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    Right, yea, and it ties into what Amy noted about the way the kids find little bits of life to grasp on to. Because we're trapped in without any external explanations, it makes those moments stronger (both for the kids and for us watching). 

     

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    I do find Discord and boards quite different; mainly one of being able to easier use Discord on a phone and the quick, direct conversation style of it. In some ways since I started using it, I use Twitter less; it feels more analogous to that to me.

    But I would think a podcast like Paul's where he talks about our written-out theories and stuff would need the message board where people can put lasting posts. So it's all very odd he said that. 

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    8 hours ago, FictionIsntReal said:

     

    ne of the issues is that there's no apparent reason for any of the things the parents are doing to their children, so we really don't grasp their motivation. The various lies don't seem to be directed toward any goal, but instead simply because it's weird onscreen.

    I'm fine with this, because I just generally took the parents as 'evil.' Paul & Amy never really brought up this side of it, just how evil the parents are, which I find interesting. They kept saying it was universal and relatable, but I'm not sure that's the way to look at it? I get that there's all sorts of different metaphors you can take from the movie, but let's not miss that this is about two evil people doing horrendous things to their kids.

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    I have no idea how highly I think of this or what. I liked it, for sure. I haven't listened to the ep yet, though, so maybe they'll convince me one way or the other.

    I do think we found a winner for most fucked up family in the Fucked Up Family series!

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    1 hour ago, GrahamS. said:

    Finally, I will sincerely promote the latest album from Deep Sea Diver called Impossible Weight. They’re an up-and-coming Seattle band and —full disclosure—friends of mine. They were recently profiled on Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast and their album has a 79 on Metacritic. 

    I love Deep Sea Diver, I have all their vinyl and their early EP on cd. There's some great songs and I love her voice. I met Jessica a time or two years back when she was touring with Beck. She was very nice and it's been a blast to follow her band from early on. Back in around 2009 or 2010, they did this one show in Hermosa Beach I went to, which was crazy because it's not a place bands play and it was right near where I lived at the time. Turned out it was a charity benefit in the local auditorium and not many people were there and I watched them jam out up close too. :)

     

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    1 minute ago, Cameron H. said:

    I do like The National, but I’m not familiar with much of their catalog. Just that I like what I’ve heard and been meaning to “get into” them.

    Thank you for all the recommendations. :) 

    I'd start with them then over the solo project, it's good but might as well try the main stuff first. High Violet was the National album that really made me a fan for life. I was basically full-on obsessed with it for like a year once, it hit me haaard. Try that and Boxer and see if they click for you; if so they have a few other recent ones worth exploring too.

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    Just now, Cameron H. said:

    I’m need to check out your list. I wanted to give my music list, but all I had were Dylan, Springsteen, and McCartney.

    I was woeful in terms of keeping up with music in 2020.

    I'll pick out a few to note then!

    Not sure if you're a National fan, but if those were the records you liked this year, check out the Matt Berninger album (he's the lead singer of The National). You might like him.

    The Phoebe album was far-and-away my favorite, I think it's stunning. There's a few of these young women songwriters who I think are going to be running music for years to come, like her and Maggie Rogers, and I'm excited to see what they continue to do.

    I consider Laura Marling one of the all-time greats and she keeps putting out beautiful, smart, cool records. She talked a little about how this song on her new album was influenced by her new-found love of solo McCartney (though it is a bit atypical of her sound):

     

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    I feel like without theaters this year, I didn't keep up well on 2020 films. All my choices would be on Netflix/Hulu/etc. Even when new stuff was streaming, I wasn't drawn to watch it really. But my favorites were Tigertail and Palm Springs with some stuff like The Invisible Man, American Utopia, The Half Of It, and The Princess Switch: Switched Again :) not far behind.

    On the other hand, music-wise, I have a LONG list, but here's my top 15

    1. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
    2. Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman
    3. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
    4. Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas
    5. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
    6. Thurston Moore - By The Fire
    7. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
    8. Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison
    9. Jess Williamson - Sorceress
    10. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
    11. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
    12. This Is The Kit - Off Off On
    13. Honey Harper - Starmaker
    14. Adrianne Lenker - songs
    15. JFDR - New Dreams

     

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    Oh one thing I was thinking could be fun, if we rotated as Kast hosts and surprised people with our Bad Movie-Choice-of-the-Month. Could be an HDTGM Classic, could be something random, but we wouldn't know until we show up to watch it together on Kast. 

    Just an idea, and maybe there aren't enough people to participate, but it would be fun to see how bad our choices can be haha

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    2 hours ago, GrahamS. said:

    So is this a connected series of crappy Netflix rom-coms?

     

    Yea. A few of us watched California Christmas and found it (I think) entertainingly bad and fun to rip on. Turns out the team behind it has another movie on there called Roped. Both star the same married couple (and the woman is also the writer of these movies). Since this is our Bad Movie Watchalong Party, seems like a good fit!

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  18. Posted

    4 hours ago, sycasey 2.0 said:

    To be clear for everyone: they are taking this week off, and returning next week with the Listeners' Choice.

    Oh I didn't know that! I was just about to hit play on Dogtooth but now I'll wait a bit.

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    1 hour ago, grudlian. said:

    This is probably the best version of A Christmas Carol. It makes me wish Michael Caine also did a straight version just to see what it was like.

    I watched 5 of them on the 24th and 25th this year. This is certainly the best, because of course The Muppets are fun and they fill out the cloying drama so the story isn't quite so preachy. 

    Caine is easily the best Scrooge. Other Scrooges sort of get one side of him right, either are super hard evil boss or sort of light-hearted and are not a good enough balance. 

    I do highly recommend the musical Scrooge from the '70s, though maybe we should save it for next December. I thought the songs were also terrific and the whole thing is super creative.

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