Revealed: Hollywood Spin Firms Are Paying Nobodies $50 Per "Review" to Fraudulently Boost Movies' Rotten Tomato Scores

Many of you are not geek culture warriors, and that's okay. So you probably do not know the backstory that makes this revelation so delicious.

For years, corporate Hollywood, the media, and the political left have been claiming that all of the Woke Bombs they produce have actually been greeted enthusiastically by the public -- but Right-Wing Wreckers and Russian Intelligence Officials (seriously) are "review-bombing" huge hits like Captain Marvel, The Little Mermaid, and We Had Rangz.

Corporate Hollywood fed stories to the shill media to claim that Russian Intelligence Officials -- seriously -- were interested in dividing society and encouraging Right Wing Extremism with Movie Review Disinformation. No seriously, stop smirking.

The shill media wrote endless articles attacking right-leaning, or merely normie-leaning, critics of woke movies and TV shows. Weird how this shifted so quickly from "RUSSIAN BOTS ARE GIVING CAPTAIN MARVEL BAD REVIEWS AND WE MUST STOP THIS SUBVERSION OF SOCIETY" to "Gary from Nerdrotic is giving Captain Marvel bad reviews and we must attack and censor him."

Almost as if Gary from Nerdrotic was the actual intended target from the beginning, and the bullshit about Russian Intelligence Services down-voting Captain Marvel was a pretext to start the censorship ball rolling. (Just as the banning of Alex Jones was a test-case to start banning anyone on the right.)

Disney inveighed on Rotten Totatoes and IMDB to start rejecting negative reviews for their shitty movies, and the corrupt corporate-media aligned Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB eagerly capitulated.

And now we find out the truth: That through these years of leftwing censorship and lies, it wasn't right-wingers or Russians "review bombing" these movies to change their Rotten Tomatoes scores.

It was Hollywood itself, paying PR agencies who in turn paid "reviewers" $50 per review to claim that crap movies were actually good.

No wonder Hollywood leapt to the claim that "Right-Wingers are conspiring to alter our films' ratings." Because Hollywood had been doing that themselves all along, and the left always -- always -- accuses you of what they themselves are doing.

Vulture reveals that the Russians have been calling from inside the house all along.

In 2018, a movie-publicity company called Bunker 15 took on a new project: Ophelia, a feminist retelling of Hamlet starring Daisy Ridley. Critics who had seen early screenings had published 13 reviews, seven of them negative, which translated to a score of 46 percent on the all-important aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes -- a disappointing outcome for a film with prestige aspirations and no domestic distributor.
But just because the "Tomatometer" says a title is "rotten" -- scoring below 60 percent -- it doesn't need to stay that way. Bunker 15 went to work. While most film-PR companies aim to get the attention of critics from top publications, Bunker 15 takes a more bottom-up approach, recruiting obscure, often self-published critics who are nevertheless part of the pool tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. In another break from standard practice, several critics say, Bunker 15 pays them $50 or more for each review. (These payments are not typically disclosed, and Rotten Tomatoes says it prohibits "reviewing based on a financial incentive."
In October of that year, an employee of the company emailed a prospective reviewer about Ophelia: "It's a Sundance film and the feeling is that it's been treated a bit harshly by some critics (I'm sure sky-high expectations were the culprit) so the teams involved feel like it would benefit from more input from different critics."
"More input from different critics" is not very subtle code, and the prospective critic wrote back to ask what would happen if he hated the film. The Bunker 15 employee replied that of course journalists ("journalists," lol -- ace) are free to write whatever they like but that "super nice ones (and there are more critics like this than I expected)" often agreed not to publish bad reviews on their usual websites but to instead quarantine them on "a smaller blog that RT never sees. I think it's a very cool thing to do." If done right, the trick would help ensure that Rotten Tomatoes logged positive reviews but not negative ones.
Between October 2018 and January 2019, Rotten Tomatoes added eight reviews to Ophelia's score. Seven were favorable, and most came from critics who have reviewed at least one other Bunker 15 movie. The writer of a negative review says that Bunker 15 lobbied them to change it; if the critic wanted to "give it a (barely) overall positive then I do know the editors at Rotten Tomatoes and can get it switched," a Bunker 15 employee wrote.

This may explain how many reviewers will write a pan for a movie like Ghostbusters (2016) or Captain Marvel but then you'll see that negative review has been counted as a positive review in Rotten Tomatoes' very binary, positive-or-negative accounting. Companies like this are reaching out to shill reviewers and telling them that they can write negative reviews if they like -- but when they submit these reviews to Rotten Tomatoes, they should mark their negative reviews as positive.

I also discovered another negative review of Ophelia from this period that was not counted by Rotten Tomatoes, by a writer whose positive reviews of other Bunker 15 films have been recorded by the aggregator. Ophelia climbed the Tomatometer to 62 percent, flipping from rotten to "fresh." The next month, the distributor IFC Films announced that it had acquired Ophelia for release in the U.S.
Ophelia's production company, Covert Media, didn't return requests for comment. Bunker 15's founder, Daniel Harlow, says, "Wow, you are really reaching there," and disagrees with the suggestion that his company buys reviews to skew Rotten Tomatoes: "We have thousands of writers in our distribution list. A small handful have set up a specific system where filmmakers can sponsor or pay to have them review a film." Noted.
The Ophelia affair is a useful microcosm for understanding how Rotten Tomatoes, which turned 25 in August, has come to function. The site was conceived in the early days of the web as a Hot or Not for movies. Now, it can make or break them -- with implications for how films are perceived, released, marketed, and possibly even green-lit. The Tomatometer may be the most important metric in entertainment, yet it's also erratic, reductive, and easily hacked.
"The studios didn't invent Rotten Tomatoes, and most of them don't like it," says the filmmaker Paul Schrader. "But the system is broken. Audiences are dumber. Normal people don't go through reviews like they used to. Rotten Tomatoes is something the studios can game. So they do."

Chris Gore of Film Threat says this is barely even the tip of the iceberg. Obviously this isn't just this one lowly PR company -- every studio hires multiple firms to buy favorable reviews to game the Rotten Tomatoes system.

But Rotten Tomatoes will not take a single step to stop favorable "review bombing" by paid industry shills.

But they will continue claiming that when the next woke piece-of-shit gets poor reviews, it must be due to RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES, and start banning reviews as "inauthentic" and "coordinated."

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1 st!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:30 PM (t0OGg)

2 SPONGE

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 04:31 PM (xcxpd)

3 I'm not surprised. I've never found online reviews reliable.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at September 11, 2023 04:31 PM (ppBhU)

4 Boldly, I said Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 04:31 PM (xcxpd)

5 I thought they only paid them $20, same as in town.

Inflation?

Posted by: Roy at September 11, 2023 04:31 PM (DMefR)

6 $50. Same as in town.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 11, 2023 04:32 PM (lf83v)

7 What shocks me is that people will sell themselves for so little. $50? Even truck stop level hookers charge more than that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 04:32 PM (xcxpd)

8 Wow
..is ANYTHING on the up and up anymore? Makes you trust nothing

Posted by: A dude in MI at September 11, 2023 04:32 PM (/6GbT)

9 Where do we stand on Danny Masterson conviction:

A) Scumbag
B) Railroaded
C) Who Cares - Hollywood
D) All of the Above

Posted by: SH (But Prefer Clark Griswold) at September 11, 2023 04:32 PM (sX1BW)

10 I remember seeing a "positive" review of Captain Marvel that was 2/5 stars. It's easy to see 3/5 rated as positive.

I know that's kind of subjective, but 3/5 isn't exactly much of an endorsement and probably shouldn't be considered "fresh".

Meh. The binary is stupid. It was stupid when Siskel and Ebert got talked into doing it, and it's even more stupid when done by internet nobodies only there to shill for latest corporate product.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:32 PM (LvTSG)

11 The Film Actors' Guild has deep pockets.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 11, 2023 04:33 PM (lf83v)

12 Disney inveighed on Rotten Totatoes and IMDB to start rejecting negative reviews for their shitty movies, and the corrupt corporate-media aligned Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB eagerly capitulated.

And now we find out the truth: That through these years of leftwing censorship and lies, it wasn't right-wingers or Russians "review bombing" these movies to change their Rotten Tomatoes scores.

It was Hollywood itself, paying PR agencies who in turn paid "reviewers" $50 per review to claim that crap movies were actually good.
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It's both. Direct pressure by studios - that all-important "access" in the so-called "access media" - *and* outright pay-for-play by third parties. This is very much a "power of and" situation.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:33 PM (t0OGg)

13 All my comments here are made by Russian bots. I also review bombed Crocs on Amazon.

Posted by: steevy at September 11, 2023 04:33 PM (FQmDC)

14 Chris Gore of Film Threat says this is barely even the tip of the iceberg. Obviously this isn't just this one lowly PR company -- every studio hires multiple firms to buy favorable reviews to game the Rotten Tomatoes system.

But Rotten Tomatoes will not take a single step to stop favorable "review bombing" by paid industry shills.

But they will continue claiming that when the next woke piece-of-shit gets poor reviews, it must be due to RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES, and start banning reviews as "inauthentic" and "coordinated."

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Anyone else remember the scandal when it was found out that Paramount had created a fake movie critic and put his quotes on their posters?

It was awful. The scandal of the movie world for months.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:34 PM (LvTSG)

15 In the end, there is simply no way to spin the loss of massive amounts of investor money because you're produced yet another piece of woke crap.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 11, 2023 04:34 PM (I/Qkd)

16 No wonder Hollywood leapt to the claim that "Right-Wingers are conspiring to alter our films' ratings." Because Hollywood had been doing that themselves all along, and the left always -- always -- accuses you of what they themselves are doing.
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True, but I wouldn't at all be sure that this is causal in the way described. If people don't like it, it's "review bombing." Paying drones to "fix" the reviews is just fair play.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:34 PM (t0OGg)

17 The Bunker 15 employee replied that of course journalists ("journalists," lol -- ace) are free to write whatever they like but that "super nice ones (and there are more critics like this than I expected)" often agreed not to publish bad reviews on their usual websites but to instead quarantine them on "a smaller blog that RT never sees. I think it's a very cool thing to do."
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LOL. "Very cool" indeed.

Why bother with the pretense? Is it so that the "journalists" can pretend that they're not shills? Does sequestering a bad review where nobody can see it allow them to fake it that they're ethical? Does this let them sleep at night?

Dude, you're a dishonorable stooge. Just own it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:35 PM (t0OGg)

18 I don't mind binary reviews. Mine come down to 'recommended' or 'not recommended'.

People want movie reviews from people they can trust. Trust is the key word, once you lose that, that's it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 04:35 PM (xcxpd)

19 We can't even vote our way out of woke movies. We're screwed.

Posted by: Iris at September 11, 2023 04:36 PM (n3DL0)

20 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)

21 So, everything really is fake.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 11, 2023 04:36 PM (QLpfE)

22 But they will continue claiming that when the next woke piece-of-shit gets poor reviews, it must be due to RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES, and start banning reviews as "inauthentic" and "coordinated."

