Macula

Macula

@macula.bsky.social

Ramblings of an alt-left, radio raised, demideity on caffine. Tweets on politics, toys, China, etc. Pro Writer, QUILTBAG, Catdad.The stage is wrecked, the crowd is gone, but the show? It must go on. 他/祂

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#treehouseofhorror 31 and 32 watched. It really is just descending into short video formats, and maybe just needs to become an annual “22 tales about Springfield”. Slowly moving towards this years offering.

#TreehouseOfHorror XXX had a lovey omen opener, marking their 666th episode, though the three actually episodes were a tad on the weak side. I think when they realised there were more twilight zone concepts than horror films they should have changed the name.

Today’s #treehouseofhorror was watched (29), but also a friend texted me while watching, thanking me for being so kind to them, and to have a good life, so I’m in full fucking talk down mode. No gif.

Saturday #TreehouseOfHorror double bill, including the simpsons 600th episode… aand…. Yeah. Very phones im, very random parody. Kingsmen, Coraline, just… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So apparently season 27 of the simpsons had 2 halloween episodes. The first one, a vanilla episode was actually a highlight for late series simpsons, while the #treehouseofhorror episode was another… meh

Woman with castle and yacht cries the elitists are calling her hate crimes bad

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#treehouseofhorror 25… ok, I think they were keeping the good bits back for the anniversary? All three of these were fun, put together, and actually enjoyable.

#TreehouseOfHorror 24 A lot of callbacks and half attempts… best vit was the Guillermo del Toro inspired opener. I’m about 2/3rds of the way through, and locked in, but this feels like the long trek, with meagre pickings along the way. Anyone know any good sections coming up I can look forward to?

Im expecting Nikki costumes on 12 year olds this Halloween. I am only giving candy to the ones who can answer the question “Whos the villain in Obsession?”.

Late night #treehouseofhorror number 22… absolute phone in, would be far better as “Simpsons At The Movies.”. Apparently this one aired super late, so I guess we were done with spooky season. I hope for better tomorrow. I cant even be bothered to search for a gif.

#TreehouseOfHorror XX was a really fun one. The Hitchcock parody was a fun spot the reference game, and a good old fashioned zombie outbreak. The musical.. I got lots of the little references, but I’m not enough of a theatre kid to get the base parody There is also no gif today

#TreehouseOfHorror 21. This one definitely hangs all its creativity on the twilight parody, with the writers room churning out ã humankind themed remix of the advertising /costume episodes, and a dead calm phone in.

#TreehouseOfTerror 19.. Really scraping the barrel. Transformers parody, Charlie Brown parody… and something about killing stars off so you can use their likeness for ads. Fun, but phoned in.

#TreehouseOfHorror 17… And after yesterday’s stinker, an absolute gem! War of the worlds, tales from the crypt , The Blob and 1920s expressionist horror. Very heavily leaning on “Danny Elfman wrote our theme too”, but excellent. One of my favourite Kang and Kodos moments too 🫀🧠

Without spoiling #visionquest… Why the bloody hell are they watching Sanford & Son in a pub in Edinburgh? I’m sure my TF friends appreciate a little more Scatman Crothers, but.. it should be Brambell and Corbett.

#TreehouseOfHorror 16… Non-Halloween parody’s, generic alternative worlds, and the most Halloweeny story, of the characters becoming their costumes? Could have been great, but just generally phoned in This seems to be where the shark was not only jumped, but does in the tank. But, the gifs are back

#TreehouseOfHorror 15. Quality rising. A great Dead Zone parody, a Jack the Ripper tale, and fantastic voyage. Still no gifts, BUT I did find one from yesterday!

#Treehouseofhorror 14 was… not bad. Again, drawing on Twilight Zone more than horror, (A kind of a stopwatch), but the real horror… no giffable moments!

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One of the spookiest characters in wuxia is Mei Chaofeng, aka Iron Corpse, from Condor Heroes, who kills by penetrating people's skulls with her bare hands. I'll always have a soft spot for Man-Wai Wong's 1983 portrait. One the most remarkable renditions comes from 20 years later. #spooktober 1/

You can say no after the third dick, and the 4th one is rape. Queer, trans and immigrants can be kinda assholes, and still deserve human rights. Not every gun is loaded, but you still treat them with caution. Same with men. Women commit sexual assault too. Nobody deserves to be a billionaire.

I know we all have the “we should have been born in a different era” dreams (class. We mean class. Our poor asses arent making it to any Bridgerton balls) BUT what about past people who’d have thrived in the modern day? Think about Helen Keller. She’d make a super successful CSAM censor at Meta.

#TreehouseOfhorror 13… still chugging along. It’s definitely feeling more like a twilight zone series than “horror”, but I guess they burned through the pg13 horrors pretty quickly. Fun little Dr. Moreau segment though.

Double bill of #TreehouseOfHorror, (11 & 12) not classic Simpsons, but definitely better than episode 10.

#TreehouseOfHorror X… this is when I kind of stopped looking forward to the Halloween specials. Barely holds on to the horrror parody, giving us an I Know What You Did Last Summer, a super hero… thingy, and… Y2K fear.. wow. I feel so old

I don’t want my entertainment to be tailored to my exact taste. I want it to encompass a set of experiences that attract a social group I feel comfortable and at home with, and then for it to be distributed widely, and discussed in ways that let me form friendships with new people based on our…

…shared hatred of key details, and have long drawn out discussions of what we’d have done differently. You know, like we did in the old days!

#TreehouseOfHorror 9 gives us a great classic trope with a transplant horror, parody of the relatively contemporary ‘Stay Tuned’, and… something with Kang and kodos. What was fun was the little nods to Bart Vs. The Space mutants, and the Krusty Doll from THoH3