The Substance

[Johnny Utah]

Great film. I was expecting way worse gore but I've seen Society and The Fly so it wasn't too bad.

 

[ironwez20]

Is it out on streaming or is it on bootleg?

 

[BeefEaster]

Is it out on streaming or is it on bootleg?

It comes out officially on streaming the 31st. There are already home release quality versions available online through.

 

[Wor-Gar]

It comes out officially on streaming the 31st. There are already home release quality versions available online through.

Does that mean they take the goo out of the Substance?

 

[BeefEaster]

No, I just meant they're not cams or telescreen versions.

I can't even imagine how they're going to edit this movie down to eventually air on network television.

 

[Felinx]

No, I just meant they're not cams or telescreen versions.

I can't even imagine how they're going to edit this movie down to eventually air on network television.

Parts of this movie will be of great use for plastic surgeon training - the dos and don'ts. Like an episode of Botched.

 

[ironwez20]

Watched it. At first it was super hot then it was super not

 

[Felinx]

Watched it. At first it was super hot then it was super not

Yeah the first third is actually pretty great, the middle has some good parts, but the last third I thought pretty much fell apart completely. It's definitely one of the more interesting movies to come along in the past year or two.

One of the things I really didn't like overall was its disconnnection from reality (for example, the way the television industry works in the real world, or even the way a major network New Years event works - these are completely divorced from reality in this movie) - it would have been great if it was much more grounded in the real world, making its points hit harder. It's like Fellini on steroids at times.

 

[BeefEaster]

The absurdity of it all was like I liked the most about it. Peak satire.

 

[Felinx]

The absurdity of it all was like I liked the most about it. Peak satire.

The Carrie-esque ending was so devoid of reaility it was rendered meaningless along with having zero engagement because we're watching a SFX blob of latex for 30 minutes (absurdly moving from apartment to the... TV studio that's apparently across the road, passing security using a paper mask?)

Instead of what it should have been - Qualley literally falling to pieces before our eyes (as we see about 3-5 minutes of) as she hosts the NYE show. And clearly in front of a live nationwide TV audience instead of that dumb little theater of 100 people (what exactly was that supposed to be... that's the network event?)

And why does the double appear out of the spine? Made zero sense when this clearly should have been solely a female phenom where the client literally gives birth to a baby version of themselves that grows to adult size in a day or whatever. And the idea that clients with zero training are handed a needle and thread (no instruction...?) was so far from reality, again, rendered just stupid.

So much possibility from the first 1/3 rendered silly by the midpoint...

 

[BeefEaster]

All that surreal and absurdist stuff was exactly what I enjoyed about it.

Different strokes for different folks.

 

[ironwez20]

I just loved the close up on that chicks ass and how it jiggled in slo mo. The people behind this were people of culture.

 

[Felinx]

All that surreal and absurdist stuff was exactly what I enjoyed about it.

Different strokes for different folks.

I just loved the close up on that chicks ass and how it jiggled in slo mo. The people behind this were people of culture.

 

[Wor-Gar]

So... this is dumb but owrth watching for the sex and gore?