"The television screen is the retina of the minds eye, therefore the televison screen is part of the physical structure of the brain, therefore whatever appears on the television screen, emerges as raw experience for those who watch it, therefore television is reality, and reality is less than television."



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i think it's quite amazing that you never used drugs ..

MrBliss said:

My imagination is my drug.

...and the imaginations of various artists, writers, filmmakers, etc.

shaddup!@ matlock's on~!

[This message was edited Fri Jan 31 21:31:58 PST 2003 by IceNine]

VIDEODROME
V I D E O D R O M E

I am going to go watch VIDEODROME for the 125 millionth time now...

I loaned my "Videodrome" DVD out... I am pissed!!!

:EVIL:

What is this, a rental joint???

Ice, would you like to talk about Videodrome?

i mean, what's it about anyway?

XxAxX said:

It is about all kinds of great things... the manipulation of humanity through media, human desire to vicariously experience horrible violence and sadistic sex, the transformation of humanity through media.

Max Renn is transformed into a human weapon by videodrome-induced hallucinations and physical mutations... what's not to love?

is this about snuff films, ice?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Snuff films do play a large part in this movie...

I've never seen videodrome.i have however seen a girl get killed by a TV on one of the Freddy Krueger films.

That was good.

Marrk said:

Forget "Nightmare on Elm Street." You really NEED to see "Videodrome," as it is brilliant!!!

IceNine said:

I see it has James Woods in it, so i will seek it out.He's a great actor.'Salvador' is probably his best performance.i see a pattern forming, that's a bit harrowing in places too.

Marrk said:

I think that you will like it... mind you, it was made in 1983, so it is not a "modern" looking movie, but Rick Baker did a fine job on the special effects.

This movie really is brilliant. *in my estimation*

Hey Ice, does the DVD contain the scenes that were used in the TV cut? I noiticed once when I watched it on network TV that it was a fairly significantly different cut, including some completely alternate scenes.

TheGillman said:

The DVD is the "complete uncut version including footage never shown in movie theaters." I have never seen the edited for television version, as I cannot tolerate edited movies, so I cannot say if the additional material is from that edit, but this version is really great.

didn't like existenz, videodrome was da shit though. My firt Kronenberg movie was Crash, had mixed feelings about it, looked like utter trash, but i somehow liked it a lot.

SpcMs said:

"eXistenZ" was a different kind of movie... it was certainly not my favorite Cronenberg movie, but "Videodrome" was a complete masterpiece!

"Crash" was a very strange movie, but what do you expect from a movie made out of a J.G. Ballard book? That movie was EXTRAORDINARILY perverted... but, then again, Cronenberg is no stranger to perversion. God, how I love him.

He also did a good job on "Naked Lunch," and did about as good a job as you could with that particular book.

Naked Lunch is excellent. Towards the end though, I am itching for the film to end... Experiencing that much insanity while watching a film I can only take once in a while...

Something arousing about those bugs though...

Who else saw and loved "Videodrome?"

I own it on DVD but havent watched it yet. Is Naked Lunch available on DVD? I own all the Cronenberg films i can find. Lets see...Shivers, Rabid, Scanners, Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Crash, Existenz am i missing any. other than Naked Lunch?

vgallo6 said:

I have all those too... I have never seen "Naked Lunch," "The Brood" or "M. Butterfly" on DVD.

I wonder why they haven't put "Naked Lunch" on DVD... hmmm...

ooohhh! The Brood is a great one. How is M.Butterfly?