Wrong Turn question

At 25:45 to 26:00 in this video, Jeremy Sisto talks about various demented cults that have thrived in economically depressed areas. If you pause it at 25:56, you can see the subtitles listing the cults he mentions. Most of them are googleable, but he mentions something called "jombola" that I can't find anything about. Actually, to me it sounds more like jambola. although the subtitles say jombola. Maybe something to do with Shambala? I don't know. Anyone recognize what he's talking about?

The Markus TE tariffs

The tariffs currently stand as follows:

Vinny: 250%
Zeddie: 40%
Troma: 25%•
Ballz: 10%
Markus: 10%

Box is exempt because he runs the joint.

Nicko is exempt because he's Canadian and I'm cutting him some slack!

Znep is exempt because he's getting married and becoming a Canadian.

Ninja is also except because he watches hentai.

Anyone else I've forgotten gets slapped with 10% for not being here enough!

•Suspended for 90 days

Batman question

Is anyone here very familiar with the Batman franchise, particularly the graphic novels? There are so many, I don't know where to start looking for what I want. I am wondering if there is one set in a post-nuclear war setting, with Batman training his army of young former residents of Gotham City to survive in the wasteland. The graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns ends with a nuclear war... I can't remember exactly how huge it was supposed to be but it was certainly enough to annihilate civilization. As I recall, Batman took a lot of younger people, possibly Robin's friends, into the Bat Cave, and he was going to build them into some kind of an army or just an organization that would try to continue civilization. So, I am hoping that there is a graphic novel set shortly after that, with Batman doing what I described. Anybody know if that exists?

the zed has tds thread

to stop clutter of the shoutbox

Ramblings - July 24

Just came back from a walk. Saw one of those dogs, I think a cross between german shepard (fuck saying alsatian, never call them that, anyone that saiz that should get punched) /wolf, you know with the really bright light blue/ cyan piercing eyes.
I think I've said this before, but anyways one of the most magical moments of my life was in africa, at night near a caldera (largest in the world if I remember rightly), following this hyena, I think a lone male (young) it would trot on like 20-30 steps and then look around at me and I'ld be there of course follwing, I'l look down at the start like the first 3 or 4 times we done this dance, but after that I'ld look at him in the eyes and the hyena was like "OK, you're interesting" we would look at each other then he'ld trot off (not sure if I had the light on the whole time, prolly not cause I like walking in nature at night in the dark, esp when its pitch black, cause all your senses are tuned to 11)
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Got interrupted .. broke my train of thought
...
ahh fuck it, really broke what I wanted to say

all I know is that time with that hyena was really magical, really really magical, it was curiousity on his part, but also it was hmmm maybe not all humans are bad cunts.
well if I could speak to that hyena now I would say, actually most humans are cunts ... are fuckin worthless

fucking sad ... no fuckin brains.
I have a super power! If I'm wrong, I will go, fuck I was wrong and then alter be opinion, no shame in being wrong, the only shame is in knowing you are wrong and then not speaking this.
Improve oneself

fucking olympics, fuck it would of been great to take part one time.

My closest was NZ trails in early 2000s for greece 2004 I think they were up in the Hutt or so (lower hutt I assume, but maybe not, fuck I luv the Hutt, Did I tell you about that time I lived there)
anyways I was in lower south island at the time in the middle (fuckin farmhouse)
they were having the trails thus I decided also to do some lifts then. I lifted 130 & 90 •(ok snatch is my worse cause my shoulder is fucked) good enuf for 3rd place... There was a huge gap from the top 2 to me being 3rd (like 40kg differnce, yes a mothyer fuckin massive gap) but still I could of been 3rd, and that would of been something? right?
I sort regret that now cause its not official .. the thing was it was 3 flights to get there, and NZ is not a cheap country to fly in
Not really as 3rd or even 2nd doesnt go to olympics in NZ

Now I dont think I could lift 100kg (now Im thinking could I benchpress 100kg, answer is unfortuqately prolly not)
Honestly what could I lift now? 70kg

I Have fallen far

And to those fuckers here complaining about sport, well so be it (and fuck yous)
nothing is the right path - humans we are total of all our endevours be they sport, media, empathy or shoving a coke bottle up your butt.
be a well rounding person, embrace all things ... as (whsiper) this is the only life you get (/whisper)

Box, ballz, tommix, vince even ol wankface zneppy (provided we can tear him away from kissy-kissy my ass missy) I have a plan lets teabag that english wanker .. that cunt has not seen me since I've been here in barcelona and its what? 1000km or something piddling
hell I need someone to buy me a beer, Is it too much to ask

Tourist Trap (1979)

Aren't there any threads about this movie?!? I don't get it. There should be a few. I'm sure we have talked about it. I guess it must have been on the IMDB board.

I was just thinking, it makes sense to see this movie as drawing upon ideas from Carrie and Sybil, and as leading up to Motel Hell, and the Evil Dead movies. It has the telekinesis stuff from Carrie, and the split personality stuff from Sybil. Of course, in this movie it's a dude who has both gifts/curses, and the isolated rural setting sets it apart from C and S.

The isolated rural setting, and the general vibe of the Chuck Connors character(s) probably had some impact on Motel Hell. And, the stuff with the laughing mannequins HAD to be an inspiration for Evil Dead movies.

I don't know, sometimes I just like to try to place these movies in some kind of continuum, and think about where they stand in the sequence of all these movies being made.

Had to share.

Best Universal Horrors

Due to them being mentioned in the Shoutbox, top films

Frankenstein
Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Old Dark House
Bride of Frankenstein
The Man Who Laughs
The Invisible Man
Island of Lost Souls
Son of Frankenstein
Tarantula
Tower of London
Captive Wild Woman
The Black Cat
The Raven
The Climax
Mystery of Edwin Drood
Strange Confession
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Werewolf of London

So how about those Demons movies?

Like the Zombi series, most of these were retitled and actually have nothing to do with eachother.

1. Demons AKA Dèmoni (1985)

2. Demons 2 AKA Dèmoni 2 (1986)

3. The Ogre AKA La Casa Dell'orco AKA Demons 3: The Ogre (1988)

4. The Church AKA La Chiese AKA Demons 3 (1989)

5. Black Demons AKA Dèmoni 3 AKA Demons 3 (1991)

6. The Devil's Daughter AKA La Setta AKA Demons 4 (1991)

7. The Mask of the Demon AKA La Maschera del Demonio AKA Demons 5: The Devil's Veil (1989)

8. The Black Cat AKA Il Gatto Nero AKA Demons 6: De Profundis (1989)

9. Cemetery Man AKA Dellamorte Dellamore AKA Demons '95 (1994)


I've never see The Mask of the Demon or The Black Cat, and I'm not a fan of The Church or Black Demons, but the rest are all worth a watch. Demons 1 and 2 are the only ones that are related, and I consider them both minor classics, and Cemetery Man is an all time favorite of mine.

Remember the Muffin Monster, in 30 Days of Night?

Behold, the glory and the terror:
https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1900581237455991073

Eric Frank Russell, the writer

Anybody a fan of this guy? I used to enjoy at least a couple of his short stories, years ago (Alamagoosa, and And Then There Were None). I enjoyed his sense of humor, and he made me think. I'm thinking about getting back into his books.

Here, this is about And Then There Were None, which is NOT the Agatha Christie story at all, although I guess it has some common ground with it. It makes me think of Firefly and Serenity, in some ways. You could view what he talks about as libertarian, or progressive, or probably other labels. His style is so good-natured that it would be possible to just start discussions, rather than fights, by sharing and talking about his stories. Here, this is a selection from ATTWN, with some analysis and discussion of it.