Mid-Morning Art Thread

Devant la glace
Édouard Manet

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Painter was in before the nude.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Puttin' on or takin' off?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 09:31 AM (ExV1e)

4 Blue was on sale that day, my friends.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 09:31 AM (xGgfV)

5 Yuck. Too washed out. And we can't even see her boobs.

WNH.

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

6 Them's birthin' hips.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

7 Birthing hips.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 16, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

8 Zaftig
Would hang ,like the different blues
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2026 09:32 AM (Ggsrp)

9 That mirror is really bad at it's job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Those elbows are pretty scraped up. That's probably indicative of something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)

11 Ok, for what it is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:33 AM (bss/y)

12 The heartbreak of psoriasis.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2026 09:34 AM (jtM2q)

13 10 Those elbows are pretty scraped up. That's probably indicative of something.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)

She's been... leaning on windowsills?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:34 AM (bss/y)

14 Sacre blue!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 16, 2026 09:34 AM (7xyr6)

15 Manet had many wonderful works. In my opinion, this isn't one of them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2026 09:34 AM (rZCVI)

16
Baby Got Back!!!

First before the other 563 BGB comments

Posted by: naturalfake at February 16, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

17 She done blued up real good!

Posted by: Billy Ray Billie Bob at February 16, 2026 09:35 AM (Dc1Hd)

18 Not bad, a bit sketchy. That's always a possibility with Impressionism.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 16, 2026 09:35 AM (CHHv1)

19 But what about After the Mirror?

Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 16, 2026 09:36 AM (sk1rK)

20 Thicc.

(brushstrokes)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 09:36 AM (6ydKt)

21 meh, not my style

Posted by: Otto Pen at February 16, 2026 09:36 AM (sJHOI)

22 Poorly done. I could have painted this. With a trowel.

Posted by: Paddy O'Furniture at February 16, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)

23 Baby Got Back!!!

First before the other 563 BGB comments

Posted by: naturalfake

Baby Got Back!!!

Second before the other 562 comments

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 09:36 AM (xGgfV)

24 A real bodice-ripper.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2026 09:37 AM (RIvkX)

25 Alternate title:

"Mildred Learns It Wasn't The Mirror, She Really Was That Smeary Looking"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 16, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)

26 21 meh, not my style
Posted by: Otto Pen at February 16, 2026 09:36 AM (sJHOI)

I have never ben a fan of Manet- or really any of the impressionists. Like landscapes can be good but they always feel whimsey.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:37 AM (bss/y)

27 Interesting how the hair forms a vortex.

Posted by: davidt at February 16, 2026 09:37 AM (Q+gd/)

28
"Deviant la glace"? So, it's a trannie?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 09:38 AM (tgvbd)

29 Those elbows are pretty scraped up. That's probably indicative of something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)

Doggie style.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

30 Painter should have pitched this in the dumpster.

Posted by: Waste Management, Inc. at February 16, 2026 09:38 AM (oftw2)

31 This was so mailed in its not funny

Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2026 09:38 AM (o8iaJ)

32 How'd she get that corset so tight?

The poolboy probably had to stand on her butt and pull on those cords until sparks came out of his eyes.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 09:38 AM (cYBz/)

33 I like this! It’s beautiful and captures my curiosity. It is soothing. And modest.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2026 09:38 AM (VsEAp)

34 There's a 20 in the bowl on the nightstand.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 09:38 AM (gVUi7)

35 ThehistoryofArt.org

Devant la glace," also known as "Before the Mirror," is an oil painting by Édouard Manet completed in 1877. It is currently housed in the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

The woman is shown from behind, creating an intimate and voyeuristic perspective as she admires her reflection while undoing her corset.

The painting's style is characterized by a blend of realism and impressionism, emphasizing light and atmosphere.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2026 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

36 Tangled up in blue

Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 09:39 AM (0KSrI)

37 Interesting how the hair forms a vortex.
Posted by: davidt

A pilar vortex?

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

38 Big blew.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

39 And we can't even see her boobs.

I sure hope not. That's her back.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 16, 2026 09:39 AM (BHrzb)

40 Too crude.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 16, 2026 09:39 AM (MSlZp)

41 How’d the show go, Ben Had?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2026 09:40 AM (VsEAp)

42 This one would never have passed muster on a more vibrant Art Thread.

Posted by: Art Kritik at February 16, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

43
Another syphilitic French painter.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 09:40 AM (tgvbd)

44 Funny, she doesn't look Bluish!

Posted by: Rabbi Jacob at February 16, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

45 Interesting how the hair forms a vortex.
Posted by: davidt

A pilar vortex?
Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

The VorTex Mex was a great place to grab a street taco after stumbling out of Trees at 2 AM in Deep Ellum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

46 Welp, taking an early boat this morning. Y’all be good.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2026 09:40 AM (VsEAp)

47 And we can't even see her boobs.

I sure hope not. That's her back.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 16, 2026 09:39 AM (BHrzb)

"This is about me, isn't it......"

- - - - - - Meghan McBackfat

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

48
Y’all be good.

Posted by: nurse ratched

__________

*blinks uncomprehendingly*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 09:42 AM (tgvbd)

49 Welp, taking an early boat this morning. Y’all be good.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2026 09:40 AM (VsEAp)

The little man in the early boat gives the worm.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

50 Reminds that I need to find something blue to wear to a baby shower next week.

This is not it.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

51 I'll bet her knees have rugburns too.

Posted by: Randy Stablehand at February 16, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)

52 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

53
Her shoulders are exposed. Slut.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 09:43 AM (tgvbd)

54 It's hard out there for a pimp.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

55 Reminds that I need to find something blue to wear to a baby shower next week.

This is not it.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

That reminds me........My Goddaughter is pregnant.

Happy days.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

56 She's doing the Taxi Driver thing.

"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well, I'm the only one here".

Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)

57 Monet > Manet

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2026 09:46 AM (NpAcC)

58 She's doing the Taxi Driver thing.

"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well, I'm the only one here".
Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)

That movie SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKED.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

59 37 pilar ternera

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)

60 Monet, Monet...

Posted by: Billy Idol Earworm at February 16, 2026 09:47 AM (Q+gd/)

61 The little man in the early boat gives the worm.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

Nice use of single entendre.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:48 AM (bss/y)

62 Taxi Driver was a pile of shit.

I am actually trying to think of a movie I unequivocally liked from the 70s... hmmm. There has to be one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:50 AM (bss/y)

63 Agree with Beckoning Chasm. Whenever I see Impressionist paintings, I think, 'You know, a few more minutes of work would really have improved this painting."

Posted by: Wally at February 16, 2026 09:50 AM (0e5Te)

64 That reminds me........My Goddaughter is pregnant.

Happy days.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)
*******
Congratulations!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2026 09:50 AM (NpAcC)

65 Love the Impressionists. Keep it coming.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 16, 2026 09:50 AM (MJ26E)

66 I am actually trying to think of a movie I unequivocally liked from the 70s... hmmm. There has to be one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The first two Godfather movies?

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

67 Blurring all the stuff in the mirror? Seems like painter's trying to hide that he can't do faces.

Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2026 09:51 AM (XoEtr)

68 "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well, I'm the only one here".

The Wind and the Lion

Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 09:52 AM (Riz8t)

69 The first two Godfather movies?
Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

I am tired of living a lie.

I FUCKING HATE THE GODFATHER MOVIES. I HATE that I am supposed to give a shit about evil fucking hood rats who fucking live off human misery. They are not fucking noble criminals- they are just fucking criminals. Fuck them, fuck all of them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:52 AM (bss/y)

70 Love the Impressionists. Keep it coming.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 16, 2026 09:50 AM (MJ26E)
*****
Yeah, I am a big fan of Impressionism.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2026 09:52 AM (NpAcC)

71 Impressionists were all nearsighted.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 09:52 AM (bX25T)

72 I am actually trying to think of a movie I unequivocally liked from the 70s... hmmm. There has to be one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The first two Godfather movies?