So "projection" isn't just an antiquated way of showing a movie?

Posted by: MkY at September 11, 2023 04:36 PM (cPGH3)

23 Where have you gone, Gene Shalit?

Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Woo, woo, woo

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 11, 2023 04:36 PM (lf83v)

24 Rotten Tomatoes used to be a thing.

It has failed to be a thing for quite a long time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)

25 The review thing doesn't bother me as I know the review sites are all bullshit.

Disney buying out theaters for Craptain Marble and claiming $1 billion in ticket sales was out-right fraud.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 11, 2023 04:37 PM (IG4Id)

26 If Ace were to go into the fake movie review biz all the reviews would be deliciously cruel.

Undoubtedly better than any actual movie.

Posted by: Just Lily at September 11, 2023 04:37 PM (bdY01)

27 Whenever a movie with leftist messaging( nearly all of them) gets poor reviews they call it " review bombing"

Posted by: steevy at September 11, 2023 04:37 PM (FQmDC)

28 Anyone think this stuff is new? Think Siskel and Ebert were above being on the take to affect a thumbs-up? Think any type of published or televised critic (film, play, restaurant, etc) in history was without their price for a favorable review?

I don't trust ANYBODY!!!

Posted by: Doof at September 11, 2023 04:37 PM (2pH9T)

29 You definitely see this on sites like Reddit too. I've never seen so many "Why is everyone hating on Ashoka? this show is amazing!" Posts with suspicious lack of any details about what they actually love about the show, and the comment section being a mess of people saying "don't listen to the haters, they're just sexist neckbeards, it's a great show and lots of people love it."

Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at September 11, 2023 04:37 PM (mTQCe)

30 $50? Where do I go to get that.
Next they're going to be paying $50 for your blank but signed absentee ballots.

Posted by: torabora at September 11, 2023 04:37 PM (OUiUM)

31 "51 former intelligence directors have reviewed this movie and found it to be excellent."

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 11, 2023 04:38 PM (lf83v)

32 I didn't pay attention to reviewers in the old media.

I don't listen to today's reviewers.

Everything is one big SUCK.

Yes, I'm a rebel.

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 04:38 PM (gmo/4)

33 This may explain how many reviewers will write a pan for a movie like Ghostbusters (2016) or Captain Marvel but then you'll see that negative review has been counted as a positive review in Rotten Tomatoes' very binary, positive-or-negative accounting. Companies like this are reaching out to shill reviewers and telling them that they can write negative reviews if they like -- but when they submit these reviews to Rotten Tomatoes, they should mark their negative reviews as positive.
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They probably use an AI model for the first pass. This is often called "sentiment analysis" and it has its uses. My last company used to look at comments on support cases to find out if the customer was getting frustrated or hated us, so that we could shunt it automatically into special handling queues. It works, sort of. It's imprecise and cannot in the slightest handle subtlety - a "back-handed compliment" cannot be detected easily, for example - but it worked about 75% of the time.

They probably automate the "sentiment analysis" and then manually intervene when their Hollywood masters come calling.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:38 PM (t0OGg)

34 The things people do for $50.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 11, 2023 04:38 PM (ufFY8)

35 A feminist take on Hamlet starring the piece of wood from the Disney Star Wars flicks? Wow, quick, let's not all stampede each other on our way to the theater here.

Posted by: brak at September 11, 2023 04:38 PM (BouGb)

36 In breaking news...WATER IS WET!

Seriously, is anyone the least bit surprised by these revelations?

How many movies and television shows are objectively bad simply on the merits of their storytelling?

How many of them get glowing reviews from critics and shills proclaiming them the BEST ENTERTAINMENT EVER!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 11, 2023 04:38 PM (YIVH2)

37 But Rotten Tomatoes will not take a single step to stop favorable "review bombing" by paid industry shills.
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Of course not. They know where their bread is buttered.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:38 PM (t0OGg)

38 Hollywood!? Gaming the system!?

WOWwowowowowowowow... wow...

I'm so shocked! My faith in the integrity of the studios has been rocked.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 11, 2023 04:39 PM (N1tpc)

39 Given that Rotten Tomatoes is so obviously useless and has been for some time, even long before these disclosures, it does underscore how powerful a position brand incumbency is.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:39 PM (t0OGg)

40 How would you like to make $50 the HARD way?

Posted by: zombie Rodney Dangerfield at September 11, 2023 04:39 PM (ufFY8)

41 One of the many reasons I haven't been to a theater in 5 years and probably won't ever go again. And I watch very little online as well. Hollywood hates me, and I'm not too fond of them.

Posted by: Eternity Matters at September 11, 2023 04:39 PM (MTm8X)

42 The review thing doesn't bother me as I know the review sites are all bullshit.

Disney buying out theaters for Craptain Marble and claiming $1 billion in ticket sales was out-right fraud.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 11, 2023 04:37 PM (IG4Id)
****
That's red meat for shareholder's derivative suit.

Posted by: torabora at September 11, 2023 04:39 PM (OUiUM)

43 Rotten Tomatoes used to be a thing.

It has failed to be a thing for quite a long time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)

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I liked IMDB a lot until Amazon bought them and got rid of the message boards.

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 04:39 PM (DRSnL)

44 36 How many of them get glowing reviews from critics and shills proclaiming them the BEST ENTERTAINMENT EVER!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 11, 2023 04:38 PM (YIVH2)

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The new Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles animated movie is one of the best reviewed animated movies of the past 10 years.

Probably just really, really good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:39 PM (LvTSG)

45 $50 a review?

Same as in town?

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 04:40 PM (gmo/4)

46 Hey I am free in 18 days and will do it for 45$

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 11, 2023 04:40 PM (EVR4i)

47 So is Barbie still packing them in? I have no idea. Who the fuck goes to movies anymore?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 11, 2023 04:40 PM (tlsIq)

48 Yep Jordan, IMDB just became another shill site.

Posted by: steevy at September 11, 2023 04:40 PM (FQmDC)

49 More proof, if any were needed, that Hollywood is run by idiots.

I bet a lot of people view positive critical reviews as a "hard pass." And conversely, if the critics hate it, it might be OK.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 04:40 PM (YqDXo)

50 50 bucks you say ? ?

Posted by: runner at September 11, 2023 04:41 PM (yGBph)

51 The things people do for $50.

it's the OnlyFans era

Posted by: brak at September 11, 2023 04:41 PM (BouGb)

52 "Revealed: Hollywood Spin Firms Are Paying Nobodies $50 Per "Review" to Fraudulently Boost Movies' Rotten Tomato Scores"

ELECTION DENIER!! OMG

Posted by: Marcus T at September 11, 2023 04:41 PM (JSd3U)

53 $50. Same as downtown.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 11, 2023 04:41 PM (FVME7)

54 Who the fuck goes to movies anymore?
________

I went to go see Equalizer 3 the other day to kill an afternoon. Loved the movie only because it was set in Italy.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 11, 2023 04:41 PM (lf83v)

55 Hey! 50 bucks is 50 bucks!

Posted by: runner at September 11, 2023 04:41 PM (yGBph)

56 A little insider story here. I was in the publishing business when the internet was relatively new. We were setting up an online division, and I asked how the revenue would be generated, as ad buys were based on proven metrics of viewership.

I was told that it was easy, just measure the clicks, and get paid based on that. I pointed out that anyone with half a brain would be able to spoof that, and was told that was nonsense.

Fast forward to today, about half of the numbers used for ad revenue generated online are based on fraudulent numbers like this, that rely on simplistic measurements of eyeballs, and nobody has any idea of how to fix it. This is why music is dying (one can download a song for free), and streaming is going to die for the same reason.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 11, 2023 04:41 PM (lTGtQ)

57 Why don't they just use AI / ChatGPT to generate the bullshit reviews?

Probably cheaper.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (Q4IgG)

58 When a movie is really bad it should be rated in 'Stukas'.

Posted by: torabora at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (OUiUM)

59 $50 bucks? That's like what- a loaf of bread under Bidenomics?

Posted by: Marcus T at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (JSd3U)

60 Yep Jordan, IMDB just became another shill site.
Posted by: steevy at September 11, 2023 04:40 PM (FQmDC)
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And who owns IMDB?

Spoiler Alert: it's a major media conglomerate that shares a name with a big river in South America.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (t0OGg)

61 "Revealed: Hollywood Spin Firms Are Paying Nobodies $50 Per "Review" to Fraudulently Boost Movies' Rotten Tomato Scores"

Geez. Just use AI to write reviews. Got to be cheaper.

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (gmo/4)

62 For %60 I might write a review about a movie I've never seen.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (VdGjU)

63 49 More proof, if any were needed, that Hollywood is run by idiots.

I bet a lot of people view positive critical reviews as a "hard pass." And conversely, if the critics hate it, it might be OK.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 04:40 PM (YqDXo)

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It's an innate problem with propaganda. As soon as people know it's propaganda trying to tell them something they don't want to hear, they reject it. Once a cultural space becomes nothing but propaganda, people tend to tune out the cultural space completely.

But to let loose the reins would mean to lose control, and they can't do that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (LvTSG)

64 Not surprised at all by this

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023 04:43 PM (fwDg9)

65 46 Hey I am free in 18 days and will do it for 45$
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Congratulations! I'll have CBD buy a drink for you and say it's from me! Thank you for your service, sir.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 11, 2023 04:43 PM (Zso0h)

66 I'm not saying Amazon Prime has paid off my mortgage so that I'd give it's latest ~~crapfest~~ fantastic show Wheel of Time a glowing review.

But I ain't saying they haven't made the proposal...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 11, 2023 04:43 PM (YIVH2)

67 Why don't they just use AI / ChatGPT to generate the bullshit reviews?

Probably cheaper.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (Q4IgG)
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Some of them probably are. More of them will be.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:43 PM (t0OGg)

68 Daisy Ridley's Rey.

Whenever I see her name, I automatically think of Ethan Van Sciver repeating this and saying, "Man, that's hard to say."

Posted by: spindrift at September 11, 2023 04:43 PM (EGPRf)

69 $50

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 11, 2023 04:43 PM (VdGjU)

70 > I'm not surprised. I've never found online reviews reliable.

At this point, I'm pretty much done with movies. My wife and I will try out a new show every now and then if we're hearing a lot of good things from our friends with similar tastes. Even then, we'll simply turn it off if it's not interesting to us.

We've been playing a Harry Potter themed deck building game together called Battle for Hogwarts. The game has some flaws, but it's fun enough.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:43 PM (0N1h0)

71 60 And who owns IMDB?

Spoiler Alert: it's a major media conglomerate that shares a name with a big river in South America.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (t0OGg)

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De Nile is in South America?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:43 PM (LvTSG)

72 I simply don't go to movies, so the reviews I studiously ignore. But my assumption is that the review process is hopelessly corrupt.

