lets watch
i saw the tv glow
cos im kinda scared to watch lisa frankenstein cos i feel like i'll either really love it or really hate it and i fear. ive got the fear
!! its a24. i didnt know that Lou: i watched it on the flight back from denmark and i thought it was good!!!
Lou: but i'm not a horror connoisseur
lisa fraknenstein? or i saw the tv glow
thats her name now. fraknenstein
Lou: lisa frankenstein
Lou: i thought it was fun lmfao
oh!! ok well that fills me with some relief
cos i think having fun is a lot more important than "its good" lol
Lou: i'd watch it again
if its fun its not gonna be a drag to watch so phew
..is this a company i mean, nice logo
love the period being after the tree and not the words
Lou: (gimme ur review on i saw the tv glow pls i haven't seen it but I've heard it's good)
ooh its like it follows. but with blacklights i have heard ppl both love it and hate it so i have no idea what im in for
ugh fucking ice cream trucks. showing up at the most baffling of times also have this.
i kinda think its still going on with the crazy ass time ice cream trucks show up in this neighbourhood.
gasp! a glowing tv ..i mean, they do kinda do that
title is a lil like. i saw the toaster roast bread. or. i saw the phone ring
damn that show knew what they were doing when they chose that title
its some horror show this kid likes granted it looks pretty rad
omg that was me once i feel so addressed
its. legit a nice song lol
yay bisexuality!! (idk what theyre doing)
..void high school? ...void? yeah i went to oblivion elementary then graduated from void in '96
oh they sit in it. that seems pretty fun
this kids really feelin it cant really cap the head bobbing rip
meanwhile the MC is having a music video moment
i think i kinda like film titles in block letters a lil better but im sure thought was put into makin it look like an actual human wrote it
i think he grew up.
cant believe no one came to my Are You Afraid Of The Dark party, im so disappointed
they wouldve shown up if id brought that powder that turns the fire green. yeah. thats definitely why no one showed up 
oh shit it really is 1996 when he's a kid! i just said that at random. hee hee
bwaaaaaaaaaa
also dare dare dare dare dare dare dare i watched those meth not even once ads as a kid. they didnt make us watch those in school that wasnt a thing. i just found them on youtube
and i never did meth so. guess it worked
cough anyway the movie
woo jazz band! void jazz band! toot into the void with the void jazz bnand high
thanks to moe and my manager at work i will always think of the amount of spit brass instruments accumulate. thank you
omg winona ryder???? also VULTURES??? this is the most goth fucking school ive ever seen
void high with the sports team the vultures
they probably dont even do sports they just get on the pitch like
get too close u get knocked out go vultures
his name is owen his mum is brenda and the goth girl left. i def tried the "brood in a noticeable place in the hopes someone cool notices you" but i dont think it ever worked
maybe i didnt brood hard enough
oh hes voting? ..is this like a school thing? u make ur kids pretend vote?
greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen horror movies (and twilight) are greeeeeeeeeeeeen
oh is that why void. cos void high school is VHS if u abbreviate it?
oh god. ezra miller?
no. the voice is wrong. but the face
oh. its some kid named jack haven [side note: god i hope browsers/mobile dont ignore the width tag i put in there to make the image 25% size cos jfc its MASSIVE so sorry if it loaded full size]
hollywood breathes a sigh of relief as they can stop casting maniac ezra miller and use this person for all of their quirky genderfuck roles instead
they read tv guides and do photography so u know they are Cool and Interesting
hell yeah the sim approach just go "subject" and hope they wanna talk about it
didnt work. rip well, sorta. owen doesnt watch the show the guide is for. but he clearly wants to
shes in ninth grade hes in seventh. idk how old that makes them [im saying she cos the character is female btw]
yay this is how teenagers talk im not even ten mintues in why do i always pause too much at the start aaaaaaaa
owen's like pink opaque is for kids and she takes that personally
omg now he can read about it now hes gonna think its way cooler than it really is
Lou: i have never wanted a vending machine drink more than i do now
Lou: that fruitopia machine awoke something in me
i know right!!! that machine looks amazing
Lou: that machine looks like it would give u the most refreshing beverage of your life
cant believe theyre bonding over a tv show instead of getting drinks from the machine
i want to know what the cans look like
Lou: we still have fruitopia here idk about the states but it's pretty good
i like the 1995 ones [note: the ones on the top. I couldn't find the exact image he linked]
hes gonna go sleepover at his friends house presumably to watch the show cos he explained to the girl he cant watch it cos its past his bedtime
also he has asthma. the movie just said so so. now we know.