The Wind and the Lion

Arggghhhhh.

Need a new mouse again.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 09:53 AM (Riz8t)

73
I am actually trying to think of a movie I unequivocally liked from the 70s... hmmm. There has to be one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The Cheerleaders Wild Weekend was good. So was the Spirit of Seventy-Sex. And there were corsets in it-like today's Art.

Posted by: Movie Maven at February 16, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

74 would hang

Posted by: Gref at February 16, 2026 09:54 AM (5rh/l)

75 The Cheerleaders Wild Weekend was good. So was the Spirit of Seventy-Sex. And there were corsets in it-like today's Art.
Posted by: Movie Maven at February 16, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:54 AM (bss/y)

76 Impressionists were all nearsighted.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 09:52 AM (bX25T)
==============
with astigmatism

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2026 09:54 AM (Km8js)

77 Blazing Saddles?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 09:55 AM (bX25T)

78 OK, Young Frankenstein. Blazing Saddles.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:55 AM (bss/y)

79 I don't think the Godfather necessarily glorified organized crime. The old man died alone in the dirt.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

80 79 I don't think the Godfather necessarily glorified organized crime. The old man died alone in the dirt.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

Disagree. It tried to make them cool/tragic/stylish.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:56 AM (bss/y)

81 She's tryin' to pull start her gyro. Might be one o them snappin' gyro models.

Posted by: Uncle Frank at February 16, 2026 09:57 AM (bR6qe)

82 Them's birthin' hips.

**********

I keep seeing this phrase.
Can somebody explain what this means?

(Without sounding like you know nothing about female anatomy or the actual childbirth process.)

Posted by: muldoon at February 16, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7)

83 The Godfather is interesting as a character study. Michael's transformation from the "good son" to the ruthless mob boss is fascinating to watch.

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

84 Back when artists strived to make women beautiful.

Posted by: Michael K at February 16, 2026 09:58 AM (DcGjW)

85 I keep seeing this phrase.
Can somebody explain what this means?

(Without sounding like you know nothing about female anatomy or the actual childbirth process.)
Posted by: muldoon at February 16, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7)

Meaty, grippen' thighs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:58 AM (bss/y)

86 Disagree. It tried to make them cool/tragic/stylish.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

No. It made them fully fleshed-out human beings.

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

87 Taxi Driver was a pile of shit.

I am actually trying to think of a movie I unequivocally liked from the 70s... hmmm. There has to be one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:50 AM (bss/y)
==
Animal House - Smokey and the Bandit. Blue's Brothers.

Not sure if one of them clipped the 80's. Classic comedies, total silliness. Fun escapism. Still fun to watch to this day.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 16, 2026 09:59 AM (GZYu7)

88 I don't think the Godfather necessarily glorified organized crime. The old man died alone in the dirt.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

Disagree. It tried to make them cool/tragic/stylish.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:56 AM (bss/y)

.....playing with his precious grandson.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 16, 2026 09:59 AM (g8Ew8)

89 We're open all day!

Posted by: Lenscrafters at February 16, 2026 10:00 AM (xbzXY)

90 OK, Young Frankenstein. Blazing Saddles.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:55 AM (bss/y)
==
Oh yes, absolutely. More comedies, one of which couldn't be made today, which is unfortunate.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 16, 2026 10:00 AM (GZYu7)

91 This bartender in a painting by Manet doesn't look like she's having a good evening, but her face is painted well:

https://tinyurl.com/23nm8j4b

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2026 10:01 AM (1Vo6X)

92 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:01 AM (bss/y)

93 Streaky, it is. Renoir is possibly better.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:01 AM (8zz6B)

94 62 never mind, send help in 3d.

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)

95 It's the off-the-shoulder thing that makes this muddy mess a Deviant Glance, right?🙄

I like shoulders.

I think she needs to clean the mirror.

At least it's colorful.

G'day, art fans.

Posted by: mindful webworker - look closely and the image disappears at February 16, 2026 10:01 AM (6hyzx)

96 The Godfather is interesting as a character study. Michael's transformation from the "good son" to the ruthless mob boss is fascinating to watch.
Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

Now do the Hunter Biden version.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 16, 2026 10:01 AM (iJfKG)

97 69 i've never seen them.

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 10:02 AM (R11M+)

98 I don't think the Godfather necessarily glorified organized crime. The old man died alone in the dirt.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

What are you talking about!? He died in his tomato patch - this is the tenth level of Paradiso for Italian men.

Sheesh!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 10:03 AM (cYBz/)

99 The grearest film of all time, Jaws, came out in 1975, just saying.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:04 AM (XV/Pl)

100 The woman is shown from behind, creating an intimate and voyeuristic perspective

as she admires her reflection while undoing her corset...

Alternate title:

"The Girls Come Out to Play"

or

"Unloeashing the Puppies!"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 16, 2026 10:04 AM (iJfKG)

101 What are you talking about!? He died in his tomato patch - this is the tenth level of Paradiso for Italian men.

Sheesh!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 10:03 AM (cYBz/)
====

I meant no disrespect signore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)

102 What are you talking about!? He died in his tomato patch - this is the tenth level of Paradiso for Italian men.

Sheesh!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 10:03 AM (cYBz/)

No, he should have died from a heart attack over an argument over something stupid. Baseball, women or traffic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:05 AM (bss/y)

103 Fair, CBD. Now I have to go recopy the quote.

LOL.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:06 AM (bss/y)

104 My father hung me on a hook once...........Once.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 10:06 AM (Zz0t1)

105 I FUCKING HATE THE GODFATHER MOVIES. I HATE that I am supposed to give a shit about evil fucking hood rats who fucking live off human misery. They are not fucking noble criminals- they are just fucking criminals. Fuck them, fuck all of them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 09:52 AM (bss/y)

Your comment has been duly noted. My colleagues will be in touch. Arrivederci.

Posted by: Vincent Leone at February 16, 2026 10:06 AM (5xuJ/)

106 Where's AOP? I hope he can tell me this isn't true.

OH CANADA: With Alberta on the brink of deciding on independence, PM Carney has reportedly dispatched Chinese shock troops to the province armed with firearm types that were seized from residents 30 years ago. In all seriousness, Carney’s decision to embrace China’s new world order is a huge threat to Canada’s ultimate survival.

Chinese security with AK47 and thirty round mags at Chinese controlled energy sites in Alberta. Weapons illegal in Canada save for military use.

We have de facto CCP military operating in Canada.
Image

https://x.com/amuse/status/2022998492856139964

Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)

107 This is a really good twitter exchange linked over at Insty:

https://instapundit.com/776694/#disqus_thread

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:07 AM (bss/y)

108 89 We're open all day!
Posted by: Lenscrafters

Pfffft! You losers are passe!

Posted by: Warby Parker! at February 16, 2026 10:07 AM (oftw2)

109
Now do the Hunter Biden version.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 16, 2026 10:01 AM (iJfKG)

__________

That would be like Fredo taking over.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 10:07 AM (tgvbd)

110 French Impressionists: the boy bands of the art world.

Posted by: front toward enemy at February 16, 2026 10:07 AM (TIizU)

111 82 when the biscuit eater enters the boything canal, the hips actually seperate, like a python swallowing a fawn. slender narrow pelvises need incisions to accomodate the eraserheads fontanelle. ample buttocks require no such assistance, hence "birvinnips."

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 10:07 AM (R11M+)

112 111 82 when the biscuit eater enters the boything canal, the hips actually seperate, like a python swallowing a fawn. slender narrow pelvises need incisions to accomodate the eraserheads fontanelle. ample buttocks require no such assistance, hence "birvinnips."
Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 10:07 AM (R11M+)

That's kind of horrifying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:08 AM (bss/y)

113 99 rosie was very grear.

