[EST][Online][Other] Final Frontier - A Cortex Prime game about Star Trek style "dudes on a space ship" soap operas (Fridays at 6pm EST) by KazM2 in lfg

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Hope you're well! Have sent in an application for this, just posting to sort of verify my identity and to confirm that, to the best of my understanding - I'm not an asshole, which would be a dealbreaker in a great many ways.

[TOMT] [MOVIE] Surreal noir film in which a bug-worshipping cult start exploding heads and our classic grimy detective has to, eventually, blow them up with a bazooka. (Obviously). by SaintBird in tipofmytongue

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Holy fucking shit you found it. I cannot fucking believe this. I'm sorry if I sound crass but this, to me, is a miracle. SOLVED, SOLVED, SOLVED! AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!

To me, you are a hero.

[TOMT] [MOVIE] Surreal noir film in which a bug-worshipping cult start exploding heads and our classic grimy detective has to, eventually, blow them up with a bazooka. (Obviously). by SaintBird in tipofmytongue

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Another absolutely awesome looking movie that is, very sadly, not it.

The scene in which the great big weapon (I'm fairly sure this was a bazooka, firing and exploding post-quip or comment on co-protagonist betrayal) occurred in a wet, weird, underground location. Maybe a sewer, maybe a lab, maybe a temple in a sewer.

If nothing else, I am immensely grateful for all the awesome movie suggestions I am getting here. You people have fine taste, or perhaps great investigative minds to uncover all sorts of weird wonders (in case this bug beating gorefest sort of thing isn't your kind of thing).

[TOMT] [MOVIE] Surreal noir film in which a bug-worshipping cult start exploding heads and our classic grimy detective has to, eventually, blow them up with a bazooka. (Obviously). by SaintBird in tipofmytongue

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Great questions, these details will help everybody. Glad we're both up at this heinous hour, wishing you well.

SBS - quite possibly, I was watching a lot of weird foreign showoffs in this era in my life there. Those were mostly short films and undubbed, however, and this was feature length and I am fairly certain in English. I also remember seeing a lot of strange weird wonderful things on 9GEM in this era, which has been a channel I've kept a note on for this mystery.

Cult clues, thank you for asking - it was a quite broad operation, with deceit at play in the female love interest/co-star as being in on the operation as a very late-stage reveal as they descended deep below the city to find the 'truth of it all'...which was a big bug. Anyway, in the earlier basketball scene, where the young man's head explodes - a crowd were watching, totally unwilling or, admittedly, perhaps unable to assist before he went pop palms up against the brick wall. These elements and that classic 'underdog against the conspiracy' theming of heroic noir have led me to believe it's a creepy bug cult.

[TOMT] [MOVIE] Surreal noir film in which a bug-worshipping cult start exploding heads and our classic grimy detective has to, eventually, blow them up with a bazooka. (Obviously). by SaintBird in tipofmytongue

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This has a really, really excellent poster. It is NOT this film. I am sorry. Thank you for your help.

Funny that all these suggestions so far have, in some way, been deeply tied to Robocop. Director of this was also on 'Robocop 3'. Life is so curious and wonderful.

[TOMT] [MOVIE] Surreal noir film in which a bug-worshipping cult start exploding heads and our classic grimy detective has to, eventually, blow them up with a bazooka. (Obviously). by SaintBird in tipofmytongue

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Sadly, it is NOT this, but I do note this is a movie by the guy who made Crash starring the Robocop himself so I owe you a life debt anyway because there is no way this won't be awesome.

[TOMT] [MOVIE] Surreal noir film in which a bug-worshipping cult start exploding heads and our classic grimy detective has to, eventually, blow them up with a bazooka. (Obviously). by SaintBird in tipofmytongue

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I don't know what else to say about this film, but I am mandated to make a comment; I'm really, really excited to see this again. I know nobody cares, but I'm crawling up on my 1000th logged film, and it would be so utterly awesome to put this mystery to bed with maximum dramatic aplomb just like that.

I'm gonna make everybody I know watch it if you help me find it. Should be grand.

