Search results for: “what if”
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Reset, Chinese Ground Hog’s day TV show
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Reset is a 15-episode series on YouTube about a young man and woman caught in a Groundhog Day-style temporal loop. The series is set in the picturesque city of Xiamen, China. The episodes all have English subtitles that are usually easy to keep up with. Occasionally, the dialog would come too fast to read, but that’s…
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Why Hollywood loves this creepy bird call
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in Geek stuffThis is a fascinating video for movie fans or birdwatchers. And if you’re a birdwatching movie fan then this video is a must-watch. VOX explains the haunting call of the loon, and how it became an iconic, though oftentimes geographically inappropriate, background sound in movies to add a sense of foreboding. TL;DR Hollywood frequently…
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RunPee Weekly Newsletter #207 (March 7th, 2024)
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in NewsletterThe app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. Welcome to our Duneiverse To celebrate the release of Dune: Part 2 we’ve put together a Dune hub. In there you’ll find our previous Dune reviews and all our other Dune related articles. However, if…
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Films that need to be made into Horror Movies | Spookyastronauts
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in HorrorMovies that aren’t horror movies, but should be. Here’s the TL;DW Emma discusses remaking non-horror movies into horror films, focusing on unique premises that could be twisted into dark narratives. She proposes several film ideas for this concept, including “Drop Dead Fred,” envisioning it as a horror-comedy where the imaginary friend turns into a murderous…
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TED-Ed: Why should you read “Dune” by Frank Herbert
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Dune is oftentimes mentioned as one of the greatest works of science fiction. I tend to disagree. It clearly deserves to sit on the shelf with the greatest literary works, but Dune isn’t science fiction. People commonly use the genre science fiction as a catchall for any story that takes place in the future, or…
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We Have WORM SIGN!
It’s probably not a shocker that February is generally a slow month for movies. Every few years we get a Black Panther, Thor Ragnarok, or Deadpool movie in February, but those are the exceptions. This year (2024), February had some lackluster movies, to say the least. Movies like Drive-Away Dolls, Bob Marley, Lisa Frankenstein, Argylle,…
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Stranger Things Watch Journal (Season 2)
TL;DR Another great season. It feels like the action and plot will peak in episode 5, but it just keeps building—except for episode 6, which is a departure from the main story. We finished the season by binging three episodes in one night because we just couldn’t put it down. Episode 1 They did a…
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Independent Film Review – Frankenstein: Legacy
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I’m sure there must be a term for a story that is an extension of an earlier story. Extended narrative perhaps? Whatever…I’m sure someone could tell me in the comments. Anyway, Frankenstein: Legacy is set in a shared universe with the original Mary Shelley novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Basically, it takes up the…
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The Martian-Deleted Scenes and Additional Footage
The Martian is, hands down, one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s a great example of science fiction at its best because it barely feels like a science fiction movie. It really feels like a recreation of an actual event. Actually, it feels like they just filmed a real event. If you think…
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RunPee Dune Hub
I’m probably not the right person to write this. No…I’m definitely not the right person to write this! You’d be much better informed if Dan or Jilly had written an introduction to this Dune mini-hub. Perhaps they’ll write something better and just get rid of my nonsense. You see, the problem is that I have…
