RationalizedInsanity (@RationalizedInsanity@mastodon.social)
#waroftheworlds was one of my favorite cheesey thriller movies. The #history behind the story is also a deep, and a bit of a rabbit hole.
I have to wonder what #hollywood is doing when the most recent film of that name is actually the dumbest idea I've ever seen for a #movie -
"What if aliens invaded but we didn't actually watch the invasion, we watched a guy watch an invasion dramatically like a #youtube reaction channel?".
That's the kinda thing a drunk stoner says.
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2025 (@2025@drwebdomain.blog)
Celebrating 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Ars Technica
A video musical introduction…
https://youtu.be/GKhPVHoodrU?si=3HL5c-VqXjknl3dT
And some memorable images…
Celebrating 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Ars Technica
When The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in 1975, no one could have dreamed that it would become the longest-running theatrical release film in history. But that’s what happened. Thanks to a killer soundtrack, campy humor, and a devoted cult following, Rocky Horror is still a mainstay of midnight movie culture. In honor of its 50th anniversary, Disney/20th Century Studios is releasing a newly restored 4K HDR version in October, along with deluxe special editions on DVD and Blu-ray. And the film has inspired not one, but two documentaries marking its five decades of existence: Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror and Sane Inside Insanity: The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror.
(Spoilers below, because it’s been 50 years.)
The film is an adaption of Richard O’Brien‘s 1973 musical for the stage, The Rocky Horror Show. At the time, he was a struggling actor and wrote the musical as an homage to the science fiction and B horror movies he’d loved since a child. In fact, the opening song (“Science Fiction/Double Feature“) makes explicit reference to many of those, including 1951’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Flash Gordon (1936), King Kong (1933), The Invisible Man (1933), Forbidden Planet (1956), and The Day of the Triffids (1962), among others.
The musical ran for six years in London and was well-received when it was staged in Los Angeles. But the New York City production bombed. By then the film was already in development with O’Brien—who plays the hunchbacked butler Riff Raff in the film—co-writing the script. Director Jim Sharman retained most of the London stage cast, but brought in American actors Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon to play Brad and Janet, respectively. And he shot much of the film at the Victorian Gothic manor Oakley Court in Berkshire, England, where several Hammer horror movies had been filmed. In fact, Sharman made use of several old props and set pieces from old Hammer productions, most notably the tank and dummy from 1958’s The Revenge of Frankenstein.
The film opens with nice wholesome couple Brad and Janet attending a wedding and awkwardly getting engaged themselves. They decide to visit their high school science teacher, Dr. Scott (Jonathan Adams), because they met in his class, but they get a flat tire en route and end up stranded in the rain. They seek refuge and a phone at a nearby castle, hoping to call for roadside assistance. Instead, they are pressured into becoming guests of the castle’s owner, a transvestite mad scientist called Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), and his merry bad of misfits.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Celebrating 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Ars Technica
#2025 #America #ArsTechnica #Film #Films #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Movies #RHPS #ScienceFiction #Television #TheRockyHorrorPictureShow #UnitedStates #YouTube
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videos (@videos@wakoka.com)
https://www.wacoca.com/videos/2874199/hajime/ はじめしゃちょー Hajime: 【新作】Switch2のバスケのゲーム面白過ぎるwwwww【ドラッグアンドドライブ】 #hajime #hajimecompany #hajimexcompany #hajimexgame #Vlog #Vlogger #YouTube #YouTuber #ゲーム実況 #はじめカンパニー #はじめしゃちょー #はじめ社長 #ビログ #新作Switch2のバスケのゲーム面白過ぎるwwwwwドラッグアンドドライブ
