Computer down; need brain bleach

[amedia]

I just found out LJ was down recently - I didn't know, because my home computer has been down! Don't know what's wrong with it. Thought it was the hard drive, computer shop says the hard drive is fine, so they have to figure out what else could be wrong. Could be a few days. AAARGHHH!

Oh, and I need to scrub my subconscious, please. We rented a movie last night that was supposed to be a blend of "science fiction and suspense," called Event Horizon. Eeeeewwwww. It was basically a really bad horror movie along the lines of Hellraiser - lots of icky gore. A lot of the icky bits were in quick jumpy montages, either hallucinated by the characters or viewed by them on a damaged recording, so the viewer just got glimpses of horrible things. After I went upstairs, my husband rewound to the icky bits and went through them on slow-mo to see what was really in there. I came down to get something and he said, "You don't want to come in here." He didn't tell me until the next day what some of the stuff was, and I'm not telling you.

I said to him, "The part where we find out what really happened to the crew - I found that really scary, even though, looking back on it, a lot of it didn't make sense." You know how usually, in a bad horror movie, when you figure out the great whacking holes in the plot, the movie doesn't scare you as much? Well, I couldn't shake this really creeped-out feeling. So he told me a little bit - I still think he's holding back - about the stuff that flashed by too quickly to see consciously. So that's why I felt so creeped-out - the director apparently realized that the movie was too stupid to scare people directly, so he decided to bypass the conscious mind and go straight for the subliminal effect. I feel cheated, and in a strange way, violated.

Now that I know about it, I feel resentful rather than scared. But I totally do NOT recommend this movie!

Comments

[natlyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, but didn't you think there was some backstory that needed to be explored between the captain and the pilot? I mean, the pilot attacks, um, the doctor, I think, but after the standoff is broken up, the captain asks the pilot if he's all right. Generally, concern is shown for the person who is attacked, not the attacker. So what was up?

I didn't find the movie to be very creepy, but then, perhaps I was spending too much time trying to figure out the characters' backstory.

(Also, the pilot was played by Sean Pertwee, Jon's (third Doctor Who) son.)

[amedia.livejournal.com]

Also, the pilot was played by Sean Pertwee, Jon's (third Doctor Who) son.

I squee'd when I saw his name in the opening credits! The 3rd Doctor was one of my absolute favorites. It also had Jason Isaacs before he was Lucius Malfoy.

but didn't you think there was some backstory that needed to be explored between the captain and the pilot

I guess the slasherness turned me off the slashiness! :-) Or even the interesting-not-necessarily-slashy-relationship-ness.

perhaps I was spending too much time trying to figure out the characters' backstory

I have to try to remember that next time I'm watching a creepy movie (which I usually avoid). Sounds like an excellent coping mechanism.

[natlyn.livejournal.com]

It also had Jason Isaacs before he was Lucius Malfoy.

Oh yeah. Or as I think of him the guy with the eyes.

If you need any other coping mechanisms, let me know. I am the Master of Distraction.