Since the reviewers are lying to us, at the behest of the movie companies, then the best way to get revenge upon them for their dishonesty is to steal their content. Why enrich those that hate you, and want you dead?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 11, 2023 04:43 PM (pvGb4)

73 I thought we already knew that whatever RT stated in the reviews, we did the opposite. It was almost a maxim around here.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 11, 2023 04:44 PM (JSd3U)

74 I think Prometheus is dreamy...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, where's my $50? at September 11, 2023 04:44 PM (PiwSw)

75 De Nile is in South America?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:43 PM (LvTSG)
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Yup. Most people get that wrong, though. Good work.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:44 PM (t0OGg)

76 So, everything really is fake.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 11, 2023 04:36 PM (QLpfE)

That's how I've been looking at things for the past few years. Can't trust anyone anymore.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 11, 2023 04:44 PM (BdMk6)

77 Trust this review:

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is kind of great.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:44 PM (LvTSG)

78 So, everything really is fake.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 11, 2023 04:36 PM (QLpfE)

Calvinball all the way down

Posted by: SturmToddler at September 11, 2023 04:44 PM (KZaqS)

79 Afternoon.

I'd write good movie reviews for money.

I like money.

Posted by: Robert at September 11, 2023 04:44 PM (AX68l)

80 $50 bucks. I could write a positive review. Lets see.
Watch Snow White, it has the darkest whites, the tallest dwarves and no icky prince in sight.

5 stars.

Posted by: Lancelot_Link at September 11, 2023 04:45 PM (5xvZ1)

81 Lolgf, Hollywood!

Hey, wasn’t this essentially what triggered “gamergate” — the whore media giving good reviews in exchange for benefits?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 11, 2023 04:45 PM (Hkcdp)

82 61 "Revealed: Hollywood Spin Firms Are Paying Nobodies $50 Per "Review" to Fraudulently Boost Movies' Rotten Tomato Scores"

Geez. Just use AI to write reviews. Got to be cheaper.

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (gmo/4)

#Soon

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 04:45 PM (xcxpd)

83 Who the fuck goes to movies anymore?

I the fuck do sometimes. Went to "Sound of Freedom", also saw a movie about some pastors imprisoned for holding services during Covid, and son and husband went to see Oppenheimer. I'll probably go to see Napolean if it's any good

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 11, 2023 04:45 PM (RSbhh)

84 Speaking of Hollywood scandals, Drew Barrymore is apparently using scab writers on her new show.

https://tinyurl.com/5en956yz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 11, 2023 04:45 PM (FVME7)

85 77 Trust this review:

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is kind of great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:44 PM (LvTSG)

Are you a disinformation expert?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 04:45 PM (xcxpd)

86
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is kind of great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:44 PM (LvTSG)

Jason in Space is the only movie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 04:46 PM (Zz0t1)

87 Am I understanding this correctly? The movie reviews we, The Horde, rely on are compromised?

Is there no sphere of our life that Big Penguin won't spoil?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 11, 2023 04:46 PM (a3Q+t)

88 85 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is kind of great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:44 PM (LvTSG)

Are you a disinformation expert?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 04:45 PM (xcxpd)

========

I am a malinformation expert. The authorities don't want you to know this secret because it undermines their ability to control the narrative!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:46 PM (LvTSG)

89 Hey, wasn’t this essentially what triggered “gamergate” — the whore media giving good reviews in exchange for benefits?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 11, 2023 04:45 PM (Hkcdp)

"Benefits" being blowjobs from a chubby girl with purple hair.

Posted by: Robert at September 11, 2023 04:46 PM (AX68l)

90 Send me $50 and I'll think about it. Maybe.

Posted by: wth at September 11, 2023 04:46 PM (v0R5T)

91 Daisy Ridley has no ass

Posted by: Brie Larson at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (NtVYv)

92 use AI to write reviews.

A I = Anal Intercourse.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (c81o0)

93 In theaters this November.

In a world where movie reviewers are bought and paid for, one man stands alone.

Ethan Hawke is ... THE James Madison.

Posted by: Don LaFontaine at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (aD39U)

94 Iirc, Amazon bought IMDB years ago.

Then immediately removed the q &a threads where people discussed the movies. Has sucked ever since.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (Hkcdp)

95 I don't mind binary reviews. Mine come down to 'recommended' or 'not recommended'.

People want movie reviews from people they can trust. Trust is the key word, once you lose that, that's it.

The good thing about getting a review from a trusted friend is they know their tastes. So their "recommended or not recommended" binary is tailored to you. They know that even if they loved a horror movie, you're not into that. So they would still say, "not recommended" even though they loved it. In practice, it's binary. In reality, it's more complicated.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (0N1h0)

96 With $50 I can buy five dime bags, sell four of them to the cooks and cleaning staff for $50 and stash the extra bag in the cubbie in the West wing for when I get back from the junket with the Big Guy.

Posted by: Hunter at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (OUiUM)

97 And who owns IMDB?

Spoiler Alert: it's a major media conglomerate that shares a name with a big river in South America.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (t0OGg)

The Rio Grande?

Posted by: Doof at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (2pH9T)

98 Hi! I love movies and think Barbie was awesome!

Posted by: Vlad Putin at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (IA14X)

99 I wouldn't know Danny Masterson if I ran him over crossing the street, but does seem rape cases 20 or 30 years after is a Kangaroo Court

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (fwDg9)

100 93 In theaters this November.

In a world where movie reviewers are bought and paid for, one man stands alone.

Ethan Hawke is ... THE James Madison.

Posted by: Don LaFontaine at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (aD39U)

========

The fifteen minute sequence where TJM has to call the loan officer of his new house in between screenings of Friday the 13th movies will have you at the edge of your seat!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:48 PM (LvTSG)

101 I'll probably go to see Napolean if it's any good
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 11, 2023 04:45 PM (RSbhh)

I'll check the Rotten Tomato score for yo...oh, wait.

Posted by: Robert at September 11, 2023 04:48 PM (AX68l)

102 heh. Back when I watched movies, if the big name reviewers rated it poorly I knew I'd probably like it. I like corny comedy and action in a movie.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 11, 2023 04:48 PM (3cGpq)

103 Not really new but just updated for the Internet age. Hollywood has always wined and dined critics all the way back to the thirties. The big studios also made it clear that celebrity writers and movie critics wouldn't get access without positive reviews. In other words Hollywood has always been full of corrupt scumbags

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 11, 2023 04:48 PM (/7iym)

104 84 Speaking of Hollywood scandals, Drew Barrymore is apparently using scab writers on her new show.

https://tinyurl.com/5en956yz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 11, 2023 04:45 PM (FVME7)

....

why the hell does a talk show need a writer?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2023 04:48 PM (/EuRN)

105 James, watched 1917 again. This time I saw the beginning and now know the meaning of the tree and trees. Both Schofield and Blake opening scene they are resting against two trees when Blake is told to report to command with Schofield. Following Blake's death Schofield joins with a mobile unit and is adamant to get the stuck truck out of a mudhole. In the background is a large hardwood tree that has been sawn down. Finally, when Schofield notifies Blake's brother of Blake's death he retreats to a lone tree and sits against it while viewing a picture of his family. Methinks this is Schofield realizing he might like to live.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 11, 2023 04:48 PM (AE/RG)

106 The Rio Grande?
Posted by: Doof at September 11, 2023 04:47 PM (2pH9T)

Purus ...,

Posted by: runner at September 11, 2023 04:48 PM (yGBph)

107 Spoiler Alert: it's a major media conglomerate that shares a name with a big river in South America.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (t0OGg)

Orinoco.com is the worst.

Posted by: spindrift at September 11, 2023 04:49 PM (EGPRf)

108 I like the Wizard of OZ.

- Weird Kid standing in line at Higbee's Department Store.

Went on to become a movie reviewer for $50.

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 04:49 PM (gmo/4)

109 use AI to write reviews.
.......

send.
the.
fifty.
dollars.

Posted by: AoS AI at September 11, 2023 04:49 PM (v0R5T)

110 105 James, watched 1917 again. This time I saw the beginning and now know the meaning of the tree and trees. Both Schofield and Blake opening scene they are resting against two trees when Blake is told to report to command with Schofield. Following Blake's death Schofield joins with a mobile unit and is adamant to get the stuck truck out of a mudhole. In the background is a large hardwood tree that has been sawn down. Finally, when Schofield notifies Blake's brother of Blake's death he retreats to a lone tree and sits against it while viewing a picture of his family. Methinks this is Schofield realizing he might like to live.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 11, 2023 04:48 PM (AE/RG)

========

Yeah, there's a wonderful use of images that doesn't get explicitly spoken of throughout.

My favorite is the introduction and reappearance of the cherry blossoms.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:49 PM (LvTSG)

111 109 use AI to write reviews.
.......

send.
the.
fifty.
dollars.
Posted by: AoS AI at September 11, 2023 04:49 PM (v0R5T)

======

"In the style of AOS movie reviews, we write to say that this movie was great."
-ChatGPT

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (LvTSG)

112 > Daisy Ridley has no ass

Proof here:
https://is.gd/7hZoEK

She's got no boobs either.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (0N1h0)

113 Napoleon is a grand epic of epic proportions! 5 stars! What? Too soon???

Posted by: runner at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (yGBph)

114 I wouldn't know Danny Masterson if I ran him over crossing the street, but does seem rape cases 20 or 30 years after is a Kangaroo Court
Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023

***
Masterson was the white guy with the 'fro on That '70s Show.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (J2vNu)

115 @83 FenelonSpoke, at Twitchy and here is a great thread on Rick Rescorla. Also a very sad read on the recovery dogs who went in after 9)11

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (/7iym)

116 Actually, Jason Voorhees is a working-class inspiration. He is a man of few needs: a hockey mask, a sharp machete, and a bevy of scantily-clad, screaming young women to chase, and he's happy. He loves his job, and he's good at it.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, now somebody owes me $100 at September 11, 2023 04:51 PM (PiwSw)

117 > Daisy Ridley has no ass

Proof here:
https://is.gd/7hZoEK

She's got no boobs either.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (0N1h0)

She has a pretty face when made up right, and with her hair down.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 11, 2023 04:51 PM (aD39U)

118 114 I wouldn't know Danny Masterson if I ran him over crossing the street, but does seem rape cases 20 or 30 years after is a Kangaroo Court
Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023

***
Masterson was the white guy with the 'fro on That '70s Show.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (J2vNu)

========

His brother was better in Malcolm in the Middle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:51 PM (LvTSG)

119 112 > Daisy Ridley has no ass

Proof here:
https://is.gd/7hZoEK

She's got no boobs either.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (0N1h0)

I've done worse. Much worse. Still a One, even if she can't act.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 04:51 PM (xcxpd)

120 Daisy Ridley has no ass

Proof here:
https://is.gd/7hZoEK

She's got no boobs either.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (0N1h0)

When you're built like a 14 year old boy......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 04:51 PM (Zz0t1)

121 why the hell does a talk show need a writer?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Oh yeah. Like Drew Barrymore can think.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 11, 2023 04:51 PM (FVME7)

122 Daisy Ridley has no ass

Proof here:
https://is.gd/7hZoEK

She's got no boobs either.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023

***
Damn! They cropped the pic right at her ankles!

Posted by: Heel & Arch Fanciers, Inc. at September 11, 2023 04:51 PM (J2vNu)

123 Hollyweird is full of sodomites and democrats.

But I repeat myself.

