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  1. 4 hours ago, futureman said:

    you’ll wanna read the book first. Ā it’s basically a short story though so you can knock that out quick. Ā then I’d do the tv miniseries, then the movies, then the current show.Ā 

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    4 hours ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

    Isn't it like 1500 pages?

    Lol it's his second-longest book at around 1200 pages. And it's only second to the uncut version of The Stand, not the original version.Ā 

    On 10/31/2025 at 9:25 PM, Cousin Strawberry said:

    I am not a devoted King book fan but the calumet baking powder was an obvious nod to The Shining. Ā Are IT and the darkness that controlled the Overlook Hotel related in some way? I know that King has a universe and it's all related but is there confirmable relation? Ā Both forces seem to be able to alter reality to their advantage; Pennywise to create fear in his victims and Overlook to drive them mad and murderous.

    IIRC, Dick is mentioned briefly in the book when they discuss the Black Spot (the nightclub that burns down).

    I'm still not a huge fan of this show but I'll give it another episode or so.

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    The military storyline is getting dumber and dumber. Are they actually leading up to the military thinking they can trap IT and harness it? And also, they think Hanlon is immune to fear, and they decide to test for that by seeing if he can beat up three guys they send in to attack him? And why the fuck would Masters confess to it if he didn't do it? The whole thing is so weird.

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  2. On 10/25/2025 at 2:37 PM, wutang75 said:


    This is a favorite after multiple viewings through the years.

    Always a fun family discussion around the witches broom as a phallic symbol and it representing Thomasin’s sexual liberation at the end of the movie.

    Also - Black Phillip is creepy af.

    Black Philip is indeed creepy af. But honestly, all goats are creepy af with their rectangular pupils.

    On 10/26/2025 at 1:56 PM, BurgleBro said:

    Watched Clown In a Cornfield on TLDI Friday night.Ā  Was pretty good.Ā 

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    My 13-yo and I saw this in the theater and liked it a lot. A horror masterpiece it is not, but it's fun for what it is. Sometimes you just want dumb fun movies. We both couldn't stop laughing at the scene with the rotary phone.

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  3. 7 hours ago, Rip76 said:

    WOW!

    700'.Ā  F That.

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    7 hours ago, rpspeed said:

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    IDK how these motherfuckers just fly into hurricanes. I have to pop a Xanax for a short flight on a sunny day.

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  4. 15 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:
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    Are they all dead or did they get taken down to the sewers? I mean I know one is missing most of an arm…

    I’ve been watching a lot of horror this month and that was right up there with what I’ve seen.Ā 

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    The Vulture review mentioned that the showrunners weren't allowed to release the main cast list, so I think they're actually gone. They'll probably pop up in the sewer or through someone's bathroom drain at some point, as one does.

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  5. Didn't love it, but it's a pilot so I'll definitely give it a few more episodes, especially because of

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    The bait-and-switch at the end. I was kind of rolling my eyes at how they kept hitting the exact same notes as the book and movies, but then I realized why.

    I'm not super interested in the military storyline, but ok. Let's see what happens. I'm much more interested in the Hanlon family story and I hope they go into what happens at the nightclub. I'll spoiler this next thing just in case, but it's something interesting I noticed in IMDB.

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    Dick Halloran is listed as a character - I think he was driving the Jeep when Hanlon and his friend first show up, but I don't think he has any lines in the first episode.

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  6. 2 hours ago, field said:

    We stayed at the Grand Minerva and it was nice.Ā  Not Four Seasons nice but nice enough.Ā  Ā Good location to walk to everything.Ā  Rooftop bar has cool views of the Duomo and the city.Ā  Second 4 Leoni rec.Ā  We also liked 13 Gobbi, a cool little trattoria.Ā  To be honest, though, not sure Firenze is a get away from touristy stuff if that's your goal?Ā  Of course I've never been there in December, so maybe I'm off on that.Ā  Ā 

    Really, the goal is to get away from everyone else for a bit. If y'all have recs for other places to visit close to Rome, I'm all ears!

  7. We'll be in Rome in December with our kids, my in-laws, and @HornOnTheBayou's sisters. We'd like to get away one night on our own, maybe to Firenze. Is there a good quick overnight trip for us to take by train, where we can chill and drink good wine and food without the kids or the rest of the family. And take a break from the full-on touristy stuff the rest of the family wants to do. I speak about an intermediate level of Italian so regions where very little English is spoken would be ok.

    Any recs for places to stay and places to eat/things to see?

