View Full Version : 1408, possibly the scariest thing on earth
Zeusophobia
12-07-2007, 03:00 AM
I've been in the Marine corps for 6 years. I've had terrorists shooting at me with AK-47s and RPGs, I didn't flinch.
I've been hunting alone in the Alaskan wilderness and had a bear bum rush me, wasn't even almost scary.
I was attacked by 6 members of the most violent gang in Anchorage, it was painful, but not scary.
I was watching 1408 alone at night by myself, just like I always do. About a fourth into the movie I had to turn the lights on.
20 minutes later I had to go sit at the back of the room so nothing was behind me.
20 minutes after that I had to go get my gun, so I sat in the back of the room, with the lights on, with a pistol clutched in my hand throughout the rest of the movie.
That is some scary shit, I thought I lacked the fear emotion untill now.
Disease
12-07-2007, 03:04 AM
not much of that makes sense, I think you're crazy...
Phalanx
12-07-2007, 03:09 AM
20 minutes after that I had to go get my gun, so I sat in the back of the room, with the lights on, with a pistol clutched in my hand throughout the rest of the movie.
Maybe you should lay off the horror...or yknow, the crack, unless you wanna end up shooting one of your neighbours in the face, nutjob.
ChronoGrl
12-07-2007, 07:01 AM
I was watching 1408 alone at night by myself, just like I always do. About a fourth into the movie I had to turn the lights on.
That's too bad, because had you left the movie on, you would have realized how incredibly lame it turned out to be.
Egg, meet face.
Despare
12-07-2007, 08:53 AM
I was attacked by 6 members of the most violent gang in Anchorage
The Baby Seals?
joshaube
12-07-2007, 09:00 AM
... Someone needs to invent a user-registration filter system that detects how utterly useless someone is before they are allowed to sign-up.
I've been in the Marine corps for 6 years. I've had terrorists shooting at me with AK-47s and RPGs, I didn't flinch.
I've been hunting alone in the Alaskan wilderness and had a bear bum rush me, wasn't even almost scary.
I was attacked by 6 members of the most violent gang in Anchorage, it was painful, but not scary.
I was watching 1408 alone at night by myself, just like I always do. About a fourth into the movie I had to turn the lights on.
20 minutes later I had to go sit at the back of the room so nothing was behind me.
20 minutes after that I had to go get my gun, so I sat in the back of the room, with the lights on, with a pistol clutched in my hand throughout the rest of the movie.
That is some scary shit, I thought I lacked the fear emotion untill now.
pussy........................
VampiricClown
12-07-2007, 10:15 AM
Scary?
Oh boy.
You should leave now, while you still can.
(No Pun Intended)
Angra
12-07-2007, 10:23 AM
I've been in the Marine corps for 6 years. I've had terrorists shooting at me with AK-47s and RPGs, I didn't flinch.
I've been hunting alone in the Alaskan wilderness and had a bear bum rush me, wasn't even almost scary.
I was attacked by 6 members of the most violent gang in Anchorage, it was painful, but not scary.
I was watching 1408 alone at night by myself, just like I always do. About a fourth into the movie I had to turn the lights on.
20 minutes later I had to go sit at the back of the room so nothing was behind me.
20 minutes after that I had to go get my gun, so I sat in the back of the room, with the lights on, with a pistol clutched in my hand throughout the rest of the movie.
That is some scary shit, I thought I lacked the fear emotion untill now.
Dude, that says more about The US marine corps, hunting in Alaska and gangs of Anchorage, than it says about horror movies..
Stick to cartoons.
ChronoGrl
12-07-2007, 10:49 AM
... Someone needs to invent a user-registration filter system that detects how utterly useless someone is before they are allowed to sign-up.
I'm starting to like you more. I think I'll keep you.
*extracts vial of blood to add to collection*
alkytrio666
12-07-2007, 12:38 PM
I'm starting to like you more. I think I'll keep you.
*extracts vial of blood to add to collection*
Ooooo! I smell a little HDC romance a'brewin'!
Angra
12-07-2007, 12:49 PM
Ooooo! I smell a little HDC romance a'brewin'!