ha ha i lied im gonna stay somewhere else hell yeah
..hope he gets there soon
hes arrived at maddy's house (the subs say thats her name) and shes like. discussing guys with whoever this is isnt that the police guy.
no its not. i got michael stipe mixed up with sting.
oops
pls forgive me i was 4 in 1996.
owen is amazed he gets to see the show
ohh i thought the show was like anthology and a different story with new characters every episode but its actually about two girls who are connected through some psychic link even tho theyre on opposite sides of the county. neat also now i get the title of the film is supposed to look like a 90s tv show title
aah ok yeah yeah the credit style def makes me think of 90s/2000s shows hehehe
these kids are like aw man i wish we got ice cream all year. n the ice cream man came round even in winter YOU DEMONS
YOU ARE WHO FOISTED THOSE DAMNED CAROL CHIMES UPON US
EVEN IN THE COLDEST MONTHS WE GET NO PEACE
FOR MR FROSTY IS MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE STREETS
everyone in my street is old as balls idk why he even bothers. sorry i have strong feelings about their annoying lil melody
oh hes a monster in the tv show hell he might be a monster in my street too
i think Masters of Horror has an episode about this
with melting people
i should watch that show..
i dont know what this emotion is. Majo: (me, backreading this liveblog while high)
aesthetic cant go wrong with some green/pink
maddy's like aight lets talk about the show she doesnt have a tumblr to dump it all on so shes gotta subject owen to all of it
so the show operates on a monster of the week type basis, but it does have a big bad who is also known as the man in the moon
let me butcher a meme for this
owen gets to sleep in the living room in front of this bright ass aquarium which im sure wont impede his ability to, yknow, sleep
hi ive attached my whole personality to this show says woman in discord chat dedicated to a tv show thats been running since her childhood.
admittedly i attached my personality to other series and not precure really, but. yknow.
im sure we can all relate.
i feel like he was more mesmerized by the ice cream guy than the actual plot of the show time to walk back home
then it fades to one of the MCs of the tv show bring back colourful sheer tops they are neat
now were back to older owen i think?
ok well. only two years but fair enough
woo its a fair! i went to one in ohio. we mostly ate a lot of fried foods.
and someone randomly told me she voted for mitt romney as her introduction.
who does that.
weird girl.
she went hiiiiiiee im shayla i voted for mitt romney
(idk what her name was i forgot)
(but that was her introduction)
(im from the other side of the world bitch why is that the first think you tell me )
i liked the fried oreos. and deep fried veggies are pretty good too
i didnt really like pulled pork though
and they had like, baby lions and tigers you could take photos with. that was pretty questionable
but it was a neat time overall
hm i dont think they said where this Void High School is located
owen is older and his mum had cancer but is ok now. also is that guy who i think it is
oh my god it is.
its tim from detective pikachu everything leads back to detective pikachu
(it doesnt)
(but it is funny ive accidentally watched two horror movies with the main stars from it in it)
he was also in the quarry in which he unfortunately SUCKED MAJOR ASS
i hope he does better in this movie
owens like. idfk 18 now and still asks his mum if he can watch a show he also spat on the candy floss he was holding. i think he's into melting things.
wow shes like nah its on too late
yeah mom what the fuck (Owen says this, not the man in the screenshot)
jesus ok well he's younger than i thought but also still. yeah mom what the fuck
also this man is here
omg bill burr??? ok scratch that
fucking
what
i went to the imdb
and
OH MY GOD FRED FUCKING DURST???? 
stop being in movies!!! I dont want to be reminded of Limp Bizkit!! go awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
aw when he told maddy he cant watch the show she'd record it for him and gave him the tapes. thats so sweet
also god damn the soundtrack is a banger
he says he struggles to talk to maddy but it looks like she talks to him through the tapes isabel and tara are the main characters from pink opaque btw
oh yeah thats just a great thing to teach kids.
its still going! i really like this scene
its so sweet
her talking to him through the tapes
she leaves him the tapes in the dark room
pilot episode get
the pilot has some moonpeople doing a dance in the woods. i think the budget was like. 5 dollars and some hairgel
oh i guess the villain's the fuckin moon from a trip to the moon
anyways i was wrong and owen is hella into the show. the film's making it pretty clear the pink opaque is pretty childish but eh. doesn't stop people from getting obsessed with it
see he watches it so much he says the lines and stuff. Lou: is that the guy from the d&d movie.....
