Anyone else getting a '12 Monkeys' vibe yet?

"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti) 04/01/2020 at 13:31 • Filed to: None

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XJDano > DipodomysDeserti 04/01/2020 at 13:35

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I don’t think I’ve seen it. 

Future Heap Owner > DipodomysDeserti 04/01/2020 at 13:37

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I rewatched it a couple of weeks back because I was already getting that vibe . Such a good film.

DipodomysDeserti > XJDano 04/01/2020 at 13:42

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Ecoterrorists release a virus that kills off a good portion of the Earth’s population. Bruce Willis is sent back in time to stop them. Very good film.

My bird IS the word > DipodomysDeserti 04/01/2020 at 13:52

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Ehh, fuck the bozos.

RPM esq. > XJDano 04/01/2020 at 14:00

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You should, it’s great. Perhaps peak Terry Gilliam.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > DipodomysDeserti 04/01/2020 at 14:25

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This movie was great, but we’re nowhere near there. The only slight similarity is air traffic carrying the pathogen everywhere.

DipodomysDeserti > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/01/2020 at 14:37

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Yeah, this thing isn’t nearly that bad. I was thinking about more from an ecological perspective. I’m able to get a hike in every day and our air quality has been greatly improved. Now you have people talking about shutting down air travel, everyone now realizes how shitty cruises are, military infrastructure is being affected. I said fuck it and let the native “weeds” go nuts in my front yard. I’ve got a quail nest in a paddle cactus, a dove nest in a planter, a sparrow nest in the backyard. Been finding snakes in my front yard.

I know most of this is just because it is spring, but it’s giving me a vibe.

ranwhenparked > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/01/2020 at 14:38

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And the whole surface of the planet outside houses being declared nearly off limits due to viral contamination. 

MoCamino > DipodomysDeserti 04/01/2020 at 14:38

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In general I’m not a big fan of Brad Pitt. This film, in my opinion, is his best work to date.

I will admit, however, the “What’s in the box????!??!” scene from Se7en was pretty good stuff .

ranwhenparked > DipodomysDeserti 04/01/2020 at 14:42

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Its also a cool look back at what Philadelphia was like at its lowest point, before gentrification. Every derelict building   they used in the movie has since been totally rehabb ed.

DipodomysDeserti > ranwhenparked 04/01/2020 at 14:48

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I’ve only been to Philly once, and that was in the ‘90s after visiting the Camden aquarium. Compared to Camden Philly wasn’t too bad ; )

ranwhenparked > DipodomysDeserti 04/01/2020 at 14:52

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Well, no, it never got Camden or Detroit bad, but all of Broad Street north of Center City was really rundown. The northernmost part still is, but all the areas where they filmed Twelve Monkeys are pretty nice now.

DipodomysDeserti > ranwhenparked 04/01/2020 at 15:02

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I have a coworker from Philly. She moved to a wealthy Phoenix suburb before having kids, so they never experienced Philly . She took her kid to an Eagles game last year, which they won, and two Eagles fans kicked the shit out of each other on the train after the game. Her son couldn’t understand why they were fighting after a win, and she let him know that it doesn’t matter, Eagles fans are gonna Eagles fan.

ranwhenparked > DipodomysDeserti 04/01/2020 at 15:04

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In my experience, the worst of the drunken idiots actually come in from the suburbs. The real Philadelphians are all too sleepy from the heroin. 

Old-Busted-Hotness > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/02/2020 at 07:32

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Wait til it mutates. We’ll get there.