Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere

 

★★★—Eh, it was fine. Following around a bunch of boring douchebags who constantly do and say outrageous/stupid things gets old super quick. The doc doesn’t really take these losers desperate for attention to task in a way that’s worth watch. I think this could have been done better. It gives these guys too much of a platform, doesn’t go at them hard enough. For the most part it implies people who give these dudes the time must be really lost… what they touch on briefly at the end is that the people that watch, and are being influenced, are children. So, yeah, fuck these guys. We get a glimpse of this disturbing, dangerous world, but it could have been more. 

Influencer - Kurtis David Harder - 2023

★★★★★-You see, this movie is why I don't become a influencer. Incredible movie. The best new horror movie I've seen in 2023. Wow. Available on Shudder, by the by. 

Going to give as little away as possible. But explaining any of the plot is a minor spoiler. 

The flick is centered around social media influencer Madison, played by Emily Tennant of Riverdale. As you often hear about these Instagram people, despite her popularity, she feels lonely and dissatisfied with her life and occupation, which took her on a trip to Thailand. Irritated about how her boyfriend (played by one Rory J. Saper, whom I've never seen) canceled going along, he seems to make Instagramers, she meets a mysterious woman named CW (Cassandra Naud, don't recognize her either), who has a distinctive birthmark on her face and is radically antisocial media. Taking CW up on her offer to explore the most Instagram-worthy spots, she goes about adventuring with her new friend: getting a feel for the local culture, engaging in deep conversations, so forth. However, shit goes off the rails when CW leads Madison to a surprise location—an uninhabited island completely disconnected from the world.

Movie opens with a girl washed up on a beach. The title card is the point we see how she got there. 

One of those “the real movie starts a half hour in” flicks. You can tell because that's when you get the title sequence just as the shocking twist hits home. Somewhat cliché at this point, me thought. I've seen like five movies do this in the last couple of years, but that's the only thing that's cliche. 

I can't believe this doesn't have 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The bad reviews say it was predictable, which is insane. Also shallow. Whatever.

The movie is legit terrifying. The bad is a sociopath that I've never seen before. This person is a predator that kills in a pretty inventive way. Also, like that deep fakes are being used in horror now. Check it out.

Wait, Elon Musk really Tweeted that?

First time I've accidentally been on Twitter in close to 10 years. I see this immediately. I checked it like 7 times to ensure it wasn’t a spoof account or something. It’s legit.  

While this is an absolutely stellar one-of-one tweet, I’m gonna call this take an unforced error. The dude who owns the hot takes company put that hot take out into the world.  

I really dislike that he’s taking up brain space. I feel like we shouldn’t even know who this guy is.

I don't how Elon Musk is considered a genius. Dude is basically smart enough to be born white and rich in apartheid South Africa and make money off of established companies by throwing money at them (PayPal, Tesla). 

Fingers crossed that that shit stops here as it looks like it might. But rich guys like this never really go away without major scandle. Now, maybe not even that. 

Real great checking in. Adios, muchacho. See you in another decade if we’re both still around. What a time to be alive