Avoid Hollyweird.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 11, 2023 04:51 PM (xsBhv)

124 K now do Amazon reviews next.

(side story: I bought an HDMI cable on Amazon a year or so ago. It flat out didn't work. I was annoyed, so I reviewed it appropriately. I get an email from some Chinese company offering me a $50 Amazon gift card and a full refund to change the review to a 5 star. The Cable was like $6.)

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 11, 2023 04:52 PM (mj0Qp)

125 And who owns IMDB?

Spoiler Alert: it's a major media conglomerate that shares a name with a big river in South America.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:42 PM (t0OGg)

=====

I mean, I *did* say "Amazon bought them" in my post...

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 04:52 PM (DRSnL)

126 The left is pumping out obscene amounts of money, it appears, to lie and cheat in all areas of society.

How does an enterprising capitalist take advantage of this?

Posted by: GanGanowicz at September 11, 2023 04:52 PM (AxRGS)

127 @107 Everytime I get a package from Orinoco.com it has a caiman in it.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 11, 2023 04:52 PM (/7iym)

128 The only reviews I believe are from humans that I personally know.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 11, 2023 04:52 PM (lTGtQ)

129 Is Jason lives the one where the guy stabs a metal fence post through Jason's grave and lightning strikes it and revived him?

Posted by: steevy at September 11, 2023 04:52 PM (FQmDC)

130 an ass like a young Kiefer Sutherland.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 11, 2023 04:53 PM (aD39U)

131 I get an email from some Chinese company offering me a $50 Amazon gift card and a full refund to change the review to a 5 star. The Cable was like $6.)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 11, 2023 04:52 PM (mj0Qp)

Hey, send me $56 and a cable that works, and i'll positive review your socks off.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2023 04:53 PM (/EuRN)

132 60 And who owns IMDB?

Spoiler Alert: it's a major media conglomerate that shares a name with a big river in South America.

and they got rid of the only thing worth a damn there, the message boards, because they couldn't control what people were saying effectively

Posted by: brak at September 11, 2023 04:53 PM (BouGb)

133 129 Is Jason lives the one where the guy stabs a metal fence post through Jason's grave and lightning strikes it and revived him?
Posted by: steevy at September 11, 2023 04:52 PM (FQmDC)

=======

Yes. And then the self-aware, hilarious movie that follows is great until the final ten minutes when it suddenly takes itself seriously again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:53 PM (LvTSG)

134 "In the style of AOS movie reviews, we write to say that this movie was great."
-ChatGPT
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (LvTSG)
........

Where is the other 2,000 words?

Posted by: wth at September 11, 2023 04:53 PM (v0R5T)

135 Proof here:
https://is.gd/7hZoEK

She's got no boobs either.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (0N1h0)

Unless she owns some frozen mitts, she wouldn't be much of a date.

Posted by: North Atlantic Squadron at September 11, 2023 04:53 PM (pvGb4)

136 Kinda like how all "fact-checkers" are funded by the very media that cites them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 11, 2023 04:53 PM (TzW+Y)

137 134 "In the style of AOS movie reviews, we write to say that this movie was great."
-ChatGPT
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (LvTSG)
........

Where is the other 2,000 words?
Posted by: wth at September 11, 2023 04:53 PM (v0R5T)

=======

I gave it the explicit instruction to do 2000 words, but it only gave me the 10 or so because ChatGPT is the punchline to a joke, not an actual tool.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:54 PM (LvTSG)

138 And who owns IMDB?

The same people who own Barter Town?

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 04:54 PM (gmo/4)

139
"I heartily endorse this comedy or drama."

--Krusty the Klown staticky voice

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at September 11, 2023 04:54 PM (vhoVA)

140 When you're built like a 14 year old boy......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 04:51 PM (Zz0t1)
++++
You're a shoe-in in Hollywood?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:54 PM (t0OGg)

141 Daisy Ridley has no ass

Proof here:
https://is.gd/7hZoEK

She's got no boobs either.

It's a sci-fi fantasy movie. It's not allowed to have anything men enjoy in it.

Posted by: brak at September 11, 2023 04:54 PM (BouGb)

142 Sounds like very good grounds for lawsuits by the distribution companies and others that were intentionally misled into putting money into these dogs.

Posted by: LASue at September 11, 2023 04:54 PM (Ed8Zd)

143 Proof here:
https://is.gd/7hZoEK

She's got no boobs either.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:50 PM (0N1h0)

She has a stunning and brave tattoo, though. Very unique.

Posted by: spindrift at September 11, 2023 04:54 PM (EGPRf)

144 and they got rid of the only thing worth a damn there, the message boards, because they couldn't control what people were saying effectively

yep

and they desperately try to make you make an account just to get info from the stupid site

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (AcWfM)

145 I mean, I *did* say "Amazon bought them" in my post...
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 04:52 PM (DRSnL)
++++
Indeed you did. I missed it and just saw the reply. I shall perform penance.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

146 ++++
You're a shoe-in in Hollywood?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:54 PM (t0OGg)

"I got hairy legs....."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (Zz0t1)

147 Wait! Waaaaait! What if.... No, NO! Too preposterous, but hear me out anyway . What if ....trolls are being paid to post crap on AOSHq?!

Posted by: runner at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (yGBph)

148 Yeah, about that...

@julie_kelly2 6m

BREAKING: Trump's lawyers ask for Judge Tanya Chutkan to be removed from his DC J6 case

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (IG4Id)

149 I recall a scandal from back in the 70s or so, where a bunch of DJs were taking payments for playing certain songs on the radio. Obviously, the money farm for this was the record producers.

What's old is new again. Ho hum.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (zHuJr)

150 Because I misread a comment, this callipygian redhead in a tight dress would like to offer an apology in my stead:
https://is.gd/nu0G4e

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

151 147 Wait! Waaaaait! What if.... No, NO! Too preposterous, but hear me out anyway . What if ....trolls are being paid to post crap on AOSHq?!
Posted by: runner at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (yGBph)

=======

I've never denied the charge.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (LvTSG)

152 I get an email from some Chinese company offering me a $50 Amazon gift card and a full refund to change the review to a 5 star. The Cable was like $6.)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 11, 2023 04:52 PM (mj0Qp)

Hey, send me $56 and a cable that works, and i'll positive review your socks off.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

This is why I laugh whenever someone tells me about online reviews.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (lTGtQ)

153 but does seem rape cases 20 or 30 years after is a Kangaroo Court

-
I drove through a new subdivision a few days ago and found a Kangaroo Court. Seemed appropriate.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 11, 2023 04:56 PM (FVME7)

154 150 Because I misread a comment, this callipygian redhead in a tight dress would like to offer an apology in my stead:
https://is.gd/nu0G4e
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

======

Collagen injections in lips.

2/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:56 PM (LvTSG)

155 It's a sci-fi fantasy movie. It's not allowed to have anything men enjoy in it.
Posted by: brak

Ha! What were we thinking?

Posted by: MkY at September 11, 2023 04:56 PM (cPGH3)

156 Rotten Tomatoes is owned by the studios now. They're not exactly independent themselves anymore.

Posted by: Bitblt at September 11, 2023 04:56 PM (OZpzZ)

157 Because I misread a comment, this callipygian redhead in a tight dress would like to offer an apology in my stead:
https://is.gd/nu0G4e
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

Oh My !

Posted by: Brie Larson at September 11, 2023 04:56 PM (NtVYv)

158 Wait! Waaaaait! What if.... No, NO! Too preposterous, but hear me out anyway . What if ....trolls are being paid to post crap on AOSHq?!
Posted by: runner at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (yGBph)

=====

Damn, and here I am posting crap for free.

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (DRSnL)

159 This is why the internet, like a democratic republic, only works when people are honest.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (lTGtQ)

160 If I watched movies anymore? I might actually care about another reeking chunk of Hollywood corruption.

Posted by: rd at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (GnRT7)

161 150 Because I misread a comment, this callipygian redhead in a tight dress would like to offer an apology in my stead:
https://is.gd/nu0G4e
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (xcxpd)

162 I've never denied the charge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at S

Hope the money the Russians are paying you to promote Prometheus is worth it, mister!

Posted by: runner at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (yGBph)

163 I know nothing about Donny Masterson except the rape charges are decades old, and so stink like rotten fish.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (nnp+f)

164 I'll do the reviews for $50 as long as I don't have to watch your stupid movies.

Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (Vu7A1)

165 Damn, and here I am posting crap for free.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (DRSnL)
----
Sucker!

Posted by: Paul/Kurt/raimondo at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (YIVH2)

166 The funniest thing out of Hollywood is that no one in the nation seems to care about the writer and actors strikes. The idiots chose a horrible time to strike with inflation whacking the average person and the country pulling itself apart politically. The studios do not want to show the amount of money they make from streaming because I'm pretty sure it sucks and they've been lying to their investors. Screw em all

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (/7iym)

167 150 Because I misread a comment, this callipygian redhead in a tight dress would like to offer an apology in my stead:
https://is.gd/nu0G4e
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

Not sure if I could make up a better one in my head

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (NtVYv)

168 Daisy Ridley has no ass

Proof here:
https://is.gd/7hZoEK

***
Damn! They cropped the pic right at her ankles!
Posted by: Heel & Arch Fanciers, Inc. at September 11, 2023

***
After doing a little 'Net pic research: Cropping it was a good idea. Never mind.

Posted by: Heel & Arch Fanciers, Inc. at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (J2vNu)

169 Because I misread a comment, this callipygian redhead in a tight dress would like to offer an apology in my stead:
https://is.gd/nu0G4e
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

Not gonna load it. On my work computer.

11/10

He who dares, wins.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (/EuRN)

170 The Babylon Bee has a very timely test to see if you're a woman or not.

https://is.gd/ZXx02w

Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (0N1h0)

171 Not sure ever saw more than 5 minutes of That 70s Show

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (fwDg9)

172 We went to see-

"The Nun 2".

Rotten Tomatoes is useful for these types of movies as a kind of negative indicator.

The main plot point( and though it is about as softly sold as they could make it) turns on the protagonists having Christian religious faith.

So, you absolutely know that the "professional" critics
are going to hate that and -bingobango!- they gave TN2 a 40 or so rating. Which means the movies sucks.

However, you look at the audience ratings and they're roughly 75, which means a good movie.

If you've ever seen a The Nun/Conjuring movie, you know you're going to get a well made PG-13 horror movie with a bit of creepiness and minimal gore and mild shocks so as not to scarf the dating crowds or kids.

And that's what you get, a well made, competent PG-13 horror show. Good but not great.

On the other hand, seeing the "professional" critics fall all over themselves praising some woke movie that get low audience scores, means a truly sucktastic night at the movies.

Easy. But, sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (QzZeQ)

173 https://is.gd/nu0G4e
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

"Walk like a callipygian..."

-The Bangles

Posted by: Robert at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (AX68l)

174 But they will continue claiming that when the next woke piece-of-shit gets poor reviews, it must be due to RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES, and start banning reviews as "inauthentic" and "coordinated."

