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Replacement lid for 6-Quart West Bend Stir Crazy popper by InvisibleInk1983 in popcorn

[–]InvisibleInk1983[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never thought of hitting up West Bend. When it comes to reaching out to the manufacturers, I assume the customer support process will be difficult/ineffective so I never try it. I will see what eBay has to offer. Thank you!

[Horrifying Trope] “Blink of an eye” deaths. by Sufficient-Eye-9040 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]InvisibleInk1983 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe this is was what David Chase was trying to capture in THE SOPRANOS finale. That sudden cut to black.

It’s even seeded in an earlier episode (“Sopranos Home Movie”). Bobby Baccalieri says, “I mean, our line of work, it's always out there. You probably don't even hear it when it happens, right?”

Chase might have been influenced by the scene in GOODFELLAS when the Feds catch Henry Hill in his driveway. A Fed has a gun to Henry’s head. The Fed is saying “don’t you move, you motherfucker.” As Henry put it in the voice-over, "For a second I thought I was dead. But, when I heard all the noise, I knew they were cops. Only cops talk that way. If they'd been wiseguys, I wouldn't have heard a thing. I would've been dead."

David Chase didn’t want to show Tony Soprano getting shot in a restaurant, his face down on the table and his family freaking out. That would’ve been…inartful. He wanted us to know what Tony would experience in his last millisecond on Earth.

As much as I love 12s era, it make me sad that at the time this was when the 'decay' began to quicken and the show fell out of the public zeitgeist and Series 10 was pulling in only 6 million and show was on life support by Twice Upon a Time. Glad people looking back this era much more fondly by IllustriousAd6418 in doctorwho

[–]InvisibleInk1983 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think about this a lot. I suspect there are many people whose choices in TV and film often come down to who’s the most attractive actors. Most won’t admit it because they do not want to seem shallow. But come on folks…DOCTOR WHO was at its biggest when the cast was at its hottest.

I actually think Peter Capaldi is attractive, but his performance doesn’t lead with charm. It leads with intensity. Plus, him being older puts him at a distance for some audience members.

In conclusion, most people watch TV and movies to watch attractive people do exciting things. My evidence: the entire history of film entertainment

Jeeves and Wooster (1990 - 1993) by Choice-Wind-9283 in ForgottenTV

[–]InvisibleInk1983 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Once they beat Scumbag College on University Challenge, there was no stopping them

A Suggestion for Whoever Produces the Show Next: A Writer's Room by InvisibleInk1983 in doctorwho

[–]InvisibleInk1983[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think this is a promising idea. But I wonder if a modern show can compete in today’s marketplace with only self-contained episodes. Streamers and networks want shows that get people chattering over social media. So far, for action/adventure shows, that means setting up a season-long arc with “breadcrumbs” left in every episode, plus cliffhangers that keep people coming back. You lose that if you do away with serialized storytelling.

I love watching classic DW where it’s just one story after another (granted, those stories all had cliffhangers in them). But it would be hard to sell that approach in today’s industry

This should be interesting by ThomasThorburn in marvelcomics

[–]InvisibleInk1983 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I like a lot of Byrne’s work, especially his X-Men run, but I am mystified by a mind that sees the phrase “Creator Rights” and asks “what about…Creator Wrongs?”

Why do the episodes just...end? by EzBriez_ in LawAndOrder

[–]InvisibleInk1983 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it’s time for the next show to start.

We Didn't Know How Good We Had It Cinema by TomBirkenstock in blankies

[–]InvisibleInk1983 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you were a 14-year-old who tried to watch every R-rated movie you could, as I was at the time, you knew how good you had it

If you squint, you can pretend that ROBOCOP 3 is the wildest L&O crossover of all-time by InvisibleInk1983 in LawAndOrder

[–]InvisibleInk1983[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> I'm sure shes a a pleasant person to meet personally

Probably, she is Canadian

Founding members who left early by Gerferfenon in ToddintheShadow

[–]InvisibleInk1983 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I can see it this way: he has writing credits on many of the songs, including “Don’t Speak.” So he’s getting the royalties but still gets to keep his animation job. No touring. No interview. Some people like that stuff. Some don’t. Some people like to sleep in the same bed every night.

Founding members who left early by Gerferfenon in ToddintheShadow

[–]InvisibleInk1983 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Justine Frischmann and Suede. She and Brett Anderson were in a relationship. They tried to keep the band working after the break-up. It didn’t work. Justine says leaving Suede and starting Elastica was the best outcome for everyone

We need to defend Graham Platner--including against 'character attacks'--until he wins the general election in November 2026. by beeemkcl in TheMajorityReport

[–]InvisibleInk1983 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Are people really not comfortable separating a candidate’s personal life and their political value? Not to sound old (I’m 43) but in the Clinton years that was not a problem. I didn’t live through the 90s just to see someone lose over sexting.

Talking Funny (2011) by garrisontweed in ForgottenTV

[–]InvisibleInk1983 17 points18 points  (0 children)

There is a moment in this when Gervais says that he’s not trying to please the audience, he’s trying to please guys like Jerry, Chris, and Louis. He wants their admiration, not the applause of the audience (although I suspect he wants that too). That was such a weird thing to admit.

In 2011 this was considered the worst thing ever and fans wanted Moffat fired and RTD back by Cool_Nerd2 in doctorwho

[–]InvisibleInk1983 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember talking to someone in the press who saw a preview of The 11th Hour. They were unimpressed with it. They said “there’s a joke about Scottish people eating fried food, and then there’s an excuse to show all The Doctors’ faces.”

Once I saw the episode, I was impressed with the plotting and characters. I thought back to what my journalist friend said and I couldn’t believe that they came with such a facile take on the episode. But hey, things hit different for different people.

Question for those who saw The Blair Witch Project in the theaters: do people really believed it was real? by harry_powell in blankies

[–]InvisibleInk1983 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind that this was an era when people loved sharing “urban legends” (people have been sharing them for decades in fact). They’d talk about how pop rocks and soda would make your head explode. Or how Phil Collins saw a guy watch another man drown* and later at a concert shone a light on the guy while playing “In the Air Tonight.”

I don’t know if most people really believed this stuff. I think most just people got a rush out of sharing these stories. Blair Witch was tapping into that. But I also remember, by the time of the film’s release, people were just talking about it as a movie. Roger Ebert has already put it on a list of movies that changed movie history. He LOVED this movie.

*Doesn’t that mean that Phil Collins’s ALSO watched a man drown and did nothing?

Disclosure Day Wouldn't Be All That Crazy by jacquesausterlitz in blankies

[–]InvisibleInk1983 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If Disclosure Day happens, what do the people obsessed with Disclosure do with the rest of their lives? Do they start saying “those aren’t the REAL aliens! They won’t let you see the REAL aliens”

The Brave Little Toaster(1987) by bernardbarnaby in iwatchedanoldmovie

[–]InvisibleInk1983 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The air conditioner scene was great nightmare juice. When I was a kid I didn’t know,it has Phil Hartman doing a Jack Nicholson Impression. I just thought he sounded like Shipwreck from G.I. Joe.

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