Obviously you're not dregged to the flit-flow.
hey, fr tho, I wonder if making up micro-slang is a useful technique for countering the AIs somehow?
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It was still a lot more homogeneous culture back then.
I agree with a lot of what you say, but this particular statement is questionable. Definitely you can say there's a big-budget mainstream entertainment industry, but even in the early 1900s there were movies, records, and sporting events aimed at various non-white populations - a lot of them weren't preserved, unfortunately. Then there have always been people who ignored "worldly" entertainment for religious reasons, or who stayed more in tune with the culture of "the old country." There's always been an underground (often risque) and alternative/experimental. And there's also been people who follow "high art" vs "popular art."
I don't mean to sound nitpicky, I'm just trying to emphasize that there's always been a lot of stuff of all kinds out there.
Wat is it you hate about Tubi? I've been using it recently but warily.
ikr this is prolly the chill-out room for the creatures that maintain the liminal spaces!
Wow, that's even more impressive! I've found piefed's scheduling feature to be very useful, I think blahaj has a piefed interface fwiw.
For those that didn't know, there's a !nin@lemmy.world (tho !gothindustrial@lemmy.world is more active).
Dracula. Now someone needs to recommend the best movie adaptations to watch (apart from the Leslie Nielssen one, which is obviously the best).
That's a great question! You should make a post here on !vampires@lemmy.zip, I bet you'd get a lot of good recommendations.
I disavow this movie! I plan to skip it, lel, and I ain't even gonna cross-post it to !vampires@lemmy.zip!
Thanks for doing this, Zagorath! It's been a real trip!!?!
Fun fact: one of Bram Stoker's cousins, Henry Stoker , was a WW1 war hero (as well as a champion athlete and a film actor!) and he volunteered to serve in the Royal Australian Navy "after hearing a false rumour of sponsorship to play polo in Sydney, Australia". There's an Australian Navy auxiliary ship named in his honor, the MV Stoker , that is still in service today!
Yeah, exactly. Violence is contextual. Sometimes you just want to get the drunk out of the bar. Sometimes you want to hurt someone enough to leave you alone. Sometimes you want to defeat your opponent in a fair fight. Sometimes you want to get as many people as possible and catch your enemy by surprise -- but even then you may not want to kill them bc you want to "win the peace as well as the war." Obviously no single "style" is gonna cover all of these. (and one of MMA's contributions was to emphasize how you could mix them together.)
I really like seeing all these trailers, by the way, thanks for the work you put into it. Out of curiosity, do you use a script or a feed or do them by hand?
The Food of the Gods (1976) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!
- Just start watching that movie this Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
- and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live text commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
- I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.
How to watch the movie:
- tubi (availability varies by country): https://tubitv.com/movies/100001417/the-food-of-the-gods
- uBlock Origin adblocker on Firefox should work for that tubi link
- dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9o8e1w
- archive: https://archive.org/details/bert-i-gordon-complete-collection/1976.+The+Food+of+the+Gods.mp4
- someone usually streams it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time.
- if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-food-of-the-gods
... the film was loosely based on a portion of the 1904 H. G. Wells novel The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth. The film reduced Wells' tale to a "nature revenge" plot, common in science fiction films of the time.
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The movie was AIP's most successful release of the year, causing them to make a series of films based on H. G. Wells novels.[7]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one star out of four.[8] Vincent Canby of The New York Times called the film "a stunningly ridiculous mixture of science-fiction and horror-film clichés."[9] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film half of one star out of four and wrote, "The heavy television ad campaign promises six-foot roosters and panther-sized rats. What it should promise, if truth-in-labeling applied to film ads, is rotten special effects and a laughable script."[10] Arthur D. Murphy of Variety wrote, "Too much emphasis by Gordon on his good special visual effects combines with too little attention to his writing chores ... Every player has done better before; this script is atrocious."[11] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "the entire picture is a joke—unintentionally."[12] Tom Milne of The Monthly Film Bulletin called it "A truly appalling piece of s-f horror in which the cretinous dialogue, hopefully illuminating the follies of human greed and tampering with nature, poses more of a hazard to the cast than the crudely animated giant wasps or the monster rat and cockerel heads stiffly manipulated from the wings."[13]
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COMMUNITY REVIVAL: c/juggalos, for fans of Insane Clown Posse and associated acts !!?!!