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 10:10 AM (R11M+)

114 Spielberg had two of the greatest films of all time in the 70's, Jaws and CEOTTK.

There were other very good films that weren't nihilistic pieces of s*** that Tarantino throws boners over.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:13 AM (XV/Pl)

115 Nice colors but I'm not a big fan of this style

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:13 AM (iFTx/)

116 112 i was there. placenta is the only meat that nothing has to die for.

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 10:13 AM (R11M+)

117 Pizarro>Manet>Monet

Posted by: Glenn at February 16, 2026 10:14 AM (vneJl)

118 So I like to look up numbers

2024 Tax Collection $4.47 T
2025 Tax Collection $5.49 T

Taxes were NOT cut.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 16, 2026 10:14 AM (gbOdA)

119 Chinese security with AK47 and thirty round mags at Chinese controlled energy sites in Alberta. Weapons illegal in Canada save for military use.

We have de facto CCP military operating in Canada.
Image

https://x.com/amuse/status/2022998492856139964
Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)

Well, other than the obviously fake photo, it appears to be 100% legitimate.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:15 AM (8zz6B)

120 The Gugg

Artist
Édouard Manet
b. 1832, Paris; d. 1883, Paris

Title
Before the Mirror
Date
1876
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 5/8 x 28 3/16 inches (93 x 71.6 cm)

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 16, 2026 10:15 AM (gbOdA)

121 dawn of the dead, '78.

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 10:16 AM (R11M+)

122 2024 Tax Collection $4.47 T
2025 Tax Collection $5.49 T

Taxes were NOT cut.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 16, 2026 10:14 AM (gbOdA)

Laffer might disagree.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:17 AM (8zz6B)

123 Speaking of taxes, I got my NJ auto registration renewal form, in it was a notice that they were implementing a 250 dollar annual EV tax and the the tax will go up 10 dollars every year for the next 4 years.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:17 AM (XV/Pl)

124 Impressionists were all nearsighted.
Posted by: Boss Moss

==============
with astigmatism
Posted by: Huck Follywood

HEY! When I find my glasses, I will comment.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 10:17 AM (xGgfV)

125 Godfather series is over-rated crap. Slow, boring, dumb, and about as realistic as what happens in porn films.

There, I said it.

It wasn't until the third movie that people started to realize how overrated they were. The first two weren't that much better than the third. It's just that by the time of the third, it was no longer necessary to dicksmoke these mediocre mob movies.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:18 AM (iFTx/)

126 123 Speaking of taxes, I got my NJ auto registration renewal form, in it was a notice that they were implementing a 250 dollar annual EV tax and the the tax will go up 10 dollars every year for the next 4 years.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:17 AM (XV/Pl)

EV Tax? On EVs? Or for EVs?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:18 AM (bss/y)

127 125 Godfather series is over-rated crap. Slow, boring, dumb, and about as realistic as what happens in porn films.

There, I said it.

It wasn't until the third movie that people started to realize how overrated they were. The first two weren't that much better than the third. It's just that by the time of the third, it was no longer necessary to dicksmoke these mediocre mob movies.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:18 AM (iFTx/)

=====

The Godfather is #2 on the IMDB's Top 250.

I don't think "people", meaning the population at large, think that The Godfather is overrated.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

128 2024 Tax Collection $4.47 T
2025 Tax Collection $5.49 T

Taxes were NOT cut.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 16, 2026 10:14 AM (gbOdA)

Perhaps you need to sit down and think this through.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 16, 2026 10:19 AM (g8Ew8)

129 Speaking of taxes, I got my NJ auto registration renewal form, in it was a notice that they were implementing a 250 dollar annual EV tax and the the tax will go up 10 dollars every year for the next 4 years.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:17 AM (XV/Pl)

EV Tax? On EVs? Or for EVs?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:18 AM (bss/y)____

On EVs. It's not new; it's a few years old. Lotsa states have these EV taxes.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:20 AM (iFTx/)

130 @118

>>2025 Tax Collection $5.49 T

Too bad congress spent 7.3 B in 2025.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:20 AM (XV/Pl)

131 i was there. placenta is the only meat that nothing has to die for.
Posted by: cmeat

Uhhhhh. . . . Dude, I think I need another hit from the bong to contemplate that.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 10:20 AM (cYBz/)

132 On EVs. It's not new; it's a few years old. Lotsa states have these EV taxes.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:20 AM (iFTx/)

I guess my question is do only people with EVs pay them or does everyone pay them for the fuckers who drive EVs?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)

133 ample buttocks require no such assistance, hence "birvinnips."

********

Fail. The buttocks have nothing to do with the shape of the birth canal or the relaxation of the pelvis during labor.

Posted by: muldoon at February 16, 2026 10:21 AM (qgHp7)

134
Godfather series is over-rated crap. Slow, boring, dumb, and about as realistic as what happens in porn films.

I don't know if it's accurate, but I read somewhere that the life expectancy of a mob soldier is about 26.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 10:21 AM (tgvbd)

135 Someone the other day axed what the best American band was and the best British band

The Monkees outsold the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined.

Posted by: Did You Know? at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (5j54Z)

136 Godfather series is over-rated crap. Slow, boring, dumb, and about as realistic as what happens in porn films.

There, I said it.

It wasn't until the third movie that people started to realize how overrated they were. The first two weren't that much better than the third. It's just that by the time of the third, it was no longer necessary to dicksmoke these mediocre mob movies.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:18 AM (iFTx/)

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The Godfather is #2 on the IMDB's Top 250.

I don't think "people", meaning the population at large, think that The Godfather is overrated.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)
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Meh. People say they like GF because they are told that it's great. I'll bet that 90% of the people that claim to like the GF so much would have very different views of it -- much more negative -- if they watched it for the first time without all the background noise of how great it is.

Taxi Driver sucks too.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (iFTx/)

137 The Monkees outsold the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined.
Posted by: Did You Know? at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (5j54Z)

Really?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (bss/y)

138
2025 Tax Collection $5.49 T

Too bad congress spent 7.3 B in 2025.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:20 AM (XV/Pl)

We don't have and have never had a revenue problem. We have a spending problem.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (tgvbd)

139 Mother, Jugs and Speed - '76.

C'mon folks. This was some Class A material.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (cYBz/)

140 I'll side with Elric. Not sure about overrated but watching them always felt like work to me.

Posted by: Taylor at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (vt7xw)

141 Fail. The buttocks have nothing to do with the shape of the birth canal or the relaxation of the pelvis during labor.
Posted by: muldoon at February 16, 2026 10:21 AM (qgHp7)

He probably knows that. He just likes fat asses.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 16, 2026 10:23 AM (g8Ew8)

142 On EVs. It's not new; it's a few years old. Lotsa states have these EV taxes.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:20 AM (iFTx/)

I guess my question is do only people with EVs pay them or does everyone pay them for the fuckers who drive EVs?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)
________

In NJ, you only pay if you have an EV

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:23 AM (iFTx/)

143 On EVs. It's not new; it's a few years old. Lotsa states have these EV taxes.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:20 AM (iFTx/)

I guess my question is do only people with EVs pay them or does everyone pay them for the fuckers who drive EVs?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)

I think if you live in New Jersey, when they come out with a new tax,

you do a happy, little dance and gladly pay it.

Cuz you keep voting for them.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 16, 2026 10:24 AM (iJfKG)

144 New Jersey DMV should offer a tax credit for those whose cars run on Liberal tears.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:24 AM (8zz6B)

145 @132

>>I guess my question is do only people with EVs pay them or does everyone pay them for the fuckers who drive EVs?

