[Macros]

I was just about to come post the trailer.
Damned Nerds beat me to it

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

That looks like so much fun! We loved the first Netflix series (Revelation?), so I think we'll definitely be going to see this!

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QuickTidal, on 22 January 2026 - 07:20 PM, said:

I'm just glad the earth stuff seems like it's a small part, and the large majority of it takes place in Eternia proper.

I hope you're right, cuz what a waste of time.

[QuickTidal]

My favourite singer of all time has a concert movie out! Also, as someone who attended this tour in my city, it's SO good!

[Tiste Simeon]

So I watched the new version of The Naked Gun, being a huge fan of the originals (and indeed all things Leslie Nielsen) and I utterly loved it. They'd obviously taken care to keep to the spirit of the original without just rehashing the same jokes. It isn't groundbreaking comedy in one sense but then it's not trying to be. If you go in expecting a wonderful homage you'll love it.

There's also a sneaky bit of satire about the state of policing throughout the movie which I really appreciated!

[worry]

Yeah it was pretty great. The little winter vacation segment in particular.

Speaking of reboots, I watched the Toxic Avenger movie with Peter Dinklage from recently (it did festival rounds in 2023 but had issues finding a distributor until late last year, so I'd still consider it recent). It's very, very silly but I mostly liked it. It's gross and it's crass, obviously, but it's also cartoony and fun rather than dingy and miserable. It's not a masterpiece or anything, I'd give it like a 3 out of 5, but an amusing and never boring 3.

[QuickTidal]

Watched AFTER HOURS...and quite frankly, as someone who doesn't care much for MOST of Scorsese's work (my fave film by him is Bringing Out the Dead; if that tells you anything)...this film was really good. Like I don't know that it works without Griffin Dunne who is the PERFECT person to play Paul...his slow descent into the maddeningly insane night and getting progressively more unhinged as he tries to get home...like the absurdity of some elements were hilarious...like the bartender's keys to his cash register are inexplicably at his apartment...or Julie having the stupid bagel paperweight.....or mohawk night at an after hours club...like all of it is completely mental...every moment is thought out to be as absurd as it can be, so when Paul is incredulous about these things you're sitting there nodding along going "Yeah, what in the fuck?"...and then when he's explaining all the batshit stuff that happened to the male escort it's like he's seeing himself at the beginning of the film when he's still sane and the weird stuff only just started to happen.

Amazing. Probably my second fave film by him.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 09 February 2026 - 02:18 PM

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Yeah I watched that a couple years ago and thought it was pretty rad for all those same reasons.

That reminds me, have you seen Miracle Mile from 1988, with Anthony Edwards? It's like a pre-apocalyptic take on the "one crazy night" thing -- Edwards is just like a regular guy in L.A. who learns that nukes may be imminent. It's somewhere between After Hours and Repo Man, but slightly more of a thriller than both of those, but with plenty of room for the weird.

[QuickTidal]

worry, on 09 February 2026 - 02:31 PM, said:

Yeah I watched that a couple years ago and thought it was pretty rad for all those same reasons.

That reminds me, have you seen Miracle Mile from 1988, with Anthony Edwards? It's like a pre-apocalyptic take on the "one crazy night" thing -- Edwards is just like a regular guy in L.A. who learns that nukes may be imminent. It's somewhere between After Hours and Repo Man, but slightly more of a thriller than both of those, but with plenty of room for the weird.

I have no seen it, I'll put it on the list...I've heard SOMETHING WICKED is also in that vein, just by Jonathan Demme, so I feel like I should check that out too.

I'm very particular about "weird" (Like I hate Lynch's stuff) but something like this where someone sane is thrown into completely the deep end of strange and absurd...hits me just right.

Same reason I like Murakami's AFTER DARK, as it follows the same dreamlike principles.