• dumbass@lemy.lol
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    8 months ago

    One thing I’ve noticed with newer movies is they do a lot more “tell, don’t show” than old movies.

    Main character seeing old friend: Well if it isn’t my old friend Daniel, we used to roam these streets as kids, I used to have dinner at your house every day, you were like my brother, I would have done anything for you, I haven’t seen you since our other old friend Jake died mysteriously, remember when we used to play videogames all night and made that life long pact that if “HE” returns we will do what it takes to send him back to the world where he emerged from when we were kids and lived right next door to each other, our mothers were best friends until the incident but they never stopped us from being life long best friends forever, we used to play in the streets all night, me you Daniel and Chris, the rat Pac they called us, best friends for life.

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      8 months ago

      Man there’s so many loose ends.

      What was the incident?

      What did the rat pac play in the street? Music? Baseball?

      What video games were you guys playing? Nintendo, Sega, Atari, Sony, SNK, NEC, 3DO?? Whose house?

      Were there any leads in Jakes death?

      How long has it been since you last saw Daniel?

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        8 months ago

        What was the incident?

        The incident is what shaped them into the adults they are now, it’s why they ended up in their chosen professions and is what brings them together at the 20 year high school reunion coming up, but they must never speak of it.

        What did the rat pac play in the street? Music? Baseball?

        They hustled marbles for cash in the street to anyone willing to lose to them, they ran that rural suburban street untill the incident changed everything.

        What video games were you guys playing? Nintendo, Sega, Atari, Sony, SNK, NEC, 3DO?? Whose house?

        NBA Jam on the Sega Mega drive, because they were the cool kids and that’s how you showed it in the early 90s

        Were there any leads in Jakes death?

        The policed ruled it ‘natural causes’ but the rat Pac know it was Him that killed Jake after they unintentionally released Him.

        Were there any leads in Jakes death?

        About 3 hours before that line of text.