It's for people that own ev,s. On top of the registration fee, they pay a 250 dollar ev tax.

They will probably be implementing a mileage tax soon as these repacious animals never have enough money to do all the things they want to do.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:24 AM (XV/Pl)

146
The amount that taxes bring in has for time immemorial been about 18-20% of GDP, regardless of tax codes or tax rates.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 10:24 AM (tgvbd)

147 Speaking of taxes, I got my NJ auto registration renewal form, in it was a notice that they were implementing a 250 dollar annual EV tax and the the tax will go up 10 dollars every year for the next 4 years.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:17 AM (XV/Pl)

Yep. Got that as well. I sent to some libtard acquaintances with two lines of laughter. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! As I drive my '06 Mustang GT.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 16, 2026 10:24 AM (5xuJ/)

148 In NJ, you only pay if you have an EV
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:23 AM (iFTx/)

That's all right then.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:24 AM (bss/y)

149 astigmatism

That's racist.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 16, 2026 10:25 AM (Kt19C)

150
Mother, Jugs and Speed - '76.

C'mon folks. This was some Class A material.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (cYBz/)

If Ellen DeGeneres can get a Presidential Medal of Freedom, Raquel Welch should get one posthumously.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 10:25 AM (tgvbd)

151 Hadrian the Seventh

To answer you from the Morning Report, all of our show dogs started as young puppies with handling classes and puppy matches before becoming class dogs.

But I suspect you knew that, so I'm not really understanding the reasoning behind your response.

*shrug*

Posted by: one hour sober at February 16, 2026 10:25 AM (Y1sOo)

152 The Monkees outsold the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined.

Of course, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones rarely combined.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 16, 2026 10:25 AM (CHHv1)

153 I'm surprised I haven't seen the Left's new darling shared here yet. They're hailing him as their based Rittenhouse, punching Nazis.
https://tinyurl.com/kt7fkp96

He’s not doing this because he respects law enforcement. He’s doing this to stir division and get clicks. FAFO.

Part of civil disobedience is acknowledging that there may be consequences to your resistance...and resisting anyway.

We need to start letting people get their fucking ass whooped for instigating shit. This Nazi kid fucking deserved it.

Douche Bag Poster Boy probably starting a Charlie Kirk Fan Club at the school. Being a douche for attention.

A tolerant society must be intolerant of intolerance. Remember, we didn’t break the social contract for tolerance. They did. We can all return to that once they’re taken care of.

The energy that MAGA must be dealt with going forward. Not so much the actual punching but the "zero fucks given" energy. No more of that "they go low we go high" shit.

the virgin “you’re going to get in trouble for that” vs. the chad “okay”

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 16, 2026 10:26 AM (ycI94)

154 136 Meh. People say they like GF because they are told that it's great. I'll bet that 90% of the people that claim to like the GF so much would have very different views of it -- much more negative -- if they watched it for the first time without all the background noise of how great it is.

Taxi Driver sucks too.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (iFTx/)

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I don't understand why people can't be accepting of the fact that they have unpopular opinions.

I have unpopular opinions (ask me about Escape from LA), and it's fine. I'm out of step with a lot of people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:26 AM (GBKbO)

155 Is the tax on EVs because their owners don't pay a gas tax?

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

156 https://x.com/amuse/status/2022998492856139964
Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
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It seems discredited as fake right in the thread comments.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2026 10:26 AM (Ct1Cv)

157 @143

>>you do a happy, little dance and gladly pay it.

They just elected a woman that says she wants to raise the sales tax.

When NJ raised the gas tax, to make it palatable they reduced the sales tax by a .25 point, well, they want that .25 point back.

And they voted for it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:26 AM (XV/Pl)

158 ... the only meat that nothing has to die for

***********

The Hero Pig Has Entered The Chat - a limerick'

There once was a farmer named Muntz
Had a three-legged pig that did stunts
"That pig saved my life,
So for me and my wife
We can't eat him up all at once!"

Posted by: muldoon at February 16, 2026 10:27 AM (qgHp7)

159 153 A tolerant society must be intolerant of intolerance. Remember, we didn’t break the social contract for tolerance. They did. We can all return to that once they’re taken care of.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 16, 2026 10:26 AM (ycI94)

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So, they're going to be intolerant of Islam's intolerance of women as people who can show their faces in public, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:27 AM (GBKbO)

160
But I suspect you knew that, so I'm not really understanding the reasoning behind your response.

*shrug*
Posted by: one hour sober at February 16, 2026 10:25 AM (Y1sOo)

Oh heavens, I wasn't directing that to you but to people in general, so they'd get some context. Puppy events are a hoot not only to show in, but also to judge.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 10:28 AM (tgvbd)

161 Interesting how the hair forms a vortex.

Look at a rotating spiral for 30 seconds, then check out her hair and it blossoms like Starry Night. These guys were on absinthe.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 16, 2026 10:29 AM (zdLoL)

162 I knew someone from NJ who got a $125 ticket from some city, for putting the garbage can out on the wrong day.

Pension obligations don’t go away, even if the tax base does, the factories, the jobs and careers. The economic system that supported all the modern things that a city was died a long, long time ago. The money is gone. The debt is not.

So you get shit like that.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 16, 2026 10:29 AM (5j54Z)

163 Godfather series is over-rated crap. Slow, boring, dumb"

Mbbbbmbembl.

/ is that cotton in your mouth?

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 10:29 AM (cGjQu)

164 Meh. People say they like GF because they are told that it's great. I'll bet that 90% of the people that claim to like the GF so much would have very different views of it -- much more negative -- if they watched it for the first time without all the background noise of how great it is.

Taxi Driver sucks too.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (iFTx/)

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I don't understand why people can't be accepting of the fact that they have unpopular opinions.

I have unpopular opinions (ask me about Escape from LA), and it's fine. I'm out of step with a lot of people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:26 AM (GBKbO)
____________

I have a lot of unpopular opinions. I am accepting of them. In fact, I often flaunt them. But I'm convinced that when it comes to certain things -- in this case, the GF movies -- my opinion isn't truly unpopular. It's just that I'm more open about it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:30 AM (iFTx/)

165 Inception and Tenent are two of the worsts films I've ever seen, I understand people love them.

I'm also not too crazy about Interstellar.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:30 AM (XV/Pl)

166 Is the tax on EVs because their owners don't pay a gas tax?
Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

Yep. That, plus greed. And dumbass non effective Repukes in the legislature. I personally found it amusing.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 16, 2026 10:30 AM (5xuJ/)

167 People say they like GF because they are told that it's great.

I would say that this is true about "Citizen Kane".

The Godfather movies are interesting. It recognizes a world where the government is corrupt, certain classes of people cannot achieve justice, and pseudo warlords provide diversions deemed unacceptable by the swells while ensuring that the niceties of civilization are followed for the folks who look to them. All wrapped around a bizarre family dynamic.

I'm not saying that anyone who refers to themselves in the third person would find them enjoyable but a lot of people really like them. Really.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 10:30 AM (ExV1e)

168 Hadrian the Seventh

Ah, okay.

I misinterpreted.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 16, 2026 10:31 AM (Y1sOo)

169 they're going to be intolerant of Islam's intolerance of women as people who can show their faces in public, right"

WOAWWWW!

Mind blown!

/

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 10:31 AM (cGjQu)

170 These guys were on absinthe.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 16, 2026 10:29 AM (zdLoL)

It made their farts go yonder?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:31 AM (8zz6B)

171 154
I have a lot of unpopular opinions. I am accepting of them. In fact, I often flaunt them. But I'm convinced that when it comes to certain things -- in this case, the GF movies -- my opinion isn't truly unpopular. It's just that I'm more open about it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:30 AM (iFTx/)

======

"Here's evidence that your opinion is unpopular."

