The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread 36

[Kyriakos]

Horror almost definitely includes gore above and beyond the point that is necessary (people will die in spy movies, sure, but usually not horribly). Worm has enough that turned me off reading it for a month or so (Killington or the S9 in general).

You won't find horror in most popular thriller/conspiracy kind of novels, it's definitely distinct even if the lines can blur occasionally.

Torture-porn isnt strictly horror, though; Iirc current detective stories are full of it.
Imo torture-porn isnt even a good idea in horror. Has to do with revulsion, not fear.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Horror almost definitely includes gore above and beyond the point that is necessary (people will die in spy movies, sure, but usually not horribly). Worm has enough that turned me off reading it for a month or so (Killington or the S9 in general).

You won't find horror in most popular thriller/conspiracy kind of novels, it's definitely distinct even if the lines can blur occasionally. See also Steven King for a mix of suspense and horror. Those two go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Depends on the cause of the gore...person causes gore, that's thriller. Monster causes gore, that's horror. Even without the gore, monsters mean horror. Dracula had no really gratuitous gore, but it is the gold standard of horror because vampires.

@Kyriakos, how did torture porn get into this conversation? Did I miss something?

 

[Kyriakos]

Depends on the cause of the gore...person causes gore, that's thriller. Monster causes gore, that's horror. Even without the gore, monsters mean horror. Dracula had no really gratuitous gore, but it is the gold standard of horror because vampires.

@Kyriakos, how did torture porn get into this conversation? Did I miss something?

"Torture-porn" tends to mean any kind of use of gore for gore's sake, which i thought you were discussing

 

[Timsup2nothin]

"Torture-porn" tends to mean any kind of use of gore for gore's sake, which i thought you were discussing

Wow, I never knew that. I thought torture porn was just...well...torture porn. Like porn. With torture.

 

[Arakhor]

Moderator Action: Let's not go any further down this route. Thanks.

 

[Samson]

Are photos Personally identifiable information (PII) under the GDPR?

 

[Arakhor]

Probably? I'm not a lawyer, but at the college where I work, photos of the students need to be tightly controlled.

 

[Samson]

Probably? I'm not a lawyer, but at the college where I work, photos of the students need to be tightly controlled.

I would have thought so too, but if they are, how does any "web scraping" company stay legal? Everyone from google to the way back machine would be data controllers and so would have to get consent from everyone they have photos of. Someone must have thought of this, but a quick search does not reveal the answer.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

"World cinema" is really a euphemism for "foreign-language cinema". Irish, Australian, New Zealand or Canadian movies aren't in there, either.

So it's nothing to do with foreign culture?

 

[The_J]

Depends where you make the cut.
How foreign is Canadian/AUS/NZ culture to you, in contrast to anything else which is non-native English?

 

[Kyriakos]

Some australian films are very good. Unlike most british ones

 

[Takhisis]

I got it cleaned now. There's not really any place in the house that I can put it in the sun without the cats getting to it (and putting it outside would just freeze it).

Can't you put it on a windowsill under a plastic cover?

(I have no idea how industrious and/or curious your cats are)

In greek they are obviously pronounced the same. As you noted, gyro just refers to the turn. Cause it is prepared on a vertical turnspit. Ie gyros is a synecdoche

Dare we teach them how to pronounce ‘synechdoche’?

See also Steven King for a mix of suspense and horror. Those two go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Important question: which type of peanut butter? The chunky stuff or the smooth stuff? This has been the subject of amny an argument on fiddy.

 

[Synobun]

Dare we teach them how to pronounce ‘synechdoche’?

syn ich douche

Loosely translated as "Syn: I am a douche."

 

[Traitorfish]

Some australian films are very good. Unlike most british ones

Equally, some British films are very good, unlike most Australian ones. Sturgeon's Law and all that.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Depends where you make the cut.
How foreign is Canadian/AUS/NZ culture to you, in contrast to anything else which is non-native English?

I don't know, but from what I'm told, American culture is just as foreign as Japanese culture to British culture.

 

[Synobun]

Everyone knows Americans are more British than the British are today.

 

[Takhisis]

I don't know, but from what I'm told, American culture is just as foreign as Japanese culture to British culture.

Especially the language desu.

 

[Kyriakos]

Equally, some British films are very good, unlike most Australian ones. Sturgeon's Law and all that.

I admit i was trying to be way too diplomatic

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Especially the language desu.

They are mad at the Americans for changing the English language.

 

[Kyriakos]

One good thing about the usa is that (possibly due to the larger population and sense of a self-contained culture) even in pop media like tv/movies you dont quite see a binary division between high and low cultural interests. Eg in britain you do see the working class and the dickensian/other toffs, with little fussion between the two. While it is cringeworthy to hear the soprano kid speaking about heidegger vs husserl, at least it isnt a taboo. You would never see a brit working class character refer to (eg) bertrand russell.
Although it is provincial and ultimately not significant (because us media rarely present high notions) it still is a difference one can observe.
It isnt just a british phenomenon. It is more of a "periphery" (real or imagined) thing, imo.