Ken Marcus Studios wrote:
Trump in court . . .

Greatest  show since Watergate Hearings.

JSouthworth wrote:
The Isle (dir. Ki Duk Kim, 2000) is an impressive Korean movie, a kind of erotic drama with some amazing photography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isle

"The film has gained notoriety for gruesome scenes that caused some viewers to vomit or faint when the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival."

"Hee-jin looks after Hyun-shik, even saving him from two suicide attempts, the second one accomplished gruesomely by swallowing a string of fish hooks"

"Hee-jin apparently attempts suicide in an effort to stop him by stuffing fish hooks into her vagina and falling into the water. This time it's Hyun-shik's turn to save her, by reeling her in with the still attached hooks."

And if that isn't enough, "There are also numerous scenes involving cruelty to animals, which according to the director Kim Ki-duk, were all real"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isle

Checks all your boxes, does it - prostitutes, female genital abuse, cruelty to animals, made palatable by "some amazing photography."?

Focuspuller wrote:
"The film has gained notoriety for gruesome scenes that caused some viewers to vomit or faint when the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival."

"Hee-jin looks after Hyun-shik, even saving him from two suicide attempts, the second one accomplished gruesomely by swallowing a string of fish hooks"

"Hee-jin apparently attempts suicide in an effort to stop him by stuffing fish hooks into her vagina and falling into the water. This time it's Hyun-shik's turn to save her, by reeling her in with the still attached hooks."

Have you actually seen it? It's much more than a horror movie. I didn't throw up or faint.

Frank Lewis Photography wrote:
Endeavour.

Yes. OUTSTANDING series.

Model Sarah wrote:
I am currently trying to get into horror movies - but alas they are all stupid. My favorite directors are David Lynch, Gaspar Noe, Aronofsky, Michael Haneke, Lars Von trier, and Kubrick so that could be why

My sister is trying to get me to waych Yellowstone but I'm not sold yet. Give Hannibal a watch if you haven't seen it. I think it is the greatest series that has ever aired. Yes, even better than Breaking Bad.

Unfortunately, the horror genre has exploited abuse of women. Also, a lot of it is schlock.  Having said that,

I have been a horror fan since I saw the original release of "The Curse of Frankenstein" and "Horror of Dracula" both with Peter Cushing, the original "The Fly" with Vincent Price, The House on Haunted Hill", The Tingler", both also with the great Vincent Price, "The Exorcist."... Ok have to stop...too many to list.

As I got older I found the best horror films were not the goriest, but left more to the imagination, which will always exceed what is ever put on screen. As of now, I rate "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity" as the creepiest movies I have ever seen.  I am not kidding. "Yellowjackets" also very creepy.

I resisted "Yellowstone" for a long time, and finally broke down and have to admit, came to really like it. Beautifully photographed on location in Montana, it is a great window into the interplay of native Americans, ranchers, and out-of-state land developers in a very competently written drama which feels very authentic. Modern cowboy culture is also illuminated in a way that is very believable. Politics plays a role, but not oppressively

Focuspuller wrote:

Unfortunately, the horror genre has exploited abuse of women. Also, a lot of it is schlock.  Having said that,

I have been a horror fan since I saw the original release of "The Curse of Frankenstein" and "Horror of Dracula" both with Peter Cushing, the original "The Fly" with Vincent Price, The House on Haunted Hill", The Tingler", both also with the great Vincent Price, "The Exorcist."... Ok have to stop...too many to list.

As I got older I found the best horror films were not the goriest, but left more to the imagination, which will always exceed what is ever put on screen. As of now, I rate "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity" as the creepiest movies I have ever seen.  I am not kidding. "Yellowjackets" also very creepy.

I resisted "Yellowstone" for a long time, and finally broke down and have to admit, came to really like it. Beautifully photographed on location in Montana, it is a great window into the interplay of native Americans, ranchers, and out-of-state land developers in a very competently written drama which feels very authentic. Modern cowboy culture is also illuminated in a way that is very believable. Politics plays a role, but not oppressively

It's not even about the women thing..they are all just stupid. Like my niece tried to show me this movie about a cult putting people in cages who ate meat at a diner or something? I'm like; uhhh...did PETA make this? I just could not get into it. The new It? Awful. What's that stupid movie I tried to watch with the same actor in an air bnb in Detroit? SOOOOO DUMB. But again, it may be because I watch movies that most people can't stomach because it fucks them up. Like Irreversible is one. Antichrist is another. Both are great movies that fuck people's heads up for a few days. *shrug*

I agree with Blair Witch. I saw that in theaters when it came out when we ALL thought it was a documentary. I watched it last year and it still holds up. Yellowjackets is sooooo good. A lot of that has to do with casting though. I like "scary" movies that might or could happen in actual life. Exorcist was good when I was a kid but now that I am educated, religion was "repairing" seizures due to schizophrenia likely. It's hard for me to believe paranormal things in movies, usually. I hate torture porn movies too. One reason I haven't seen A Serbian Film. I bet that is a great "horror" movie but I don't need to see all that gore to prove a point. Hellraiser was another good one for what you are talking about as well.