yes,
Lou: oh i love that guy
i didnt see the dnd movie but i know cos i went to his imdb page and its on there lol
ahhh ok well maybe he was just directed rly poorly in the quarry then
cos i remember i liked him well enough in detective pikachu as well
Lou: i would recommend the d&d movie it's stupid but good lmfao
yeah ive heard good things
Lou: HE WAS GOOD IN DETECTIVE PIKACHU AND HE WAS GOOD IN D&D
Lou: is he good here
Lou: be honest
he plays a super flat character so its kinda hard to say so far
well, i say flat
i mean character who is very emotionless
so its kinda hard to tell
Lou: oooooh gotcha ok
but i'll keep u posted
Lou: pls do!!!
woo super normal friendship
we learn maddy's friendship with that other girl is over now and on top of that the other girl joined the cheer squad! ugh!
ok well um i just asked you how u were
she looks like shes from degrassi the new generation.
hes like i wanna see the show again n shes like lemme stop u there
Lou: u say that like it's a bad thingit is not pls believe me
Lou: ok good
i watched that show religiously as a teenager
Lou: degrassi my beloved.... one of canada's finest exports
i loved it
hes like noo i just want to watch the show so shes like ok. so do u like girls or what n he says idk maybe the balloon thing at the start was foreshadowing
hes like im sexually attracted to tv shows (he doesnt say that)
(hes just trying to say he wants to watch the pink opaque at her house)
(i think he likes melting stuff) <
owen says he feels empty inside but he's too afraid to look inward and find out if that's really true and why he feels that way. then continues maybe thats why he has the stupid curfew
dunno how thats supposed to help
he asks maddy if she can relate and she says she doesnt know
she then compares him to isabel from pink opaque
maybe i should crochet myself a hat to be more like isabel
todays episode is about a breakdancing clown cos the budget is still 5 dollars
bondiiiiiiiiiiing
getting emotional about a lesbian murdering a clown on tv
oh also maddy has an abusive stepfather. so. there
she draws the lil ghost on his neck she says this first btw
and he says if she leaves he wont have anyone to watch the show with
which prompts her to draw the ghost on his neck
then he sees something?
!! is this. the glow
girl why are u scraping it off that shit means something
stop being embarrassed
oh i guess theyre running away
he confesses to the mother of his friend hes been lying hes been sleeping over there and that he doesnt want to leave his home so he wants to get grounded
och
oh shit i figure she ran away alone
cos he didnt come
ok well she made quite the exit
the show got canceled in the month maddy vanished
timeskip no 2
owen then has a super awkward interaction with a drive thru
wow. thatd be like. triple that now.
at least
he works at a mall. more aesthetic shots of. the. uh
liminal kind.
i think.
what the fuck is this place
what is this face
are they grinning wtf
oh t hey are. generic man and idubbz over there
owen walked in on generic man having sex with some girl so thats what hes referencing
cos the whole 8 years later segment has been awkward af
fitting for the early 2000s i suppose
also i had this belt rip
omg serial experiments lain???
owen is stuck no hate to the actor but so far hes like. if michael cera did horror movies
hes playing an oddball so it works fine
just the vibe he's giving is all
i saw the street glow
theres burned papers on the floor and they are from the tv guide for pink opaque which got cancelled 8 years ago
spooky!!!
angy dad i say angry but he doesnt react to anything. too busy watching tv
they told fred durst just sit there and look pissed. you can do that right
greeeeeeen vegetableeeeeeees
suddenly! maddy a-posing in the meat isle
wow he doesnt recognise her
ok well there we go also side note kinda late but the "being empty" description owen gave to refer to himself earlier might've been to imply he's asexual. its not a huge impact on the plot but if that is true, i think that's cool so
just thought i'd share.
anyway back to maddy default!posing in a grocery store while holding raw steak
omg ur ok im so relieved! let me hug you in this aisle of perishable goods sourced only from the fertile lands of our good country of the proud and free
maddy's. not very expressive ngl i kinda thought the TV/internet ate her so im surprised so see her
oh my god she said the title. Is this going for a david lynch feel i wouldnt know my only experience with lynch is twin peaks and eraserhead.
but i know he likes his bands in his movies.
the song is pretty good. movie hasn't missed when it comes to music yet imo
her outfits giving circus director tho and that just ruins the vibe of the song ngl
the movie tries to play the whole ass song but owens like uh hey remember how you disappeared for eight years
shes like i need to ask you something first
its only been eight years so of course
hi lemme just never look u in the eyes while i say any of this
oh except for right now i guess
hes like yeah i remember it as a tvshow and she says are u sure thats all it was and we cut to them younger and owen trying on a pink dress, i think
she doubles down
ohh he doesnt like it
ooh now im wondering if she was ever gone.