"Nope. It's a conspiracy. My opinion is actually popular."

People have been told for decades that Salo is a great film. Doesn't matter. It has a 5.3 rating on IMDB.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

172 Inception and Tenent are two of the worsts films I've ever seen, I understand people love them.

I'm also not too crazy about Interstellar.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:30 AM (XV/Pl)
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Tenet was almost unwatchably bad. Inception and Interstellar had potential, and some good scenes, but overall were way overrated.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:31 AM (iFTx/)

173 165,

So, what's your take on....Prometheus?

*ducks*

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 10:32 AM (cGjQu)

174 The Monkees outsold the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined.

Herb Alpert, 90, still plays. I won that junior high bet.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 16, 2026 10:32 AM (zdLoL)

175 I have unpopular opinions (ask me about Escape from LA)

What about that other movie? The one that starts with a "P"?

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

176 The Obamas did nothing but subvert the American foundation. The Clintons did it too, but for their own gain.
Biden did it because he was a partisan, senile hack for his entire life.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 10:33 AM (gVUi7)

177 165 Inception and Tenent are two of the worsts films I've ever seen, I understand people love them.

I'm also not too crazy about Interstellar.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:30 AM (XV/Pl)

Interstellar is interesting visually. Has some cool scenes. But to me, a collection of cool images does not make a great movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:33 AM (bss/y)

178 I would say that this is true about "Citizen Kane".

Talk about an overrated movie...

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

179 People have been told for decades that Salo is a great film. Doesn't matter. It has a 5.3 rating on IMDB.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

LOL. I love how you are using the imdb rating as an indicator of what is good. Ok.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:34 AM (bss/y)

180 Remember, we didn’t break the social contract for tolerance. They did.
———

Uh-huh. I’m old enough to remember this “debate”.
1990s.

Tolerance simply means allowing for the existence of ideas, without accepting those ideas.

Tolerance wasn’t good enough, naturally. Leftists re-defined “tolerance” into Approval. You not only had to accept abhorrent ideology, you had to approve and affirm and act as a cheerleader. Or Else. That’s their notion of “tolerance”. Same shit, different day.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (5j54Z)

181 But to me, a collection of cool images does not make a great movie."

/2001 - A Space Odyssey whimpers

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (cGjQu)

182 I have a lot of unpopular opinions. I am accepting of them. In fact, I often flaunt them. But I'm convinced that when it comes to certain things -- in this case, the GF movies -- my opinion isn't truly unpopular. It's just that I'm more open about it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:30 AM (iFTx/)

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"Here's evidence that your opinion is unpopular."

"Nope. It's a conspiracy. My opinion is actually popular."

People have been told for decades that Salo is a great film. Doesn't matter. It has a 5.3 rating on IMDB.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)
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Yes, that's correct.

Salo is schlock perversion and crap. Nobody thinks that's a great film. I'll bet that 75% of the people expressing any opinion at all on Salo have never seen it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (iFTx/)

183 Citizen Kane is a lot like interstellar. Beautiful images.

BUT. I think CK has better story and character beats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (bss/y)

184 A tolerant society must be intolerant of intolerance..

**********

I'm sure this sounded snappier in his brain when he typed it.

Posted by: muldoon at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (qgHp7)

185 I like Prometheus.

It's Sci-fi, and you really have to work hard to make bad Sci-if.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (XV/Pl)

186 Tolerance wasn’t good enough, naturally. Leftists re-defined “tolerance” into Approval. You not only had to accept abhorrent ideology, you had to approve and affirm and act as a cheerleader. Or Else. That’s their notion of “tolerance”. Same shit, different day.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (5j54Z)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:36 AM (bss/y)

187 179 People have been told for decades that Salo is a great film. Doesn't matter. It has a 5.3 rating on IMDB.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

LOL. I love how you are using the imdb rating as an indicator of what is good. Ok.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:34 AM (bss/y)

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You're obviously missing my point.

It's about popularity.

Elric is saying The Godfather is only popular because people have been told to think that way. Hence, it's 9.3 rating is fake. However, people have been told to like Salo for decades, and its rating is 5.3.

So, these authorities informing people of the correct opinion are either massively influential, convincing people of opinions they don't have, or they have no influence at all, and their opinions on boring, ugly things don't actually move other people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:36 AM (GBKbO)

