Forrester: Because socks are badly designed. The seams are on the inside, hurt the toes. In some cultures it's considered good luck to be wearing something inside out.
Jamal: And you believe that?
Forrester: No, but it's like praying. What do you risk?
Thinking tonight about how many "constrained resource" stories of one genre or another I've crossed paths with in my life that strongly promoted the message that the old, the weak, the infirm and the infertile don't deserve to live.
What are some of your favourite stories (in any genre or medium) that counterprogram these kinds of pro-eugenics messages? Who is making them?
Today (May 10) in the U.S 🇺🇸 is #NationalGolfDay ⛳️
The earliest golf game dates back to 15th century Scotland 🏴. Golf looked vastly different way back, people used clubs or bent sticks to hit a pebble around tracks or dunes. #QuirkyFilmQuestion#FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
Hammer House of Horror movie directed by horror legend Freddie Francis.
In today's terms, this might be a rebootquel as it's another version of the Frankenstein legend you're all familiar with.
Peter "Cush" Cushing is the titular Baron Frankenstein, his sideburns sharpened to cut glass.
His goofy lab assistant/heterosexual life partner Hans is simply there to be the audience surrogate and caddy.
Nothing actually EVIL takes place during its scant runtime, but it's entertaining enough in an old-timey smoking-is-fine-while-pregnant kind of way.
It's Hammer, so it's almost required viewing for #horror fan
“High schooler Alex Rogan conquers the Starfighter video game, only to find out it was just a test, and is transported to another planet. He has been recruited to join a team of the best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.” (from IMDB)
Marty orders a Pepsi Free at the Lou’s Cafe, the local diner, to Lou’s confusion and consternation. Lou responds: “You want a Pepsi, pal, you're gonna pay for it.”
Today (Apr 25th) in the U.S 🇺🇲 is #SchoolBusDriversDay 🚌
The day was celebrated informally in California until the state legislature declared it official in 2009. It's now spread nationwide to draw attention to the exceptional service drivers provide for their students. #QuirkyFilmQuestion#FilmMastodon 🎥 🎬
Despite its sensationalist pulpy title and #ColdWar premise, Jack Arnold's adaptation of the #RichardMatheson novel is an existentialist treatise.
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) plays with the understanding of what it means to be acknowledged as a human, and one's place in the world. The story is told through the eyes of the titular Shrinking Man – Scott Carey – who after being exposed to strange fog, finds himself increasingly lost in this world.
In ON THE MARRIAGE BROKER #JOKE AS CITED BY #SIGMUNDFREUD IN “WIT AND ITS RELATION TO THE UNCONSCIOUS” OR CAN THE AVANT-GARDE ARTIST BE WHOLED?” (1977) Owen Land explores meaning, wit, and #WordPlay, and manages to unite the #marketing of #umeboshi#plums in a wide variety of vessels, the brokering of brides, and pandas discussing #Freud in all of the above contexts.
In a small train station's waiting room, people sleep. #Trains in the distance rumble along. #Snow covers footprints crossing nearby tracks and the wooden shed where travellers, strangers, huddle together in their shared fate. Pavel Kostomarov's cinematography and Sergey Loznitsa's direction capture the silence. This is Полустанок [Polustanok / The Halt)] (RU, 2000).