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Whoop whoop!!! It's been dead for two years... but now, life stirs in !juggalos@lemmy.world ...
If you know What is a Juggalo, are a believer in Miracles, or just want to say Fuck the World, then check it out for music, pics, and opinions.
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[Literature] Excerpt from "Dracula": Mina and Jonathan, during a walk in London
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(This was recently posted during the Dracula Readthrough that @Zagorath@aussie.zone is doing on !vampires@lemmy.world)
CHAPTER XIII
Mina Harker's Journal.
22 September.
...We came back to town quietly, taking a 'bus to Hyde Park Corner. Jonathan thought it would interest me to go into the Row for a while, so we sat down; but there were very few people there, and it was sad-looking and desolate to see so many empty chairs. ... I was looking at a very beautiful girl, in a big cart-wheel hat, sitting in a victoria outside Guiliano’s, when I felt Jonathan clutch my arm so tight that he hurt me, and he said under his breath: “My God!” I am always anxious about Jonathan, for I fear that some nervous fit may upset him again; so I turned to him quickly, and asked him what it was that disturbed him.
He was very pale, and his eyes seemed bulging out as, half in terror and half in amazement, he gazed at a tall, thin man, with a beaky nose and black moustache and pointed beard, who was also observing the pretty girl. He was looking at her so hard that he did not see either of us, and so I had a good view of him. His face was not a good face; it was hard, and cruel, and sensual, and his big white teeth, that looked all the whiter because his lips were so red, were pointed like an animal’s. Jonathan kept staring at him, till I was afraid he would notice. I feared he might take it ill, he looked so fierce and nasty. I asked Jonathan why he was disturbed, and he answered, evidently thinking that I knew as much about it as he did: “Do you see who it is?”
“No, dear,” I said; “I don’t know him; who is it?” His answer seemed to shock and thrill me, for it was said as if he did not know that it was to me, Mina, to whom he was speaking:—
“It is the man himself!”
The poor dear was evidently terrified at something—very greatly terrified; I do believe that if he had not had me to lean on and to support him he would have sunk down. He kept staring; a man came out of the shop with a small parcel, and gave it to the lady, who then drove off. The dark man kept his eyes fixed on her, and when the carriage moved up Piccadilly he followed in the same direction, and hailed a hansom. Jonathan kept looking after him, and said, as if to himself:—
“I believe it is the Count, but he has grown young. My God, if this be so! Oh, my God! my God! If I only knew! if I only knew!” He was distressing himself so much that I feared to keep his mind on the subject by asking him any questions, so I remained silent. I drew him away quietly, and he, holding my arm, came easily. We walked a little further, and then went in and sat for a while in the Green Park. It was a hot day for autumn, and there was a comfortable seat in a shady place. After a few minutes’ staring at nothing, Jonathan’s eyes closed, and he went quietly into a sleep, with his head on my shoulder. I thought it was the best thing for him, so did not disturb him. In about twenty minutes he woke up, and said to me quite cheerfully:—
“Why, Mina, have I been asleep! Oh, do forgive me for being so rude. Come, and we’ll have a cup of tea somewhere.” He had evidently forgotten all about the dark stranger, as in his illness he had forgotten all that this episode had reminded him of. I don’t like this lapsing into forgetfulness; it may make or continue some injury to the brain. I must not ask him, for fear I shall do more harm than good; but I must somehow learn the facts of his journey abroad...
@Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub said this a while back and I made a Tina image and I was like: I should post that to gothindustrial one of these days. Well that day is now. (And I mean prolly at some point in history someone expressed the same sentiment, but I heard it via Vanilla_PuddinFudge...)
Tina the Troubled Teen is "fourteen, listens to Switchblade Symphony , cuts Geography class, and smokes cloves when no adults are around.” Character created by Lore Sjöberg (who is active on Bluesky) and Lori Matsumoto (not publicly active online?)