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MACEDONIAN CONTENT FARMERS hardest hit.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (/YuCi)

175 ***
Damn! They cropped the pic right at her ankles!
Posted by: Heel & Arch Fanciers, Inc. at September 11, 2023

Those BASTARDS!!!!

Posted by: Rex Ryan at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (Zz0t1)

176
I get an email from some Chinese company offering me a $50 Amazon gift card and a full refund to change the review to a 5 star. The Cable was like $6.)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

+++++++++++++

I got a refund for a camera that way, and they let me keep the camera. All I had to do was delete my review.

Don't look at me like that. The only people who would buy that camera to begin with are gambling on China.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM (vhoVA)

177 I know nothing about Donny Masterson except the rape charges are decades old, and so stink like rotten fish.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 11, 2023 04:57 PM (nnp+f)

The scientologist?

Posted by: LASue at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM (Ed8Zd)

178 Not sure ever saw more than 5 minutes of That 70s Show
Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (fwDg9)

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I liked That 70's Show. Red reminded me a lot of my dad.

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM (DRSnL)

179 Because I misread a comment, this callipygian redhead in a tight dress would like to offer an apology in my stead:
https://is.gd/nu0G4e
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

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Collagen injections in lips.

2/10

Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 04:56 PM (LvTSG)

And ass. Would bang but not enthusiastically.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM (BdMk6)

180 Well Ashton Kutcher and Mika Kunis initially stuck up for him but under bussed him after an outcry over the horrible crime he committed...

Posted by: steevy at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM (FQmDC)

181 It seems incredibly stupid to pay people for a product AI could spit out by the thousands for next to nothing.

On the flip side, some reviewers really have a flair for very dramatic reviews and use 18 words to say what could be said in 3.

Like commenters here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM (Q4IgG)

182 https://is.gd/nu0G4e

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 04:55 PM (t0OGg)

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That is one bright and very full moon.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM (/YuCi)

183 And who owns IMDB?

The same people who own Barter Town?

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 04:54 PM (gmo/4)

amazon.com iirc

Posted by: Glenn John at September 11, 2023 05:00 PM (RilAR)

184 Not sure ever saw more than 5 minutes of That 70s Show
Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (fwDg9)

It was mildly entertaining for a little while......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:00 PM (Zz0t1)

185 On the other hand, seeing the "professional" critics fall all over themselves praising some woke movie that get low audience scores, means a truly sucktastic night at the movies.

yeah it all feels very Soviet, doesn't it?

I have a very lefty sibling so I just use them as a "negative indicator" - don't see whatever they highly recommend. so far batting 100 with that methodology

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:00 PM (AcWfM)

186 missed a zero there lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:00 PM (AcWfM)

187 The Babylon Bee has a very timely test to see if you're a woman or not.

https://is.gd/ZXx02w
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (0N1h0)

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I got 7/12. I am "probably" a woman.

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (DRSnL)

188 She is packing a caboose

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (fwDg9)

189 I got 7/12. I am "probably" a woman.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (DRSnL)
++++
Odds seem high.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (t0OGg)

190 I have a very lefty sibling so I just use them as a "negative indicator" - don't see whatever they highly recommend. so far batting 100 with that methodology
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:00 PM (AcWfM)

Hey!

Posted by: Jim Cramer at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (PiwSw)

191 172 And that's what you get, a well made, competent PG-13 horror show. Good but not great.

On the other hand, seeing the "professional" critics fall all over themselves praising some woke movie that get low audience scores, means a truly sucktastic night at the movies.

Easy. But, sad.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (QzZeQ)

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I have a burgeoning theory on horror films.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (LvTSG)

192

In 2018, a movie-publicity company called Bunker 15 took on a new project: Ophelia, a feminist retelling of Hamlet starring Daisy Ridley.

LOL

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (UCNv1)

193 Well Ashton Kutcher and Mika Kunis initially stuck up for him but under bussed him after an outcry over the horrible crime he committed...
Posted by: steevy at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM (FQmDC)

They're getting dragged for it, now there's old footage coming out about how Masterson bet Kutcher $10 Kutcher wouldn't french a 14 year old Kunis.

Hollywood really is a sick place.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (Zz0t1)

194 "Revealed: Hollywood Spin Firms Are Paying Nobodies $50 Per "Review" to Fraudulently Boost Movies' Rotten Tomato Scores"

ELECTION DENIER!! OMG
Posted by: Marcus T at September 11, 2023 04:41 PM (JSd3U)
_________________

"Captain Marvel received 81 million upvotes!"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (YqDXo)

195 I liked That 70's Show. Red reminded me a lot of my dad.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM (DRSnL)

Kitty reminds me of mom a bit. It's a good show.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (eG/xm)

196 Do you have any idea of how many billions of dollars (actually trillions by now) have been misspent by companies based on fraudulent views and reviews? It's staggering. I think that more than a third of online ad revenue is fraudulent, going back close to twenty years. The day they started using clicks was the day that fraudulent clicks began.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 11, 2023 05:02 PM (lTGtQ)

197 In 2018, a movie-publicity company called Bunker 15 took on a new project: Ophelia, a feminist retelling of Hamlet starring Daisy Ridley.
______________

I can't wait to not watch that.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:02 PM (YqDXo)

198 > She is packing a caboose

If her lips are any indication, she probably enhanced her butt with big-ol' saline bags.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 05:02 PM (0N1h0)

199 Hollyweird is full of sodomites and democrats.

-
Some, uhh, peculiar posts from the mayor of Burbank who had himself spanked by a drag queen in public the other day.

https://tinyurl.com/5h2ux8up

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 11, 2023 05:02 PM (FVME7)

200 Not sure ever saw more than 5 minutes of That 70s Show
Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023

***
It was funny on occasion, and the tall redheaded lady was a dead ringer for one of my high school classmates -- a dead ringer for the way she looked back then, I mean. So it was a pleast half-hour diversion now and then. No Friends, Seinfeld, or 1970s Odd Couple for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 11, 2023 05:02 PM (J2vNu)

201 The Babylon Bee has a very timely test to see if you're a woman or not.

https://is.gd/ZXx02w
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (0N1h0)
.......

they forgot the part about checking for testicles.

Posted by: wth at September 11, 2023 05:03 PM (v0R5T)

202 187 The Babylon Bee has a very timely test to see if you're a woman or not.

https://is.gd/ZXx02w
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (0N1h0)

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I got 7/12. I am "probably" a woman.

I'm a Man... Call me Donald
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (DRSnL)

Posted by: It's me donna at September 11, 2023 05:03 PM (bs+z0)

203 Hollyweird is full of sodomites and democrats.

But I repeat myself.
***
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 11, 2023 04:51 PM (xsBhv)

And satanists and demons.

Posted by: LASue at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (Ed8Zd)

204 I have a burgeoning theory on horror films.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (LvTSG)

Unburgeon yourself. And spill the goods.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (QzZeQ)

205
I got 7/12. I am "probably" a woman.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (DRSnL)

I got 5/12. Maybe I'm a dude?

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (C+5AZ)

206 And ass. Would bang but not enthusiastically.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM (BdMk6)

Without enthusiasm I can't perform.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (VdGjU)

207 And satanists and demons.
Posted by: LASue at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (Ed8Zd)

And Political experts... Don't forget that

Posted by: It's me donna at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (bs+z0)

208 hey guys guess who is still on the loose!

supposedly went north despite the PERIMETER and now they have no idea where he is

like all the rest of the violent criminals Biden lets roam free here in the USA so what's the big issue

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (AcWfM)

209 Some, uhh, peculiar posts from the mayor of Burbank who had himself spanked by a drag queen in public the other day.

https://tinyurl.com/5h2ux8up
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 11, 2023 05:02 PM (FVME7)
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Wow. No way to hide after that. I mean, it's CA - they'll just ignore it and claim it's taken out of context or whatever, but damn.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (t0OGg)

210 > I have a very lefty sibling so I just use them as a "negative indicator" - don't see whatever they highly recommend. so far batting 100 with that methodology

I like to use the local teacher's union voter recommendation list to vote against all of their preferred candidates and positions for politicians and proposals I don't have strong opinions on.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (0N1h0)

211
I got 5/12. Maybe I'm a dude?
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (C+5AZ)

That's hot.

Posted by: Admiral Levine at September 11, 2023 05:05 PM (Zz0t1)

212 The Babylon Bee has a very timely test to see if you're a woman or not.

https://is.gd/ZXx02w
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM

Except for #8, seems pretty accurate to me.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 11, 2023 05:05 PM (a3Q+t)

213 Normal Americans aren't dumber, they've just gotten smarter to the con the reviewers were running g when Whoreywood got more blatant with far left messaging and the largely shit crop of current MSM reviewers try to pretend a shit sandwich is actually high art.

Three card Monte doesn't work when the cards are exposed but that the numbers they see aren't the real number, and so the player still loses and neither do reviews.

Posted by: Bete at September 11, 2023 05:05 PM (KuG1T)

214 The Babylon Bee has a very timely test to see if you're a woman or not.

https://is.gd/ZXx02w
Posted by: bonhomme

= =

What's a "Starbucks"?

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at September 11, 2023 05:06 PM (AD14M)

215 They're getting dragged for it, now there's old footage coming out about how Masterson bet Kutcher $10 Kutcher wouldn't french a 14 year old Kunis.

Hollywood really is a sick place.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:01 PM (Zz0t1)

French kissing in 9th grade -is that bad?

Posted by: LASue at September 11, 2023 05:06 PM (Ed8Zd)

216 204 Unburgeon yourself. And spill the goods.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 05:04 PM (QzZeQ)

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Most horror sucks because most horror movies are bad at delivering thrills. The ones that stand out either just do the horror thing well or throw in a bunch of other entertaining stuff to distract from the fact that little of what they're doing is scary.

Nightmare on Elm Street was about wit, performance, and set design/special effects. Friday the 13th was about titillation and character based humor (in the few times it tried).

Precious little of horror is scary, which is why I think there's such a heavy reliance on jump scares, especially these days.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:06 PM (LvTSG)

217 On the other hand, seeing the "professional" critics fall all over themselves praising some woke movie that get low audience scores, means a truly sucktastic night at the movies.

yeah it all feels very Soviet, doesn't it?

I have a very lefty sibling so I just use them as a "negative indicator" - don't see whatever they highly recommend. so far batting 100 with that methodology
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:00 PM (AcWfM)
________________

Them? How many are there?

