.

(I'm pretty sure a bot with the username "thegreatpussini" followed me on here once)

Recently Heathcliff has had a resurgence on here (and I guess other social media sites?) due to the current Heathcliff artist, Peter Gallagher's penchant for absurdity and new breakout characters like Jimmy the frog.

I highly recommend this video, Gallagher discusses his creative process in detail.

So yeah, I like Heathcliff just as much as Garfield but I like the Cadillac Cats most of all.

[stenka-razin]

@lifesgrandparade I think once they made a cartoon it became an unkillable monster. A ghost haunting cinemas to bring it all back. But yeah, I stand by my Bustless life. I remember rewatching it as an adult for the first time and just deflating. And this was back when there were still only two movies. There are now FIVE!?!?!?

[xanadontit]

Paging @pelicanhypeman and @lifesgrandparade

My favorite comment: Sell high buy low. This person understands economics

[yeahiwasintheshit]

FYI @lifesgrandparade this gif just randomly appeared on my dash right now lol

"save up to 75% on our app's premium version" how about i save 100% by shooting you. with harpoon.

[yeahiwasintheshit]

7 14 28

7) a film from the year your mom was born

i went thru the whole wiki page of films released in 1952 and the one and only film that im sure ive watched before was 'singin' in the rain'. and i havent seen the whole thing since high school film class lol so i barely remember the movie. but there is that iconic dance scene with gene kelley and donald oconnor which is fantastic and worth a recommendation just on that dance

14) a film whose main genre is Fantasy

hmmm. there are a bunch. wizard of oz. princess bride. willy wonka. but i know theres a crazy old fantasy movie from the 60s that we both like. fellini satyricon.

28) a film that is a part of a franchise with more than 5 sequels/remakes/reboots

this one broke my brain trying to think of something good, cause the first one i thought of, of course was star wars, but who recommends star wars lol. i will never recommend any harry potter shit cause i never watched not even a single entire one of them or any marvel crap. so i think im gonna recommend the psycho franchise. the first of course is a classic. the 2nd is actually a decent movie with meg tilly and vera miles. i dont think i saw the 3rd one, but i do remember watching the 4th one when i was a kid cause my brain short circuited to see henry "ET" thomas running around in his underwear. lol i dont recommend the widely shit upon vince vaughn remake tho lol

[gowns]

13, 18, 25!

sci fi movie: ummm not really my genre... but i looked it up and some of my favorites technically qualify, like "science of sleep," EEAAO... "brazil" which, i'll be honest, i don't know if i can ever rewatch it but it did leave an impact on me when i saw it in college. @lifesgrandparade also reminded me of "a matter of life and death" which i enjoyed!

animation: i'll rec one that not a lot of people have seen, "rock and rule"

the animation makes me uncomfortable (very sensual) but i am also into it tbh.

favorite box office flop: elaine may's filmography 💜

[riverofmolecules]

This felt like something you would like @lifesgrandparade

[philcatelinet]

As @lifesgrandparade posted, it’s Boromir. He’s a good man but he’s also the son of the Steward of Gondor and a bit corruptible. He’s spent years enjoying the taverns and darker alleys of Minas Tirith when not out protecting Gondor from orcs.

For the purposes of this poll, assume it is being asked before the Fellowship leaves Rivendell, and thus does not include any experiences on the road or after the defeat of Sauron.

Bill the Pony not included on assumption he would "sweep."

[talix18]

Ironic Halloween costume

[stenka-razin]

@lifesgrandparade I do love the possibility of Disney straight up retconning 2.5 films immediately. Rey is still on the Falcon. Harrison Ford is on board extremely distressed to still be doing Star Wars. His Grandson's college bill visibly in the shot.

[abloodymess]

lifesgrandparade replied to your photo: If you are looking for a violent sci-fi movie that...

iiiiii kinda liked this movie and it kinda pissed me off, so I guess it was great?

I have 3 out of 5. I am a sucker for films about identity and reality. What I dug was, you don’t really see movies like this released wide anymore. This could have been easily dumped to Netflix and forgotten, but it is actually cinematic. 

[gowns]

Congratulations @gowns

thanks doug <3