The Angry Red Planet (1959) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!
- Just start watching that movie this Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
- and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
- I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.
How to watch the movie:
- tubi (availability varies by country): https://tubitv.com/movies/658204/the-angry-red-planet
- uBlock Origin adblocker on Firefox should work for that tubi link
- archive: https://archive.org/details/the_angry_red_planet_1959
- someone usually streams it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time.
- if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://nobraincellsleft.github.io/JustWatch-Search/title/tm40372
The first spaceship to Mars, presumed lost, is found in space and brought back to Earth by remote control. Only two from an initial crew of four are still alive, but one is unconscious due to an attached alien growth, while the other is traumatized, blocking out all memory of what happened. In hopes to save the unconscious crewman, the amnesiac is interrogated back into remembering. Those in charge thereby learn of the terrible dangers awaiting anyone venturing into the spooky, ruddy stillness of the very alien Martian ecosystem.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052564/ summary by "statmanjeff"
The Angry Red Planet received mixed reviews upon its release. The New York Times film critic Eugene Archer gave the production a negative review, criticizing its depiction of the planet Mars, likening it to "a cardboard illustration from Flash Gordon".[13] However, not all reviewers in 1959 and early 1960 were critical of the film in general, or in particular, CineMagic's deficiencies in simulating the terrain, fictitious plant life, and monstrous creatures on Mars.
Motion Picture Daily reviewer Samuel D. Berns was enthusiastic at the time about the production, calling it "a stimulating experience in suspense and intrigue".[11] He describes CineMagic in his review as "a well-conceived optical effect for dramatic impact", an element of the film that he predicts will draw "big gross business" to the box office.[11] Berns also compliments both forms of filming presented in The Angry Red Planet, as well as its music:
Everything seen or experienced outside the space ship on Mars is depicted in the Cinemagic process to symbolize a concept of nature on another planet. The rest of the film's action and background is printed in the normal fashion. ...Stanley Cortez delivered an expert job of camerawork, in marking the debut of the new Eastman 5250 Color, bringing into sharp focus the soft, effective color tones of the film. Paul Dunlap's music contributed its share of mounting interest and suspense in the subject matter for the producers Sid Pink and Norman Maurer.[11]In his 2001 reassessment of The Angry Red Planet, Glenn Erickson of DVD Talk criticizes the film's flat direction, dull script, and overuse of stock footage.[14] Erickson does faintly compliment the film for at least coloring scenes of Mars' surface with a red tinge, which in his opinion gives the sequences "a credibly alien look".[14] In his 2014 movie guide, Leonard Maltin judges the film to be only average, awarding it 2 out of 4 stars.[15] However, reviewer Bruce Eder of AllMovie is more positive in his appraisal of the film, commending in particular its overall style of direction:
Danish-born director/screenwriter Ib Melchior brings a surprisingly light, deft touch to the proceedings, allowing the actors a chance to have fun with their roles—especially Gerald Mohr, still looking and sounding a bit like Humphrey Bogart, as the stalwart mission commander, and Jack Kruschen as the good-humored technician in the crew—without losing sight of the adventure and the story line, and meshing it all seamlessly with the special effects-driven sequences.[16]
If you've ever thought about posting on !gothindustrial@lemmy.world, now's your chance! Make a post leading up to the 1,000th post, or make the kilopost yourself!!?!
Music, memes, videos, art, opinions, comics, etc. related to "Industrial, Goth, EBM, Darkwave, Coldwave, Horror Punk, Aggrotech, Noise; Treating the labels with very broad strokes" are all welcome!
(Technical Note: your community may have a different number for how many posts are on this community... like on piefed.social it only says "542 posts" because piefed.social didn't exist when the first couple hundred posts were made on !gothindustrial@lemmy.world ... but on https://lemmy.world/c/gothindustrial this is post number 993!)
Reminds me of that anime Hyouge Mono, about a Sengoku-period nobleman who's really into aesthetics. Occasionally the anime will pop into that exaggerated-slightly-grotesque-face aesthetic as a reaction shot.