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Stephen King

Stephen King is an American author from Portland Maine, regarded as the "King of Horror", he is most famously known for his horror novels including Misery, Carrie, The Shining, It, and Pet Sematary. He also has some fantasy and drama novels too like his novella "The Body" (the film adaptation for this novel is Stand By Me), The Shawshank Redemption, and The Dark Tower. All of his works were made into movies and most of these movies received very positive views from critics and grossed quite a bit of money. The Shining and The Shawshank Redemption being the most popular. However, King did not like the film adaptation of The Shining. He didn't like who the director (Stanley Kubrick) cast as the main antagonist (Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrence), how they twisted the plot, and how Kubrick glossed over important morals from the book like the dangers of alcoholism (because King wrote the book while suffering from alcoholism).

Stephen King's writing style in most of his novels is that kid(s) are usually main protagonist(s) and adult(s) are usually the main antagonist(s). Looks at his stories like the ones listed above. The only one I can think of that is an exception to this is "Misery" where the main protagonist and antagonist are both adults.

by bmhorton August 24, 2022

Carrie (1976 film)

"Carrie" is an epic supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma. This is the first of many film adaptations of Stephen King's novel of the same name.

The plot to "Carrie" is as follows,

Carrie White is a shy 16 year-old girl who is often mocked at bullied at her school. After gym class while she is showering, she experiences her first period. She then panics because her mother, who despises anything related to intimacy, never told her about it. All the other girls mock her by throwing tampons at her and chanting phrases like "plug it up!". The coach comes in to break it up and excuses Carrie for the day. Her mother tells her that her period is the result of a sin and locks her in a "prayer closet" to pray for forgiveness. The coach gives all the girls who mocked Carrie detention for a week and bans Chris Hargensen from the upcoming prom.

A couple bullies, including Chris, go to a barn to gather pig's blood for a prank on Carrie during prom. Their plan is to rig the prom royalty election to where Carrie would win prom queen, and Tommy Ross, would win prom king. They would put the bucket of pig's blood on top of the stage and dump it on Carrie as she's on the stage. Sue Snell, the only person who doesn't bully Carrie, is suspicious of Chris but never tells anyone. Carrie's mother Margaret, tells her not to go but Carrie goes anyway. During the night of the prom, Chris dumped the bucket of blood on top of Carrie, and the bucket fell down and hit Tommy.

Chris and her boyfriend Billy sneak out right after. After hallucinating that everyone is mocking her, Carrie uses her telekinesis to seal off the entrances to the building, trapping everyone inside. She then uses the firehose to spray the lights to start a fire, killing everyone inside. As she walks home, Chris and Billy try to hit Carrie with their car but uses her telekinesis once again to roll and blow up the car. At home, Margaret explains that Carrie was conceived due to marital rape when her husband came home drunk, she admits she enjoyed and thought that she had sinned and that Carrie must be killed. She stabs Carrie in the back but survives and escapes. As Margaret is about to kill Carrie, she uses telekinesis to throw knives at Margaret, "crucifying" her to the kitchen wall. Carrie then loses control of her power and burns the house down with them both inside. The closing scene is Sue Snell, the only person who didn't bully her, and the only survivor of the prom, has a nightmare where she is delivering flowers to the charred remains of Carries house that has a for sale sign, vandalized saying "Carrie White burns in Hell". As she puts the flowers down, Carrie's bloody hand reaches out from the rubble and grabs her. Sue then wakes up screaming as she is being comforted by her mother.

Carrie (1976 film) is creepy as hell!

by bmhorton August 24, 2022

The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers is a musical comedy film written and directed by John Landis. The story consists of ex-convict and paroled Jake Blues and his blood brother Elwood, who are sent out on a "mission from God" to help gather money for an orphanage. While watching James Brown perform at a Baptist Church, Jake gets an epiphany to get their old blues band back together to raise the money. Elwood is skeptical with the idea at first but agrees. They perform at various locations with the Chicago Police Department, the "Illinois Nazis", a country band called "The Good Ol' Boys", and a mystery woman in pursuit for crimes committed by the group.

The Blues Brothers Brothers cast and crew:

John Belushi as Jake Blues
Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues

Carrie Fisher as the Mystery Woman (Jake's ex fiance who wants to kill him for leaving her at the altar)
Henry Gibson as the leader of the Illnois Nazis
John Candy as Jake's parole officer who is assisting the CPD in the capture of Jake and Elwood

The film also stars major Blues musicians such as James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin

by bmhorton August 24, 2022

Geometry Dash

Geometry Dash is a series of video games created by Swedish developer Robert Topala (AKA RobTop). The original edition was released on iOS and Android in 2013 and a Steam edition was added in December of that year. In the game, players control the movement of an icon through music-based levels avoiding obstacles suck as spikes that destroy the icon on impact. You also use many vehicles such as the ship, UFO, and wave and you also can shape shift into figures like the ball, the robot, and the spider. There are also gravity switches and you can get turned around too, all of these things happen when you go through portals unique to whatever's happening. There are also many spinoffs to the game including Geometry Dash: Meltdown (featuring 3 levels with songs from artist F-777), Geometry Dash: SubZero (featuring multiple levels with songs from artist MDK), and Geometry Dash: World

