AALBC at the Movies?

[Pioneer1]

Hey @Troy,

For some reason I was thinking about @richardmurray earlier this week and how he posts threads about movies and music.

Not sure how easy it is to program but maybe you should think about having a "Movie Night" forum where say....richardmurray or any poster can post a movie we can watch and have a little chat-room next to it so that members can watch it together and comment on it together in real time.
Kind of like live videos on Youtube.



For example,

Somebody post the movie Three The Hard Way.
When you first post it....you post it LIVE at a particular time for most of us regular members can log in and watch it together and comment on the side in the little chat-room.
Ofcourse after the live you can watch it anytime and comment on it in the future.


I'm not sure if there is any copyright obstacles to this but it's something to think about.

Along that line, maybe you can come on and speak from time to time with a little chat-room next to the video where we can comment in real time.

Just an idea.

 

[richardmurray]

@Pioneer1 positive idea, a group activity, i think a map of members in timezones will help these things first

[Pioneer1]

Yeah, something we can do as a group.

I think most of us are around the same age group.....certainly everyone is over 40.
We're all Black and grew up in urban areas so we probably share similar tastes in movies.

[Troy]

Sure I can set up a forum for that. But that can be set up in a zoom (or similar platform) and someone can share their screen from a streaming service and talk about it in the chat windows of the platform.
 

If the film is streaming for free on YouTube this will probably not be a technical issue, could be one with their tend if service. I dunno.

 

 Or we can just agree on the film and watch it on our own time and talk about it on the forum. This will make it far easier.  I prefer this method not curse it is easier, but I don’t wanna be commenting on a film while I trying to watch it.

[Pioneer1]

19 hours ago, Troy said:

 Or we can just agree on the film and watch it on our own time and talk about it on the forum. This will make it far easier.  I prefer this method not curse it is easier, but I don’t wanna be commenting on a film while I trying to watch it.

Lol....that takes the FUN out of it!!!
Just posting a video of a movie and watching it individually......we can do that NOW, lol.


I know what you mean about focusing on watching the movie itself instead of being pre-occupied with conversing with others.
Even back when I was younger, if I REALLY wanted to check out a movie that I thought was going to be good and deep......I wouldn't go on date to it.
I'd go by myself so I could focus on it.
Besides being preoccupied with trying to get my squeeze on, a lot of females would bring too much "talk" while I'm trying to focus on the movie....lol.

However in THIS case.........
Actually, most of the movies I'm thinking about that would be posted would be movies most of us have already seen before but just would get together as a community and watch it for the sake of nostalgia.
Like some Spike Lee flicks or Richard Pryor movies...lol.

What really sparked the idea for me was that pro-Black video posted a few months ago from back in 1968...the name escapes me at the moment.
That.....and last week a few of you were discussing William Shatner's performance in "The Intruder" back in 1962.
I hadn't even heard of that movie until reading the comments on it....checked it out....and loved it.

 

[Troy]

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

William Shatner's performance in "The Intruder" back in 1962.
I hadn't even heard of that movie until reading the comments on it....checked it out....and loved it.

Same here  

 

when that old lady cut loose with “nigger” out the gate I was fully engaged. It was as if Aunt Bee from the Andy Griffith Show got to speak the way she would if she really was  from a small town outside of Raliegh. NC in the 1950s.

 

 Back to your idea. You also need a critical mass of people participating to keep it going. At least 10 or more cause people will not make every movie and will fall off…

 

You’d have to do some recruiting. 
 

once people see it is fun more we’ll join.

[Pioneer1]

Troy

Yeah, I was wondering why I hadn't seen that movie before and I think it's because "nigger" is used so much.
There's virtually no cussing in the movie, no nudity, no real graphic violence except for the preach and the reporter.
But that "n-word" is pretty much banned on regular television and has been since atleast the mid-80s.

The funny thing is, they could say it pretty openly in the 70s.....look at George Jefferson, Sandford and Son, and other shows where it was frequently used.

I'm wondering how did his conversations go with Nichelle Nichols when he tried to explain his role in the movie while they were making Star Trek episodes.....lol.
 


"Yall want me to do a show with HIM?
Mr. Cross burner?
Mr.  Klan rallier?
Is yall serious?????"


 

[Troy]

@Pioneer1 yes, no graphic violence.
 

When they tied the guy up to the swing I thought that was brilliant!

[ProfD]

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Yeah, I was wondering why I hadn't seen that movie before...

The movie was considered a commercial flop when it was released. Definitely not made for TV. YouTube is the main reason we have access to it now.

 

In 2019, a totally different movie entitled The Intruder was made starring Michael Ealy, Meagan Good and Dennis Quaid.

[Pioneer1]

Troy

 

As a movie watcher, I was glad that they eventually took the brother down and walked him away unharmed.  

 

However as a realist, I was a bit disappointed that they didn't show the young man actually be hung and killed as they often DID do.

Realstically speaking, how often do lynch mobs form and tie up Black men only to swing them around on a play ground a few times and then let them go unharmed?

Perhaps that scene was designed to paint a less barbaric and more humane picture of southern White folks than they actually were.

 

 

ProD

 

Yeah, the 2019 "Intruder" kept popping up when I tried to look for the 1962 film.
I haven't seen the 2019 movie.
I'm not sure if it's an updated version but from the brief pictures I saw of it, it looked like a totally different movie all together with a different theme.
 

[Troy]

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

how often do lynch mobs form and tie up Black men only to swing them around on a play ground...

 

Never.  But you did not need to string the brother up to make the point.  The real stroke of genius was the absurdity in what they do in real life is just as absurd as the playground scene.

[richardmurray]

@ProfD the movie was a financial failure but Roger Corman admitted this was an art film, which he was able to barely afford, but he wanted to do. Comprehend this movie had to be a loser. Shatner's character didn't die? the rich guy of the town wasn't convicted of some crime. The black guy didn't become a hero. The truth is, the intruder speaks to the truth of alof of interracial situations in modern humanity. It is the same as the pawnbroker with rod steiger. 

The populace in the usa: white black or other, likes convenience. Likes narratives. Any art that goes against narrative is rarely liked. If the matrix ended with neo being killed and the system rebooting and then in some far date in the future, the sun returns and  the machines don't need the matrix for power, that would bea downer. audiences like a set narrative. 

[ProfD]

12 hours ago, richardmurray said:

@ProfD the movie was a financial failure but Roger Corman admitted this was an art film, which he was able to barely afford, but he wanted to do.

 

The populace in the usa: white black or other, likes convenience. Likes narratives. Any art that goes against narrative is rarely liked...audiences like a set narrative. 

Corman did exactly what an artist is supposed to do...deliver the art (painting, drawing, music, film, etc.)  anyway. 

 

If an artist is trying to eat i.e. get paid...they try to produce artwork that will sell.  Commercialism puts food on the table.

 

Otherwise, artists should produce whatever they're inspired to do.  The artist has to understand and accept that only a certain audience might appreciate it.

 

There's no shortage of art that wasn't appreciated until long after the artist created it.  It happens a lot with music.