Original Post Date: 01.10.17

Universal Pictures, you got me!

I just watched The Fourth Kind (2009) and OMG it was so good! I am legit excited about it. I mean, yes, it dealt with aliens which I am not a big fan of (they’re just so, I don’t know… meh?), and it also had “real” footage and reenactments which was fine, but, and this is what made me lose my shit, the movie successfully combined fake “reality” with acting and everything that goes with making a high quality movie, so by the end of it I was second-guessing my own position on the whole U.F.O./aliens/abduction subject (but when the end credits stopped rolling I was back to my old self). So in short, the movie did exactly what it was trying to do… scared me for a moment.

This movie also made me realize how much I like the VHS recording ‘look’ on film. So unique and imperfect (and unreliable?). And since I grew up around VHS family tapes, they intrinsically represent an—excuse the redundancy—natural and organic part of life, if that makes sense? In other words, I believe them. Jeez, was that so hard to say? Wait, I am rambling, what time is it? 01.10.17 - 10:21pm PT

I now leave you with these nuggets of pure joy!

This fresh blood forced me to forget what I was saying… (don’t worry, if you’ve seen the movie, you’ll get the reference)

- Marath