John Sommer✝️

Christian. Lutheran (LCMS). Artist and art lover.

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@BlackOpsTooGuy Praying for you man. 🙏

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@StrangerCapital @HansFiene Indeed. Fair enough.

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@StrangerCapital @HansFiene (2) ...offer the spectacle of surviving a terrifying situation, as well as tension, drama, paranoia, etc. without the level of gore and sadism of a Slasher flick, it's highly improbable that people watch a Slasher flick merely for the plot or the aforementioned elements. /end

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@StrangerCapital @HansFiene (1) In light of the fact that there are hundreds or thousands of magazines that have articles, it's highly improbable that people read an issue of Playboy just for the articles. In the same way, in light of the fact that there are hundreds or even thousands of movies that...

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@StrangerCapital @HansFiene I'm sorry, but "I watch Slasher films for the plot." comes off as analogous to "I read Playboy magazine for the articles."

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@StrangerCapital @HansFiene I'm sorry, but thinking that most people watch slasher flicks for more benign purposes than gore porn is the naive and presumptuous view. You underestimate the natural depravity of mankind.

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@StrangerCapital @HansFiene I never said anything about not giving attention the entire genre of horror. I merely stated that most audiences watch slasher films for gore porn as an example of of audiences wanting to be entertained by evil.

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@StrangerCapital @HansFiene An example is the fact that most people watch slasher films because they want to be entertained by gory deaths.

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@HansFiene Ah yes: delusions of grandeur.

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@ATEOutdoors My goodness. God help you.

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