The soundtrack to the original edition is as follows: Song/Level Name - Artist (Album)

Practice (practice mode) Stay Inside Me - OcularNebula

Stereo Madness - ForeverBound (Stereo Madness)

Back On Track - DJVI (Back On Track)

Polargeist - Step

Dry Out - DJVI (Dry Out)

Base After Base - DJVI (Base After Base)

Can't Let Go - DJVI (Can't Let Go)

Jumper - Waterflame (Community Favorites)

Time Machine - Waterflame (Adventure)

Cycles - DJVI (Cycles)

xStep - DJVI (xStep)

Clutterfunk- Waterflame (Showdown)

Theory of Everything - dj-Nate (Best of Geometry Dash)

Electroman Adventures - Waterflame (Community Favorites)

Clubstep - dj-Nate (Best of Geometry Dash)

Electrodynamix - dj-Nate (Best of Geometry Dash)

Hexagon Force - Waterflame (Community Favorites)

Blast Processing - Waterflame (Community Favorites)

Theory of Everything 2 - dj-Nate (Best of Geometry Dash)

Geometrical Dominator - Waterflame (Geometrical Dominator)

Deadlocked - F-777 (Smash It Vol. II)

Fingerbang - MDK (Rise)

by bmhorton August 31, 2022

Avicii

Tim Bergling was a Swedish DJ. He began remixing songs at the age of 16 and rose to fame after his release of "Levels". His most successful release was "Wake Me Up" which was a collab with singer Aloe Blacc that topped the music markets in Europe and hit #4 in the United States. He tragically passed away via suicide in 2018 at the age of 28 due to mental and physical health complications.

I was so sad when Avicii died that I almost became a raging alcoholic

by bmhorton September 6, 2022

It

'It' (chapter one for distinction) is a supernatural horror film released in the year 2017. This film is the first of a 2 part movie series (the other being It: Chapter Two released in 2019) based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, it is set in the fictional town of Derry, Maine and follows 7 middle school kids who are labeled as rejects and losers who are pursued by a clown named Pennywise after the main character, Bill's, little brother named Georgie goes missing after he takes a little hand crafted boat out in the rain. It documents the kid's attempts to destroy Pennywise and a gang of bullies led by Henry Bowers.

Cast for It
Jaeden Lieberher as Bill Denbrough. The leader of the loser's club

Bill Skarsgård as It/Pennywise the Dancing Clown. An ancient, trans-dimensional evil that awakens every 27 years

Jeremy Ray Taylor as Ben Hanscom, a shy, overweight boy who studies on the cruel history of Derry, Maine

Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh, the only woman in the group who lives with her abusive, pedophile dad.

Finn Wolfhard as Richie Tozier, the comedy relief of the story

Wyatt Olef as Stanley Uris, a Jewish boy who is haunted by a ghoulish woman from a creepy painting

Chosen Jacobs as Mike Hanlon, the African-American member who lives with his ill-tempered dad who slaughters pigs

Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie Kaspbrak, the sick and asthmatic kid who has a really overprotective mom.

Nicholas Hamilton as Henry Bowers, a sociopath who leads the gang of bullies who taunts the loser's club

Jackson Robert Scott as Georgie Denbrough, the little brother to Bill who is eaten by Pennywise in the opening scene

by bmhorton October 5, 2022

Soarin'

Soarin' is a series of simulator rides at most Disneyland Parks in the world. Each one has one of 2 ride films:

Soarin' Over California (Disney's California Adventure Park)
Locations in order of appearance:
*Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
*Redwood Creek, Humboldt County
*Napa Valley
*Monterey Bay
*Heavenly Mountain Resort and Lake Tahoe
*Yosemite Falls and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
*PGA West Golf Course, La Quinta California
*Valencia Orange Farms, Ventura County
*Anza-Borrego State Park
*USS John C. Stennis, San Diego

*Malibu Beach
*Downtown Los Angeles
*Disneyland Resort

The music in this specific ride film was composed by Jerry Goldsmith

Soarin' Around the World (Epcot), Soaring: Fantastic Flight (Tokyo DisneySea), and Soaring Over The Horizon (Shanghai Disneyland Park)
Location in order of appearance:
*The Matterhorn in Switzerland and Italy
*Isfjord, Greenland
*Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany
*Kilimanjaro National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
*The Great Wall of China
*The Great Pyramids, Egypt
*The Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh, India
*Monument Valley in Arizona/Utah
*Lau Islands, Fiji
*Iguazu Falls in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay
*Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
*Shanghai Disneyland, Shanghai China (Shanghai version), Epcot (Epcot version), Tokyo DisneySea, Chiba (Tokyo Version)

The music in this specific ride film was a newer score composed by Bruce Broughton but was based heavily on Jerry Goldsmith's original score

by bmhorton May 22, 2022