Negative indicators are the only reliable ones. I use them exclusively on Amazon, for example. If I can live with the worst negative reviews - because many people are petulant pains in the ass - I'll buy the item.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:06 PM (YqDXo)

218 Glowies?

Posted by: Marooned at September 11, 2023 05:06 PM (kt8QE)

219
French kissing in 9th grade -is that bad?
Posted by: LASue at September 11, 2023 05:06 PM (Ed8Zd)

I think he was 19 at the time, so that changes things a bit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:07 PM (Zz0t1)

220 French kissing in 9th grade -is that bad?

wait that was what he was convicted for?!!

jeez louise

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:08 PM (AcWfM)

221 I think he was 19 at the time, so that changes things a bit.

oooooooooohhhhh

yeah ew

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:08 PM (AcWfM)

222 220 French kissing in 9th grade -is that bad?

wait that was what he was convicted for?!!

jeez louise
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:08 PM (AcWfM)

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No, just a tangential tale that happens to deal with him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:08 PM (LvTSG)

223 On the flip side, some reviewers really have a flair for very dramatic reviews and use 18 words to say what could be said in 3.
Like commenters here.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 11, 2023 04:59 PM

Eschew obsfucation.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 11, 2023 05:09 PM (a3Q+t)

224 Masterson has no where to hide now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 11, 2023 05:09 PM (eG/xm)

225 Most horror sucks because most horror movies are bad at delivering thrills. The ones that stand out either just do the horror thing well or throw in a bunch of other entertaining stuff to distract from the fact that little of what they're doing is scary.

Nightmare on Elm Street was about wit, performance, and set design/special effects. Friday the 13th was about titillation and character based humor (in the few times it tried).

Precious little of horror is scary, which is why I think there's such a heavy reliance on jump scares, especially these days.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:06 PM (LvTSG)

I stick with the definition of horror of 'Things are not going to be all right'. It's the mirror image of romance. Very few horror movies have the guts to actually have everything go wrong. You also have to inflict suffering on the undeserving for it to be horror. If you kill jerks and assholes, you just have a Drama...or possibly a comedy. The tension comes from the realization that no one is safe.

If you can make the audience feel that they're not safe, you're really doing it well.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 05:09 PM (xcxpd)

226 I don't like people selling out their integrity.

But whoring yourself out for $50 bucks? Come on! Show a little pride. Hold out for at least a couple Benjamins.

Posted by: rd at September 11, 2023 05:09 PM (nCVns)

227 The Drew Barrymore show--what an woke abomination.

Posted by: Crusader at September 11, 2023 05:10 PM (ibQSj)

228 The Babylon Bee has a very timely test to see if you're a woman or not.

https://is.gd/ZXx02w
Posted by: bonhomme

I'm only "probably" a woman.

Posted by: LASue at September 11, 2023 05:10 PM (Ed8Zd)

229 The Danny Masterson conviction pegs my bullshit meter. Decades old accusations from the usual types.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 11, 2023 05:10 PM (XMwZJ)

230 French kissing in 9th grade -is that bad?
Posted by: LASue at September 11, 2023 05:06 PM (Ed8Zd)
________________

It's Hollywood. I wouldn't be surprised if both were French kissing Weinstein.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:10 PM (YqDXo)

231 Hey, send me $56 and a cable that works, and i'll positive review your socks off.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2023 04:53 PM (/EuRN)

Yes, well, thats what most people say.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 11, 2023 05:10 PM (mj0Qp)

232 I got 7/12. I am "probably" a woman.
Posted by: Jordan61
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I'm only 4/12 on The Bee test. Maybe 4.5, as I sort of know who Harry Styles is, but do not listen. I hope this doesn't mean I have to transition. Although it would be easier to pee in the woods.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 11, 2023 05:10 PM (aBJcM)

233
Do you have any idea of how many billions of dollars (actually trillions by now) have been misspent by companies based on fraudulent views and reviews?

Posted by: Thomas Paine

++++++++++++++

Seems like a few lawsuits might be in order.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at September 11, 2023 05:10 PM (Zkizr)

234 Speaking of rating schemes that are rigged I find it odd, not to say statistically improbable that every cardiology provider at a large well-known regional Children's Hospital near me who has a rating on the standard 5-star scale is in the range of 4.6 to 5.0 stars. There is not a single ranking of 4.5 or lower. Out of 70-odd providers (doctors and NP's). But that's not all. Roughly half of the overall group do not have a score listed. Does anybody besides me find that suspect?

Posted by: Muldoon at September 11, 2023 05:11 PM (991eG)

235 Masterson is a Scientologist and was convicted of 2 counts of rape.

Because Scientology is good.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:11 PM (Zz0t1)

236 *claude_rains.gif*

Posted by: moviegique at September 11, 2023 05:11 PM (asXVI)

237 TJM - the jump scare thing is from the creepy pasta thing which is literally where a lot of modern horror films actually come from - short films or really short videos online.

with jump scares. kids would put the earbuds in on high and sit in their rooms in the dark late at night and apparently this was super scary

now we have actual films of Lights Out and Talk to Me (which was good, unlike Lights Out)

there are some other horror genres that I find interesting - sexual and body-related horror for one, of course I like the spiritual ones as well. you need to get to the very deep taboos I think, and not many modern horror producers are able to get there. but some can.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:11 PM (AcWfM)

238 I can tell you from first-hand experience that you can similarly purchase positive reviews on a very popular PC gaming platform. They're called "impessions". May be the same term used for movie reviews.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at September 11, 2023 05:11 PM (hCzfy)

239 I protest!! This would not be whoring! It would be reviewing!

Posted by: runner at September 11, 2023 05:12 PM (yGBph)

240 I'm 0/12 on that woman test. So I'm a man n.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 11, 2023 05:12 PM (VdGjU)

241
hey guys guess who is still on the loose!

supposedly went north despite the PERIMETER and now they have no idea where he is

like all the rest of the violent criminals Biden lets roam free here in the USA so what's the big issue

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:04

Well glad he's out of your hood despite the fact he spent some time last night in mine. I don't think there's even a slim chance they find him now. Maybe an early deer season with hundreds of shotgun toting hunters is the best chance of dispatching him to where he belongs.

I mean, OMG, he murdered his girlfriend in front of her children by stabbing her 38 times as they watched. If somebody needs killing it's that freak. But I know the area where he dumped the truck really well. Someone could hide out there for months.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 11, 2023 05:12 PM (enJYY)

242 225 I stick with the definition of horror of 'Things are not going to be all right'. It's the mirror image of romance. Very few horror movies have the guts to actually have everything go wrong. You also have to inflict suffering on the undeserving for it to be horror. If you kill jerks and assholes, you just have a Drama...or possibly a comedy. The tension comes from the realization that no one is safe.

If you can make the audience feel that they're not safe, you're really doing it well.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 05:09 PM (xcxpd)

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And few horror films are concerned with that kind of package. It's more about splatter, especially in the slasher genre.

I'm okay with that when it's done in some kind of entertaining way, but just so much is...boring as filler takes up 85% of the runtime, the final 15% being a mixture of terrible to imaginative kills, depending on the series/entry.

Slasher fans confuse me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:12 PM (LvTSG)

243 216 Visit Asian horror. Some of those are fantastic, though there is certainly dreck there as well. American horror certainly can be too jump scare laden, and almost every horror "franchise" has far fewer watchable movies than not from a quality standpoint. Most Friday the 13th and Halloween films barely eek unto "so bad its good" territory.

A24 has had some really good hits though beyond just hump scare.

Posted by: Bete at September 11, 2023 05:12 PM (KuG1T)

244
wait that was what he was convicted for?!!

jeez louise
Posted by: BlackOrchid

+++++++++++++

No. That's just a little extra gossip about Ashton Kutcher.

I bet Masterson is guilty. It's Hollywood.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at September 11, 2023 05:13 PM (Zkizr)

245 *claude_rains.gif*
Posted by: moviegique at September 11, 2023 05:11 PM (asXVI)

That's an amazingly lifelike portrayal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 11, 2023 05:13 PM (pvGb4)

246 237 there are some other horror genres that I find interesting - sexual and body-related horror for one, of course I like the spiritual ones as well. you need to get to the very deep taboos I think, and not many modern horror producers are able to get there. but some can.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:11 PM (AcWfM)

=========

People confuse being startled with being scared.

This is why the walk through the Halloween Horror nights house didn't affect me. I was startled once, but the rest of the time I was just seeing the startle come before it hit me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:13 PM (LvTSG)

247 Speaking of rating schemes that are rigged I find it odd, not to say statistically improbable that every cardiology provider at a large well-known regional Children's Hospital near me who has a rating on the standard 5-star scale is in the range of 4.6 to 5.0 stars. There is not a single ranking of 4.5 or lower. Out of 70-odd providers (doctors and NP's). But that's not all. Roughly half of the overall group do not have a score listed. Does anybody besides me find that suspect?
Posted by: Muldoon at September 11, 2023 05:11 PM (991eG)
_______________

Possibilities:

1. They're not grading on a curve.
2. There's a buttload of lousy cardiologists out there who are burying most of their patients.
3. They're including voodoo "doctors" in the survey.
4. All of the above.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:14 PM (YqDXo)

248 Although it would be easier to pee in the woods.
Posted by: screaming in digital at September 11, 2023 05:10 PM

Have you considered using advanced assistive technology?

https://tinyurl.com/bd5jsfpu

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 11, 2023 05:14 PM (a3Q+t)

249
hey guys guess who is still on the loose!

++++++++++++

Who???

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at September 11, 2023 05:14 PM (Zkizr)

250
Nightmare on Elm Street was about wit, performance, and set design/special effects. Friday the 13th was about titillation and character based humor (in the few times it tried).

Precious little of horror is scary, which is why I think there's such a heavy reliance on jump scares, especially these days.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:06 PM (LvTSG)

I'd agree with the your general idea.

One minor quibble, the original NoES was a well-made straight up horror movie that had none of the campy wit of the later movies of the series. And was actually pretty darn creepy.

BONUS! Points for good practical effects.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 05:14 PM (QzZeQ)

251 yeah sorry Divide by Zero but I bet he's up in Pottstown by now

he has family in Spring City, Pottstown and KoP apparently

all illegal aliens

and to my mind, all inclined to help him

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:14 PM (AcWfM)

252 243 216 Visit Asian horror. Some of those are fantastic, though there is certainly dreck there as well. American horror certainly can be too jump scare laden, and almost every horror "franchise" has far fewer watchable movies than not from a quality standpoint. Most Friday the 13th and Halloween films barely eek unto "so bad its good" territory.

A24 has had some really good hits though beyond just hump scare.
Posted by: Bete at September 11, 2023 05:12 PM (KuG1T)

========

I think you can go the other way, too, and I've seen it with some A24 stuff (I think Gretel and Hansel was A24). Where it's all mood and no scare, well not much of anything other than the mood. It creates this kind of flat experience.

I think it can work in something like Blackcoat's Daughter, but that's a delicate line to walk.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:14 PM (LvTSG)

253 Did Kutcher have a scandal some years ago about doing gay pron when he was a young actor?

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 05:15 PM (gmo/4)

254 Who???

lil Danilo the tiny stabby illegale

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:15 PM (AcWfM)

255 250 I'd agree with the your general idea.

One minor quibble, the original NoES was a well-made straight up horror movie that had none of the campy wit of the later movies of the series. And was actually pretty darn creepy.

BONUS! Points for good practical effects.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 05:14 PM (QzZeQ)

========

True. The original was straight up surrealist horror, and it largely worked, though Craven really needed to restructure that damn thing. The best kill is the first!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:15 PM (LvTSG)

256 I pay the Macedonians 8 US cents for a negative review, 11 cents for positive, 17 cents if it really sucks, but they do positive.