Smells like shit doesn't it? :D
VampiricClown
12-07-2007, 03:14 PM
Smells like shit doesn't it? :D
Haha, no comment. :D
Red1332
12-07-2007, 03:57 PM
I honestly hope no one questions why people don't stick around here after replying to the guy like that. Maybe it was the lack of anything definitely threatening that got to him? Because there wasn't a direct assailant/antagonist in the film the usual response didn't kick in for him? Lots of possibilities there.
I don't happen to think it was terribly scary, myself. A good concept, yes. But that's my opinion. He's entitled to his. :rolleyes:
The Mothman
12-07-2007, 03:59 PM
I honestly hope no one questions why people don't stick around here after replying to the guy like that.
its natural selection here at HDC. only the fittest survive.
VampiricClown
12-07-2007, 06:32 PM
MothMan is correct.
If you can't handle the heat when you get here, you might as well pack your username and leave.
We want people that know what horror really is.
neverending
12-07-2007, 11:41 PM
We want people that know what horror really is.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Don't get me started....
Roderick Usher
12-08-2007, 12:32 AM
How does a gun protect you from a movie?
PTSD
VampiricClown
12-08-2007, 06:13 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Don't get me started....
Get started neverending.
@Roderick
Maybe it keeps you safe in case the girl from The Ring winds up in 1408 and decides to come out of the TV....Like that would ever happen. :p
ChronoGrl
12-08-2007, 09:24 AM
Ooooo! I smell a little HDC romance a'brewin'!
"Romance," "stalking," take your pick. :p
If you can't handle the heat when you get here, you might as well pack your username and leave.
Cheers.
Generally I try to be the diplomat when it comes to Forum Nastiness, but, honestly, I've really started to lose my patience with... people over the years... You've come to a public forum. You KNOW that people are going to read what you write.
So if you're going to be a moron, douche, perv, asshole, idiot, jackass, twit, debauchee, degenerate, TOOL, WHATEVER... You should be prepared for the consequences.
Angra
12-08-2007, 09:33 AM
moron, douche, perv, asshole, idiot, jackass, twit, debauchee, degenerate, TOOL, WHATEVER....
Somebody ban this troublemaker. :cool:
Posher778
12-08-2007, 10:06 AM
Um. Wow. I totally thought this was Last Seen Movie, and... yeah..... X_X
Angra
12-08-2007, 10:07 AM
Kill Bill v.2- 10/10
Eeeerh....... okay..
Posher778
12-08-2007, 10:16 AM
"Romance," "stalking," take your pick. :p
Cheers.
Generally I try to be the diplomat when it comes to Forum Nastiness, but, honestly, I've really started to lose my patience with... people over the years... You've come to a public forum. You KNOW that people are going to read what you write.
So if you're going to be a moron, douche, perv, asshole, idiot, jackass, twit, debauchee, degenerate, TOOL, WHATEVER... You should be prepared for the consequences.
I think I love you.
Red1332
12-08-2007, 10:56 AM
He was attempting to connect with people over scary movies. So he didn't choose the best method to do it....seeing as he has no way at all of understanding the social dynamic that goes on here, immediately crucifying him out of the gate really ain't gonna change that.
Anyway, I imagine I have now become one of the aforementioned morons or douche bags for pointing this out, and I'm going to follow it up with the observation that it isn't survival of the fittest so much as a people being brave under the anonymity of the internet hammering their opinions over the head of another. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. So is the other guy. The fact that in the time I've been here I've seen more comments about how stupid people are or their opinions are than actual discussion about movies is very telling.
Enjoy yourselves. This obviously isn't the place for me.
Disease
12-08-2007, 11:09 AM
He was attempting to connect with people over scary movies. So he didn't choose the best method to do it....seeing as he has no way at all of understanding the social dynamic that goes on here, immediately crucifying him out of the gate really ain't gonna change that.
Anyway, I imagine I have now become one of the aforementioned morons or douche bags for pointing this out, and I'm going to follow it up with the observation that it isn't survival of the fittest so much as a people being brave under the anonymity of the internet hammering their opinions over the head of another. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. So is the other guy. The fact that in the time I've been here I've seen more comments about how stupid people are or their opinions are than actual discussion about movies is very telling.
Enjoy yourselves. This obviously isn't the place for me.
