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[pobrecisco]

[ Cisco sits back from turning the video feed on, his garage/workshop visible in the background, and goes back to fiddling with a project on his workbench while he talks. ]

So, what kind of movies do you guys like? Back home, I mean. I know stuff is weird here and some movies don't exist, and they have stuff some of us don't have back home, so if there's any good universe-local movies I'm missing out on that only exist here, I could use some recs, too. Bonus points if there's any really good alternate universe versions of stuff I'd know from home. Negative points if it's propaganda crap, because there's enough of that on TV as it is.

[ He props up the thing he's working on to get at the bottom of it, and it looks like a projector. Wonder what that could be for! ]

Comments

[hsalf]

Honestly, you put an excessive amount of effort into showing movies for them. I guess they were lucky to have you. [Seriously Cisco they were running an illegal prison for meta-human criminals, there is no room for fun here.] It sounds like a good idea - I hope you'll get many takers for it.

[There is a very underlying prickle in his skin that he masks in his voice and expression and it clearly comes at the thought of Cisco's endeavor being a success. He suspects it has less to do with not wanting it to succeed and more to do of what could happen if it does succeed.]

[timeframes]

[A huge snort of laughter, sorry man. He did call him 12, it's no surprise the Vantas hate machine had a reaction since he kind poked the bear with a sharp stick there.]

How'd you piss him off? You get used to it, dude. I'll vouch for him if it comes down to it, offer pay reparations and everything.

[airshow]

Yeah, your universe sounds ultra crappy on account of how I'm not cool there, and I don't want to acknowledge any version of me who isn't ridiculously handsome even as a stripey flying grandpa.

[pobrecisco]

Hey, even prisoners deserve a little fun. It's supposed to keep them from rioting. Not that it worked.

[ Still a little bitter about everything surrounding the escape? Maybe. ]

I think I'm gonna keep it to invite only, and try to keep it small at first. See how it goes over. But definitely keep it out in the backyard. Having people crammed into the living room doesn't seem like fun for anyone.

[ There's a hidden "I know you like your space, I'll try to keep people out of it" in there. ]

[pobrecisco]

Oh yeah? Whose?

[pobrecisco]

I guess that figures.

[pobrecisco]

Okay, so maybe I was a little bit condescending. But he was trying to tell me honestly that he thinks Adam Sandler and Dane Cook are good comedians and good representatives of the human condition.

[orions_shadow]

No kidding.

Doesn't mean I don't want to learn stuff. Just don't want someone else tellin' me how.

Maybe get private lessons or somethin.

Or better, watch netflix all day. [Trying to bring some levity back to this.]

[maglevflash]

I'm not giving you my source. That's confidential.

[pobrecisco]

Right? They're the best kind of movie. Well, no, okay, maybe not as good as a genuinely great movie you really love, but they're up there.

[pobrecisco]

Wait, you fly? I'm pretty sure the one in my universe doesn't.

[pobrecisco]

Was it Barry? If it was Barry, I need to know.

[pobrecisco]

At least watch educational stuff or something. They probably have that.


Then again, zombie movies are also educational.

[khajidont]

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter.

[...]

It's pretty much exactly what it sounds like.

[pobrecisco]

Holy crap dude that sounds like a gold mine. I'm putting it on my Netflix queue right now, hold on.

[ He does, in fact, pick up his comm and start messing around with it. Without turning the video feed off, god, Cisco, that's so inconsiderate. ]

[orions_shadow]

Likely, and I'll probly like it.


Maybe, but I avoid horror. Don't wanna run into a psychic and give em ideas on how to fuck with your head.

[khajidont]

I'm full of good suggestions. I mean, bad suggestions, technically, but both wind up working. So you're planning on holding a few movie nights, huh?

[pobrecisco]

Yeah! I'm gonna rig up a screen in the backyard and get snacks and everything. It seems like people are into it, and everybody could use something to do other than falling into comas, having personal secrets shared a big government events, or having horrible visions of the super awful future, right?

[pobrecisco]

Hey, not all zombie movies are horror! Some are horror comedy. Arguably most, but not always intentionally.

[orions_shadow]

Heh. Funnier than watchin' a necromancer make his zombies perform Thriller?

Cos' that actually happened.

[pobrecisco]

That's amazing, oh my god.

[airshow]

Yes I fly. Does anything cool happen where you're from?

[orions_shadow]

Figured you'd enjoy that.

What'd they call you?

[khajidont]

Oh, cool.

[That future thing... not so cool.]

Hey, were you hit by that too? The weird hallucination thingy?

[driftsintobuffetline]

Is there going to be some kind of free movie-night thing? Because I could totally get behind that and okay, so you want to know favorite movies? ANY big monster movie--Mothra, Gamera--but especially Godzilla; I mean the original--didn't care for the remake. [And he means the 1998 one. The 2014 one would have probably been in post-production, but cancelled because it would have been bad for business to release a Godzilla movie after 2013 had a real-life Godzilla attack]. Dinosaurs are also a plus. For the sake of more options: my buddy probably could get behind any good--and by good, I mean really good, he has exceptionally high standards--sci-fi thing. He especially likes spacey shit like--I don't know--original Star Trek and Contact (Sagan's one of his heroes, ok--but I'm just assuming he's into this), 2001, that kind of thing, and might even be fussed to watch something with good use of AI or robotics. He's critical of science in fiction, though, so he's going to be a tough sell.

But me, I'm easy. Like I said, monster movies.