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The speculation map has one of the scare zones marked with the M3gan "E", so you might get your wish earlier than expected
Oh, god dammit. I can't go this year. Oh well, hopefully they keep them another year. I'm so used to the 3 in M3gan that I didn't even associate the 3 lines with it.
 
I agree with this regarding Eggers, he's obviously a skilled filmmaker but it's always seemed to me that there's something fundamental missing in his films that I can't exactly pinpoint, but "bloodless" is a good way to put it.
I generally liked The Witch but was disappointed by Northman, Nosferatu, and Lighthouse. I have different gripes about all of them that I won't get into but in short I think Eggers just doesn't understand how to craft a satisfying narrative, which is the most fundamental aspect of a movie. He is a big proponent of the "death of the author" viewpoint which just bolsters my opinion. His films are otherwise technically very well made which is what makes them feel "off." To quote RLM, "You may not have noticed, but your brain did."

Anyone follow Universal Halloween Horror Nights? FNAF and Fallout have been confirmed, and I'm really really hoping the campfire on the speculation map is Friday the 13th. Also hoping the trash bags are Terrifier.
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I'll be going to Orlando HHN this year, although I haven't been following it super closely because I am irritated by the slow drip-feed release of what will be there. I swear they used to drop this info way earlier in the year. Currently arguing with my group on whether or not to do express passes or early access.

Fallout is such a bizarre choice to me, although tbf I haven't seen the show. I will be shocked if they don't do Terrifier. I'm sure they'll have a Friday the 13th house/zone too since the legal nightmare with that IP seems to have finally resolved. A24's prequel series just started casting so that won't be incorporated. The Undertaker was at HHN about 20-something years ago and it would be very funny if that was revived.

HHN Japan is getting Resident Evil. It would never happen but I'd love for USA HHN to have a year that's all vidya.
 

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What the fuck did they do to my boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. I'm still not over it. Hopefully this is a Sonic situation and they will fix it. Both the logo and new mask are just so off.
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Here are some mockups of improvements made my Vincente Disanti of Never Hike Alone.
Round eyes, round mask, more balanced holes, and smaller chevrons
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In-line hole placement
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Bigger mask
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What the fuck did they do to my boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. I'm still not over it. Hopefully this is a Sonic situation and they will fix it. Both the logo and new mask are just so off.
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"Universe"

guys it's one fucking camp and a lake
 
and space
and a boat that's theoretically near NYC
A setting that spans hundreds of years, millions of miles, and even across planes of reality! You've got your fantasy Camp Crystal Lake in hell, your hologram of Camp Crystal Lake in the future... who knows where a replica of Camp Crystal Lake might turn up next?
 
A setting that spans hundreds of years, millions of miles, and even across planes of reality! You've got your fantasy Camp Crystal Lake in hell, your hologram of Camp Crystal Lake in the future... who knows where a replica of Camp Crystal Lake might turn up next?
hear me out
people loved EMH on Voyager
we do a spinoff series about the two hologram girls who love drugs and premarital sex
 
I love Silence of the Lambs but I can't help but notice how much garbage could've been avoided if Clarice wasn't so bad at her job. I get the movie is old and we've been through several decades of overexposure to psychos and killers since, and she's SUPPOSED to be a rookie but she is really, really bad at her job. She fails very often to put two and two together when it's fairly obvious. Lecter all but screams the answers to her, but it takes so long for it to click for her. I guess that's to the movie's benefit, but still....I hope that FBI isn't real life accurate.
 
I love Silence of the Lambs but I can't help but notice how much garbage could've been avoided if Clarice wasn't so bad at her job. I get the movie is old and we've been through several decades of overexposure to psychos and killers since, and she's SUPPOSED to be a rookie but she is really, really bad at her job. She fails very often to put two and two together when it's fairly obvious. Lecter all but screams the answers to her, but it takes so long for it to click for her. I guess that's to the movie's benefit, but still....I hope that FBI isn't real life accurate.
of course not
she's actually trying to do something good
that's completely fictional
 
"Universe"

guys it's one fucking camp and a lake
I think the term "universe" is to account for the A24 prequel show coming up, which may retcon a lot, as well as potentially bandied-about spin-offs.

I love Silence of the Lambs but I can't help but notice how much garbage could've been avoided if Clarice wasn't so bad at her job. I get the movie is old and we've been through several decades of overexposure to psychos and killers since, and she's SUPPOSED to be a rookie but she is really, really bad at her job. She fails very often to put two and two together when it's fairly obvious. Lecter all but screams the answers to her, but it takes so long for it to click for her.
I think she's fine, and I am usually quite critical of how retarded female characters are. She's a young rookie and she's dealing with discrimination and stonewalling from her own "team." Lecter speaks to her in riddles and I can't think of any direct information he gives her. He gives her some clues to Bill's psychology but iirc all the actual solid connections are formed by Clarice herself. Clarice ends up discovering Bill's identity by doing boots on the ground recon at the hometown of one of his victims after she realizes the girl was a tailor and Bill probably copied her templates. Bill would have totally blown her brains out in his basement but Clarice recognizes the sound of a hammer being drawn back and blasts him.

The only reason it seems like she's slow is because we already know who the killer is pretty early in the movie. Now if we want to talk about how retarded she is in the sequel, Hannibal.....

I guess that's to the movie's benefit, but still....I hope that FBI isn't real life accurate.
A real FBI agent would never put themselves in the amount of peril that Clarice did just to catch one measly serial killer
 
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Yes, Happy Birthday Jason!!! We will see what kind of announcements about the franchise happen today.
 

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They are only showing the first movie
If you're only going to screen one of the movies it should be either Part 4 or Part 6 imo. The first one doesnt even hold up that well tbh, Part 2 is a huge improvement in pacing, etc.
What the fuck did they do to my boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. I'm still not over it. Hopefully this is a Sonic situation and they will fix it. Both the logo and new mask are just so off.
He looked his best in Part 7,
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see, look how handsome he is.
 
I would like to point out that today is the only Friday 13th in 2025 and canonically Jason's birthday. 45 years,

RIP that snake tho
I always watch a random F13 movie on a Friday the 13th but the trouble is remember which one I watched the last time. And I've memorized the movies so well at this point that I remember all of them just as vaguely, except for the first one.
 
If you're only going to screen one of the movies it should be either Part 4 or Part 6 imo. The first one doesnt even hold up that well tbh, Part 2 is a huge improvement in pacing, etc.

He looked his best in Part 7,
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Agree and agree. Part 4 and 6 would be the most universally pleasing and accepted "peak Jason" (Part 3 ties with 6 for my favorite, but I concede that that's an unpopular opinion). Part 1 is vital for setting up the mythos, but let's be real, we want to see Jason. He looked so fucking good in 7, it almost makes me look past the censored kills and dumb zombie dad ending.
 

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