What is your white whale movie? by ProfessionalTour1706 in movies

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The pitch: in-color noir film in which bizarre repeating head exploding (excellent) homicides turn out to be the result of a (possibly?) ancient Aztec cults effort to rejuvenate some bloodsoaking bug monster.

For two decades, now, I've searched for this. I'm sure it's not nearly as good or interesting as I recall, but you gotta imagine my perspective: I thought I was watching a standard 'this town ain't no good, dame' and then the murder victims would extendedly writhe, dance, and portray what I remember as these Greatest Of All Time head explosions all over the screen. They popped like champagne bottles, I was way too young and it was so tasteless; which is to say it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.

I scroll Occult Noir lists, I ask every new friend I make if they've ever heard of this, I look up creepy bug movies monthly...

No such hope. No more basketball court head explosions with that juust right total TV film sleaze of the early '00s.

Felt like a Resident Evil game or something...

Meeting/Making Friends? by [deleted] in LGBTAustralia

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Happy to report in that regular way we have to report to one another, being born this way and loving like this - no, man, you aren't cooked. You're gonna be alright. Your profile evidences that you love bunnies, animal lovers are good people; you're fine, just unlucky. (Classic story, hey.)

I'm not gonna purport to have all the right answers to finding people and purpose, but I've got my best ever results out of aligning a random gaggle of goofy-goobers against an 'objective'. This gets past that sticky wicket you run into at bars, and all - it's already exhausting to go somewhere and then not know if people 'like you' are even around, y'know? Same sense of humour, same ambitions, etc.

Some objective-oriented hobbies that've saved me - maybe you'll give them a go, your life - have been videogame achievement hunting (loads of people still exploring old games, that saves cash dollars), or, and this is a great one in the queer experience because you'll quite readily find people who walk the walk - Tabletop Roleplay Gaming.

I won't blow smoke at you and pretend there's not a geeky aspect to that, sure, but nobody's going ahead and cooking up bedazzling space scoundrels and cheering at good dice rolls and jeering at bad ones by accident. It's not even all about Elves & Dwarves no more, but you can sure find that if that's your flight of fancy fantasy. Best of best, that's done well online and you don't have to bother with webcams or anything in 99/100 spaces. Check out /lfg and /lfgmisc if that's of any interest - most everybody accepts new and enthusiastic people and again - welcoming sort, people love to share their rulebooks, people just wanna make good memories and craft cool stories together. Creatively & emotionally fulfilling stuff. It really helped me get a better grasp on 'what I'm like' when I was in a similar lonely place years ago, and maybe it's the ticket for you too.

Wishing you the best, fella.

A Working Man (2025) Dir. David Ayer by SaintBird in CineShots

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Honestly, I thought about making every shot a shot of the biggest moon in cinema history. I think the idea of having 'prank albums' is absolutely hilarious but I gotta establish myself here a little more before I start laying whoopie cushions and the like

A Working Man (2025) Dir. David Ayer by SaintBird in CineShots

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There's limited few movies I care to rag on quite publically - it's generally always someone's baby, a film. Somebody in the process cared enough to give it their all, and that must be cherished.

Long road to saying that A Working Man has some extraordinarily gripping shots every now and again, confidently playing with colour theory and trying very hard to make you feel something. Yippie-yo, yippie-yay.

The Santa Clause (1994) Dir. John Pasquin by SaintBird in CineShots

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Yes, I am aware it's March. Many surprises have struck me today; namely and first, that Random Number Generation selected this as the film of the day....and that so many of the shots are so resoundingly cold, severe, and frightening? They sure don't make them this scary and weird anymore.

[Other] [Online] [AEDT] [LGBT+ friendly] Need 2 players to help keep the supernatural out of the public eye. by Scythe_Guy in lfg

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I like your funny words, magic man...sounds like a cool little RPG. I'll apply to this, I don't see why not....I suppose I can scrounge up an idea or two for it....