shes like do you remember whats real life and what was television gotta give it to justice (the actors actual name) hes doing a rly good job
we see a scene of isabel in a pink dress walk across a football field which then switches to owen and maddy doing the same
she says shes trying to tell him about this slowly so he doesnt freak out
no context i love the cinematography in this movie
he asks her where shes been and she says this
new band on stage cos why not i guess
most of the song again cos. why not.
she says do u remember the end of the show
you cant trust anybody
yknow the cartoony ass moonface guy
she says she hopes he'll be there i mean his life is pretty shit so why not
guess he needs to watch it to remember
in the final episode isabel gets captured
omg owen was isabel all along. she just thinks shes watching tv
also mr midnights face for maximum analog horror effect it ended with her getting buried alive
bit much for a kids show
oh god what just happened
fred durst is like NO SON OF MINE PUTS HIS HEAD INSIDE OF A TV
he got him out but he's not taking it well.
yeah well everyone keeps making fun of my band so we've all got problems owen
uh.
then maddy talks about what she did after running away 
maddys life was as boring as owen's, but she says something still wasnt right. things are moving too fast
ooh its another balloon thing. time to get inside Lou: aw hell yeah the parachute
meanwhile maddy talks about paying a kid to bury her alive at 22, that he wouldnt know he was doing it but she doubted he'd care much
this is all done while shes in this perspective btw from the side with a light passing over her face
meanwhile owen's in the dark ass balloon where we cant see shit
hell yeah aquarius. shout out to aquarius. my favourite sign
pisces. also good. oh yeah and maddys talking about being buried alive still
she talks about it eventually becoming an out of body experience
oh she dug herself out thought she was astral projecting herself to owen for a bit, ngl
oh but she woke up as the protag of pink opaque, not maddy
she says all the memories of being maddy washed away with the rain
ok well uh. hm.
then she talks about some show stuff and going back to sleep to go get isabel yknow, owen
ok well uhhh so do we need to bury ourselves again to get back into the tv show orrrrrr
i really think that if u experience it as ur life u probably shouldnt refer to it as a show and season six im anxious where this is gonna go
is maddy right or is this some form of shared psychosis
or both somehow
well its not shared whatever it is. rip
damn ok she actually said yeah they have to rebury themselves
man even in this flashback he doesnt seem sure about it
hes freaking out and trying to calm himself by reciting some stuff from the show so she takes his hand to calm him and uh. thats not the hand of a 22 year old. but. that. might just be the actor so. idk
idk if thats relevant
anyway then he tackles her.
and skedaddles
ugh. at least i'll only have to pay that teenager half of the burial costs, i guess
he ran home and waited for days for maddy to come back for him but she didnt
so he stayed behind
oh there she is
this movie feels like a metaphor for being transgender and either accepting it or not its not over yet so maybe i shouldnt say anything yet but idk
the choice is between being powerful and having a strong bond and a purpose and knowing who you are and. working a job you dont like just to have something to do while the world moves on in indifference
and the difference is allowing yourself to believe, or not
and. well. ok. also burying yourself alive
so.
i didnt say it was easy
he got a big led tv cos hes a big boi now
oh hes still at that fire from the start btw
oh. rip
he talks to the audience so really its not like his boring life is any more real than the tv show he watches
turns out the actual show is nothing like he remembered
the group is also more than two people
the neck tattoo is still there at least
shes like U SHOULD SELL SOUP and the ice cream is like omg ur so right. could u imagine if u rewatched goosebumps or are u afraid of the dark and it looked this shit.
i'd bury myself too
tf is this
meanwhile: arcade
twenty years later and owen's looking like a protagonist in a stromae video Lou: that is such a specific vibe and yet i know exactly what you mean
owen now works at an arcade
oh yeah he has asthma. i forgot they said that an hour and ten minutes ago
owen has the energy like hes 60 years older than he is here
im at deaths door lads maybe the years of arcade work rly took it out of him
yeah ok fair
oh everyone just. stopped
:(
honey no :(
yeah hes fine. still stromae music video vibes btw.
including the screaming and then saying sorry and telling people to ingore you.
owen finds the glow inside of his chest while the song from the opening of the film plays again
.. then he puts his uniform back on and continues having trouble breathing
DUDE WHY ARE U DOING THIS TO YOURSEEEEELF Hi sorry i just felt happy for a sec in the bathroom im back to keeping it all in and doing this job i hate with people i dont like
also no one acknowledges him cos they didnt even notice
oh jane, why.
that hurt so much :(
Lou: hey okay so i heard this movie was like. deeply upsetting and that's why i've been avoiding it.
Lou: do u agree.
Lou: is it worth the watch anyway.
oh my god lou im at a loss for words
its very, very good
but my GOD its heartbreaking