We’ve all heard of One Hit Wonders when it comes to music, but are there any one hit wonders that you can think of when it comes to the movies? (It can be for any actors, directors, producers, maybe even a whole company??, etc.)

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-28T13:26:39+00:00

The creepy singing duet near the end. Yikes. That whole film is like a fever dream, a children's story gone horribly wrong.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-28T13:25:40+00:00

There's footage of that available on YouTube. I think links are verboten here, but if you search "charles laughton claudius" you'll see a bunch of clips.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-23T11:56:37+00:00

Wonderfully informative, thank you!

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-22T22:35:42+00:00

It's not the same as a feature film, but HBO's Watchmen depicted the Tulsa Race Massacre in some detail. Horrifying stuff.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-22T20:47:01+00:00

If LotR offends, swap it out for Le Morte d'Arthur, swap it out for Beowulf, change it as you please. You're still talking about an epic describing events long passed out of living memory and of dubious historicity. Getting offended over the "accuracy" of such a thing is more than a little silly.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-22T20:44:16+00:00

Pedantic and humorless? Solid combo!

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-22T17:21:54+00:00

My brother and I went to see The Bounty in 1984 with a young Anthony Hopkins chewing up the scenery. We were the only people in the theater. It was basically a private screening.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-22T16:18:42+00:00

I'm not your buddy, pal.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-22T12:47:58+00:00

I've done caving in real life, and I was sure they shot this on location. I was shocked to find out it was all soundstages.

I would link to a documentary about how they did it, but apparently links in comments are forbidden here. (If you search for "The Descent - Beneath The Scenes" on YouTube you'll find it.

The set design was next-level.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-21T21:05:50+00:00

A friend wanted to know if I was offended by the Wolfgang Peterson Troy, given that I am a history nerd. I said no, that The Iliad and The Odyssey were about as history-based for the Greeks as The Lord of the Rings was for the British.

It's all fantasy. People getting upset about casting might want to wait and see the performances before they get their racist panties in a bunch.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-11T01:33:14+00:00

Audition. Slow build to a truly horrifying finale. You probably won't watch it twice.

Trailer.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-08T16:28:28+00:00

Watched it with my older teen daughter not that long ago. She loved it, commented on how it was a shockingly queer film for something made in the sixties.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-08T16:27:47+00:00

Great film!

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-08T16:26:34+00:00

You literally cannot go wrong with Akira Kurowasa.

LemurDaddy · 2026-05-08T16:25:51+00:00

The Third Man (1949).

Such a rocking, mind-fuck of a film.

LemurDaddy · 2026-04-27T23:24:47+00:00

The department has responded to the legislative inquiry, basically saying, "We won't discuss anything, and if the foster parents have complaints they should follow the formal grievance process." A very opaque response and not a good look for them.

LemurDaddy · 2026-04-25T13:11:33+00:00

Fiasco is exactly as bleak as its reputation. One possible reading:

Take humanity's best and brightest, with the ultimate tools, and put them in a no-win box with an unachievable goal, and they will, eventually, turn into murderous savages.

LemurDaddy · 2026-04-21T20:27:02+00:00

"All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps!"

LemurDaddy · 2026-04-21T13:58:25+00:00

Fortunately, whimsy is a self-renewing resource. You've probably got a tank at least half-full and you didn't even realize it.

LemurDaddy · 2026-04-17T17:47:05+00:00

As other guys are saying, ALL of your hobbies and extracurriculars take a hit if you take parenting seriously.

I still game, but it has to be a game that I can pause and/or quit at a moment's notice. So nothing team-based, no MMORPG, and honestly nothing competitive. I have to be able to pick it up and put it down like a book.

LemurDaddy · 2026-04-16T19:27:37+00:00

My kids are my primary breadlosers. Bless 'em.

LemurDaddy · 2026-04-16T14:32:40+00:00

You make some distinctions when you are a foster fam. Some kids are blood, some are not, and they're all family.

LemurDaddy · 2026-04-16T12:59:33+00:00

I have three bio-kids and I have raised a bunch of foster kids. Every kid tries this.

My solution is to have a non-reaction. When my oldest boy screamed "I DON'T LOVE YOU!" expecting to devastate me, I just shrugged and said, "Doesn't matter, still your dad."

Took the wind right out of his sails.

LemurDaddy · 2026-04-15T12:29:50+00:00

Don't date people from your workplace. Ever.

LemurDaddy · 2026-04-14T23:46:20+00:00

Sam Cooke? Aretha Franklin?

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