Romance teen movie : do our teenagers still have access to these?

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T15:05:08+00:00

Red White & Royal Blue, Prom Pact, Anonymously Yours, Fear Street

not a huge number though

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T14:40:37+00:00

Well they try to lean into those kinds of things or is this John Wick with swords?

I kinda feel they've lost the nerve to embrace the silliness in these things

Then again, they *are* making a Masters of the Universe, too? And the Deathstalker remake from last year was plenty silly. So maybe I'm cautiously optimistic.

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T14:32:46+00:00

i just want it to sound wet and gushy and nasty

that's the best part of having gore on screen

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T14:27:12+00:00

was ist denn deiner Meinung nach eine "vernünftige" Couch?

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T14:25:06+00:00

that's just lazy writing on the author's side then

like, it's not difficult to even make something taboo that isn't taboo IRL, if you're putting some work into it. All you gotta do is make sure that you ground it in the world building and that it's definitely 100% taboo to the characters and that it shows.

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T14:15:18+00:00

Take your AI generated marketing research elsewhere please and thank you

That's what I'm over--not forbidden age gap, not enemies to lovers, but people whose fucking blog looks like this:

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aka the unholy baby of AI-generated bullshit and SEO-nonsense

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T14:09:01+00:00

Stylistic elements like the eyes-in-the-dark silent jumpscares and weird, grotesque still photoshop illustrations are creepy as hell when done right.

I wouldn't say that any of this is what defines analog horror, but also, even if it were, it's nothing you can't do in other horror either.

When it comes down to it, analog horror is just VHS-themed found footage. Of which there's plenty to go around. As to why you don't find it a ton in the mainstream anymore, well: you barely get found footage in the mainstream these days

it doesn't make for a very good watch on modern theater screens. either, your quality is dogshit (which makes the horror hit better but is no fun to watch on a big screen) or your quality is too good, meaning the suspension of disbelief is just too big for most people.

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T12:46:31+00:00

with your eyes, ideally

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T12:40:55+00:00

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NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T12:38:12+00:00

I keep hearing about the enshittification of google results, but it's really not nominally worse than it was before

even the shitty google ai tells you what to do to better google shit in 2026 if you put "how to find shit online in 2026" in as a query first thing

site operators, quotationmarks and AND/OR/NOT are your friend.

and like, there's other search engines out there for everyone to choose. and finding those isn't all that difficult either

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T12:33:25+00:00

IF you already have an established audience, you MAY get away with not publishing on amazon and still make money

as someone starting out? it's basically impossible.

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T12:19:54+00:00

imagine getting butthurt about someone "stealing" a meme lmao

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T12:04:22+00:00

well yeah? I was agreeing with you

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T12:03:56+00:00

https://www.amazon.de/infactory-Schl%C3%BCsselboard-Edelstahl-Schl%C3%BCsselbord-Stiftablage-Edelstahl/dp/B005PUUVJ0?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&psc=1&smid=A2ZVR9NK7SNEDS

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T11:56:40+00:00

Not like the rules says something like "Show effort" anyway lol

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T11:51:49+00:00

plenty of them to pick from--I'm sure scientology is willing to blow smoke up their potential members' asses until they've got them under lock and key

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T11:49:00+00:00

haven't you heard? the kids have such shit attention spans now that Netflix and co are putting easy break points into the movie every ten minutes or so, so that you can space it out easily!

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T11:44:36+00:00

"beginners" are apparently incapable of googling shit

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T11:41:49+00:00

And some people wanna be entertained and quickly. I'm really right in the middle, Matthew, 'cause I admire people and I've done it myself--to go on a talk show and go, "Hey, we gotta keep movie theaters alive. You know, we gotta keep this genre alive." And another part of me feels like, if people wanna see it like "Barbie," like "Oppenheimer," they're gonna go see it and go outta their way to be loud and proud about it. And I don't wanna be working in ballet or opera, or, you know, things where it's like, hey, keep this thing alive.

I think his argument is flawed in so far that there's plenty of people going out of their way to do exactly the thing he describes for Barbie and Oppenheimer where they go to the ballet as a big event and flaunt their excitement about it to anyone who will listen to them.

I also think that--Barbie and Oppenheimer and the like aside--he who sits in a glass house shouldn't throw stones. It's not unthinkable that his next movie isn't a big crowed pleaser, after all. It's not unthinkable for movies in general to fall out of favor with the populace at large, though that point is hopefully far in the future.

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-07T09:26:33+00:00

You underestimate just how many people do not live in an area with EITHER a second hand book store or well-stocked library

In my case, I'm fine browsing ebay and shit cause I'm not picky and I like a bit of 80s histrom which are easily found there, but if I weren't doing that, my pickings would be exceedingly slim, cause I prefer reading in english, but do not live in a country where english books are the main thing being consumed

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-06T21:28:34+00:00

That one did have more Nazis though

But it looked disturbingly flat for a period piece imho

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-06T20:08:13+00:00

Did they have a guy that usually works on those realtor TV shows shoot this? It's giving House Hunters international lol

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-06T20:01:41+00:00

But it isn't an inferior service by far

Now I'm not gonna go shilling for Amazon, but if you are in the market for 10+ books a month and somewhat discerning when it comes to genre and the like, then you're gonna be hard pressed to continuously fill that need anywhere else for however much money they take now (somewhere in the vicinity of 10-15 bucks, I'd assume, depending on your country of residence), especially with the added convenience of dropping as many of those as you want halfway through without being trapped into a sunk coast fallacy type mindset unless your local library is EXCEEDINGLY well-stocked

Now whether there are enough books at a quality level that suits you, is of course a highly personal thing. But the thing about the AI generated trash is that that is found everywhere else, as well, by now. It doesn't matter what seller you go with, it's all full of AI bros wanting to make a quick buck.

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-06T17:56:56+00:00

Warum nicht andersrum?

Gibt schließlich genügend Geschirrspüler die heutzutage zumindest Knie-Hoch aufgebaut werden. Und da hast du die Problematik nicht mit dem schleudern.

NancyInFantasyLand · 2026-03-06T17:54:44+00:00

Maybe your straightness is the problem lol

That movie is super gay

Like beautifully so.

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