I wish I could pay them more, but yachts ain't cheap.

Posted by: Mikloosian Macedonian Digital Agriculture S.R.O.o. at September 11, 2023 05:17 PM (gjyF5)

257 I thought the original Saw movie was pretty good.

The rest were trash.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:17 PM (Zz0t1)

258 Alien is my favorite scary movie.

Posted by: tubal at September 11, 2023 05:17 PM (PCK5/)

259 lil Danilo the tiny stabby illegale
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:15 PM (AcWfM)

Easy-peasy. Declare him an outlaw, and plaster the State with "Wanted, Dead or Alive" posters with a $20,000 reward.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 11, 2023 05:17 PM (pvGb4)

260 Slasher fans confuse me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 11, 2023 05:12 PM (LvTSG)

Same.
But they exist and if they like something, I don't feel like ragging on them. Just, in my nitpicky way, I don't consider most of them to really be horror.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 05:17 PM (xcxpd)

261 hey guys guess who is still on the loose!
_______________

Who?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:18 PM (YqDXo)

262 Easy-peasy. Declare him an outlaw, and plaster the State with "Wanted, Dead or Alive" posters with a $20,000 reward.

there already is a $25000 reward for him

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:18 PM (AcWfM)

263 I'm only 4/12 on The Bee test. Maybe 4.5, as I sort of know who Harry Styles is, but do not listen. I hope this doesn't mean I have to transition. Although it would be easier to pee in the woods.
Posted by: screaming in digital at September 11, 2023 05:10 PM (aBJcM)

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Yeah I guess I should be 7.5, because I know who he is. I even know one of his songs, but only because they play it a lot at stores and restaurants.

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 05:18 PM (DRSnL)

264 Harry Styles sounds like a porn name.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:19 PM (Zz0t1)

265 Like Harry Reems.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:19 PM (Zz0t1)

266 252 walking that line is always a trick with horror and comedy. You miss just enough of a beat and you wind up with something either terrible or not memorable.

For example, I had forgotten I watched Hansel & Grettle, or whatever the other way around.

Did like "X", though it was muddled in places and I'm not sure it's message was as clear as they were hoping for.

Posted by: Bete at September 11, 2023 05:19 PM (KuG1T)

267 there already is a $25000 reward for him
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:18 PM (AcWfM)

Will they pay up if you haul him in dead?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 11, 2023 05:19 PM (pvGb4)

268 hey guys guess who is still on the loose!

supposedly went north despite the PERIMETER and now they have no idea where he is

He was a couple miles from me, supposably (that's a word, mr. spellcheck?!), but "losing track" of illegals is what they do, so who knows?

Posted by: t-bird at September 11, 2023 05:19 PM (Sv58p)

269 Does anybody besides me find that suspect?
Posted by: Muldoon

Where all doctors, nurses, and technicians are Above Average.

Posted by: Miklos, in worst Garrison Keillor voice at September 11, 2023 05:19 PM (gjyF5)

270
yeah sorry Divide by Zero but I bet he's up in Pottstown by now

he has family in Spring City, Pottstown and KoP apparently

all illegal aliens

and to my mind, all inclined to help him

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:14 PM

Keys left in truck, two hour delay to report spotting to police? He's getting a lot of help from the 'migrant' community. The police seem to be inclined to sending some of these people back where they belong. Based on tea leaf reading is all I got. But I think police are truly pissed off.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 11, 2023 05:20 PM (enJYY)

271 266 Did like "X", though it was muddled in places and I'm not sure it's message was as clear as they were hoping for.
Posted by: Bete at September 11, 2023 05:19 PM (KuG1T)

====

Pearl was better.

Posted by: TJM's phone at September 11, 2023 05:20 PM (YAXvi)

272 Will they pay up if you haul him in dead?

I think people around here will ply you with gifts and moneys honestly

we'd love him taken in DOA

you'd get a lifetime Longwood Gardens membership, at least!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:20 PM (AcWfM)

273 Keys left in truck, two hour delay to report spotting to police? He's getting a lot of help from the 'migrant' community. The police seem to be inclined to sending some of these people back where they belong. Based on tea leaf reading is all I got. But I think police are truly pissed off.

not pissed off enough yet I guess

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:21 PM (AcWfM)

274 But I think police are truly pissed off.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 11, 2023 05:20 PM (enJYY)

Turn the dogs out

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 11, 2023 05:21 PM (NtVYv)

275 264 Harry Styles sounds like a porn name.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:19 PM (Zz0t1)
____________

That would be "Harry Balzac."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:21 PM (YqDXo)

276 > The Danny Masterson conviction pegs my bullshit meter. Decades old accusations from the usual types.

Both victims were Scientologists. Do you have any idea what Scientologists do to "suppressive persons" who say anything negative about high profile Scientologists? That's on top of all the pressure a young woman in L.A. who wants to be in showbusiness would feel.

Coming out years later when a former Scientologist and high profile actor like Leah Reminy supports you is completely normal.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 05:21 PM (0N1h0)

277 Basically, I think a great horror movie has to do a few things well.

1) Make you not want any of that sort of thing ever to happen to you. Which means it's engaged your empathy.

The remake of "The Blob" is pretty much a master class in this.

2) Engage the irrational. Where things may not or won't work out because this is so outside the normal.

"Suspira" though old, and a bit cornball is a good example of this. By the end, it's gone completely insane. I believe that's why it's still respected today.

Carpenter's "The Thing" is a great example of both 1 & 2.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 05:22 PM (QzZeQ)

278 I think people around here will ply you with gifts and moneys honestly

we'd love him taken in DOA

you'd get a lifetime Longwood Gardens membership, at least!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:20 PM (AcWfM)

Yeah, but will the State pay up if he's brought in dead, and more importantly, not prosecute the citizen who ventilated his brain pan?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 11, 2023 05:22 PM (pvGb4)

279 That would be "Harry Balzac."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:21 PM (YqDXo)

Ted Hitchcock

Say it fast

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 05:22 PM (gmo/4)

280 lil Danilo the tiny stabby illegale
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Gavrilo>>>>Danilo

Posted by: G. Princip, yeah i did it at September 11, 2023 05:22 PM (gjyF5)

281 One similar trend ive noticed, though not necessarily paid for, is obscure websites doing reviews, then editing their reviewed into wikipedia ti make the review seem more legit

Posted by: Rbastid at September 11, 2023 05:22 PM (B6QP7)

282 Pearl was better.
Posted by: TJM's phone at September 11, 2023 05:20 PM

It was more nacreous.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 11, 2023 05:22 PM (a3Q+t)

283 Where they're either at the top of the game, or unrated? I would take unrated as suspect, unless they joined the practice, system, or hospital in the last few months.

Am I surprised? No.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 11, 2023 05:23 PM (mNmNo)

284 I really like John Carpenter's 'Prince of Darkness'. That ending, after everything, when Brian Marsh is staring at that mirror as the music rises....good kind of chills. And the supernatural elements where even Science is starting to fray and struggle to explain things...good stuff.

Likewise his 'In the Mouth of Madness'. Great apocalyptic horror with a very personal hook as the main character gets sucked out of the 'real' world and into...something worse.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 05:23 PM (xcxpd)

285 It's all rigged.

/bonghit

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 11, 2023 05:23 PM (cMXNt)

286 “ 30 Days of Night” was pretty good…

Posted by: tubal at September 11, 2023 05:24 PM (PCK5/)

287 high profile ~~actor~~ actress like Leah Reminy supports you is completely normal.
_______________

Who?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:24 PM (YqDXo)

288
not pissed off enough yet I guess

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:21 PM

I had a few choppers over my head today. I'm guessing this is becoming personal. Never make it personal with the police.

Maybe that should be translated into Brazilian and broadcast in the corn fields near St Peter Village.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 11, 2023 05:24 PM (enJYY)

289 The movie House (American one) definitely had the Sam Raimi "the budget sucks and the effects are beyond our reach but if we paint a good enough film maybe we can get a way with it" vibe. Carpenter did it with Halloween. Sadly, I can see where the first Friday the 13th could have worked, but the creator admitted he was just ripping off Halloween so the ball was dropped.

Don't know if that would have made any of the following movies better, but it make it easier to have a convo on 4 without saying, yeah I know the franchise is almost totally garbage ( though 6 works for me when they just threw any sort of reality out and the female protagonist is great in 6 and 7).

Posted by: Bete at September 11, 2023 05:24 PM (KuG1T)

290 > Did Kutcher have a scandal some years ago about doing gay pron when he was a young actor?

I don't know about that. One interesting fact about Kutcher is he was dating a girl at the time she was murdered by the serial killer and rapist Michael Gargiulo.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 05:25 PM (0N1h0)

291 I really like John Carpenter's 'Prince of Darkness'. That ending, after everything, when Brian Marsh is staring at that mirror as the music rises....good kind of chills. And the supernatural elements where even Science is starting to fray and struggle to explain things...good stuff.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 05:23 PM (xcxpd)

=====

I saw Prince of Darkness and The Serpent and The Rainbow as a double feature at the drive-in.

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 05:25 PM (DRSnL)

292 Who?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

TRY again

You gotta set it up

Posted by: Abbot and Costello at September 11, 2023 05:25 PM (gjyF5)

293 Thinking Masterson got pegged for as much crimes committed recently as long ago, maybe a long history of abusing women and they nailed him for long ago

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023 05:26 PM (fwDg9)

294 Basically, I think a great horror movie has to do a few things well.

1) Make you not want any of that sort of thing ever to happen to you. Which means it's engaged your empathy.

The remake of "The Blob" is pretty much a master class in this.

2) Engage the irrational. Where things may not or won't work out because this is so outside the normal.

"Suspira" though old, and a bit cornball is a good example of this. By the end, it's gone completely insane. I believe that's why it's still respected today.

Carpenter's "The Thing" is a great example of both 1 & 2.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 05:22 PM

So what genre would you assign movies that #1 is something you'd want to happen to you, but #2 is definitely the case (e.g. the Big Sausage Pizza Delivery movies)?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 11, 2023 05:26 PM (a3Q+t)

295 The scariest horror movie (for guys) Titanic. -- Bill Burr

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 05:26 PM (gmo/4)

296 267 there already is a $25000 reward for him
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:18 PM (AcWfM)

Then the Cartels may kill him.
Both for the money and for the flex.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 05:26 PM (xcxpd)

297 I don't know about that. One interesting fact about Kutcher is he was dating a girl at the time she was murdered by the serial killer and rapist Michael Gargiulo.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 05:25 PM (0N1h0)
____________

Sounds like a helluva date.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:26 PM (YqDXo)

298 Horror is pretty much my favorite genre. But it's not often done well. I too don't get slasher movies.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at September 11, 2023 05:26 PM (ppBhU)

299 So what genre would you assign movies that #1 is something you'd want to happen to you, but #2 is definitely the case (e.g. the Big Sausage Pizza Delivery movies)?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 11, 2023 05:26 PM (a3Q+t)

Porn? Fantasy? Comedy probably.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 05:27 PM (xcxpd)

300 Do people actually use Rotten Tomatoes to choose to see a movie?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 11, 2023 05:27 PM (XqcwY)

301
Turn the dogs out

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 11, 2023 05:21 PM

The entire state of Pennsylvania appears to have only one angry dog - who got overheated a couple of days ago.

