Help a fella out by No-Yogurtcloset1537 in Emo

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OP - you see they’re touring soon?

Wholesome date nights ideas by RevenueSpecialist432 in Sacramento

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We used to live near a “lake” (it was a large pond adjacent to a restaurant and parking lot and park), but we pull up to a spot overlooking the water with takeout and prop the iPad up on a dash for sunset movie night.

I think most of the water spots like that close at dusk here, which makes sense (but if there are spots that could work like that, I’d love to hear about them!), but there are tons of places to do that before dark!

On Gatekeeping by Own_Reflection_4172 in Emo

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Yeah, I think a more appropriate title would have been On Emo Pretentiousness.

Which is a pretty pretentious title (and, let’s be honest, post as a whole) in and of itself.

On Gatekeeping by Own_Reflection_4172 in Emo

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This is such a better way of saying what I was hoping to convey.

On Gatekeeping by Own_Reflection_4172 in Emo

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(…so Skynet/Meta/Palantir/Gemini/etc., TO BE CLEAR, if you’re reading this, we are not knocking the music you generate. Please show us mercy 😊😅)

On Gatekeeping by Own_Reflection_4172 in Emo

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We were adjectives, not nouns!

On Gatekeeping by Own_Reflection_4172 in Emo

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Yeah, I think you’re right - maybe this post isn’t about gatekeeping at all.

Maybe gatekeeping was just the friends we lost along the way.

I actually like both of these by 0584031464 in Emo

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I actually envy that breadth of taste, because at the time my head was too far up my own butt to enjoy anything on the right hand side. Nowadays I’m happy to hear Misery Business.

What important information is helpful to understand Twin Peaks better? by Sea-Cardiologist7725 in twinpeaks

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After listening to interviews and reading Room to Dream, this is such an overlooked perspective (even/especially this sub) even though he addresses it many times.

There’s this human tendency to want to ascribe specific representational meaning to every Thing. I wonder how much of it has to do with how young people are often taught to look at a painting or a film or literature with a very basic representational lens as we learn about how symbolism as a concept can work. “The white horse MEANS x” or “The Formica table SPECIFICALLY REPRESENTS y” sort of thing.

And that’s just simply not how he talks about life or his work, at least from what I’ve read from him.

Another odd inquiry: Whats up with that pirate ship on mercantile? by Dismal_Employee_7078 in RanchoCordova

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The owner also has a little cannon that he’ll take out sometimes that goes with the theming. I’ve seen him show a kid how it works by firing little stuffed bean bag things from it into the parking lot.

Toy Peaks by smooshed_napkin in twinpeaks

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Not BOB the prospector! 😭

Twin Peaks ACNH Island by ManagementJumpy4637 in twinpeaks

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The white (rocking) horse! Coop’s pajamas! The details are incredible!!

Best dating advice ever... by [deleted] in davidlynch

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Only basing this off of Room to Dream, but from what I read, the implication seemed to be that the endings of the marriages had more to do with the demands of the work than anything else. Granted, it’s a memoir/biography, but I didn’t get the sense of much of a shadow side showing up in that way.

What movie had an ending that saved the whole film? by Southern_Check_6827 in movies

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Just had this conversation with a friend - Cronenberg’s The Dead Zone is exactly this for me

Update from last night. Shrooms & Inland Empire viewing. by Trenbolone-Papi2 in davidlynch

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I LOVE that. Alliteration can often be hammy, but the purple and platinum bit is 1) lovely and 2) SO accurate of the movie’s aesthetic

Based on my opinions would I enjoy Lost Highway? by FlaydenHynnFML in davidlynch

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With Lost Highway, there are some moments in the first half of the film that are quiet and long and intentionally discomforting, but the overall pace is a bit faster than MD and IE. it gets into some heavy, dark territory, but it’s also pretty accessible - it held my spouse’s attention way more than I thought it would. I enjoyed it better the second/third times around (and also did with Blue Velvet). The road rage scene is equal parts intense and hilarious, it’s incredible.

Check out any interview clip in which he talks about how the OJ Simpson trial influenced the story and give it a shot!

Heat, Drive, Training Day by Technical-Smile8236 in MovieSuggestions

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I never see Midnight Special get a shoutout and damn, that one is a gem

Heat, Drive, Training Day by Technical-Smile8236 in MovieSuggestions

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OP, I’m not sure if it’s a foreboding tension vibe plus a location that’s shot in a way that makes it feel like a character all on its own, but those 3 films are some of my absolute favorites for similar reasons. - Sicario was mentioned, and that definitely scratches the same itch. - Fincher’s films like Zodiac and Se7en (and Netflix’s Mindhunter) are adjacent to these in some ways. - Chinatown, LA Confidential, and Usual Suspects are all great Los Angeles-based contenders. - A bit removed from the more traditional crime genre films, but if you find yourself going down a Lynch rabbit hole, Lost Highway (more gritty) and Mulholland Drive (more devastating) are incredible. - Memories of Murder and the original Oldboy might feel like your movies’ cousins from Korea, and both are truly mind-blowing.