• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      I feel like it would’ve been a little better if they held off on the reveal that it was staged for a bit, but it’s been ages since I’ve seen it. I remember enjoying it though.

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      7 hours ago

      Cabin in the Woods is fine art.

      10/10 Premise 10/10 Execution

      I’m helping my teenager get through all the horror tropes so we can watch Cabin in the Woods together.

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      100% agree. It’s a fine twist on the subgenre, but the twist introduces an idea that begs to be expanded upon as part of a larger, cross-subgenre arc. And yet we only get a sliver and then it’s done.

      My hot take is that Joss Whedon’s writing is like JJ Abrams’: perfect premises with bad sense of follow-thru, so all their work gets the Netflix “over before it’s satisfyingly concluded” treatment

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        I feel like everything was explained. I’m not left with any lingering questions about why or how any of it happened

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        That’s a great point. It would be fun to see a G rated fantasy film that happens to exactly follow the rules to be a Cabin in the Woods prequel.

        (Same enforcement of common tropes from much happier genres, but implying that the underlying reason is the same…)