  8. On 10/19/2025 at 3:55 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

    They should retire the Domingo sketch, but they probably won’t because of the YouTube views. I think the episode was mostly fine. Sabrina Carpenter dancing around in her panties didn’t hurt.Ā 

    Snacks Homiez was really funny. Even Wickline was good.Ā 

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    22 hours ago, A-Tex Devil said:

    This. If you have kids that age it was a dead on impression of how 12 yo boys talk to each other outside the (likely intentional) exclusion of ā€œsix-seveennnā€.Ā 

    All this. I loled when they called that kid unc.

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  9. On 10/18/2025 at 11:13 AM, Slacks said:

    Is there an afternoon dove hunt?Ā 

    The day of the wedding, I actually had a conversation with someone about the dove hunt they'd gone on the day before.Ā šŸ˜‚

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  10. On 10/18/2025 at 12:29 PM, mdmost said:

    Finally watched Hereditary. What a wild ride that last act was. mdleast sold it to me as having the most audible dread in any movie he's watched.Ā 

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    The part where you see the mom in the corner and then she floats by. Just great at amping up the tension. The part where she starts chasing her son made us scream which my oldest and I rarely do while watching these.

    So far we've watched, The Birds, Psycho, The Thing, Longlegs, Se7en, Talk To Me, and Weapons. We still need to get through The VVitch, Event Horizon, American Werewolf in London, Bring Her Back, and the youngest wants to watch The Shining.Ā 

    Hereditary is my 17-yo's favorite movie - we watch a lot of horror, and he compares everything to it. Highly recommend Midsommar too. I haven't enjoyed Ari Aster's last two movies as much, but I'm hoping he goes back to his horror roots soon.

    On 10/18/2025 at 2:17 PM, Stringer said:

    I am by no means an expert in this area, but I really like Ready Or Not from a couple years ago. No higher themes, it just rips.

    This is one of my favorite horror movies. A couple of Halloweens ago, I dressed up as Grace. Carried around a Red Ryder BB gun for trick-or-treating.

  11. 14 hours ago, FORTY NINE TO ZERO said:

    their wildlife refuge is amazing, i highly recommend you swing by, assuming it isn't shut down due to stupid ass trumpĀ 

    Thanks for the rec - we won't be there that long this time but I'll remember this for future trips to SETX.

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  12. 15 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

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    back to this anuhuac family reunion / wedding, @austingirl

    1. are the bride and groom related ? Not that we know of, but also probably, in the way that everyone in SETX whose families have been there for generations are probably cousins several times removedĀ 

    2. do you plan on being uppity and wear shoes ? Yes

    3. straw hat ? No

    4. is it an anuhuac faux pas to chew tobaccy during the ceremony ? No idea, this is the first time I've ever stopped in Anahuac on purposeĀ 

    5. what covered dish are you bringing ? Reception will be catered! There's an open bar, son!

    6. how pregnant is she ? They've been together forever so that's not off the table, but unlikelyĀ 

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  13. 3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    And they JUST.Ā  DON'T.Ā  GET THAT.

    They think they can simultaneously wave around the "I'm a constitution-loving conservative" flag while also waving (in practice) the Wilhoit's Law flag (in-groups the law protects but does not bind, vs. out-groups that the law binds but does not protect).Ā  Once you create and iimplement the Wilhoit dichotomy, it's all over but the shoutin'.Ā 

    Well, fellas, it's all over but the shoutin'.Ā  Your precious Second Amendment means precisely as much to this admin as MY First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, etc.Ā  When you decided to light the whole fucking thing on fire, don't be fucking surprised when everything burns.

    This is tangential, but did y'all know that the Frank Wilhoit who originally said that line is not the political scientist, but another Frank Wilhoit who was posting a comment to a blog post? This Slate article goes into it more, but it's such a weird coincidence.

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  14. Saw it yesterday.Ā 

    It reminded me of Skinamarink in a lot of ways, being a similar high-concept film. You never see the humans' faces clearly. Since it's shot from the dog's POV, most of what you see is from about knee-height. I watched it with my 13-yo and we both really liked it. It didn't stick the landing 100%, IMO, but it's still a good movie. The filmmakers do a great job of conveying tension.Ā 

    The Drafthouse had a good post-credits thing, about 5 minutes long, where the director talked about how they shot the movie with a dog who - and he could not emphasize this enough - did not realize he was in a movie. It took 3 years to film it because they spent so much time getting the reactions they wanted out of Indy, who is adorable.

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