SargothI have three movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in half an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
How to steal a million (1966)
Escape from New York (1981)
Constantine (2005)
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I have three movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in half an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Constantine (2005)
October sky (1999)
How to steal a million (1966)
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I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in half an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Blade Runner (final cut)
Smilla's sense of snow (1997)
How to steal a million (1966)
October sky (1999)
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I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in half an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Blade Runner (final cut)
Smilla's sense of snow (1997)
How to steal a million (1966)
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I have two episodes queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in half an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
The first two episodes of Star Trek Discovery S05
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I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in half an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Smilla's sense of snow (1997)
How to steal a million (1966)
Beneath the harvest sky (2013)
No country for old men (2007)
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I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in half an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Smilla's sense of snow (1997)
Beneath the harvest sky (2013)
No country for old men (2007)
Kimi (2022)
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I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Emily the criminal (2022)
Beneath the harvest sky (2013)
Kimi (2022)
Smilla's sense of snow (1997)
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I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Emily the criminal (2022)
Beneath the harvest sky (2013)
Kimi (2022)
White noise (2022)
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I have three movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Emily the criminal (2022)
Beneath the harvest sky (2013)
White noise (2022)
Poll ended at .
I have two movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Beneath the harvest sky (2013)
White noise (2022)
Poll ended at .
I have exactly one movie queued up this friday afternoon, and then I have officially run out of movies that I downloaded that one time with a vague commitment to watching them at some point. This makes for a short list this week, and a longer one next week, by virtue of repeating the process with a brand new iteration of "that one time". As one does
And so, one last time: when I get back from getting a pizza, should I watch
White noise (2022)
Hold on, what even is this thing?
A poll? Give me that delayed notification plz
The average release year of these movies was 2001
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Just to have it written down,
and on the off chance it comes in handy on a rainy day where inspiration seems to be a foreign notion,
and/or to feed a future _ebook someone might build off of this account,
Escape from New York (1981)
Constantine (2005)
October sky (1999)
Blade Runner (1982/2007)
How to steal a million (1966)
No country for old men (2007)
Smilla's sense of snow (1997)
Kimi (2022)
Emily the criminal (2022)
Beneath the harvest sky (2013)
White noise (2022)
And thus our months-long experiment in cinematic democratized randomization enters into a second phase, with a new batch of movies I downloaded that one time. Which is all to say:
I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Good bye Lenin (2003)
Lost in translation (2003)
How to marry a millionaire (1953)
Gun fury (1953)
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from contextual clues, we can conclude that "that one time" of round one happened sometime during 2022. the corresponding time for round two happened a specific tuesday 2024
and the winner is
with a contextually massive number of votes
Lost in translation
with a contextually massive number of votes
Lost in translation
the reason this movie made the list is that I heard that a song by Air is in it
friends
I can confirm
the song is in it
aschmitz@sargoth I can confirm that is also the reason I voted for it, and that I know nothing about the movie besides that.
I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Good bye Lenin (2003)
Gun fury (1953)
How to marry a millionaire (1953)
How to make an american quilt (1995)
Poll ended at .
"mastodon user sargoth, did you post the poll early this week"
it takes 42 minutes to get a pizza
this is very inconvenient when the poll options are exactly 30 and 60 minutes
it takes 42 minutes to get a pizza
this is very inconvenient when the poll options are exactly 30 and 60 minutes
and the winner is
continuing the trend of movies with orange promotional posters
Good bye Lenin!
I have four movies queued up this midsommar. When I come back in an hour after finding out if any of the local pizza places are open, should I watch
Gun fury (1953)
How to marry a millionaire (1953)
How to make an american quilt (1995)
24 hour party people (2002)
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good news! there were open pizza places
ahem, I mean
and the winner is
featuring one M Monroe
How to marry a millionaire
I love 50s movies
sometimes they just open with a ten minute long musical number
just absolutely wild things that cinema as an art form unceremoniously moved away from during the passing decades
I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Gun fury (1953)
How to make an american quilt (1995)
24 hour party people (2002)
The rocky horror picture show (1975)
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and the winner is
after being available exactly once as an option,
the rocky horror picture show
'tis time to close this gap in my general education
fun extratextual information: mere moments after I started the movie, the gates of heaven opened up and let loose the floods
I have three movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Gun fury (1953)
How to make an american quilt (1995)
24 hour party people (2002)
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and the winner is
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24 hour party people
I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Gun fury (1953
How to make an american quilt (1995)
The long goodbye (1973)
The long kiss goodnight (1996)
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and the winner is
with one ghost vote factored in from beyond the fediverse
the long goodbye
with one ghost vote factored in from beyond the fediverse
the long goodbye
"what even are ghost votes?"
run a long-form recurring thread long enough, and it garners attention from beyond
also
holy smokes, it's Spike Spiegel
also also
it's an extremely young Arnold Schwarzenegger
it's an extremely young Arnold Schwarzenegger
I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
Gun fury (1953)
How to make an american quilt (1995)
The long kiss goodnight (1996)
Modesty Blaise (1966)
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for the first time ever, we have a three-way tie (no ghost votes)
in the case of a tie, the movie that has been an option for the longest time wins by seniority, which means that the winner is
[a tumbleweed hops dramatically across the fediverse]
Gun Fury!
in the case of a tie, the movie that has been an option for the longest time wins by seniority, which means that the winner is
[a tumbleweed hops dramatically across the fediverse]
Gun Fury!
the movie was apparently filmed in 3D (in 1953!), and you can definitely see the moments when they decided to showcase that effect
also, the movie correctly posits that you can not make deals with unreconstructed southerners. a life lesson to take to heart
I have four movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
How to make an american quilt (1995)
The long kiss goodnight (1996)
Modesty Blaise (1966)
Elvira: mistress of the dark (1988)
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and the winner is
with the highest percentage rate yet, a horrific 86%
Elvira: mistress of the dark
.........awooooo
It occurs to me that I have done this long enough to warrant a hashtag. Thus, I encourage you to vote on this week's #FridayMovie
Which is to say
I have three movies queued up this friday afternoon. When I come back in an hour after getting a pizza, should I watch
How to make an american quilt (1995)
The long kiss goodnight (1996)
Modesty blaise (1966)
Poll ended at .
