Moss Elixir
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social
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She/her. Interests: art films, cult films, vintage television, video art, late night radio, backlisted books, dharma bums, suburban anomie, field recordings, found footage, lost futures, words, sounds, you.
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I forget which S2 episode it was—pretty sure it was right before Maddie was killed—but there was a Julee Cruise roadhouse scene intercut with other scenes in a way that made me say “wow” out loud & I never do that with stuff
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Nobody Likes ME, I Don't See Why Anyone Should Like Any of YOU
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One of my favorite vampire films along with Habit & Nadja & Near Dark
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Yeah, that's exactly why I was wondering why I suddenly saw it everywhere--if it were KPDH wouldn't have questioned it
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How so? (I've never watched the show, just sitting here going, "Why are there Stranger Things breakfast cereal tie-ins all over the place suddenly?")
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They like to look out & stick their heads in the breeze just like dogs, why are you being so mean about it
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I am just now finding out there's a new haunted house movie told entirely from the POV of a golden retriever & I don't care if it's the best thing ever made or it stinks on ice, I'm watching that. Ain't no rule says a dog can't battle demonic possession.
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People Love Golden Retrievers, But SHOULD They?
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And the emotional abuse, Laura & Leland in the car at the train tracks & at the dinner table. It's all right there.
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Also I'm still mad that this got universal derision & worse on release & meanwhile women were quietly coming up to Sheryl Lee saying "I'm an incest survivor, Laura's story is my story," it's just another metaphor for how the actual crime is treated
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My God it is, their spies are everywhere
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Thanks to The Boondocks I can only ever think of any iteration of this as "that super-nasty Jesus movie"
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Scrawly, autocorrect! Scrawly!
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Sort of scrawny, it fits with the “humans only, machine is a fuck” theme
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I’m not deeply familiar but he’s a real one
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“25 Minutes to Go”? It gives me the willies but that’s exactly what it’s supposed to do