We've got Movie Sign! [Open]

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Deep from the dank, dark bowels of the Media Library... IT CAME! FROM THE CELLULOID!

Five terrible movies guaranteed to give you CHILLS! THRILLS! Or maybe just, I dunno, a vague sense that the universe has wronged you somehow and you want several hours of your life back.

Today, anyone walking into this particular Sensorium would be greeted by the sight of a late 20th century darkened movie theatre, playing a quintuple-feature consisting of old Earth movies that were honestly not very good. At the bottom of the seating area was some dude giving out free popcorn, candy, and drinks.

Howard, Zouichi, Allenby, and Jr. were around, and anyone else was welcome to walk in and join in.

[each of the movies is listed below, just tag in wherever you want. I put a small link in each movie's post so you can have some idea of what the movie is about, although honestly I would say that the movies themselves often do not actually know what they are about. All threads are open unless labeled 'closed'.

P.S. I'M SO SORRY I SHOULD HAVE PUT THIS UP EARLIER]

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[syncopath]

'American Idiot.' Oh yes, the Master supposes that fits. Two words probably never went so well together-- well. Supposing you took 'Doctor' out of your vocabulary.

"You're missing out," he says simply, popping another kernel into his mouth.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"What's American Idiot?" asked Zouichi, following it up with a look directed at Howard. "And can I get an actual explanation this time, please, instead of randomly selected details that leave me with more questions than answers?"

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Oh, come on, Zou. You're going to get on my case about mentioning things out of context when we're watching a rapping dog on the Titanic?"

Howard shakes his head, deciding he doesn't care if the Master thinks he's missing out. The Master probably has weird taste. The Master probably likes Eraserhead too.

"It's a musical by a band I used to like, about...teenagers or something." Now that Howard thinks about it, maybe he doesn't want a bunch of songs about the inherent dysfunction of youth on his iPod.

[syncopath]

"Ah, you're absolutely right. That sounds much more interesting," the Master says-- with perhaps a touch of dryness. His innocent expression is still glued to the screen.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"That's specific," said Zouichi. "So one of the teenagers is the American Idiot?"

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"All teenagers are American Idiots. Except the ones from other countries. They're some-other-place idiots." He's sure 'John Smith' would probably agree. The guy doesn't seem one to suffer people all that much. "And they all get addicted to drugs and their girlfriends dump them or something. It's not really a great story or anything."

Howard squints at the screen and opens his mouth a few times to go on before finding the words of "wait, I thought the Titanic sank, not 'was saved by a giant pink octopus'."

OMG there are two of these atrocities aren't there.

[syncopath]

The Master does grin at that. He'd expand it to include most humans, though, adolescent and otherwise.

"Shush, Howie," he murmurs. "It's clearly sinking. Besides, nobody said it was historically accurate." Though truth be told, he detests this part. Let the damned thing sink, and the human filth with it.

I think so

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"In more ways than one," Zouichi said, watching the pink octopus with no small amount of skepticism.

"Sounds like a depressing story."

Re: I think so

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"I don't know if the original depresses me or if I just think it's super ironic. 'The Unsinkable Ship'? Why not just call it the SS Iceberg Magnet?" Howard shoots another little glare at the Master before sinking back in his seat again.

[syncopath]

Actually, the Master can quite appreciate that point-- as well as Howard's growing ire. He sends another grin 'Howie's' way.

Privately though, he thinks the entire affair was less depressingly ironic and more on the order of absolutely hilarious.

"Humans do so love to tempt fate, don't they? Put a bear in a cage, conveniently forget to set the latch, and then poke it with a stick." He shrugs. "No wonder the Italians felt the need to spice things up a bit."

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Zouichi frowned slightly. "A passenger liner hitting an iceberg and sinking into the ocean isn't enough spice?"

The Master seemed to be implying he wasn't human. Unsurprising, on a ship like this, but it would explain a few things.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

But Howard just comes right out and says it. It's only been on the tip of his tongue since the archaeology expedition, tempered only by the fact that the Master makes his knees go weak with fear.

"What do the Italians have to do with it? And what the heck is your problem, man? Or whatever-the-heck-you-are? I get dark humor but there's no way my SS Iceberg Magnet joke was funny enough to get a grin, unless you secretly think dead people are awesome, and to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if you did."

Odds of him having said any of that without Zouichi around? Approximately zero in a million.

[syncopath]

The Master rolls his eyes, serenely unruffled. Secretly he's pleased he's brought Howard to anger so easily.

"Who knows? Maybe I was simply being polite, Howie." He pops a few more kernels into his mouth, munching obnoxiously. "You should give it a go. Try everything in life at least once, right?"

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi was... sort of getting to dislike the Master. Didn't he have anything better to do than antagonize teenagers and also complain when people were trying to help him in Medical?

He didn't say anything for the moment, though.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

Howard, on the other hand, has given up on getting any answers from the Master, and on actually being able to watch this awful movie without a distinct sense of the creeps. "I'm going to get more popcorn," he says, even though his bag of popcorn is still half-full. And he darts off until the Master's left.