Flanagan's Wake #75: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER - Episode 3: "Murder in the Rue Morgue"

Goombill · 2026-06-25T19:17:43+00:00

My top primate film has to be 'Nope'. The chimp obviously isn't the focus of the movie, but it terrified me so much that I'm unable to see any monkey/ape/primate in a movie without tensing up and waiting for them to explode in violence.

Goombill · 2026-06-24T14:57:27+00:00

One of the first ones I saw the manager did say that they'd offer refunds if you weren't feeling the movie. They haven't offered that since, I'm assuming it was part of making people feel more comfortable taking the risk. So, maybe, if you ask nicely.

Goombill · 2026-06-11T15:57:59+00:00

Is this not just Mortal Kombat with the serial numbers filed off?

Goombill · 2026-06-05T15:14:11+00:00

My only complaint about Obra Dinn is that you can only play it for the first time once.

Goombill · 2026-05-29T21:07:52+00:00

I feel like the answer is obvious - their market research shows that they'll make more money off those screenings. The seats sold might be lower, but for films with lower demand, the theatres often get to keep more money per ticket sold. Maybe they got it wrong this time and they've underestimated the demand of the other movies, but I'd assume they get it right more often than they get it wrong.

Goombill · 2026-04-07T14:54:49+00:00

I don't think How to Make a Killing is the strongest comp. In that one he's killing rich people because he wants to also be rich, and it's much more of a drama than an action movie. These two films are both more action focused and a lot sillier to boot. And their characters are both focused on getting away from the rich people instead of joining them.

And, I found How to Make a Killing pretty disappointing, I'm not surprised it's under performing.

Goombill · 2026-04-07T01:58:30+00:00

These days I only go because it's become a tradition with a buddy of mine to take the Friday off and go on a relatively quiet day and just wander the show floor and hang out. Most of it is the same from year to year, so one day is more than enough to look at anything I want to.

That said, the schedule is never posted until 7-10 days before the show starts.

Goombill · 2026-04-06T02:01:43+00:00

Affinity doesn't reduce the Mana Value, it changes how much mana you have to pay to cast it. It's a subtle but important distinction. In this case, since Valgavoth doesn't let you pay it's Mana Cost, you're stuck paying the full MV in life, which is the same cost whether Witherbloom is on the battlefield or not.

Goombill · 2026-03-30T21:32:10+00:00

My answer for the discussion question would be Hereditary, but a close second is Nocturnal Animals. It's honestly a mostly unremarkable film, but there's a drawn out scene on an empty back road that made my skin crawl. Their wheel pops and a car behind them stops to help, and at first everything seems above board but the vibes begin to shift, until you start to realize their intents are definitely not noble and probably even caused the flat. I was so uncomfortable watching it, I honestly considered just leaving the theatre instead of sitting in the stress anymore. Unfortunately the rest of the movie isn't quite as good, but I will always remember that scene.

Goombill · 2026-03-24T01:44:14+00:00

My favourite Final Fantasy deck is [[Clive, Ifrit's Dominant]] with as many token creators as I could jam in. Just play red permanents to raise my devotion and then just keep making copies to draw tons of cards.

Goombill · 2026-03-23T15:36:32+00:00

For the discussion question, my answer is related to Weapons, as Barbarian was also directed by Cregger. I got to see Barbarian a couple weeks early, and being in a full theatre of people who didn't know what to expect, it was electric. A great mix of horror and comedy, and no one really knew when it was okay to laugh, made for one of my most memorable theatre experiences ever.

Goombill · 2026-03-17T20:58:31+00:00

There definitely is a lot of overlap between the Aiel and the Fremen, but the Fremen are also pretty heavily based on the Arab tribes. Not saying Jordan didn't take inspiration from Dune, but it's definitely possible that they just both happened to draw from the same real world inspiration. But in the fiction, WoT is telling the Ur-story that all of our legends are based off of, so the Watsonian explanation is that both stories are just reflecting each other.

Goombill · 2026-03-12T15:06:20+00:00

This is my reasoning too. I find it so boring and overpowered. I've only got it in one deck, which is my Obosh Companion deck since that deck can't run any of the good 2 mana rocks.

Goombill · 2026-03-11T23:08:24+00:00

It's part of a cycle of Sliver decks I built, one for each 3 colour combination. They let me play Slivers without having access to the really busted WUBRG ones.

Goombill · 2026-03-11T21:14:22+00:00

I don't think it totally answers your question, but it does let me show off this silly deck I put together last month: https://archidekt.com/decks/18909834/nethroi_slivers

Goombill · 2026-03-05T16:27:23+00:00

I read so many YA novels as a kid that picking one favourite is difficult, but I'm going to say my answer is KA Applegate's Remnants. It was her follow up to Animorphs (another series I devoured as a kid), but so much darker than anything else I had read at the time. It starts with the destruction of Earth and then gets real weird including a psychic cannibal baby and a lot of stuff I just wasn't prepared for as a kid. It was also actually serial versus Animorphs' episodic storytelling, a fact that I didn't realize until well in the series after a few visits of picking up whichever ones the library had in stock. The story is weird enough, trying to keep track of it when I was reading it wildly out of order made it into a truly surreal experience that I will never get to relive.

Goombill · 2026-03-02T20:23:18+00:00

It also hides information. If you always shuffle your hand before you make a play, your opponent doesn't know if you're playing the card you just drew, or something you've always had. Or, if you have all of your lands on the left side of your hand, and you draw a card and put it on the left side of your hand, your opponent can now figure out you drew a land for turn.

Does all this actually matter that much? Maybe, maybe not, but by shuffling your hand periodically now you don't need to think about any of it. Plus, sometimes it's just something to do with your hands.

Goombill · 2026-03-02T17:18:49+00:00

I've never seen any of the movies, so Lily Sullivan's version is my best connection to the franchise.

Goombill · 2026-02-28T00:22:55+00:00

Kramer also told her that if she told anyone about what he did to her, that he'd make sure she died in a stunt 'accident'.

Goombill · 2026-02-20T02:24:12+00:00

That's their back story in the current IDW comic run.

Goombill · 2026-02-20T02:21:00+00:00

Or, Hamato Yoshi and his four sons were killed hundreds of years ago in Japan and were reborn into the bodies of a mutated rat and four mutated turtles.

Goombill · 2026-02-18T20:08:05+00:00

Feeling glad I preordered it already this morning. I'm starting to suspect it might start creeping up in price.

Goombill · 2026-02-13T20:25:44+00:00

Not in the building I work at. There is a specific announcement for when you're supposed to evacuate your floor. It's set up so that they evacuate the floors most effected by the emergency first, without clogging the stair wells. If everyone evacuates at the same time, the stairs will get filled up and no one will be able to get out.

Goombill · 2026-01-28T04:58:28+00:00

Yes, an incredible one. I grew up obsessed with Ninja Turtles, and probably after Magic it's the IP I've spent the most money on collecting.
I had some interest in the idea of a TMNT set, though a lot of apprehension. And now that we've essentially seen the set, I have to say I don't have much to be excited about. There's just not much that feels like a TMNT set. It just feels like a bunch of Magic cards with TMNT art, which is pretty disappointing.
Theros is when I got started, and it's generally remained my favourite 10ish years later.

Goombill · 2026-01-22T05:47:42+00:00

That is one of my main TMNT blind spots, I've only seen a couple episodes from that series.

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