188 Pizarro>Manet>Monet
Posted by: Glenn at February 16, 2026 10:14 AM (vneJl)
~~~~~

Final word:
Monet>Manet>Pissarro

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 16, 2026 10:36 AM (3ImbR)

189 Talk about an overrated movie..."

What, you don't like sleds?

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 10:37 AM (cGjQu)

190 Salo is schlock perversion and crap. Nobody thinks that's a great film. I'll bet that 75% of the people expressing any opinion at all on Salo have never seen it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (iFTx/)

I have never even heard of it until this very moment, so just to throw a monkey wrench into the discussion, I will refuse to express an opinion about it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:37 AM (8zz6B)

191 @141 He probably knows that. He just ~~likes~~ has accepted with equanimity the ubiquity of fat asses.

I have a good dump truck. I boast of its cubic yardage, not how it handles The Dragon's Tail.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 16, 2026 10:37 AM (zdLoL)

192 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. The first thing I saw was Promet...that which cannot be named...and now the day is doomed.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 16, 2026 10:37 AM (2WIwB)

193 Baby got back, eh … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at February 16, 2026 10:38 AM (ayRl+)

194 >>It's Sci-fi, and you really have to work hard to make bad Sci-if.

"Heh!"
-- Disney, actively killing two sci-fi franchises for years

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:38 AM (tj6OY)

195 Herb Alpert, 90, still plays.
——

I wonder if his lung power is a bit reduced, though. If garage sale vinyl LP is any indication, everyone had at least one Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass album. Even my parents. Dad thought anything after Glenn Miller or Tommy Dorsey was worthless.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 16, 2026 10:38 AM (5j54Z)

196 Elric is saying The Godfather is only popular because people have been told to think that way. Hence, it's 9.3 rating is fake. However, people have been told to like Salo for decades, and its rating is 5.3.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:36 AM (GBKbO)

That is not a good argument. You are saying that since people have been told to love GF that they would then, in private not rate it highly. Nope, they will go ahead and parrot what they are told to like. Even in the privacy of their own thoughts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:38 AM (bss/y)

197 Finally a painting worth waking up too! A French hooker admiring her corseted tits in a mirror. Outstanding choice!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 16, 2026 10:38 AM (tqpXi)

198 Nolan's best films are in order, The Dark Knight, Memento, The Prestige and Dunkirk, the rest of his moveies are way too high concept and lack any emotional depth.

I have great reservations about The Odyssey.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:38 AM (XV/Pl)

199
I like Prometheus.

It's Sci-fi, and you really have to work hard to make bad Sci-if.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (XV/Pl)

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED, AND COMPLETED

Posted by: Ridley Scott at February 16, 2026 10:38 AM (kTyBw)

200 190 Salo is schlock perversion and crap. Nobody thinks that's a great film. I'll bet that 75% of the people expressing any opinion at all on Salo have never seen it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (iFTx/)

I have never even heard of it until this very moment, so just to throw a monkey wrench into the discussion, I will refuse to express an opinion about it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:37 AM (8zz6B)

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Made by Pier Paolo Pasolini, an Italian Marxist who was actually very good at making movies, the death of some Italian communist leader sent him on a spiral mentally where he stopped trying to tell stories and just started making diatribes about how the people he disagreed with on matters of politics were unthinking monsters.

Salo is his final film (he was murdered by a young man he was trying to pick up for sex shortly after finishing it), and it's no more than polemic. I detest it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

201 There is a lot of horrific sci-fi.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:39 AM (bss/y)

202 196 That is not a good argument. You are saying that since people have been told to love GF that they would then, in private not rate it highly. Nope, they will go ahead and parrot what they are told to like. Even in the privacy of their own thoughts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:38 AM (bss/y)

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But, they are told to like Salo as well. Why don't they rate Salo highly even though the authorities tell them to like it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

203 >>Interstellar is interesting visually. Has some cool scenes. But to me, a collection of cool images does not make a great movie.

The a$$hole daughter ruined Inception.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:40 AM (tj6OY)

204 Interstellar, not Inception - oops!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:40 AM (tj6OY)

205 But, they are told to like Salo as well. Why don't they rate Salo highly even though the authorities tell them to like it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

I have never heard anyone say that Salo is a good movie. To be fair, the only places I have seen Salo appear are lists of horrific and graphic movies and your reviews.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:41 AM (bss/y)

206 I like the Monet, Monet, Mon...

Nobody else?

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 10:41 AM (nPAtY)

207 201 There is a lot of horrific sci-fi.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I'm quite loved and highly-rated!

Posted by: Flesh Gordon at February 16, 2026 10:42 AM (oftw2)

208 The a$$hole daughter ruined Inception.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:40 AM (tj6OY)

MURPH!!!!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:42 AM (bss/y)

209 A tolerant society must be intolerant of intolerance. Remember, we didn’t break the social contract for tolerance. They did. We can all return to that once they’re taken care of.
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Die Juden sind unser Unglück!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2026 10:42 AM (RIvkX)

210 I saw Elio last week. Crap. Pixar is dead.

Elio had a good basic plot for boys' wish-fulfillment, but the execution was crap. Slow, weird, generic, woke, and obvious gay grooming.

I kept thinking "this movie must be made by women and gay men with an agenda, and who have no idea how boys think or act. Guess what? I was correct.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:42 AM (iFTx/)

211 The a$$hole daughter ruined Inception.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:40 AM (tj6OY)

204 Interstellar, not Inception - oops!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:40 AM (tj6OY)

Jessica Chastaine has tons of screen absence. A swirling vortex of mediocrity.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 16, 2026 10:42 AM (PSEDc)

212 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (iFTx/)

Is your last name Tattaglia?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 16, 2026 10:43 AM (n9ltV)

213 I'm quite loved and highly-rated!
Posted by: Flesh Gordon at February 16, 2026 10:42 AM (oftw2)

Also, Ice Pirates. Saturn... 6? etc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:43 AM (bss/y)

214 Late to the thread, dammit!

I like this one as an example of Impressionism. The swirling brush strokes and discrete colors manage to blend into an image that resonates. The woman's figure of course but also the hint of wall paper and mirror frame without being literal is effective at creating a mood. And there is a sense of movement as she finishes cinching the gown.

Part of the appeal for me is she doesn't seem to be an ingenue preparing for a dance, excited with anticipation. Her arms with a few wrinkles suggest an older woman checking to see if her image in the glass matches her memories of what it is supposed to be.

I believe there is a line from Heinlein that "there was never a girl born who ever grew older than eighteen in her heart".

Posted by: JTB at February 16, 2026 10:43 AM (yTvNw)

215
I'll bet that 75% of the people expressing any opinion at all on Salo have never seen it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:35 AM (iFTx/)

So it's the film equivalent of Hawking's A Brief History of Time, which wasn't written/published to spread his ideas, but to sit on some pretentious douchecanoe's coffee table to convince guests that they're wicked smahrt and that the guests are stupid barbarians.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 16, 2026 10:44 AM (kTyBw)

216 >>A tolerant society must be intolerant of intolerance.

That word you keep using -- it does not mean what you think it means.

If you were tolerant, you would accept others having different opinions and values. You don't. LOLGF

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:44 AM (tj6OY)

217 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:22 AM (iFTx/)

Is your last name Tattaglia?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 16, 2026 10:43 AM (n9ltV)
________

My grandfather's last name was very Italian. Like FOB Italian. Which he was.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:45 AM (iFTx/)

218 209 A tolerant society must be intolerant of intolerance. Remember, we didn’t break the social contract for tolerance. They did. We can all return to that once they’re taken care of.
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Die Juden sind unser Unglück!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2026 10:42 AM (RIvkX)

That there is a mixed bag.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:45 AM (bss/y)

219 Made by Pier Paolo Pasolini, an Italian Marxist who was actually very good at making movies, the death of some Italian communist leader sent him on a spiral mentally where he stopped trying to tell stories and just started making diatribes about how the people he disagreed with on matters of politics were unthinking monsters.

Salo is his final film (he was murdered by a young man he was trying to pick up for sex shortly after finishing it), and it's no more than polemic. I detest it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

So a Commie and a faggot? Good reason to avoid all his films, which I have successfully done all my life, along with a metric fuckton of other films.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:45 AM (8zz6B)

220 A tolerant society must be intolerant of intolerance

Ah, the pseudo-intellectual justification for killing anyone we don’t like.”by any means necessary” you see. We’re the good guys! It’s OK when we do it

Posted by: Common Tater at February 16, 2026 10:45 AM (5j54Z)

221 Even schlocky Sci-Fi is good, Earth Girls are Easy is a lot of fun.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:45 AM (XV/Pl)

