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This week, we reveal the true purpose of the podcast! And also talk a lot about movies and TV, because we have no emails. Also probably some stuff about William’s education probably, I wasn’t listening. Enjoy!
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My daughter is a sophomore in high school and just a few weeks out from turning 16. I also am less than thrilled with that. I miss her being 4.
Godzuki, probably the best of his archetype. I grew up with a big Godzilla and little Godzilla toys so that helps my feelings probably.
And I waited to long so say here, I think The Exorcist was much like The Blair Witch in that it had a whole zeitgeist helping the film along. But I was 8 when I saw it first and it was terrifying, much less so as a teen and beyond.
If you’re going to watch a sequel to it, try Repossessed. The only true sequel. The series wasn’t bad also
Wait, so your daughter is basically the same age as my niece? I never put that together. Now it will be easier to track.
Isn’t Repossessed a Leslie Nielsen comedy? 😛
We tried to watch the series, but bailed pretty early. I can’t remember why, but normally when we ditch a show it’s because it’s very mean-spirited, I guess? Or just boring? But honestly, I can’t remember, I just remember we left.
I saw “The Exorcist” in the theatre when I was 17, and it really scared me. I had also read the book. I’m thinking now about why it was so frightening and I realize it had a lot to do with my age/gender and one of the messages of the movie. At the time, I just remember that it made me feel really uncomfortable about physical sensations. And it wasn’t the exorcism part of the movie that did that, but earlier scenes. I seem to remember that there was a scene in a doctor’s office and the way the medical procedures were shown was really creepy. And then the other thing that I really remember is the way that the mother is treated–like she doesn’t know what’s going on or her experience of what’s going on is wrong in some way, and also implications about her parenting because she’s a single mom.
So there I was about to go off to college–independence and the possibility that I might have a physical relationship with someone for the first time. I think the movie’s message for me was that those things were going to be really scary and that I was going to be put in the position of being judged/targeted because I inhabited a female body.
The other thing I’m thinking about this movie now is that overall it has a fairly conservative message. There’s all this stuff going on that has to do with a historical context of trying to change the world for the better–the anti-war movement & the women’s movement in particular. And the priest character is someone who is struggling with skepticism about the older ways of dealing with evil. So I think the message that might come across is that progressive movements are idealistic fantasies. Evil is ancient and can only be dealt with by the traditional means which progressive movements are either skeptical of, or actively trying to do away with.
That is a very cool critique of the movie, and makes a lot of sense.
I probably needed to see it earlier in my life for it to resonate strongly with me. 🙁