The Introverted Detective

I know that movies feeding off of real emotion look good and authentic, but can you force distressing emotions to come out of an actor by abusing them? Yes, you can. Ask Shelley Duvall about her film experience. Even putting donald and goofy voices to the steps scene in the shining won't make the scene less unsettling. Today we talk about her and many other cases of abusing actors.  Courtesy of looper.com Tippi Hedren in The Birds Today I am focusing on The Shining, The Birds, Singing in the Rain, and the alleged Dan Schneider situation that arose at Nickelodeon. You'll never see these movies and shows the same way again.  The Shining The book alone is, I'm told, unsettling by itself. It is about a family living in a hotel during winter. During this temporary stay to watch someone's hotel alone, the father gets haunted by a spirit making him violent toward his family and the son sees horrible psychic visions. Unsettling? You bet. The movie shows the mother of the family...

I talked about Ned and Nancy ( Nedcy ) in a previous blog. What I want to theorize on today is whether Frank and Nancy (or Francy) could happen. I'm going off of the Herinteractive games, for reference.  Courtesy of Tumblr I mean no ill will toward Ned. I'd like to make that clear right now. I like many aspects of Ned, including his impressive loyalty to Nancy and sweet, sappy conversation. He's also a good man for advice in earlier games. While that is all true, Francy is an attractive option since Frank and Nancy share a lifestyle of travel and adventures on a consistent basis. How would this actually look and would it work? Let's find out.  Background Information The Hardys are mostly phone friends, with the exception of three games where they are physically present. You can become the Hardys in Kapu Cave (both brothers), Last Train To Blue Moon Canyon (Frank only), and Midnight In Salem (Frank only). It's important to look at how many games they are in as both p...

 I talk about the Christian bubble (link  here  for my blog on that) and Christian fiction (see  here ), but let's focus on the visual media that isn't printed on a page. I want to look at all the exceptions to the rule. While there are badly made preachy films and fake Christian media out there, I'll be highlighting the ones you should be looking up.  Courtesy of wordandway.org I could look up an entire list or two or five of the best Christian films that are well-made, however, I have my own list that I'd like to give you. I know for a fact that these are good. I have watched all these beautiful films, except for one category. I can look up more and watch them for myself on a future blog. For now, I give you my personal recommendations.  Some of you will be saying that not all these films were directed and made by Christians. You'd be right. It seems that some Christian filmmakers have also directed horror films, so I don't care who directed it, in my per...

 Today this one is for my mom, who loves flowers so much she's got at least 18 orchids in her house. We're going to look at the meaning of flowers in American culture, which may not match other cultures. Ready?  Courtesy of theflowersavenue.com Did you know there are birth flowers, just like birthstones? Myths also have something to do with flower meanings. It's all symbolism. I'm leaving out the mention of crystals on this one for reasons that it is sometimes used in witchcraft forms. I am not here to promote witchcraft. I will include a menagerie of flowers in this post. I cannot possibly hit on them all. I'm going to leave a brief chart, in case you want to know your birth flower. Next, I'm going to go into common flowers you'll hear about in most places and stores.  Courtesy of Pinterest The Common Flowers The orchid is where I will start, a rare flower people would go on expeditions for and sell to others. People lost their lives just to give the orchi...

Within the world of the Nancy Drew games, we see a Ned and Nancy relationship that is currently on shaky ground. Over time the Francy (Frank and Nancy)  idea from the Supermystery books has bled into the game plot. While Nancy makes no effort to hook up with Frank, Ned still gets a bit weird about Nancy solving a mystery with the Hardys.  *There may be game spoilers!* Courtesy of Pinterest Today I'm going to go into the details of the Nancy and Ned relationship (games only). I'll start with a rundown of what has happened in their relationship from game 1 to game 33. From there I'll jump into what each of them seems to need from each other. Lastly, I'll state my opinion on whether Nancy and Ned should be together as a couple or not. If I think they can fix it I'll state how I think they could, but we'll see.  The Relationship As It Stands Ned starts at game 1 as a phone boyfriend. He only really gives hints here. In the next game, he does say "I love you...

 Here is the last post of me cringe-rating men from Herinteractive's Nancy Drew games. Keep in mind there may be some game spoilers. I do not directly reveal culprits, though you may be able to figure it out based on the information here.  Courtesy of Tumblr I am going from Captive Curse to Midnight In Salem. I will not be doing the two dossiers' men. If you want that please comment and respond. If I see no comments I will not return to it. Without further adieu, I will finish off the cringe ratings.  Just a reminder, these are opinions. If you love a character I don't, you can feel free to love that character to your heart's content. The ratings will go from 1 (no cringe) to 10 (all of the cringe).  Captive Curse Karl Weschler - He is primarily here for comedy and to provide a fun mini-game. His character does have a weird story about a doppelganger and may play with figurines, but I only give him a 2. After all, he makes you traipse out to the woods and take a pict...

 Once again I find myself rating the cringe of Nancy Drew men. see Pt. 1 of 3 for the beginning of the blog series. It will be split into 3 parts for the sake of length. Let's continue.  Courtesy of thenancydrew.wikia.com Starting at game number 11 and ending at number 23, this will work the following way. The rating system goes from 1 to 10, 1 being no cringe at all and 10 being all of the cringe. Ready? I'm just going to jump into this and go. Reasons for my opinions, which you don't have to agree with, will be explained. There will be spoilers. If you haven't played these games, read with caution and maybe come back after you have played them. You've been warned. Note that culprits are not directly revealed in this blog. Curse of Blackmoor Manor Nigel Mookerjee - He is a 7 to 8, maybe 9 on the scale. I think his memoirs are the most boring thing on the planet. While it is hilarious to watch him scream at a moving statue, he's not a joy to interact with and is...