Model Sarah wrote:
it may be because I watch movies that most people can't stomach because it fucks them up. Like Irreversible is one. Antichrist is another. Both are great movies that fuck people's heads up for a few days. *shrug*

I agree with Blair Witch.

If you haven't yet, try "Human Centipede" for grossness factor.

I remember I was on location somewhere watching tv in my room and this documentary about a missing film crew and found footage comes on. Fast forward ONE YEAR and "Blair Witch" comes out and I'm thinking,"Holy shit! This must be the found footage I heard about a year ago!  Just brilliant marketing.

Focuspuller wrote:

If you haven't yet, try "Human Centipede" for grossness factor.

I remember I was on location somewhere watching tv in my room and this documentary about a missing film crew and found footage comes on. Fast forward ONE YEAR and "Blair Witch" comes out and I'm thinking,"Holy shit! This must be the found footage I heard about a year ago!  Just brilliant marketing.

Oh god the Human Centipede movies are soooooooo stupid. I don't know where to find it, but Daniel Tosh did a hilarious recap of the first one. Edit: YES I FOUND IT! https://www.bitchute.com/video/jJdV2fK6qmSz/


Blair Witch was probably the most brilliant marketing EVER for a movie.

Model Sarah wrote:

Oh god the Human Centipede movies are soooooooo stupid. I don't know where to find it, but Daniel Tosh did a hilarious recap of the first one. Edit: YES I FOUND IT! https://www.bitchute.com/video/jJdV2fK6qmSz/


Blair Witch was probably the most brilliant marketing EVER for a movie.

SOOO stupid, but think of the mind that came uo with this scenario. Would love to see a BTS doc on the making of. Insane.

JSouthworth wrote:
You can't evaluate a film purely in terms of it's storyline. Your comments show a lack of sophistication which is pathetic, it's fortunate that your former employment in the film industry didn't require you to demonstrate any ethical or aesthetic judgement.

Why you continue to demonstrate utter ignorance of film set professional responsibilities is a mystery. Or is it?

Do indicate comments of mine that show "pathetic" lack of "sophistication"? Don't you really mean "perverse obsession"?

JSouthworth wrote:

No, I meant a pathetic lack of sophistication on your part.

Again, cite examples.

Studio NSFW wrote:
Gawddammit…now I have something in common wit Southie.

That DVD has got so many great lighting FX.   It’s sort of my psyche up video when prepping the studio

Kudos to the lighting director at the Crazy Horse!

The projected lighting effects have always been part of the show since 1951. Some of the routines are almost as old, which helps to explain how they can perform them with such precision.

If you watch the 1979 Italian movie Saturday, Sunday and Friday (Sabato, domenica e venerdì) you can see an earlier generation of Crazy Horse girls performing the Baby Buns number and one or two others. They appear in the final part of this three part anthology comedy film.

Frank Lewis Photography wrote:
SPITFIRE with Leslie Howard and David Niven. Or The First of the Few.

https://youtu.be/ekGM0rhvQUI?si=AJ9vaFLV3a1vwXbq

1942 biopic of R.J. Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire fighter, the plane that beat the Nazis. Or did it? The aircraft was effective during the Battle of Britain, proving a match for the Messerschmitt Bf109 although the German fighter had more effective armament. There were two main issues with the Spitfire, one was that it's production was labour-intensive, it took a lot of man-hours to build because of the elliptical wing, consequently production never met demand and so the RAF used large numbers of US built fighter aircraft such as the Curtis P40. It also lacked the range to escort RAF bombers on missions to targets in Germany.

