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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 2h

Came out the same year as Olympus Has Fallen, a perfect yin-yang of white house die hards, where OHF is for chuds and WHD is for libs.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 2h

If you havent seen White House Down it is the perfect worse die hard. Honestly the amount of dumb it is might make it in its own too good tp be background noise.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah this 2007 movie is probably better, both for your purposes and as a movie. Daisy/Clive Cleaner is just like, a worse die hard

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 3h

Haven taken the desire for a dumb bad movie into account, i am going with CLEANER with Daisy Ridley and Clive Owen.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 3h

Understood, i will look from the bottom, not the top

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 3h

I disagree with Idiocracy (i'm guessing you dislike it for its eugenicsy stuff, for me it doesn't come particularly close to outweighing its joke quality), most curious about Vivarium here, a movie I loved.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 3h

Looking through my Popcorn List sorted by "thriller" and I think my best bet here is Mission: Impossible (1996).

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 14h

I lived there for five years and never once saw it this clear.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 16h

Very early memory of being something like four and having to sit in the theatre's crying baby room for the entirety of Hercules (disney one). Hades and the cyclops titan freak me out.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 17h

You would still probably not like someone telling that amy isnt in the ppace you are looking for her

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah, you wouldn’t want to hear that, if you seek amy.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 21h

The Tangina actress feels born to play Delores Umbridge (sorry for bringing up a Harry Potter thing), what an interesting combination of appearance and voice.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 21h

The 80s musta been wild. There’s a scene where a teenage girl gets sexually harassed by some construction workers, and as she playfully gestures for them to fuck off, her mom watches from the window and laughs.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 21h

POLTERGEIST (1982): I like it! It hits more on a Spielberg awe-and-wonder level than a horror one (except for when the dude peels off his own face in front of the mirror), but that's cool imo. Naturalistic dialogue, good sets and cinematography.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 23h

It was pretty funny when kevin did the "black people vs n----s" bit on the office while roleplaying michael doing it.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Temu making an offbrand version of the LiMu Emu, the Temu LiMu Emu Temu Emu.

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they made gooseworx @gooseworx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The median voter missed "they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs." Trump voters are often people who pay no attention to politics—Harris got huge crowds because politics-heads who go to these things are Dems, where Trump 24 rallies were small and listless

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Trump Administation is first and foremost a standup comedy act by a racist grandpa with dementia, with associated departments for things like crimes and fascism

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What i buy when i'm worried about my house being destroyed by general grievous' army

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Stands with the ranks of works like Chelsea Dagger and AC/DC's entire discography.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

(I actually thought the song was called "tubthumBing" and thought you had made the typo til i googled it, lol. The same thing happened years ago with "bible-thumping," i dont know why i keep thinking "thumbing" is a thing)

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There are two kinds of song: Drunk and High. Tubthumbing is an absolute masterpiece of Drunk music.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Look man i really like the movie, obviously i laughed at "brawndo's got what plants crave, brawndo's got electrolytes" but like what? What do you mean idiocracy-heads call idiocracy "the prophecy"

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think all of the people in the series who fall in do so in a way they can't get back out. The scientist people build a portal they can enter/exit through with scifi bullshit. The movie is the first time ive seen a rando be able to freely enter and exit at will.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I will say the webseries is more scientist/hazmat based. Essentially it's three longer episodes about randos with camcorders falling in interspersed with short episodes about hazmat guys

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nebula dropping him isn't about accountability or punishment, it's about the women who work/create for Nebula not being comfortable with him on the platform for totally understandable reasons, many of whom know him personally and feel more betrayed than we do as fans.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think the biggest mistake they can make is probably centering the scientists/hazmat suit guys, it's way more interesting when regular folks just sorta stumble into it.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I dont know if youve watched the webseries, which obviously has more lore, but even the lore is also mostly vibes (with a little bit of surreal satire thrown in).

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Even when it takes a moment to linger on an odd image (like the homeless guy drinking in the parking lot) it feels vital to the vibe. Love the way the camera makes all the outdoor shots feel indoors.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Its pacing is also kind of ridiculous. It's 110 mins, which isnt exactly long, but it feels like a brisk 90. It does not stop for boring bullshit.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I agree, and I appreciate that it does successfully have Themes, even if those themesare playing it very safe, like they gave Parsons the How To Make An A24 Horror Movie 101 guidebook.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

People aren't more rude. They're just more frequently in situations were rudeness is tolerated or positively encouraged. People who yell on the Internet become sweet little pussycats when you're privately hanging out.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Boss: hey did you make that lord of the rings painting? Donato Giancolo: yep, real sexy, just like you asked for Boss: what

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Might be worth a costume oscar nom just for the pirate monster.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Having seen Parsons' webseries, it's incredible some of those individual youtube videos have more backrooms than this whole movie, which really just shows the intial POTS sign area, a little bit of "pool" stuff and then some bigger areas at the end during the chase.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The script issues are made almost invisible by the performances, very smart for a child filmmaker to cast acclaimed actors who could carry basically anything. Ejiofor really sells the tightrope between pathetic and monstrous.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Though it is funny when Mary is like "so uh, are you gonna murder me?" and Scientist Guy is like "i dunno man, why are you so hung up on that? Can we please just geek out about how cool these backrooms are?"

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There are issues, to be sure. This is the kind of movie where the character the film eventually decides is its protagonist escapes the monster by beating it with a physical manifestation of her trauma. The ending feels like a deflation more than a resolution (or even cliffhanger).

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

BACKROOMS (2026, rewatch): this movie has so much fuckin sauce, man, imagine what kind of movies we'll get when Kane Parsons, Child Filmmaker, grows up.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Are these ordered by most D to most R, or are they chronological in some order?

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Tred @tredlocity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Cartoon wolves used to be horny for human women. But now human women are horny for cartoon wolves. The reason? Woke.

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Gabriel R Johnson, novelist @grjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Genuinely kinda great, ngl. Movin this month (already got the keys, it'll be a slow move lol), dating's finally a situation that feels good. Work is a stable situation. Unironically coming up Milhouse.

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