Bye for now.... :D
Posher778
12-08-2007, 11:19 AM
He was attempting to connect with people over scary movies. So he didn't choose the best method to do it....seeing as he has no way at all of understanding the social dynamic that goes on here, immediately crucifying him out of the gate really ain't gonna change that.
Anyway, I imagine I have now become one of the aforementioned morons or douche bags for pointing this out, and I'm going to follow it up with the observation that it isn't survival of the fittest so much as a people being brave under the anonymity of the internet hammering their opinions over the head of another. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. So is the other guy. The fact that in the time I've been here I've seen more comments about how stupid people are or their opinions are than actual discussion about movies is very telling.
Enjoy yourselves. This obviously isn't the place for me.
Wrong forum.... Goodbyes go in general.
Angra
12-08-2007, 11:33 AM
Damn... :(
Where's a violin when u need one?
joshaube
12-08-2007, 11:53 AM
http://www.littlehandsmusic.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/Becker_Violin.jpg
Posher778
12-08-2007, 12:20 PM
http://www.littlehandsmusic.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/Becker_Violin.jpg
It's too big.
missmacabre
12-08-2007, 01:03 PM
He was attempting to connect with people over scary movies. So he didn't choose the best method to do it....seeing as he has no way at all of understanding the social dynamic that goes on here, immediately crucifying him out of the gate really ain't gonna change that.
Anyway, I imagine I have now become one of the aforementioned morons or douche bags for pointing this out, and I'm going to follow it up with the observation that it isn't survival of the fittest so much as a people being brave under the anonymity of the internet hammering their opinions over the head of another. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. So is the other guy. The fact that in the time I've been here I've seen more comments about how stupid people are or their opinions are than actual discussion about movies is very telling.
Enjoy yourselves. This obviously isn't the place for me.
I'm pretty sure we've all been subjected to some sort of put down on this forum, or any forum for that matter. It usually happens when you just start and don't know the social dynamic of the site or how people react to anything less than an intellegent, well put together statement with perfect spelling and grammar.
The important part is that you learn to suck it up, takes stabs at other new posters and gain peoples respect. :D
Disease
12-08-2007, 01:04 PM
This may be more suited....
http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/2541/thumbs/moblog_bfb2fc0fd2f37.jpg
fortunato
12-08-2007, 01:10 PM
I'm pretty sure we've all been subjected to some sort of put down on this forum, or any forum for that matter. It usually happens when you just start and don't know the social dynamic of the site or how people react to anything less than an intellegent, well put together statement with perfect spelling and grammar.
The important part is that you learn to suck it up, takes stabs at other new posters and gain peoples respect. :D
agreed.
and well-said.
This may be more suited....
http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/2541/thumbs/moblog_bfb2fc0fd2f37.jpg
hahaha, where did you find that picture?
ChronoGrl
12-08-2007, 01:17 PM
Somebody ban this troublemaker. :cool:
Um. Wow. I totally thought this was Last Seen Movie, and... yeah..... X_X
Damn. I really should NOT post before having my morning cup of coffee. :(
Anyway, I imagine I have now become one of the aforementioned morons or douche bags for pointing this out, and I'm going to follow it up with the observation that it isn't survival of the fittest so much as a people being brave under the anonymity of the internet hammering their opinions over the head of another. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. So is the other guy. The fact that in the time I've been here I've seen more comments about how stupid people are or their opinions are than actual discussion about movies is very telling.
Enjoy yourselves. This obviously isn't the place for me.
Uhm, no, not calling you a moron or douchbag... Red actually had a lot to say, intelligent responses/replies, and her defending an attacked n00b is totally justified.
Damn that subdued guilt complex of mind... Let it roll off, Red. Let it roll off.
She's right: It's not appropriate to personally attack people. But, I'm sorry, if someone makes their first post completely stream of consciousness while at the same time emphatically relating an incredibly ridiculously ludicrous anecdote - I'm not sure what they expected the response TO be.
There's a way to say, "What do you think of 1408? I thought it was the scariest movie that I've seen in a long, long time. And I'm not the type of person who scares easily." Statements like that invite discussion about the film, whether or not it scared people, while at the same time the thread-starter is sounding more inviting, well-spoken, and mature.