222 I like Prometheus. It's Sci-fi, and you really have to work hard to make bad Sci-if. Posted by: Thomas Bender

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED, AND COMPLETED
Posted by: Ridley Scott

Alien: Covenant has its charms.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 16, 2026 10:45 AM (tqpXi)

223 >>Jessica Chastaine has tons of screen absence. A swirling vortex of mediocrity.

The character is a whiner. She freezes out her dad for freakin' trying to save the planet, then sets her brother's (the family's) farm on fire to force them to evacuate. She's a jerk.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:46 AM (tj6OY)

224 I'm more inclined not to watch a movie that's popular.

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

225 221 Even schlocky Sci-Fi is good, Earth Girls are Easy is a lot of fun.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:45 AM (XV/Pl)

There you are wrong. Bad stuff can be just bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:46 AM (bss/y)

226 219 So a Commie and a faggot? Good reason to avoid all his films, which I have successfully done all my life, along with a metric fuckton of other films.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:45 AM (8zz6B)

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Ironically, he made one of the great religious films: The Gospel According to Saint Matthew.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:46 AM (GBKbO)

227 The character is a whiner. She freezes out her dad for freakin' trying to save the planet, then sets her brother's (the family's) farm on fire to force them to evacuate. She's a jerk.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:46 AM (tj6OY)

Jerk is one word for it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:46 AM (bss/y)

228 I'm quite loved and highly-rated!
Posted by: Flesh Gordon at February 16, 2026 10:42 AM (oftw2)

Also, Ice Pirates. Saturn... 6? etc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:43 AM (bss/y)
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Flesh Gordon is, believe it or not, competently shot, not badly acted, a lot of movie for the budget, and would be a pretty good sci-fi if not for all the porn.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:47 AM (iFTx/)

229 I've had to read long critical essays about gangsters and "The Godfather" by people who didn't bother to watch "House of Strangers." If you want your lines remembered, get Eddie G. to say them.

Anybody who wants to do the St. Crispin's oration should study the "means of suicide" spiel in "Double Indemnity." Imagine being handed that script sheet the morning of the shoot.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 16, 2026 10:47 AM (zdLoL)

230 So it's the film equivalent of Hawking's A Brief History of Time, which wasn't written/published to spread his ideas, but to sit on some pretentious douchecanoe's coffee table to convince guests that they're wicked smahrt and that the guests are stupid barbarians.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

I read that book, and understood almost none of it.

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

231
If we're on movies - lemme tell ya this. Don't watch a movie called "The Badge." They should have saved a couple letters and called it "The Bad."

I watched it because it has Billy Bob Thornton, and I like some of his movies. Wrong bet.

This movie was slow.

The characters were all broad caricatures except for his, and that was still pretty bad; even a decent actor can only do so much with shit writing and flat interactions with people like Patricia Arquette and William Devane playing straight to type.

The plot was insanely stupid, and the denouement rendered the entire movie pointless - I suspect the studio wedged in some new ending after it tested poorly, because it's a trainwreck.

And last but not least, this was a preachy, proto-woke (this was 2002), nonstop fuckin' lecture about hatred and bigotry in America's heartland against homosexuals and trannies. Pukeworthy social scolding about a problem that doesn't and didn't exist.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 16, 2026 10:48 AM (BI5O2)

232
I saw the Deviants on Ice Show at Walton's Pond, VA in '92

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 16, 2026 10:48 AM (YW5wb)

233 I think it’s sort of true a movie or show can be so bad, it’s good. It’s fun.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 16, 2026 10:48 AM (5j54Z)

234 Short track speed skating is the meat version of Mario Kart racing.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 16, 2026 10:48 AM (tqpXi)

235 >>Even schlocky Sci-Fi is good, Earth Girls are Easy is a lot of fun.

Heh, yes. Also, The Last Starfighter and Attack the Block.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:49 AM (tj6OY)

236 I will refuse to express an opinion about it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

*****

I'm going to have to disagree with you on that.

Posted by: muldoon at February 16, 2026 10:49 AM (qgHp7)

237 233 I think it’s sort of true a movie or show can be so bad, it’s good. It’s fun.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 16, 2026 10:48 AM (5j54Z)

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I've always had a lot of trouble with the ironic enjoying of bad films. I think it's more of a group activity.

I've seen 2012 once, and it was with a female acquaintance at the time who laughed hysterically through the whole thing, which made it enjoyable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

238 So it's the film equivalent of Hawking's A Brief History of Time, which wasn't written/published to spread his ideas, but to sit on some pretentious douchecanoe's coffee table to convince guests that they're wicked smahrt and that the guests are stupid barbarians.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

I read that book, and understood almost none of it.
Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)
_______

A Brief History of Time was wrong about almost everything. Hawking even admitted as much later in life.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:49 AM (iFTx/)

239 >>I think it’s sort of true a movie or show can be so bad, it’s good. It’s fun.

Sharknado

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:49 AM (tj6OY)

240 Flesh Gordon is, believe it or not, competently shot, not badly acted, a lot of movie for the budget, and would be a pretty good sci-fi if not for all the porn.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:47 AM (iFTx/)

I think I actually saw that, and remember it was funny, too. Nobody took themselves too seriously.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:50 AM (8zz6B)

241 I think it’s sort of true a movie or show can be so bad, it’s good. It’s fun.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 16, 2026 10:48 AM (5j54Z)

Especially if it was featured on MST3K.

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

242 Sharknado
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:49 AM (tj6OY)
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Great example. Those movies didn't take themselves seriously at all and were a lot of fun to watch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2026 10:51 AM (RIvkX)

243 Movie Thread!

Saw "Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die" yesterday.

Eh, I give it a B or a C, I vassalage on this opinion, because-

It pretty much a mess. The guy who wrote it pretty much said to himself, "I like Terminator 21 and 2, and 12 Monkeys, and The Matrix and a bunch of other SF movies and I sure hate the suburbs and I'm gonna throw them all together in a crazy comedy.

Also the script seems like it was about 3 scripts mashed together.

It's hard to explain why without a lot of spoilers, so I guess I'll avoid doing that.

I will say that the basic idea behind the film is great and would be a classic if well-done.

This was not well done.

See it if you have a high tolerance for silliness and illogical plotting.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 16, 2026 10:51 AM (iJfKG)

244 A Brief History of Time was wrong about almost everything. Hawking even admitted as much later in life.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

I didn't know that. Glad I didn't make more of an effort to understand it, then.

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

245 Jessica Chastaine has tons of screen absence. A swirling vortex of mediocrity.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Excellence keeps chasing her. Unfortunately, she's faster.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 10:52 AM (xGgfV)

246 vassalage?

vacillate.

Thx, AC.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 16, 2026 10:52 AM (iJfKG)

247
Birthing hips' sounds like something the livestock judge at a county fair would say about a Guernsey cow.

Posted by: muldoon at February 16, 2026 10:53 AM (qgHp7)

248 I'm quite loved and highly-rated!
Posted by: Flesh Gordon"

Fellow student ran the weekly kolledge movies - she thought she ordered "Flash", but instead...

Much hilarity ensued.

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 10:53 AM (cGjQu)

249 >>Even schlocky Sci-Fi is good, Earth Girls are Easy is a lot of fun.

Heh, yes. Also, The Last Starfighter and Attack the Block.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:49 AM (tj6OY)

Buckaroo Banzai!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 10:53 AM (ExV1e)

250 I saw Wuthering Heights yesterday.

Imagine A24 made a horror film out of classic British literature.

Seriously, the set design and music is straight out of something like Gretel and Hansel. It's weird. Cathy's room in her mansion is painted the color of her skin...including veins.

Also, the derangement of the two main characters is dialed up to 11.

It's an odd film.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

251 competently shot, not badly acted, a lot of movie for the budget, and would be a pretty good sci-fi if not for all the porn.

Uh-oh. "Caligula" enters the chat.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 16, 2026 10:53 AM (zdLoL)

252 Well, if I am going to go to Hacker's Grill for breakfast, I had better hit the shower. later, all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 10:54 AM (8zz6B)

253 There is a lot of horrific sci-fi.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 10:39 AM (bss/y)
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That's just not true.

Posted by: Crow T. Robot at February 16, 2026 10:54 AM (3ImbR)

254 The only thing Jessica Chastsain has going for her is, pretty red head, Amy Adams has that sewn up and also has talent to back it up.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 10:55 AM (XV/Pl)

255 Birthing hips' sounds like something the livestock judge at a county fair would say about a Guernsey cow.
Posted by: muldoon

"Her face changing now, a Guernsey cow."

Posted by: She's as Beautiful as a Foot at February 16, 2026 10:55 AM (KAi1n)

256 Inside every vibrant Art Thread is a vibrant Movie Thread struggling to get out.

Posted by: muldoon at February 16, 2026 10:55 AM (qgHp7)

257 Short track speed skating is the meat version of Mario Kart racing.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 16, 2026 10:48 AM (tqpXi)

