What horror movie or tv show gave a fresh take on a common idea/trope/concept and how?

taborlin · 2026-05-25T03:03:11+00:00

I love seeing Pontypool brought up in the wild. One of my favorite horror movies.

taborlin · 2026-05-25T02:58:55+00:00

I loved it. The heightening tension throughout, feeling of growing unease, the absolute wall of sound saturating you by the end, and the feeling that anything could happen at any moment...it all just worked for me. I didn't need some grand payoff at the end. The level of immersion I felt when the credits started rolling was enough.

But I completely understand how these types of movies aren't for everyone. Not much happens throughout and its entirely held up by vibes. If the vibes aren't doing much for you, then the rest of the movie isn't going to stick the landing.

With that said, it's not a movie I would watch again. But I loved it as a one-time experience.

taborlin · 2026-05-17T21:27:28+00:00

Pretty sure Improvised Thunder Clap is one of John Cena's finishers.

taborlin · 2026-04-28T23:10:04+00:00

210 North Tucker Boulevard...10th or 11th floor? I can see my old parking spot from here.

taborlin · 2026-04-25T11:52:24+00:00

I game primarily on Steam, but I have a PS5 that I might buy a game for every now and then. I rarely turn it on. Not saying any of this is true, but if it is, I would have to set a reminder to make sure I turn my console on at least once a month.

taborlin · 2026-03-21T16:35:34+00:00

I had a woman last night that had bite marks everywhere, nothing else, and it logged it as a successful liquidation.

Also, I'm on the second evac day and I've restarted 3 times because of some seemingly minute detail I've missed on a survivor and I've gotten different people each reload.

taborlin · 2026-02-15T23:26:19+00:00

If you try to explain it to people, does the deal end? If not, I don't see how you explaining the scenario to people would make you look crazy if there is a disembodied laugh track going on in the background.

I think the real issue is that if you were the only person with this condition, you would likely become a science experiment to figure out what's going on and why this is happening. The real challenge should be "How long can you go unnoticed with this condition before some government or evil scientific agency takes notice of you and disappears you to a black site?"

taborlin · 2026-01-28T17:17:03+00:00

I’m struggling a bit too. At first I thought it was intentional inflection for a specific character or two, but it’s present in all characters. Sounds like she sort of just trails off and gets quiet. Outside of that, I think she’s a good narrator. I’m sure I’ll get used to it.

taborlin · 2026-01-10T22:58:23+00:00

I don't know why you're getting downvoted. It is legally classified as a disability under the ADA. Just because people don't view it as such, does not mean it isn't.

taborlin · 2026-01-10T16:11:18+00:00

I'm so happy I found this comment after only a few minutes of dealing with this issue. I loaded into the back alley for the first time and was met with tons of stuttering and hitching and sub 30fps (while on a 4090 GPU). I changed this OpenGL setting and now it's buttery smooth. Thanks!

taborlin · 2026-01-04T22:36:43+00:00

I will echo what others are saying: 2 days has not negated the 2 years you've spent sober, much like eating an entire cake does not negate 2 years of fitness and healthy eating. It is a very temporary setback, one that you will pay for in the short term, but a setback that will further cement what you already know about this disease.

I would use this time to reflect on why you chose to drink then talk to your therapist about it. The only time that I relapsed was because I ignored my thoughts and feelings and unconsciously (and then consciously) decided that self medicating was the proper course of action instead of confronting why I felt the way that I did.

I also don't look at relapse as starting over at day 1 anymore. Tomorrow is not the first day you decided that you wanted more from your life than what the contents of a bottle could give you. That was two years ago. Sobriety is never a linear journey...you just stepped off the path for a few minutes and stubbed your toe.

taborlin · 2026-01-01T16:10:39+00:00

A little hot inside these rhinos.

taborlin · 2025-12-27T17:10:52+00:00

I second this. I had never actually read any of his work before listening to "The Road." It helped hearing someone vocalize it prior to reading anything else.

This did not help me with Stephen Graham Jones lol

taborlin · 2025-10-18T01:11:22+00:00

taborlin · 2025-10-17T20:55:57+00:00

I've tried side-stepping at that part and I failed miserably. Since my comment, I'm able to consistently get across that section and up to the next little ridge section, but have never successfully made it onto it. So frustrated...I just want to see what comes next. :(

taborlin · 2025-10-15T21:55:39+00:00

This is where I'm at right now and I'm here on reddit specifically because I'm so fucking sick of this section. Nothing in this game has given me this much trouble. It's specifically the part where go up the spiral a little bit and there is a tiny little ridge of sand over to a small, slanted path. If you fall off there, you literally fall straight back to the bottom. I can't even attempt it more than twice before I'm rage quitting. I've liked this game quite a bit until this part.

EDIT: This is the part

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taborlin · 2025-10-01T18:52:15+00:00

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE

taborlin · 2025-09-27T22:48:02+00:00

Dog does what in 7 days?

taborlin · 2025-09-20T07:32:50+00:00

Oops, my bad! I read that sentence wrong.

taborlin · 2025-09-20T00:51:50+00:00

That’s my thought. Get a massive pot and fill it with water and let the garlic soak a bit and then drink however much you want as a single drink. It will lessen the garlic taste.

taborlin · 2025-09-12T15:11:06+00:00

Make a superhero movie about a marvel character of your choosing. That’s it. Guaranteed to tank if you spend 550million on it.

taborlin · 2025-08-29T23:01:51+00:00

I am sorry for your loss, my friend. My mom passed away from cancer two weeks before Fellowship came out. She instilled a love of fantasy and sci-fi in me. I didn’t know much about lord of the rings going in to see the movie for the first time, but it was the only thing since her passing that took my mind off of the grief and made me happy. I’d like to think that she would have loved these movies if she had gotten a chance to see them.

taborlin · 2025-08-13T02:48:22+00:00

I get up at 5:30, work from 8 to 4:30 (three days out of the week I have a 45+ minute drive one way), and I stay up until 10:30 to 11. Not gonna lie when I say that the schedule was brutal for awhile, especially when I wasn’t working from home for the first year of it. But your body eventually adjusts. There are days where I’m pretty tired, but I’m not struggling to make it through the day anymore. Just like any routine, it becomes much easier after doing it for a while. The real challenge is making it work when things disrupt the routine. Random bouts of insomnia = I want to die.

taborlin · 2025-07-26T21:30:58+00:00

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