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videos (@videos@wakoka.com)
https://www.wacoca.com/videos/2874171/celebrity/ 【初統合版】ヒカキンの絶景マインクラフトハードコア生配信【HikakinGames12周年記念】 #beatbox #Celebrities #Celebrity #game #gameplay #HIKAKIN #HIKAKINGAMES #LIVE #Minecraft #PC #PCゲー #Vlog #YouTube #YouTuber #ゲーム #ゲーム実況 #スマホ #スマホゲー #ビートボックス #ヒカキン #ヒカキンゲーム #ヒカキンゲームス #ボイパ #マイクラ #マインクラフト #ユーチューバー #ユーチューブ #初統合版ヒカキンの絶景マインクラフトハードコア生配信HikakinGames12周年記念 #実況 #実況プレイ #生配信
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AnnaSaultron (@AnnaSaultron@nerdculture.de)
You Tube secretly apples AI changes to shorts without their creators knowledge
#YouTube #AI #MissingConsent #CyberpunkIsNow #MisinformationWar
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vivizine (@vivizine@ol2ol.com)
中丸雄一が終了wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww【2chまとめ】【2chスレ】【5chスレ】 https://www.vivizine.com/951738/ ##2ch ##２ちゃんねる #2ch面白いスレ #2ちゃんねる #5ch #johnnys #UCfpDFgEbnzzEVcqnA4hf8Tw #YouTube #youtuber #ジャニーズ #なんj #なんj民 #ニュース #はねうま #ハネウマライダー #ゆっくり #中丸雄一 #中居 #中居正広 #芸能 #芸能ゴシップ #芸能人
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ShineMyCrown (@ShineMyCrown@newsie.social)
Halle Berry’s Ex David Justice Reveals Why He Left: She Don’t Cook or Clean – Drama Unfolds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqbjsBjqhg0&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #HalleBerry #DavidJustice #CelebrityDrama #YouTube #Cooking
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docteurslump (@docteurslump@ludosphere.fr)
#Youtube : un enfer pour les bilingues.
Je ne compte plus les traductions automatiques de titres complètement débiles et les traductions audio forcées en FR alors que je n'ai rien demandé . Évidemment ces conneries ne sont pas désactivables.
Google Casse-couilles ...
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v_d_richards (@v_d_richards@literatur.social)
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Frage an die Software Leute, die hier tatsächlich verstehen, wie shit funktiniert:
Wenn ich auf #Youtube angemeldet zugreife und dann mit einer #VideoDownloader App ausm #Ubuntu Anwendungszentrum ( z.B. VideoDownloader) Videos runterlade, kann #Google dann erkennen, dass von meiner IP aus so eine App genutzt wird, oder sehen die nur, dass das Video abgerufen wird von meiner IP aus?
Ich will auf keinen Fall riskieren, irgendwie von Google gebannt zu werden.
Wenn ich meinen Standard
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nick (@nick@piraten-partei.social)
🇩🇪 Ich höre es immer und immer wieder von #YouTube Erstellern: "Ein Video von uns hat aus [Gründen] den Algorithmus erzürnt, und viel schlechter als normal abgeschnitten. Wir werden daher in Zukunft nicht mehr über [Thema] berichten."
Einen AdBlocker oder ein anderes #YouTubeFrontEnd zu verwenden ist NICHT GENUG! Holt euch die Videos wenn möglich aus anderen Quellen, wo immer möglich Stück für Stück.
➡️ Nutzt Clients welche mehr Quellen als nur YouTube erlauben, wie #NewPipe oder #Grayjay.
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nick (@nick@piraten-partei.social)
🇺🇸/🇬🇧 Once again I hear this from #YouTube creators: "Well we made that video, but for [stupid reason] the algorithm didnt like it, so it didn't perform as good as similar videos usually. So we are going to stop videos about [topic]"
REMEMBER: Using an alternative #YouTubeFrontEnd or an #Adblocker isn't enough, we have to escape the #BigTech monopolies, bit by bit, wherever possible.
➡️ Use a client that supports multiple sources like #NewPipe or #Grayjay and diversify your media intake.
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calcettocuggi (@calcettocuggi@mastodon.social)
Le Formazioni del 18-08-25 | Pillole, Pagelle, e altro ancora! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwqLXJCUmf4&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Formazione #Pillole #Pagelle #YouTube #Video
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