Roller Derby on ice.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 16, 2026 10:55 AM (g8Ew8)

258 She's been... leaning on windowsills?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Rembrandt !

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 16, 2026 10:55 AM (f/buw)

259 Flesh Gordon is, believe it or not, competently shot, not badly acted, a lot of movie for the budget, and would be a pretty good sci-fi if not for all the porn.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:47 AM (iFTx/)

I think I actually saw that, and remember it was funny, too. Nobody took themselves too seriously.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You know it's bad when a porn film is listed as "Moderate" for sex on IMDb.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 10:55 AM (xGgfV)

260 "I am actually trying to think of a movie I unequivocally liked from the 70s... hmmm. There has to be one."

Breaking Away?

Posted by: barbarausa at February 16, 2026 10:55 AM (enw9G)

261
Made by Pier Paolo Pasolini, an Italian Marxist who was actually very good at making movies, the death of some Italian communist leader sent him on a spiral mentally where he stopped trying to tell stories and just started making diatribes about how the people he disagreed with on matters of politics were unthinking monsters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

Costa-Gavras' film Z holds a special place in my heart. Overall, the film is appallingly amateurish, ham-handed commie whining about the bad old conservative Greek military junta. But when the villain gets into hot water over the murder of an opposition commie politician, all of the commie prosecutors and witnesses get arrested, commit "suicide" or are thrown down elevator shafts.

That commie Costa-Gavras sure did produce the feel-good foreign film of 1969.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 16, 2026 10:55 AM (kTyBw)

262 Fellow student ran the weekly kolledge movies - she thought she ordered "Flash", but instead...

Much hilarity ensued.
Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 10:53 AM (cGjQu)

No doubt entirely accidental. The place where she normally ordered movies had both and there was no way to tell from the cover. A mistake anyone could have made.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 10:56 AM (ExV1e)

263 Sharknado
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:49 AM (tj6OY)
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Great example. Those movies didn't take themselves seriously at all and were a lot of fun to watch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Sharknado is so much better than Gone with the Wind.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 16, 2026 10:56 AM (tqpXi)

264 It's amazing the Media is still flogging the Guthrie debacle. They tell us it's captivating. Why?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 10:56 AM (gVUi7)

265 I like some of the 1950s Sci-Fi. They are often terrible, really bad acting, cheap sets. Just fun to watch. Jack Webb tried his hand at detective stuff before Dragnet on radio noir drama. Jeff Regan private investigator type stuff. The writing is so bad, the dialogue, it’s fun to listen to.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 16, 2026 10:56 AM (5j54Z)

266 @243 It's hard to explain why without a lot of spoilers, so I guess I'll avoid doing that.

You're a great American for that, but will probably never qualify as a Great American Film Critic.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 16, 2026 10:58 AM (zdLoL)

267 It's amazing the Media is still flogging the Guthrie debacle. They tell us it's captivating. Why?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 10:56 AM (gVUi7)

Someone related to a member of the High Caste of Media Personalities has had something happen to them. How can you not be glued to your information dispenser, prole?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 10:58 AM (ExV1e)

268 Even schlocky Sci-Fi is good, Earth Girls are Easy is a lot of fun.

Heh, yes. Also, The Last Starfighter and Attack the Block.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:49 AM (tj6OY)

Buckaroo Banzai!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 10:53 AM (ExV1e)

Space Truckers

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 16, 2026 10:58 AM (g8Ew8)

269 unequivocally liked from the 70s... hmmm. There has to be one."

Star Wars. Alien...

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 10:58 AM (cGjQu)

270 >>"I am actually trying to think of a movie I unequivocally liked from the 70s... hmmm. There has to be one."

Jaws
Alien
Exorcist
Young Frankenstein
Bad News Bears

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2026 10:58 AM (tj6OY)

271 I like some of the 1950s Sci-Fi. They are often terrible, really bad acting, cheap sets. Just fun to watch. Jack Webb tried his hand at detective stuff before Dragnet on radio noir drama. Jeff Regan private investigator type stuff. The writing is so bad, the dialogue, it’s fun to listen to.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 16, 2026 10:56 AM (5j54Z)
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You don't say!

Posted by: Crow T. Robot at February 16, 2026 10:58 AM (3ImbR)

272 Flesh Gordon is, believe it or not, competently shot, not badly acted, a lot of movie for the budget, and would be a pretty good sci-fi if not for all the porn.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:47 AM (iFTx/)

I think I actually saw that, and remember it was funny, too. Nobody took themselves too seriously.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You know it's bad when a porn film is listed as "Moderate" for sex on IMDb.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 10:55 AM (xGgfV)
______

The original cut of the film was hard-core XXX porn. But that was in the days when obscenity laws could get you arrested. And they did. The director was forced to cut out all the very explicit sex. The original cut can't be located, and is considered lost.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 10:58 AM (iFTx/)

273 The place where she normally ordered movies had both and there was no way to tell from the cover. A mistake anyone could have made."

Hmm. Was it you?

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 10:59 AM (cGjQu)

274 It's amazing the Media is still flogging the Guthrie debacle. They tell us it's captivating. Why?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 10:56 AM (gVUi7)

It makes me want to puke. I am rooting for the kidnappers/murderers.

There are dozens of missing persons in America whose cases would be helped enormously with 10% of the publicity that Guthrie is getting. I care more about them than the mother of a leftist talking head.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 16, 2026 10:59 AM (n9ltV)

275 Jaws
Alien
Exorcist
Young Frankenstein
Bad News Bears
Posted by: Lizzy

I can't believe no one's mentioned Bedknobs and Broomsticks yet.

Posted by: Bulg at February 16, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

276
So it's the film equivalent of Hawking's A Brief History of Time, which wasn't written/published to spread his ideas, but to sit on some pretentious douchecanoe's coffee table to convince guests that they're wicked smahrt and that the guests are stupid barbarians.

Another "Don't Look Up", then?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 16, 2026 11:00 AM (YW5wb)

277 Great 70s films
Butch Cassidy
The Sting
Dog Day Afternoon
Death Wish
Slapshot
Dirty Harry
Annie
Star Wars

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2026 11:00 AM (RIvkX)

278 141 wifey had the ass of a ten year old boy, the birthing was natural both times. still shaking my head.

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 11:00 AM (R11M+)

279 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

280 F*ckin’ A.
Another Movie Thread?

Hope CBD does bewbs tomorrow to keep us on track.

Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 16, 2026 11:01 AM (UqAH7)

281 There are dozens of missing persons in America whose cases would be helped enormously with 10% of the publicity that Guthrie is getting. I care more about them than the mother of a leftist talking head.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 16, 2026 10:59 AM (n9ltV)

Talking head who's as anti-Trump as anyone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 16, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

282 @263

>>Sharknado is so much better than Gone with the Wind.

GWTW is a great film, but it requires a 4 hour investment of time, whereas Sharknado is 88 minute of silliness, and if given my druthers, I'm watching Sharknado over GWTW every time.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2026 11:02 AM (XV/Pl)

283 I saw Wuthering Heights yesterday.

Imagine A24 made a horror film out of classic British literature.

Seriously, the set design and music is straight out of something like Gretel and Hansel. It's weird. Cathy's room in her mansion is painted the color of her skin...including veins.

Also, the derangement of the two main characters is dialed up to 11.

It's an odd film.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)
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I didn't like the book and never had any interest in any film adaptions. But my take on the new film is that the studio knows the film is crap, and is trying to trick audiences into seeing it by playing up what amounts to monster romance.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 11:02 AM (iFTx/)

284
Speaking of schlocky B-movies, I watched Primitive War over the weekend. Imagine if Platoon had dinosaurs and there's your concept. Bad acting, cheap special effects (although considering the micro-budget they had to work with, they did a great job), Vietnam War cliches (for Dog's sake, stop using CCR's Fortunate Son in the soundtrack).

And it's awesome, if only for the scene with two T-rexes vengefully rampaging through a secret Soviet base in the Vietnamese jungle, eating commies like Michael Moore scarfing down a bag of Oreos.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 16, 2026 11:07 AM (kTyBw)

285 Looks in mirror, 'hmm, got a ways to go here.'.

Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2026 11:09 AM (LHPAg)

286
Salo is his final film (he was murdered by a young man he was trying to pick up for sex shortly after finishing it), and it's no more than polemic. I detest it.

Salo was the name of the stranded on Titan Tralfamadorian robot who was awaiting a part from Earth for repairing his damaged spaceship after thousands of years of his home world's manipulating Earth's history to get said part delivered to him in Vonnegut's "The Sirens of Titan".

"Who wuzza dog?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 16, 2026 11:10 AM (YW5wb)

287 days of heaven.

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 11:25 AM (R11M+)

288 221 "wiploc!" "he's goin' home with me."

Posted by: cmeat at February 16, 2026 11:29 AM (R11M+)

289 A Bee goes down the back of the Dress like in the 3 Stooges

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 16, 2026 04:23 PM (FLiOE)

290 Ms. Kitty in Gunsmoke.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 16, 2026 04:43 PM (NFX2v)

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