My Random TV Thread

Halfway through Daredevil Season 2: 1) The Punisher is the series we need and we need it beyond a single season. Bernthal is simply amazing with that role. 2) Elektra is "sort out the consequences hot" or beyond. Great character in her own right and played well by the actress. I wish we had them against Wilson Fisk, because the supporting cast is excellent. When your supporting cast is better than the main characters, you've done a great job. The series doesn't "hang on the prop" in my opinion.
 
Anyone watch American Vandal? Shit is hilarious. Perfect send up of the true crime stuff becoming so popular right now.
 
Watched a twilight zone marathon last night....could not find the full episodes online, but if you can find this one .... it is absolutely one of the best ever and holds up after all these years. When I first saw it as a small child it really fucked with me....

 
Ooh-Rah said:
Watched a twilight zone marathon last night....could not find the full episodes online, but if you can find this one .... it is absolutely one of the best ever and holds up after all these years. When I first saw it as a small child it really fucked with me....

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Proof that the most horrifying things we can come up with is from our own imagination, trying to figure out the unknown, it's part of the reason why Lovecraftian fiction can still hold up to today's endless dribble of jumpscares with no value or meaning to them.

While not not of the same genre as Cosmic Horror, it speaks volumes that a movie like The Shining, can still scare people today. It perfectly hits on the head everything we fear most, loss of control, the unknown, knowing something is coming but there is nothing you can do to stop it. To put it plainly, to achieve true horror you have to create a visceral emotion with the medium you're working with.

Dread.

Thick and heavy as molasses and suffocating as Georgia in August, Dread is a primal fear that everyone has, may not have ever experienced it, but can immediately feel it when it takes hold. Unlike jump scares that are a physical reaction due to a visual or physical stimulus that you can be conditioned to control, you can't control your human instinct to want to survive, the feeling your mind is creating because it knows your squishy body can't fight whatever that unknown entity is in the dark closet. Thats why the classics such as The Twilight Show, The Shining, Alien, Halloween, The Grudge, etc. are revered as much as they are. They hit on that true visceral emotion, whether it be the unknown, uncanny valley, or a myriad of other factirs that play on our psyche.

Sorry for the overkill response, I get carried away when talking about television/film or literature at times.

@Red Flag 1 that is horrifying and amazing at the same time, does your neighbor have any reasoning behind his theory? I'm definitely intrigued by the idea of it but it seems a little far fetched, then again we only recently discovered that we can suppress the movement of atoms simply through observation (insane right). So, the idea that our universe is inside of a black hole really isn't that far fetched.


Here's the article about what I just mentioned if you want to take a read of it, it sounds so fantastical that it's almost hard to believe. The things we are finding out about how the universe works is truly amazing.

'Zeno effect' verified—atoms won't move while you watch
 
Red Flag 1 said:
In talking with my Astrophysicist neighbor, the subject of Black Holes came up. What blew my mind was his observation that "We could all be in a Black Hole right now. Can you prove that we are not?".
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We could all be in [insert any number of wacky theories about reality], can you prove that we are not?

Fun site for lots of these - Creepy Mind-Blowing Theories About the Universe
 
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