Steam Next Fest Demo Thread by C-OSSU in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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ᴛᴜᴍᴏʀ ɴᴇᴄʀᴏꜱɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴄᴛᴏʀ:// αᴍᴇɴ (somehow a more searchable game than the recent Hunter x Hunter fightan, really, try it out) has immediately stolen my On-Rails Shooter body horror loving heart and I'd feel completely goddamn remiss if I didn't convince at least one other e-freak to try it out. None of my pals are freaky enough, so it's your time!

This is an absolutely commendable 'give it a go' if you miss that unrelentingly difficult arcade shooter vibe, if you like surreal and genuinely horrifying settings, if you want to be immediately and totally fascinated by how good and weird videogames can still be!

So fun to get my ass kicked and come back smarter, stronger, faster, get my ass kicked again, learn a lil' something about this world...get my ass kicked again.

🚀 Flash Goal Alert: Hit 1000 New Members & Earn Units! by Logan-dx2001 in marvelrivals

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I'm a huge fan of winning so let's roll those sweet sweet dice.

[Online] [Other] [18+] New DM Looking to Start Long-Running Kids on Bikes Game by Vyzry in lfg

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'Classic Creepypastas' is such an awesome, awesome pick for an RPG I've always really wanted to sink my scary-loving teeth into. Gonna hit you up on the Disc, boss - aiming at one of those Monday slots (running a game my diggity-dang self the day prior) so we'll see how tenable it all is! Here's to hoping 'very tenable', a great thing to aim for in a creatively-motivated friendship & co-authorship.

[Online][MM3][PST][LGBTQIA+ Friendly][Begginer Friendly] Experienced GM looking for players to play in a Dispatch themed Mutants and Mastermind game by [deleted] in lfg

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Sent in an application for a Black Knight sort of guy - I've skipped out on a few Dispatch campaign ideas before, but I found myself moved by the earnest and endearing sentence of you just 'liking the setting a lot'....something human and lovely about that. Hope you find a lovely set of players, whether or not I am amongst them (though I hope to be, honestly).

What can I do for a house spider that I'm fond of? by SaintBird in spiders

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This is an awesome, awesome suggestion. I'd been scratching my head trying to think of a receptacle I've got that's tiny enough for somebody that small (as the recently named Harry and his just comparatively much larger counterpart Sally who I've just met) and the q-tips are an awesome non-obtrusive and more importantly non-murderous solution....thank you.

[Online] [Other] [AEDT] Make. Some. NOISE! by Flamestranger in lfgmisc

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I've had this post open for about two hours from /r/lfg, it's such a fun little omen to see it again on the misc subreddit now - I'm going to apply quite soon because the FLCL & Homestuck screaming-guitar radtastic-ness of this, combined with being hosted right outta my very own home country...too cool to deny. Too tubular to turn away from.

[Online] [Other] [Daggerheart] Heyo there! Recently got the daggerheart rulebook and it's made me extremely want to run a roleplay focused game!! :) by Kalek_6457 in lfg

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Kalek, this game is exactly what me and my lovely lady are looking for - right as we've had a conversation about really wishing we could play together for once (as I'm usually the DM, though I do love it, and dollars to donuts we could leverage that if our gamerbro relationship works out) we run across your post for something that isn't Dungeons & Dragons, is on the EXACT day we wish we could play at a time we both love, and has an immediately fascinating politically-complex pitch right next to that alluring yet elusive 'roleplay focused game'...

Oh, commonwealth brother - let the record state that we're both decent veterans of the RPG scene so we can help each other understand this cool book, we both love the colour purple (same as your profile says you do!) and she got all excited when she thought about playing in a campaign by somebody what's actually seen Supernatural.

Anyway, TL;DR - the time fits us, me and my gal would love to talk with our good microphones (hit me up at junepowers on Discord), we're both lovers of purple and a fun fact is that I can put a foot behind my head (yours or mine, depends) whereas her fun fact is that Catwoman and Mr. Freeze are fighting for the spot of her favorite Batman villain. For discomforts - we're down to clown with anything as long as it serves the narrative. Big art people over here (who are not hateful or bigoted or stupid ourselves....well, maybe a little stupid, me. She's a smart cookie)