However, his post was immature, not well thought-out and seemed more to be bragging about his time in the army and the fact that he keeps weapons within grabbing distance. Quite frankly, I am a complete advocate for gun control. I also thought that 1408 was one of the weakest films of the year, and the fact that it provoked this individual to clutch his loaded household gun in his hands, well, that's an image that obviously bothers me on multiple levels.
Someone who keeps a loaded weapon around the house shouldn't be taking it out over watching a scary movie, regardless of what movie it is. And, given my staunch political beliefs, I really don't find the anecdote amusing, whether or not he was exaggerating.
Personally, I see an anti-gun campaign right here.
missmacabre
12-08-2007, 01:19 PM
Someone actually makes tiny working violins. they would have had a world record but guiness was debating what constituted as a functional violin.
ChronoGrl
12-08-2007, 01:32 PM
Wrong forum.... Goodbyes go in general.
hee hee... That actually made me giggle out loud.
I think I heart you back.
*takes another vial of blood to add to collection*
fortunato
12-08-2007, 01:34 PM
Someone actually makes tiny working violins. they would have had a world record but guiness was debating what constituted as a functional violin.
wow, that's pretty awesome actually.
but the real question remains ---
how tough are the gangs in anchorage?
Posher778
12-08-2007, 01:59 PM
hee hee... That actually made me giggle out loud.
I think I heart you back.
*takes another vial of blood to add to collection*
How big are these *vials*
ChronoGrl
12-08-2007, 02:11 PM
How big are these *vials*
Oh, you know, the usual.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/Chronogrl/bvptts.jpg
...
aaaaaaaand I just think I creeped myself out...............
Posher778
12-08-2007, 02:13 PM
Oh, you know, the usual.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/Chronogrl/bvptts.jpg
...
aaaaaaaand I just think I creeped myself out...............
Nah it's cool.
ChronoGrl
12-08-2007, 02:17 PM
Nah it's cool.
Ok, then.
*takes out the syringe* :p
Posher778
12-08-2007, 04:04 PM
do your worst
ChronoGrl
12-08-2007, 04:17 PM
do your worst
I like this guy.
Posher778
12-08-2007, 04:18 PM
I like this guy.
You'd be the first
joshaube
12-08-2007, 04:21 PM
Nah, I like you too Posher, but I think that's where the numbers end.
Posher778
12-08-2007, 04:34 PM
hmm. Well, you know. People come and go. Such is life.
but the real question remains ---
how tough are the gangs in anchorage?
Ya don't fuck wit da anchorage gang.
http://images.elfwood.com/art/e/n/enlund/penguin.jpg
GorePhobia
12-09-2007, 01:48 AM
I like this guy.
Wish I spoke longer then one sentence to woo you the way josh and Posh do to you....:(
VampiricClown
12-09-2007, 07:20 AM
He was attempting to connect with people over scary movies. So he didn't choose the best method to do it....seeing as he has no way at all of understanding the social dynamic that goes on here, immediately crucifying him out of the gate really ain't gonna change that.
Mmmm, so I'm supposing that you do understand the "social dynamic"? If that were the case, you'd have realized that not only do the "Goodbye Threads" go in the General Forum, and that defending someone such as the guy who posted this thread is against us.
Yeah, you know us all too well.
:D
ChronoGrl
12-09-2007, 07:31 AM
Wish I spoke longer then one sentence to woo you the way josh and Posh do to you....:(
Oh, come on... Sometimes you challenge yourself and type two sentences. :p
...
Besides, you rock the Big Red Beard. That's major points in and of itself.
Hail Gore the Red!
...
Or are you just jealous I haven't collected your blood yet?
*readies syringe*
GorePhobia
12-09-2007, 07:48 AM
Oh, come on... Sometimes you challenge yourself and type two sentences. :p
...
Besides, you rock the Big Red Beard. That's major points in and of itself.
Hail Gore the Red!
...
Or are you just jealous I haven't collected your blood yet?
*readies syringe*
Gore the Red lol that's a new one. I am very jealous that you haven't collected my blood sample yet. Come on Dexter take my sample. :)
Have you ever seen Dexter? Please tell me yes and please say you love it. lol
Oh wow more then two sentences.
ChronoGrl
12-09-2007, 08:06 AM
Gore the Red lol that's a new one. I am very jealous that you haven't collected my blood sample yet. Come on Dexter take my sample. :)
Have you ever seen Dexter? Please tell me yes and please say you love it. lol
Oh wow more then two sentences.
