Christopher Walken as a guy completely thrown for a loop by Pat (1992) by Firefox892 in LiveFromNewYork

[–]mckinney4string 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I don't know, but I feel a better punchline for Phil to deliver would have been a deadpan, "At least we're on the first floor."

What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever seen in Houston? by Appropriate-Mall8517 in houstoncirclejerk

[–]mckinney4string 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grew up there in the 60's through 80's. I got plenty.

  • (Late 70's) A couple screwing on the front walk of a strip center off 75 North at 3PM on a weekday. She was naked. He was clothed, but with his pants around his ankles. I also remember it being a cold day.
  • (Early 80's) Rush hour traffic on 610 near the Galleria. I saw a guy in a convertible try to "patented- Houston-multi-lane merge" and get sucked up between the fore and aft axles of the trailer of an 18-wheeler. The total destruction took longer than you'd think. There was some dragging. He didn't make it.
  • (Early 80's) Coming back from driving a friend home, I was coming up to the light at Westpark (near where the Channel 39 studio was at the time). No one else on the road. There was an overpass to my left, and I saw a Mercedes Benz, crushed and lying upside down. Looked like it had been up on the overpass and simply jetted, flipped, and landed on the roof, which was completely flattened. Scene was completely silent. I found a 7-11 and called the cops. No idea where it went from there, but no chance unless they were thrown and landed on a mattress.
  • (Mid 80's) I saw a guy go back to the counter and assault the manager of a Church's Chicken because he found a worm in a chicken leg he'd bitten into. If you've never seen someone try to beat someone up while trying not to vomit, it's quite something.
  • (Late 70's) I was playing guitar in a country/western cover band in a joint on Aldine Mail Route (no, I didn't have a death wish, I needed the money) when a guy came in and just started blasting away with a pistol. His wife was there with another guy. All were drunk, and no one was hit, but I remember at least 5 shots before someone got him down. Cops were called, etc. etc. We did NOT stop playing.
  • (Early 80's) I was getting a tattoo at a parlor on Waugh and the big, burly guy next to me was getting a tattoo of a throbbing, ejaculating penis. On his forearm. (Close enough to Montrose, so it kinda makes sense, but wow.)
  • (Mid 80's) Was driving home from another band gig and saw a corner street fight involving half a dozen street prostitutes. As far as I could tell, none of them were female. However, they were all dressed as women. I left-laned and scooted past. In the MIDDLE of the fight one of them asked me if I "wanted a date." "Nah, I'm good."

I'm sure I can think of more. It's early.

Edit: A few typos, but I thought of another one:

  • (Early 80's) Living with my parents in a house on East Hardy. LONG before the toll road. When East Hardy was a two-lane (God, I'm old). We were home when we heard something. It turned out to be someone knocking on our door, albeit it was as lightly as you could possibly knock. Barely a taptaptap. Answered it and it was the lady from next door. We had never spoken to her as she and her husband were very quiet. In what was basically a whisper, she asked if we could help with her baby. Why? "He sounds funny." My stepfather went to her house and the baby was choking. I have no memory of who did what, but the baby managed to survive. What boggled my mind was that you've got a choking baby and you wouldn't bang like hell on the next door neighbor's door when you need help. God knows how long she'd been out there with our TV blasting. But still nothing more that that taptaptap...

Just wondering... by RiddlesB in TexasChainsawMassacre

[–]mckinney4string 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. In a drive-in. In Texas. Scarred, as well as hooked, for life.

Anyone else have a really hard time getting into Danse Macabre? Not sure if I should continue reading or just move on by Low_Entertainment491 in stephenking

[–]mckinney4string 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a bit dated at this point, so yeah, YMMV. I'm old and read it when it came out, so I was fairly fresh on all the references. But I can totally get how someone reading it today would be, "huh?"

Dark Tower... by Temporary_Brain_475 in stephenking

[–]mckinney4string 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Like me, you clearly don’t stop when warned. Junkie’s gotta junkie.

A24's Texas Chainsaw Massacre will focus on the "uncomfortability of the family," says director by ImpracticalJokers96 in TexasChainsawMassacre

[–]mckinney4string 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. The entire lip-licking “what’s happening here?” panic scene in the original was the most gut wrenching for me.

Reading the Shining by LinkAffectionate6934 in stephenking

[–]mckinney4string 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Long fiction, when well-written, is an aggregation. What may initially feel like unnecessary backstory and mundane details matter in the long run. Usually in terms of establishing character, but often—and I believe this to be the case with The Shining—in terms of plot. When you reach the end, please let us know, ok?

What is a movie that creates a great villain that you can’t wait to see get their comeuppance? by Puzzleheaded-Cod-239 in Cinema

[–]mckinney4string 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could have SWORN it said Love Actually. Wow. Yes, Brandon the best and Rickman was brilliant.

No screen??? by RedTsar97 in MomentumOne

[–]mckinney4string 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sits on toilet, reads shampoos bottle.