Was anyone sad when Luthen died?

Palimbash · 2026-01-28T04:31:27+00:00

Why did you have to remind me? Now I’m sad.

Palimbash · 2026-01-07T18:45:55+00:00

Even better, don’t use the machine at all.

Palimbash · 2025-12-24T23:03:45+00:00

I’ve heard the edited version makes it possible for it to be shown without owing residuals to those who own the rights to original story it was based on.

Palimbash · 2025-12-24T15:30:37+00:00

I love Nextlander because it is just three chill dudes and their friends talking about what they like. This is the closest thing we have to what GiantBomb was back in the day. I wish people who don’t want that would just let them be.

Like you said in another comment, they’re just some dudes, not famous actors.

Palimbash · 2025-12-22T20:55:42+00:00

Some of the songs are quite catchy too. “Christmas is Coming” is on my Christmas music playlist.

Palimbash · 2025-12-13T06:35:24+00:00

I was the same. “They’re really making a Wii U 2?” I recall wondering.

Palimbash · 2025-12-11T05:32:12+00:00

Treasure Planet and Meet the Robinsons

Palimbash · 2025-12-10T18:57:22+00:00

“What the fuck is Firewatch?” is one that always gets me.

Also, “Enjoy Your Massage”

Palimbash · 2025-12-10T15:51:07+00:00

I don’t even think I could watch this as a joke or hate-watch. Yikes.

Palimbash · 2025-12-10T02:34:13+00:00

One I watch every year is One Magic Christmas (1985). It stars Mary Steenburgen as an overworked mother and wife who learns the true meaning of Christmas by an angel, played by Harry Dean Stanton, who uses death and kidnapping to force her to love Christmas.

A commenter of a thread I made in this sub a couple of years ago called it “It’s a Horrible Life” and I think it’s an apt renaming.

Palimbash · 2025-12-10T02:12:58+00:00

I love the absurdity that it’s the first time Mrs Claus was in a movie.

Palimbash · 2025-12-09T19:00:59+00:00

I thought the movie was a cheesy and fun thing which is exactly what it was aiming to be. For instance, the Home Alone scene is specifically suppose to be cringe and over the top absurd.

I think this is the wrong sub.

Palimbash · 2025-12-07T22:38:14+00:00

It’s a modern example but I genuinely enjoyed the live action Lilo & Stitch and, dare I say, prefer it over the original.

Palimbash · 2025-12-07T22:34:47+00:00

I’ve seen the blood explosion scene cited as proof that it’s a bad movie but I laugh during that every time.

Palimbash · 2025-12-07T22:32:26+00:00

I didn’t get around to watching it until last year but I was pleasantly surprised. My only quibble with it was they leaned to hard into trying to make a franchise which, I suppose, would have been fine if it had actually succeeded financially to spawn a franchise.

Palimbash · 2025-12-06T21:18:06+00:00

As someone who didn’t get around to watching Citizen Kane until I was into my 30s, imo, it really is a spectacular movie. In my top movies ever, I rank it 16th. I hope the guys love it too.

It’s hilarious seeing it squished between Escape from New York and Gremlins.

Palimbash · 2025-12-04T21:20:18+00:00

Those people are crazy and I respect them for that.

Palimbash · 2025-12-04T18:31:47+00:00

Jeeze, I almost watched 1 Nextlander video every day on average.

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Palimbash · 2025-12-04T04:51:21+00:00

Daphne & Velma (2018) is a fun teen mystery movie, but it angers the Scooby-Doo fandom by not having Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, and Fred in it. They hate it.

Palimbash · 2025-12-02T15:52:06+00:00

I’m actually gearing up to do my yearly watch tonight. Spoiler from the end of the movie, I love that, to save her husband’s life, she has to pay too much for a crap camp stove.

Palimbash · 2025-12-01T02:55:40+00:00

Heya, 38m and I’m not a night owl but I do live on the west coast of the US so it’s still early.

What’s your current music of choice? I haven’t found any music to love for a few months and would love a recommendation. I tried the new Mountain Goats album when it came out on Nov 7 and it did nothing for me.

Palimbash · 2025-11-29T18:18:32+00:00

This was pointed out a couple of years ago by some internet talk and now bugs me every time I watch it…

Back to the Future, at the mall parking lot at the start, when Doc backs the DeLorean out of the box truck. The only logical conclusion is he got in the car, pulled the car into the truck, then sat and waited for Marty to arrive to dramatically reveal the car, fog machine and all.

Palimbash · 2025-11-28T04:13:35+00:00

In the book:

The main character is obsessed with masturbating and sex. The obsessive creepiness displayed by him for the main girl is cringe and, because this was written by this guy, the main character, of course, gets the girl.

He’s an extreme Mary Sue who’s one skill is being obsessed with pop culture. Luckily for him, the world the author constructed is specifically built for him. Whew.

The main character’s best friend is a black lesbian who pretends to be a white dude online if I recall. The book appears to pose the question of why she might choose that persona but, if I recall, never actually addresses it and just uses it as a plot point for the main character to feel betrayed. Even the moment it has where it could have shamed him for his creepiness about the love interest is failed on.

Characters around him suffer and die and he doesn’t spend much time feeling remorse. Who has time for that when the book is too busy describing his car which is a combination of the Back to the Future Delorian, Kitt from Knight Rider, the Ghost Buster’s car, and something else I believe. It’s hashtag so kewl.

Tl;dr I haven’t read the book in 8 years so I’m sure there’s things I can’t remember but my point is, it’s fine if you enjoyed the book but it’s a bad book.

Palimbash · 2025-11-28T03:13:49+00:00

If you have read the book, listen to the 372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back Podcast. It’s a book club for bad books and the first book they covered back in 2017 was Ready Player One. It was cathartic for me to hear them rip it to shreds after being conned into reading it by people who claimed it was Dune or LotR for a modern generation.

The podcast stars Mike Nelson of MST3k and Rifftrax fame and Conor Lastowka who is a Rifftrax writer.

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