It's embarrassing anymore to have to admit to living in this state.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (enJYY)

302 I've seen every single "Halloween" movie, including all of the crappy ones that came out after I and II. There's just something about them all that make me laugh.

Posted by: Crusader at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (ibQSj)

303 I saw Prince of Darkness and The Serpent and The Rainbow as a double feature at the drive-in.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 05:25 PM (DRSnL)

I would have stayed up until dawn, if that happened to me.

Just in case.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (xcxpd)

304
Ted Hitchcock

Say it fast

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 05:22 PM (gmo/4)

Man, I tried to get into that series, but just can't........It's bad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (Zz0t1)

305 300 Do people actually use Rotten Tomatoes to choose to see a movie?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 11, 2023 05:27 PM (XqcwY)

No.

Posted by: tubal at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (PCK5/)

306 271 Pearle is in my backlog.

277 Almost all the MSM critics ,including Ebbert, hated The Thing.

Posted by: Bete at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (KuG1T)

307 I got a 0.5 on the Bee's woman test: I know of Harry Stiles but I have no clue if I have ever heard one of his tunes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Exactly Streets Ahead at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (T/Lqj)

308 Then the Cartels may kill him.
Both for the money and for the flex.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo

S'okay

Posted by: "Senor Wences", Commandante Maximo de los Carteleros del Miklos at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (gjyF5)

309 Don't you get it, if Putin was dead, everybody would love Hollywood again!

Posted by: XTC at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (UnA8+)

310 Funniest horror movie… From Dusk to Dawn…

Posted by: tubal at September 11, 2023 05:29 PM (PCK5/)

311 The entire state of Pennsylvania appears to have only one angry dog - who got overheated a couple of days ago.

It's embarrassing anymore to have to admit to living in this state.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (enJYY)
_______________

Who let the dogs out? Who? Who?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:29 PM (YqDXo)

312 I've seen every single "Halloween" movie, including all of the crappy ones that came out after I and II. There's just something about them all that make me laugh.

Posted by: Crusader at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (ibQSj)

Me too. They make me laugh also!

Posted by: Archer at September 11, 2023 05:29 PM (gmo/4)

313 Do people actually use Rotten Tomatoes to choose to see a movie?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 11, 2023 05:27 PM (XqcwY)
......

I don't know. I just use them at political speeches.

Posted by: wth at September 11, 2023 05:29 PM (v0R5T)

314 It's embarrassing anymore to have to admit to living in this state.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (enJYY)
_____________

We Californians feel your pain.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:30 PM (YqDXo)

315 Yeah I guess I should be 7.5, because I know who he is. I even know one of his songs, but only because they play it a lot at stores and restaurants.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 11, 2023 05:18 PM (DRSnL)

I made my granddaughter a Harry Styles sweater- proof that I am the best Mimi in the whole world.
I did not know who he was, though.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at September 11, 2023 05:30 PM (KB0Aa)

316 Gentlemen, there must not be a movie reviewing gap!

Posted by: President Merkin Muffley at September 11, 2023 05:30 PM (vcOmj)

317 I've seen every single "Halloween" movie, including all of the crappy ones that came out after I and II. There's just something about them all that make me laugh.

Posted by: Crusader at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (ibQSj)

Wasn't Halloween III the stupid one about the masks?

"Eight more days till Halloween........"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 11, 2023 05:30 PM (Zz0t1)

318
314 It's embarrassing anymore to have to admit to living in this state.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM (enJYY)
_____________

We Californians feel your pain.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 11, 2023 05:30 PM (YqDXo)

Now do Illinois…

Posted by: tubal at September 11, 2023 05:30 PM (PCK5/)

319 Nood

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 11, 2023 05:30 PM (mNmNo)

320 > Who?

Actor on King of Queens.

One of the few people on the planet to personally know David Miscavige and have the balls to publicly fight against Scientology.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 11, 2023 05:31 PM (0N1h0)

321 It's embarrassing anymore to have to admit to living in this state.

second interview tomorrow AM for job in TX for hubby

please pray!

we r beyond ready to skedaddle

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:31 PM (AcWfM)

322 So what genre would you assign movies that #1 is something you'd want to happen to you, but #2 is definitely the case (e.g. the Big Sausage Pizza Delivery movies)?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 11, 2023 05:26 PM (a3Q+t)

Well, you pretty much nailed it with the porno reference.

But, also superhero movies would be a good example of this. You're in an accident and -boom!- you're the Flash or whatever.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 05:31 PM (QzZeQ)

323 I got a 0.5 on the Bee's woman test: I know of Harry Stiles but I have no clue if I have ever heard one of his tunes.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Exactly Streets Ahead at September 11, 2023 05:28 PM

"There's a small chance you're a man. Sorry!"

Posted by: Official Test Score Interpretation at September 11, 2023 05:31 PM (a3Q+t)

324 278 Yeah, but will the State pay up if he's brought in dead, and more importantly, not prosecute the citizen who ventilated his brain pan?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 11, 2023 05:22 PM (pvGb4)

Shouldn't being able to brag that you've killed another man be enough?

Posted by: XTC at September 11, 2023 05:31 PM (UnA8+)

325 Oh wait, I figured it out...

Provider star ratings are based on a survey that families receive after an appointment ... Families are asked a series of questions including, “Using any number from 0 to 10, where 0 is the worst provider possible and 10 is the best provider possible, what number would you use to rate this provider?” NRC Health then uses a standard calculation to convert the 10-point response scale for the rated provider question to a 1- to 5-star rating scale.

So, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess the "standard calculation" to convert a 10 point scale to a 5 point scale is likely to involve dividing by two?

Posted by: Muldoon at September 11, 2023 05:32 PM (991eG)

326 As for horror movies, I like the Conjuring/Nun movies. I am very picky about the genre, but I've gotten goosebumps watching those.

I also like The Ring.

I don't like the Hellraiser - Friday the 13th type movies.

And Poltergeist is ridiculous.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Exactly Streets Ahead at September 11, 2023 05:32 PM (T/Lqj)

327 Nood. NYC's salsa crisis.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 11, 2023 05:32 PM (a3Q+t)

328 Got around to watching The Menu last night. Don’t really get what all the hype was, movie was alright, but it didn’t knock my socks off or anything. Was mildly humorous, mildly suspenseful, and mildly thought provoking. Maybe I had it spoiled for me, but expected something more.

Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at September 11, 2023 05:32 PM (fKIdX)

329 It has begun to rain here.

Thunder in the distance.

Posted by: JT at September 11, 2023 05:32 PM (T4tVD)

330 But, also superhero movies would be a good example of this. You're in an accident and -boom!- you're the Flash or whatever.

Flash: So that's how my character got the speed force officer.

Officer: When I asked can you explain this I meant the naked 12 year old you were molesting.

Posted by: A police officer interviewing Ezra Miller at September 11, 2023 05:33 PM (XqcwY)

331 Shouldn't being able to brag that you've killed another man be enough?
Posted by: XTC

No

Well OK i guess

Posted by: That Guy in Reno Johnny sang about at September 11, 2023 05:34 PM (gjyF5)

332
second interview tomorrow AM for job in TX for hubby

please pray!

we r beyond ready to skedaddle

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 11, 2023 05:31 PM

Since my prayers always have an inverse effect I promise not to pray. Good luck!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 11, 2023 05:35 PM (enJYY)

333 Thunder in the distance.
Posted by: JT

John holds a fine cabbage

Posted by: London Calling to our Friends in Occupied America at September 11, 2023 05:35 PM (gjyF5)

334 I also like The Ring.

I saw the original Japanese version of "The Ring" without knowing anything about it.

And when that scene came on, you know the one, I got gooseflesh and the hairs rose on the back of my neck. And that almost never happens.

Just a superior horror flick.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 05:37 PM (QzZeQ)

335 John holds a fine cabbage
Posted by: London Calling to our Friends in Occupied America

Lemme know when he's holding a pizza.

Posted by: JT at September 11, 2023 05:46 PM (T4tVD)

336 Eric Adam's

Graduate

Blazing Saddlers School of Diplomacy

Posted by: N at September 11, 2023 06:08 PM (RjBju)

337 Isn't this payola?

Posted by: the other coyote at September 11, 2023 06:24 PM (O3uAG)

338 Not sure ever saw more than 5 minutes of That 70s Show
Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2023 04:58 PM (fwDg9)

I lived through it the first time, and I doubt todays TV studios did better than the writers did then with Happy Days and the like recreating the 1950s.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 11, 2023 07:04 PM (eoQWY)

339 I also like The Ring.

I saw the original Japanese version of "The Ring" without knowing anything about it.

And when that scene came on, you know the one, I got gooseflesh and the hairs rose on the back of my neck. And that almost never happens.

Just a superior horror flick.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2023 05:37 PM (QzZeQ)

Is it called "The Ling"?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 11, 2023 07:04 PM (eoQWY)

340 It's just garbage, like Yelp and pretty much any review site. And it's not just restaurants and movies. I pity the youngsters that have had to find a locksmith, plumber, etc. on the worthless internet... when it was a very trivial matter to find a reliable honest tradesman... in the Yellow Pages. Anyone with sense kept a five year old one around to compare against. Locksmith been buying ads for five years? He's not an ex-con working out of his van, about to rip you off. That's who Google will recommend.

Yelp... what trash. "I've never had Mexican food before but I give this hot-plate place FIVE STARS."

Posted by: asdf at September 11, 2023 07:12 PM (mSrN6)

341 Nothing is Sacred in Hollywood Anymore unless its movie as bad as Avatar and its Paganism and False Gods

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at September 11, 2023 07:19 PM (wGqjj)

342 Nothing is Sacred in Hollywood Anymore unless its movie as bad as Avatar and its Paganism and False Gods
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at September 11, 2023 07:19 PM (wGqjj)

At least Paganism was *interesting*

Posted by: Oldcat at September 11, 2023 07:27 PM (eoQWY)

343
says the filmmaker Paul Schrader. "But the system is broken. Audiences are dumber. Normal people don't go through reviews like they used to.

Fuck Schrader. I don't buy that shit about audiences being dumber and no longer reading reviews. Streaming allows audiences to ignore reviews, which were always bullshit anyway. But streaming also enables studios to ignore reviews for mid-level movies as well, and they can put out a shitload of lazy crap, by structuring deals so that the mid-level films make money before they even hit the streaming servers (which is why Bruce Willis and Steven Segal have been churning out garbage for 10-20 years). The profits are small, but they're real.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur, also a Disinformation Expert at September 11, 2023 07:31 PM (n+4am)

344 RT = Rotten Tomatoes
RT = Russia Today
Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: PG at September 11, 2023 07:49 PM (afPT4)

345 Rotten tomatoes sukcs and I don't give a damn what the critics say. Only the public rating matters and usually the ones with a major difference shows which movies have been hacked.

Usually the ones with a "message."

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