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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-05 (Friday)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:22:48 -0400
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On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:54:52 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>In article <uvbube$2ggcq$1@dont-email.me>,
> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>
>> On 4/11/2024 12:08 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>> > In article <uus8jp$2914c$1@dont-email.me>,
>> >   Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> The First Omen (theatrical) New horror movie that is a direct prequel to
>> >> the 1976 "The Omen." It is set in Rome in 1971 and tells the backstory
>> >> behind where "Damien" came from. While it seems a bit of a retcon I
>> >> guess it can be said the movie is clarifying details that were only
>> >> guessed or assumed before. But it does at least make it clear why/how
>> >> priests and nuns had Damien in the first place at the start of the 1976
>> >> movie and they knew *exactly* what they had and what they were doing.
>> > 
>> > I didn't like the explanation.
>> > 
>> > SPOILERS:
>> > 
>> > In the original OMEN, the turncoat clergy were portrayed as true
>> > believers, actual Satanists who worshipped Lucifer and were rejoicing at
>> > the birth of their 'savior'.
>> > 
>> > Here we find out they were just corrupt clergy, upset that young people
>> > were turning away from the church and thereby costing the church its
>> > power in society, so they 'created' the anti-Christ in some sort of
>> > weird quasi science experiment so he would wreak havoc on the earth and
>> > drive people back to the church again.
>> > 
>> > No, sir. I don't think I like it.
>> > 
>> Since it's a prequel I watched it first then the originals. I had 
>> forgotten the church had anything to do with it.
>> 
>> > I did think the movie was well done and did a great job of creating an
>> > atmosphere of foreboding and evil lurking just around the next corner.
>> > 
>> > The lead actress was appealing and did a good job and I had the nagging
>> > impression I'd seen her somewhere before but her IMDb doesn't show her
>> > in anything I've ever seen. (And her name-- Nell Tiger Free-- just
>> > screams "Thanks mom and dad for being hippies when you had me. Wonderful
>> > name you picked there.")
>> > 
>> > I knew the roommate was a baddie from the moment she walked on screen
>> 
>> She wasn't really trying to hide it was she?  LOL
>> 
>> > and it didn't take much longer than that before I'd guessed that the
>> > troubled girl in the orphanage was just a red herring. (I did
>> > momentarily doubt myself when the 666 was revealed in her mouth, but it
>> > turns out I was right anyway.)
>> > 
>> > Loved how the moment it was revealed that the baby was a boy-- and
>> > therefore the anti-Christ they'd been waiting for-- Goldsmith's "Ave
>> > Satani" boldly took over the score.
>> > 
>> > All in all, it was a good movie except for the retcon about the church
>> > and, I suppose, the way it contradicted Damien's origins from the
>> > original movie, which clearly indicated his mother was a jackal, not a
>> > pretty novitiate.
>> 
>> 
>> Yeah, the jackal retcon became much more obvious when I watched the 
>> originals.
>
>The girlfriend actually went with me to see it, even though she 
>absolutely hates any horror movie about possession or the devil.

My favorite of this sort has always been Prince of Darkness. Sure it's
cheaply made and not top notch acting but I've always been a fan of
this movie. Not one that your girlfriend would be a fan of, I'm sure.

>I was getting ready to leave and she was like, hang on, I want to go. I 
>was dubious. I said she would hate it and that this sort of thing freaks 
>her out and she said she'd deal with it, she just didn't feel like 
>staying in alone all night. So she went. And of course she was as 
>freaked out as I knew she'd be, Digging her nails into my arm every five 
>minutes, and just generally being miserable.

Yep, been there done that.

>After it was over and we were back in the car, I found out that her 
>misery and any subsequent nightmare she would have were was all my 
>fault. Apparently I should have more forcefully insisted she stay at 
>home and since I didn't, I'm to blame for everything.


LOL, I managed to avoid that. Though you should have known that any
time something goes wrong it must be your fault.

><sigh>

Now you will have to watch her favorite movies/shows for the next few
weeks to make up for your mistake. LOL.