Dudes got bigger issues than when to do a podcast.
But yeah that is a nice touch lol

The nice touch is that he's getting sentenced on Monday and being remanded over the weekend!

That sort of fucks up his podcast plans!

also our fav psycop bester <3

Aww man... RIP

Your second paragraph felt like it was the intended reading. On the surface it seems like the title refers to Nikki's newfound obsession with Bear, but it's a movie about how his obsession with her destroyed both their lives (and more). He is the villain and the real Nikki is trapped watching his cowardice spiral.

That's definitely not a major focus though. I felt it more as a sick reveal and confirmation (there are a couple times up to that point where she briefly has conscious control) of what's really happening there.

That being said, the overall effect of the narrative achieves a very similar goal. It's just not a victim's story, it's a perpetrator's story. Bear is a fucking coward, and his passivity, willful ignorance, and eventual outright complicity make him a villain. This is a story about how a guy whose initial motivation is not, technically, to cause abuse, is still every bit as much of an abuser.

is this why in president curtis they have a thing with him interacting online in a first persion sure online thing? are they implying its something like fortnite. fortnite is one of those things I did not get into and never really meant anything to me. I don't like first person shooters.

Uhh obsession does tell that story. Bar for bar.

100% not trying to dog on you, it's just that what you described is the very thing I loved the movie for.

Honestly I'm starting to think the film was designed to have a very clear feminist reading yet pull very different interpretations at the same time. It's master class. They shoulda called it Subversion.

This article reminds me of this short analysis: Love Magic and Mixed Messages - Pop Culture Detective

If you’re gonna criticize a game for undermining the horror of the wish itself by turning her loss of autonomy into a spectacle… it sounds like (through retelling, since I haven’t seen it) the movie committed essentially the same sin.

If anything, puppeteering her body to make her do the same actions every other character does… might be less misogynist than directing the actress to portray the “crazy girlfriend” stereotype as the focal point of a horror movie.

I really wish Obsession actually told that story. The movie is about a psychotic girlfriend but it's supposed to be about a girlfriend who is forced to act psychotic due to a wish. I mean, you see the wish and the movie tells you the wish works. But, you never see the girl struggling against the will of the wish. It's not that "it could go either way." She is completely unable to control herself and is doing things she does not want to do. But like, we never see her in a dark room screaming "no I don't wanna do this" or anything symbolic of being trapped and victimised by your own mind. Again, the movie should have told that story. It was still good... as a psychotic girlfriend story. I just think the other story would have been a little better.

I'd have changed Backrooms too. I guess I'm getting to that age where movies made for the younger generations don't speak to me. I get them. I enjoy them. But... not the same way.

Oddly though, I don't hate Fortnite. I used to play Unreal Tournament and Rockband back in the day. Fortnite has/absorbed both of them and it does a heck of a lot more. The memes are dumb and I don't have it installed, the fucking thing updates twice a day and I just can't be arsed. I've never paid a dime into it, almost considered dropping some serious coin on the Kpop Demon Hunters stuff. Yeah, I'm a weeb. I missed the My Hero Academia stuff — that would have got me in trouble with my wallet, too. At least coulda got my boy Todoroki (fire and ice dude). But, the way I play isn't like how other people play, which is why I do as well as I do. I pick the default skin. People don't see me. I sneak. I stay out of sight. And I don't use flashy weapons. I find someone who does and I pick off the people they draw to them. Again, I enjoy new media but not in the same way.

No, niece. /s

Im on my way to see it with my nieces today

Nice

I just watched this episode, maybe last week. I'm introducing the kids to the show. It's lovely.

dicks out for dolly?

This is worse than Harambe.

Fuck

Surely anyone searching for them would use, like, -kpop to remove those results. Or add metal band. Changing the name of the band isn't even necessary.

Just lookin' for money.

Netflix is almost required to say that.
They'll still settle

This is stupid. There are a lot of bands out there with the same name. Sometimes, they’ll add something generic to distinguish like “UK” if they are from the United Kingdom and the other is from the United States.

Nobody outside of the niche Christian metal audience has ever heard of these guys. Nobody is seeing “KPop Demon Hunters” and thinking it’s them.

Is that cover image AI? It could be either rushed cg or a shitty AI promo image. Or a screengrab run through AI

That's the message I got. It's about how one person can trigger a breakdown of norms that takes decades to be seen.

Many would point to Rump. But it was started by Nixon. Perhaps Regan.

Removing the crowds and production values actually makes it way better. He seems more genuine now too.

Seeing it in 360p gives it that quality of an old Adult Swim show.

This was so enjoyable. I haven't been watching the CBS late show. Was it this good?