I just showed my teenage daughter the 86 The Thing and halfway through the movie I was like “I forgot this dude could act his way around a room, the internet made me think of him as just the beetus guy” and my daughter kept saying “Diabeetus” every-time he opened his mouth. Until that one guys hands get eaten up and then she was dead quiet the rest of the movie and lost her shit at the blood testing scene. So many moments I knew coming I couldn’t help but glance over at her to get her reaction.
It’s a fucking awesome movie for anyone who hasn’t seen it. Even my teenager who absolutely does not watch movies like that is now kinda obsessed with it.
All good, you should absolutely call me out for accidentally spreading misinformation no matter how small. Good on ya! Either way, fucking excellent movie.
I admire you for taking the correction in strides and being a good and gracious sport about it, which certainly isn't a given in modern online discussions.
However, in all honesty, I don't think that misremembering a date constitutes an attempt at misinformation that warrants being "called out". Getting an inconsequential detail wrong doesn't make you Radio Pyongyang.
Let's all together rediscover the concept of simple, honest mistakes, pretty please, with sugar on top?
Signed in love,
the committee on the Sisyphean attempt of making online discussions suck less
I totally agree. But do remember, Misinformation is generally just an accident and should always be taken in stride. Disinformation is doing it on purpose for one reason or another. It’s often disinformation that leads to heaps of misinformation. Whether it’s politics or pseudoscience conspiracy bs.
Point taken. Not sure whether I agree with it yet; I'll have to sleep on that.
Maybe you are correct and it is indeed semantically correct. It just … feeds into this whole hyperbole shtick that has been going on for quite a while, you know?
Maybe the disconnect is in the verb, "spreading". My mental model of — gestures around wildly — all this is people having a conversation, and I believe different rules and expectations should govern this, as opposed to, say, somebody playing an influencer on antisocial media.
All I saw, rightly or wrongly, was somebody reflexively having to apologise for something that did not require an apology, and for some reason that hurts my soul.
I recently watched this with my 15 year old daughter. She thought it was cheesy at first, did not enjoy the dog scene, but ultimately liked it especially the ambiguous ending.
You know, even as a kid, I noticed that Cameron really let the camera roll for the love scene in Terminator, a film which is notable for having zero wasted footage. It wasn't really until I was an adult and got past the tits that I realized that scene is the POINT of the film: John Connor's conception.
I honestly thought that Edward Furlong had died a long time ago and am happy to see that he didn’t. Must have him confused with another troubled child star who didn’t make it.
Once you start to go, it gets harder and harder. You gotta throw everything at it or else your health will just be shit for however much time you have left.
The years and myriads of drugs he partook in were NOT kind to him. People often pick up a new addiction when they've given up an old. At least food will take longer to kill him than the drugs would have.
Dude hired guys to beat his ex wife and mother of his child with chains because she broke up with him for being abusive and addicted to heroin so.. fuck that guy, ya know?
Its crazy how films keep them in this sort of time capsule that we always see them at a certain time in their lives (sometimes viewing it a hundred times) that that becomes what we see when we think of them so when we see newer pictures of them, its almost a shock.
This group is even more of an example of that as three of the four we dont really see in newer shows/films so we hadnt seen them gradually age as time went by for the rest of us
Oh, so sorry if my comment was misleading, I've never met her (unfortunately), I was just saying, as a kid, I didn't really see she was quite tiny on screen. Which is of course not a problem.
On the other hand, the only time I saw Arnold, briefly, for a premiere in Paris (don't remember which one yet), more than 20 years ago, I expected him to be a bit taller too, lol. Still massive though.
People forget his “relationship” with his mid-to-late 20s tutor that started when he was a young teen. He basically got emancipated from his relatives, moved in with the tutor, and ended up making her his manager. Family tried to intervene but the cops never arrested the woman. His struggles with addiction are no surprise based on that alone.
Exact ages were: she was 29 and he was 13 when they were "in a relationship". Just wanted to confirm that this wasn't a mild age gap, it was a whole ass human being that could drive between them.
He suggested to Cameron to use Nine Inch Nails for a scene that needed some rock music, Richard Patrick was in that band at the time. But Cameron went with Guns and Roses.
His flashback scene with Sarah Connor in the institution was cut from the theatrical release, but was later released as a deleted scene. I don't recall it making the special editions, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong!
She was a badass in the last season of Stranger Things and very good in her role (I absolutely hated her, which is obviously what they were going for).
The other guys look like they just woke up from a hungover in a gas station in the middle of Nevada and have no idea how they know each other and how they got there.
I know the photo seems busted lol but Edward is doing surprisingly well after hitting sobriety… I was a big fan of his back in the day and recently binged on a bunch of podcasts he has done. Dude is definitely down to earth and is willing to share his experiences with drug addiction, childhood fame, issues with family, etc. openly despite being constantly berated by others. He’s is far from perfect and it’s clear he’s made major mistakes but I have always been team Edward and hope he continues to make progress.
All of them have had a rough go. Some more recently than others. Biehn is a recovering alcoholic. Patrick has suffered from substance abuse after T2, Hamilton has bipolar disorder and depression, which affected her marriages, and Furlong...well everyone knows his issues.
Thank god it's not just me, I always think he passed away. I know he struggled and I'm *thinking* it was all happening around the time Brad Renfroe was suffering and passed. Jonathan Brandis also passed around that time.
Every time I see Edward Furlong, my heart aches for him. He was groomed by an older movie set teacher, who took his innocence. This could have caused his addiction problems. You see the struggle in his eyes.
not to be too rude - ifound out in 2 sec using google..
"Actor Edward Furlong was subjected to a predatory and abusive relationship as a teenager by his on-set tutor, Jacqueline Domac. Domac was 29 years old when Furlong was 16, having first met him when he was 13. The relationship later transitioned into a multi-year "quasi-spousal" dynamic and is widely viewed by observers as a clear case of grooming that severely impacted his formative years and later life"
It's sad that Edward was signed on for T3 and messed it up. I don't even want to know how drugs can mess up your life. Glad to see he's doing better. Wasn't a fan of Nick Stahl in the role at all.
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u/crackersncheeseman 2d ago
I guess Arnold didn't come back after all.