*extracts pity vial* :p
GorePhobia
12-09-2007, 08:08 AM
*extracts pity vial* :p
Oh! Now it's a pity vial! Bah humbug!
Posher778
12-09-2007, 10:44 AM
Oh! Now it's a pity vial! Bah humbug!
There's just no pleasing you is there?
GorePhobia
12-09-2007, 11:47 AM
There's just no pleasing you is there?
Nope there is never any pleasing me.
Despare
12-11-2007, 07:25 PM
This obviously isn't the place for me.
It took you 40 posts to figure that out? :rolleyes:
The Mothman
12-12-2007, 04:12 PM
He was attempting to connect with people over scary movies. So he didn't choose the best method to do it....seeing as he has no way at all of understanding the social dynamic that goes on here, immediately crucifying him out of the gate really ain't gonna change that.
Anyway, I imagine I have now become one of the aforementioned morons or douche bags for pointing this out, and I'm going to follow it up with the observation that it isn't survival of the fittest so much as a people being brave under the anonymity of the internet hammering their opinions over the head of another. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. So is the other guy. The fact that in the time I've been here I've seen more comments about how stupid people are or their opinions are than actual discussion about movies is very telling.
Enjoy yourselves. This obviously isn't the place for me.
clearly, this man was not one of the fittest.
Despare
12-14-2007, 04:08 AM
clearly, this man was not one of the fittest.
Before he left so hastily maybe Red should have thought about us a little more. People like me just use sarcasm and witticisms to mask our true feelings and yeah, maybe we’re a bit harsh, but we’re just trying to share and be accepted as well.
Nah, just screwing with ya, we’re just assholes here.
VampiricClown
12-15-2007, 02:00 PM
Nah, just screwing with ya, we’re just assholes here.
Indeed. :D
illdojo
12-16-2007, 07:55 AM
Ya don't fuck wit da anchorage gang.
http://images.elfwood.com/art/e/n/enlund/penguin.jpg
:D Holy Shit :D ....LMFAO.
That's killer, Newb
Vodstok
05-07-2008, 08:08 AM
Ya don't fuck wit da anchorage gang.
http://images.elfwood.com/art/e/n/enlund/penguin.jpg
anchorage is in alaska... near the NORTH pole....
penguins live at the SOUTH pole...
Breed 'em smart up here in new england, dont they?
anchorage is in alaska... near the NORTH pole....
penguins live at the SOUTH pole...
Breed 'em smart up here in new england, dont they?
Penguins, those well-dressed fish-eating, deep-diving birds of the Far South, have ventured into Alaska waters more than once. And several penguin experts at the University of Washington say they almost certainly hitched rides to the northern hemisphere aboard fishing boats.
The strange appearance of penguins in the Far North didn’t occur, for instance, due some bizarre global climatic shift. Or through some extraordinary migration gone 5,000 miles off course.
Blame the old cute-o-meter.
“The crews keep the penguins as pets on board the boat. They’re appealing,” said Amy Van Buren, a UW doctoral student in biology, in a news release about the findings. “People keep them around because they’re so cute.”
HA
Vodstok
05-08-2008, 09:18 AM
so... they are leaving random ships in alaska in numbers great enough to form gangs?
Godamn immigrants...
so... they are leaving random ships in alaska in numbers great enough to form gangs?
Godamn immigrants...
Yes...its a big problem. They are demanding "protection" money from the local merchants so they can"feed" their halibut addiction.
The Mothman
05-08-2008, 03:38 PM
Penguins, those well-dressed fish-eating, deep-diving birds of the Far South, have ventured into Alaska waters more than once. And several penguin experts at the University of Washington say they almost certainly hitched rides to the northern hemisphere aboard fishing boats.
The strange appearance of penguins in the Far North didn’t occur, for instance, due some bizarre global climatic shift. Or through some extraordinary migration gone 5,000 miles off course.
Blame the old cute-o-meter.
“The crews keep the penguins as pets on board the boat. They’re appealing,” said Amy Van Buren, a UW doctoral student in biology, in a news release about the findings. “People keep them around because they’re so cute.”
HA
owned!
New England Crew.
Represent. :)