Leslie Howard, who plays Mitchell in the film was later killed when the C47 aircraft he was travelling in was attacked by eight Luftwaffe Ju88 bombers over the Bay of Biscay;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_777

JSouthworth wrote:

1942 biopic of R.J. Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire fighter, the plane that beat the Nazis. Or did it? The aircraft was effective during the Battle of Britain, proving a match for the Messerschmitt Bf109 although the German fighter had more effective armament. There were two main issues with the Spitfire, one was that it's production was labour-intensive, it took a lot of man-hours to build because of the elliptical wing, consequently production never met demand and so the RAF used large numbers of US built fighter aircraft such as the Curtis P40. It also lacked the range to escort RAF bombers on missions to targets in Germany.

Leslie Howard, who plays Mitchell in the film was later killed when the C47 aircraft he was travelling in was attacked by eight Luftwaffe Ju88 bombers over the Bay of Biscay;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_777

The best of both airplanes: https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/germ … rspit.html

Studio NSFW wrote:
How cold is it in the studio?

Asking for a friend….

The telltale signs indicate that it's not cold in the studio.

Frank Lewis Photography wrote:

The best of both airplanes: https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/germ … rspit.html

The point of building that hybrid aircraft would have been to get a direct comparison between the efficiency of the Spitfire and Bf109 airframes when fitted with the same engine and propeller.

SayCheeZ!  wrote:
The instant #1 Hit on HBO Max:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqZ1mgFENE

It's an interesting show, can only take so much of it though.

The show is basically dating in reverse.

The show starts off by revealing the genitals of 6 contestants, and as the show progresses they reveal up to the neck and then the faces.  On the final round the contestants can speak before the chooser selects the final two contestants.  Then they get dressed and go on a date.  The final segment is an interview with the couple a few weeks after their date. 

Unlike the advertisements, the show displays full frontal nudity, and sometimes closeups or other things that could give some people a heart attack... ie: when the male contestants had to make their 'things' do a helicopter.

Surprising, what I consider the most physically attractive females are usually the first or second to get voted off.
I think the show stresses being kind, because the people that are very overweight are never voted off because of their size, but because they have "small hands" or other somewhat minor feature.

Of the few episodes I've seen I've found myself being very attracted to females that I originally thought were on the repulsive side... somehow or another the personalities do show through!

The last episode I watched was an upper class 23 year old male virgin as the chooser.  He's into classical music and fancy wines.  After the female contestants VJJ's were revealed he got overwhelmed and the show was paused so he could take it all in and regain composure off stage.

The first girl he voted off was (IMHO) the most attractive. She had a great figure, no tattoos or scars.  The perfect girl next door. Most of the other contestants were very overweight and had all kinds of tattoos.  He chose to get rid of the attractive one for an odd reason "because she is the type he normally goes for".  I guess he figured that if he's going to get laid he had better do something and choose someone different!

The show isn't always a chooser selecting contestants of the opposite sex. 
The show also has interesting quick segments about biology, anthropology, and science regarding human nature and/or sex.

The show has been in Great Britain for 6 seasons.  I'm really surprised I haven't heard of it until a couple of weeks ago when HBO put it on their streaming service and it became #1 overnight.

I'm kinda surprised that nobody on MM has mentioned it yet.


the screen's being lifted to expose the contestants genitals

I tried watching a couple of episodes of this and it is just CRINGE. I HATE their accents and ridiculous "terms" for genitals. This is quite the opposite of how I would like to date someone.

Model Sarah wrote:

I tried watching a couple of episodes of this and it is just CRINGE. I HATE their accents and ridiculous "terms" for genitals. This is quite the opposite of how I would like to date someone.

The decline of Western Civilization continues. Waiting for the revelation that an AI sexbot is a contestant.

Model Sarah wrote:
I tried watching a couple of episodes of this and it is just CRINGE. I HATE their accents and ridiculous "terms" for genitals. This is quite the opposite of how I would like to date someone.

As mentioned, "I can only take so much of it though", although for me I don't mind the accents (I worked with an almost all British staffed casino for a couple of years so got used to it, hell when I got back to the USA I too developed a British accent)

Focuspuller wrote:
The decline of Western Civilization continues. Waiting for the revelation that an AI sexbot is a contestant.

Compared to the beginning of the decline (Jerry Springer or the Gong Show... one of the two) Naked Attraction is high brow entertainment!

SayCheeZ!  wrote:
As mentioned, "I can only take so much of it though", although for me I don't mind the accents (I worked with an almost all British staffed casino for a couple of years so got used to it, hell when I got back to the USA I too developed a British accent)

It's not JUST a British accent, it is the host's accent. And I forget the term she used for a man's balls but it was so gross. I just couldn't. If anyone wanted to torture me it would be this show Clockwork Orange style.