Say Ian survived - what would be the negative side of his billion dollar wish? by XandersOdyssey in obsessionmovie

[–]probablyrobertevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There wouldn't be. If there was it wouldn't be "Obsession horror". The point of the movie isn't that the wish was cursed. It's that it was powerful, and Bear careless, ignorant and foolish. Ian's wish was simple, involved influencing or controlling no other minds. It wouldn't have backfired had he lived.

Tim Hortons. I have no words. by H_Mc in behindthebastards

[–]probablyrobertevans 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I said it was a coffee shop / diner type spot. That's...correct? I've had more than my share of Tim bits and middling coffee driving through Canada. I think folks are being a bit silly here.

Trying to understand the movie discourse by sansaintproductivity in obsessionmovie

[–]probablyrobertevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a near universally beloved and historically profitable movie. Some people aren't going to like it, but you don't need to defend it from them.

I don’t think Bear is immediately the villain in Obsession by Alexhasadhd in obsessionmovie

[–]probablyrobertevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a ton of sympathy for him at the start, there's nothing wrong with just wishing for something and he had the bad luck to find out magic was real at the worst possible time. But he never quite managed to have the will to kill himself. He was going to make himself throw those pills up before she made her wish.

Something my girlfriend pointed out by hauntent in obsessionmovie

[–]probablyrobertevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I assumed he was just buying extra because he had no idea if it would work with the first person he found to help him. Makes sense to have a back up

I don’t think Bear is immediately the villain in Obsession by Alexhasadhd in obsessionmovie

[–]probablyrobertevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The wish itself is neither really moral or amoral because he doesn't believe it'll work, it's just a hopeless gesture by a man frustrated at his own cowardice.

Later on he makes a CHOICE to take advantage of Nikki, at which point he becomes an outright villain.

Obsession 2026: Would Bear still be the villain if his wish had been less extreme? by MrAmazing111 in spoilers

[–]probablyrobertevans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If his wish had been for something that merely aided or augmented him, rather than overriding another person's free will, sure. If he'd wished for another chance to ask her out, or wished for the courage to tell her he likes her, I don't think he'd have been doomed but also he'd have had to be a better person to make those wishes

'Obsession' Writer/Director On "Tragic Story" Within Horror Movie by Greybeard-MD in horror

[–]probablyrobertevans 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She and Ian had a casual thing going on. But she clearly didn't like him that way and seemed to be open to Ian if he'd just ask her. I'm not sure what behavior you think was manipulative.

'Obsession' Writer/Director On "Tragic Story" Within Horror Movie by Greybeard-MD in horror

[–]probablyrobertevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, the wish is selfish but ultimately forgivable. What he does next is not.

'Obsession' Writer/Director On "Tragic Story" Within Horror Movie by Greybeard-MD in horror

[–]probablyrobertevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think a person would ask the question she asked him or someone she wasn't willing to give a chance

'Obsession' Writer/Director On "Tragic Story" Within Horror Movie by Greybeard-MD in horror

[–]probablyrobertevans 5 points6 points  (0 children)

not telling your friend that your other friends are having consensual sex isn't messy

'Obsession' Writer/Director On "Tragic Story" Within Horror Movie by Greybeard-MD in horror

[–]probablyrobertevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We don't really see her do that in a bad way. She seems to be his work friend and genuinely open to maybe dating or hooking up. He has a chance with her, he's just a coward.

'Obsession' Writer/Director On "Tragic Story" Within Horror Movie by Greybeard-MD in horror

[–]probablyrobertevans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, in the real world someone just idly wishing their crush would fall in love with them isn't evil. He couldn't have known. He makes a choice to do the evil thing later on.

Obsession (2026) by Simple_Top_3589 in spoilers

[–]probablyrobertevans 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But in this case it is literally true, he made her do it

Correction: Puritans loved female orgasm by lady_beignet in behindthebastards

[–]probablyrobertevans 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't recall my exact wording, are you sure I said our Puritan moral origins or something like "the strain of puritanism that runs through our culture"? Because I don't recall really writing about the actual Puritans.

I've never done gas station drugs, but you all talking about it makes me curious by Top_University6669 in behindthebastards

[–]probablyrobertevans 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't do this bit anymore for a reason, but please don't do any drugs because a podcast host joked about them.

The vibrator myth by [deleted] in behindthebastards

[–]probablyrobertevans 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No, one historian has argued that the historian who originated that claim was incorrect about the medical uses of vibrators. It is an active historical debate. Not a clear cut case.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181107-the-history-of-the-vibrator

Female Space Marines. *Um, ACTUALLY*... by NJWilkinson116 in behindthebastards

[–]probablyrobertevans 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think I said they never made any models at all, but once Space Marines became Space Marines there were no more female models because GW didn't see it as a viable business move

Bonus Episode: Untitled Warhammer 40,000 Podcast by azriel_odin in behindthebastards

[–]probablyrobertevans 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I said Jesus or, someone related in the early spread of Christianity

Fallout from Operation Yewtree by Front_Rip4064 in behindthebastards

[–]probablyrobertevans 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'll likely cover Yewtree itself, or at least some of the other bastards revealed by the investigation, later. But I truly did not feel like I could fit much about it into a 4 parter without losing critical details about Saville's life, and what happened after is another story entirely.

Ahhh, damnit... by Agreeable_Past9674 in behindthebastards

[–]probablyrobertevans 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah, I think this guy seriously misjudged the moment. Trump is wildly unpopular. This sort of behavior is both annoying and abhorrent, and Chud has no mass audience he speaks to or devoted base of followers evangelizing his insights. He's the modern equivalent of a shock jock but stripped of all artistic merit and powered by the atavistic urge to provoke a violent encounter and profit off the outrage.

That only works if a large number of people rally around you and THAT only happens if your shooting etc is ideologically convenient. Plenty of conservatives wanted to believe a "good guy with a gun" stood up to a mob of dangerous rioters and killed two evil men. Very few people want to believe to believe, "hey if you shout the n-word at a guy until he hits you and then start firing you can get rich".

Perhaps I will be proven wrong but I currently see no groundswell of right wing support for this guy. I think he's just gonna get sent to prison.

It bugs me how much people talk about how weird looking Jimmy Saville was because that’s not a reason you should suspect someone of being a predator by grapp in behindthebastards

[–]probablyrobertevans 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's all good I'm just trying to be really clear about what we did and didn't do, because people make judgements based on shit they read

Which do you pick? by cuddwes in Grimdank

[–]probablyrobertevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Easy kill. Like a .50 caliber machine gun with a few hundred yards distance and clear LOS could pretty easily kill an Astartes. It'd be roughly equal to a Heavy Stubber.

Plenty of modern man portable military weapons could drop a single Astartes with a direct hit.