"mastodon user sargoth, why are there sometimes three options instead of four?"
when a new option is added and immediately wins, the three remaining ones get to duke it out the next week
to encourage circulation, you see
and the winner is
a movie which several people, independently of each other, have assured me is a Good Watch
The long kiss goodnight
a movie which several people, independently of each other, have assured me is a Good Watch
The long kiss goodnight
it amuses me that there was a clip from The long goodbye at the beginning of the movie, as if they knew future persons (such as myself, in this here poll series) would associate the two movies based on their vaguely similar titles
It is friday, and you know what that means
that's right
the weekly #FridayMovie poll!
After I press post, I go outside to get a pizza. When I get back with said pizza, should I watch
How to make an american quilt (1995)
Modesty blaise (1966)
River of no return (1954)
The incredibly true adventure of two girls in love
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To avoid any confusion: the fourth option is the 1995 version
character limits, y'know
and the winner is
with a record 100% of the votes
The incredibly true adventure of two girls in love (1995)
friends
this is a very lesbian movie
who would have thought
this is a very lesbian movie
who would have thought
I am happy I saw this movie
Butternuts 🦆@sargoth what's a lesbian
@batterpunts according to dril, they are extremely powerful sword wielders
@sargoth a bygone age of legend 😔
The day of days, friday, has arrived, and so it is finally time for a #FridayMovie. I present to you these four options, the winner of which will be consumed alongside the customary celebratory pizza
How to make an american quilt (1995)
Modesty Blaise (1966)
River of no return (1955)
Ghost world (2001)
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and the winner is
after many a week's stoic silence
Modesty Blaise!
should you go out of your way to watch this movie?
no
should you add it to a list of movies you will eventually, at some point, randomly see?
I mean, sure, why not
I just realized the second round now has gone on as long as the first one did, and so it might be prudent to make a list of previous movies. Just to have 'em posted
Lost in translation (2003)
Good bye Lenin (2003)
How to marry a millionaire (1953)
The rocky horror picture show (1975)
24 hour party people (2002)
The long goodbye (1973)
Gun fury (1953)
Elvira: mistress of the dark (1988)
The long kiss goodnight (1996)
The incredibly true adventure of two girls in love (1995)
Modesty Blaise (1966)
in related news
BONUS VOTE
I am too tired to do anything requiring effort, so why not watch another movie, seeing how it is still friday and all. Thus, another #FridayMovie vote. Four options, one winner, no pizza
BONUS VOTE
I am too tired to do anything requiring effort, so why not watch another movie, seeing how it is still friday and all. Thus, another #FridayMovie vote. Four options, one winner, no pizza
How to make an american quilt (1995)
River of no return (1954)
Ghost world (2001)
OtherLife (2017)
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and the winner is
by virtue of seniority
How to make an american quilt
fun bonus info: the average release date of all these movies (quilt included) is the first of july 1983
two observations
1) this movie went very well with the Incredibly true adventure of two girls in love, and
2) I can not shake the suspicion this movie is somehow related to the particular moment in time when US cultural studies were obsessed with quilts
1) this movie went very well with the Incredibly true adventure of two girls in love, and
2) I can not shake the suspicion this movie is somehow related to the particular moment in time when US cultural studies were obsessed with quilts
I do declare that it is, finally and yet again, friday, and thus time for another #FridayMovie. And so I have the joy and honor to present the customary four options for which movie shall go with the celebratory pizza
River of no return (1954)
Ghost world (2001)
OtherLife (2017)
Operation Avalanche (2016)
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and the winner is
with 100% of registered votes and 0% of ghost votes,
Operation Avalanche
with 100% of registered votes and 0% of ghost votes,
Operation Avalanche
I was asked about the seemingly random and nonsensical selection of movies, so here's a recap
For the first round, it consisted of movies that I had downloaded at some point in time and then never bothered to watch. The weekly poll was a neat vehicle to get around to watching 'em
Then I ran out of movies, and so I downloaded a brand new set, seeking out more and/or less famous movies I'd vaguely like to get around to seeing one day. And so, the weekly polls continued into their second round
The four selection criteria are
1. that I have not seen it before
2. that it is not accidentally porn or propaganda or somesuch
3. that it'd make for a nice friday evening watch (to suit the pizza, see), and
4. that it'd fill in a gap in my general awareness of movie history
given time, this will turn me into a well rounded individual who Gets References, and in the short term it is a nice little moment to look forward to each week
I'm building my own ancient tradition slash educational praxis
I have movies queued up until early 2025, which sounds impressive until you remember that, at the rate of one movie per week, that's slightly over 25 titles
fortunately, fridays are a renewable resource, so there is no rush. it is rumored that there are a finite number of movies, but I think we don't have to worry about that for a while
if you want to join in the voting, it mostly happens fridays around 16:00 (4 pm) Europe time, give or take
most weeks are decided by a one (1) vote margin. I suspect you know who you are
Jay@sargoth I feel like I should point out all of us also have a finite number of Fridays
@jaystephens this has good implications for mondays
I am happy to announce that the time has come to vote for this week's #FridayMovie. As is tradition, here are four options, some of which you may or may not revere as long time favorites
River of no return (1954)
Ghost world (2001)
OtherLife (2017)
The day the earth stood still (1951)
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