algernon

Being an uninteresting nobody since the dawn of time. Working for EQD since 2017.

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Hey you.

Yes, you.

Go watch METROPOLIS (1927).

It's THE foundational text for science fiction in film.

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Oh yeah I have an account here. I forgot.

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250 pages into War and Peace. This book is so long. Good, though.

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Oh right, I still have this thing.

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It's been such a busy year. Here's hoping the next one is a fun time.

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I've been reading Salem's Lot and it's quite a good vampire tale.

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Highlander rules so much. I love that movie.

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People who are fans of Dracula the book -- you have not known true pain until sitting through the godawful Steven Dietz play adaptation of it. Good god was that a horrible play I just sat through.

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The Flight is the Phoenix is one of the best movies ever and you should go watch it.

The original version, mind you. Not the 2004 remake.

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Dracula Daily was a lovely way to experience the book. I'm a bit sad it's over.

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It's my birthday today. I feel more hollow and melancholy than celebratory. Part of getting older, I guess.

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the Silent Hill movie is very good. Sean Bean's sections are essential. This is my hot take of the evening.

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I love that a chapter of Blood Meridian basically ends with this image.

One of the best books I've ever read, by the way.

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Something that makes The Last Voyage of the Demeter such an interesting take on Dracula is that it knows you know how to kill vampires, but none of the characters even know what a vampire is. They don't have access to lore, no Van Helsing to help them out, all they have is someone who barely understands Dracula due to living near him and they're all just scrambling to figure out what this bat person thing that's killing them is. The movie shows them stumble on things that we know are Dracula's weaknesses, but because the characters are so hopelessly in the dark on vampires they don't realize it and move forward with a different, doomed plan. Bad the sad thing is their final plan ALMOST works.

It's great stuff.

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The Last Voyage of the Demeter was so good, man. Really somber and felt more like a tragedy at times. It's a shame it's flopping.

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Going on a gigantic cross country Amtrak trip soon. That's going to be exciting.

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Oppenheimer is an unrelenting nightmare. So many moments feel like being locked into the mind of someone having a mental breakdown, and it's incredible.