Matrix Games Forums

This sums me up pretty well,

-C

ORIGINAL: RFalvo69

ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

Define 'horror' as you see it?

Regarding movies, I forgot to mention "The Babadook", a great, great movie (to be clear: one of the best I saw in any genre) which works both as a horror story and as a tale about a nervous breakdown - but that to me isn't scary at all. "Shutter" OTOH (the original Thai movie, not the remake) doesn't pretend to be deep about life, but it is as scary as hell.

And I still like a lot the original Blair Witch Project for both how ballsy the idea was back then, and the worldbuilding of the "lore" surrounding the Witch (I was amazed to discover that the directors had invented everything about the legend - I was sure that they had, at least partially, based their plot on already existing folktales).

One of the 'scariest' films I have seen in recent years, is the 4 films under the name Insidious. I found them to have shock scenes and just plain unnerving scenes. Some parts can even be a bit triggering and might make some uncomfortable.

True (when the devil appeared "just like that" I almost had an heart attack [:D]). And, talking about uncomfortable movies, "Sinister" too was very unnerving.

Some of the best filmed horror stories in recent years are the streamed miniseries, like The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor. 6-10 hours gives plenty of room for story development. Just as good are the "regular" series, including Penny Dreadful (I liked both series) and even Stranger Things. And then there are the plain fun stuff, like Wynona Earp, Van Helsing (the series), and Warrior Nun. I'm not much for zombies anymore and the whole Southern Vampire thing got tired.

ORIGINAL: bomccarthy
Some of the best filmed horror stories in recent years are the streamed miniseries, like The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor. 6-10 hours gives plenty of room for story development. Just as good are the "regular" series, including Penny Dreadful (I liked both series) and even Stranger Things. And then there are the plain fun stuff, like Wynona Earp, Van Helsing (the series), and Warrior Nun. I'm not much for zombies anymore and the whole Southern Vampire thing got tired.

I liked Hill House, but I like almost everything Mike Flanagan does ("Oculus", "Absentia", "Hush"...) However I found Bly Manor a bit "meh", and "The Shining" part of Doctor Sleep totally didn't work for me.

Penny Dreadful was uniformly great! Stranger Things... the first season was just perfect, but I feel that the second was not as good and the third one, IMHO, was awful. I agree that zombie movies should have had their finest hour with "Shaun of the Dead" and then just die (the books by Max Brooks are both great, however).

Of course I liked both The Ring and the original Japanese, Ringu. "Dark Water", by the same director, was another good Japanese psychological horror, and "Kairo", by Kioshi Kurosawa, was both a very intellectual reflection on the state of Japanese youth and a wall to wall scarefest (with some of the most chilling ghosts I ever saw on a screen). J/Asian-horror became really a thing in the early 2000s and they produced some real gems. Today, not anymore...

Reading alternate history, woodworking, gardening and hunting keep me busy

Raising 6 and 10 year old boys when I'm over 50 (yeah I started late) keeps me pretty well occupied, but it's not a hobby!

I've been around rugby union most of my life, either as a player, a junior coach or a manager. Taking a break this year as my older son wants to have a go at soccer.

I like hiking, dream is to do the Pacific Crest Trail (Canada to Mexico) in the USA and the Bi-Centennial trail here in Australia. These days I'm limited to about 4km in one hit, or the endurance/patience level of a 6yo. Along with the hiking is camping, and I try and get the boys out when I can. Take us back to nature, and we always go unplugged.

Try and get out on my motorcycle when I can, at some point over the past 10 years riding it went from a transportation method to a hobby. I seem to polish the bike more than ride it these days.

My 10 yo is taking some interest in my board game collection and we're starting to get into some of the easier games. I was his age when I first played Panzer Leader so I hope to get him into that or similar over the next year. He's shown some interest in Twilight Struggle so that may be the breakthrough game for him. It's hard to compete against the electronic distractions.

Hobbies I want to get back into one day: photography and scuba diving. I too have a collection of Nikon DLSRs and lenses gathering dust, and haven't been on a dive for about 8 years.

Cheers

If you like hiking, I counter propose you consider hiking the Laurentians/Appalachians on the east coast. Not quite the Rockies, but the beauty is not diminished.

Programming! Even retired, I'm still a nerd. But now I get to program the things I've always wanted to do.

My latest creation - I took a German map from 1936 and pasted it on top of some elevation data ...

Here's a closer view of the Monschau area. The elevations are not exaggerated - this is how rugged the area actually is. On the first day of the Battle of the Bulge, elements of the German 272nd VG Division were supposed to come off the hill to the upper right and take the town of Monschau.

(try again ...)

Writing on my blogs and reading, usually history.

Well i like to take a break from PC or gaming, usually go out hiking into the wilderness, camping, fishing and even get into archery. But i dont kill animals unless i need to for survive.

ORIGINAL: ETF

Sorry what is manga again?

Japanese word for comic. In other languages word (manga) means Japanese comic. Anime means Japanese cartoon.