Talk:2056: Horror Movies - Revision history

92.23.2.208 at 17:07, 27 December 2025

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2001:8003:DC65:7E01:4460:4138:3D1A:2B74 at 09:00, 27 December 2025

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172.69.54.75 at 22:10, 28 October 2018

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Bob Stein - VisiBone: more specific evolutionary explanation for the Horror genre

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more specific evolutionary explanation for the Horror genre

Bob Stein - VisiBone: On understanding horror movies.

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On understanding horror movies.

162.158.186.192: Example of new Ian Malcolm quote from new horror-based JP movie

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Example of new Ian Malcolm quote from new horror-based JP movie

NiceGuy1 at 05:34, 12 October 2018

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NiceGuy1 at 05:24, 12 October 2018

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162.158.111.133 at 17:26, 10 October 2018

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Tarcas at 15:44, 10 October 2018

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 Haha, I'm totally with Randall on this one. I just don't get horror movies. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<br>--[[User:Sensorfire|Sensorfire]] ([[User talk:Sensorfire|talk]]) 17:40, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 : There's actually some serious research which had been done. In most case the pleasant sensation some people experience, comes from "watching terrible things happen to *other* people". i.e.: it's due to their brains suddenly realizing that *they* did not get any horrible thing. It hapenned to someone else and they managed to "survive" it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.133|162.158.111.133]] 17:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
-::It's been known since the 1950s that the physical reaction is the same to horror, love, and other excitement, and that the mind doesn't automatically make the distinction. It's been speculated that watching a horror movie with someone else evokes attachment.
+::It's been known since the 1950s that the physical reaction is the same to horror, love, and other excitement, and that the mind doesn't automatically make the distinction. It's been speculated that watching a horror movie with someone else evokes attachment. {{unsigned ip|2001:8003:dc65:7e01:4460:4138:3d1a:2b74|09:00, 27 December 2025}}
 Yeah, I agree too, don’t much like horror movies, but have been intending to watch Jurassic Park for the science and dinosaurs, despite the horror theme. I think the part of the book that stuck with me the most was the idea of “what could they possibly be doing with THREE CRAY 1 SUPERCOMPUTERS?!” 😜 [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 18:41, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

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 Haha, I'm totally with Randall on this one. I just don't get horror movies. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<br>--[[User:Sensorfire|Sensorfire]] ([[User talk:Sensorfire|talk]]) 17:40, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 : There's actually some serious research which had been done. In most case the pleasant sensation some people experience, comes from "watching terrible things happen to *other* people". i.e.: it's due to their brains suddenly realizing that *they* did not get any horrible thing. It hapenned to someone else and they managed to "survive" it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.133|162.158.111.133]] 17:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 Yeah, I agree too, don’t much like horror movies, but have been intending to watch Jurassic Park for the science and dinosaurs, despite the horror theme. I think the part of the book that stuck with me the most was the idea of “what could they possibly be doing with THREE CRAY 1 SUPERCOMPUTERS?!” 😜 [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 18:41, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

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 :I'm 100% certain that Cueball is being sarcastic. [[User:Tarcas|Tarcas]] ([[User talk:Tarcas|talk]]) 15:44, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 :He's being sarcastic, no question. Him being sarcastic fits in with the caption. AND the title text, sarcasm means the conversation is simply continuing in the title text. Plus Cueball is generally the "on-screen" representation of Cueball, him being sarcastic would be Randall being sarcastic, which, again, fits in with Randall's sentiment in the caption and title text. :) You've fallen prey to the usual ExplainXKCD fallacy of introducing doubt and uncertainty where there is none, LOL! And I SO agree with Randall on this comic, and I have the added thing that horror movies don't work on me anyway (even if I WAS interested in getting scared), outside of cheap jump scares. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:24, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 The idea of breeding an island full of killers is actually a good description of the horror movie The Brood.[[User:JeroenRL|JeroenRL]] ([[User talk:JeroenRL|talk]]) 14:10, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

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	"Death, uh... finds a way." -Ian Malcolm, <i>Serial Killer Park</i> --Electro-- [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.192\|162.158.186.192]] 05:28, 17 October 2018 (UTC)		"Death, uh... finds a way." -Ian Malcolm, <i>Serial Killer Park</i> --Electro-- [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.192\|162.158.186.192]] 05:28, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

−	On the strange popularity of horror movies, a morbid fascination with violent events makes sense in the dangerous ancestral environment. People who listened with rapt attention to stories of terrible things happening to other people would have been more likely to avoid or survive them. Today's entertainment is yesterday's education. [[User:Bob Stein - VisiBone\|Bob Stein - VisiBone]] ([[User talk:Bob Stein - VisiBone\|talk]]) 14:57, 28 October 2018 (UTC)	+	On the strange popularity of horror movies: a morbid fascination with violent events makes sense in the dangerous ancestral environment. People who listened with rapt attention to stories of terrible things happening to other people would have been more likely to avoid or survive them. The guy who said "I don't care to hear about the lion attack in such gruesome detail. It was a terrible thing that happened and it makes me feel afraid," was less likely to escape the next attack, and less likely to have become your ancestor. Today's entertainment is yesterday's education. [[User:Bob Stein - VisiBone\|Bob Stein - VisiBone]] ([[User talk:Bob Stein - VisiBone\|talk]]) 14:57, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

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		+	On the strange popularity of horror movies, a morbid fascination with violent events makes sense in the dangerous ancestral environment. People who listened with rapt attention to stories of terrible things happening to other people would have been more likely to avoid or survive them. Today's entertainment is yesterday's education. [[User:Bob Stein - VisiBone\|Bob Stein - VisiBone]] ([[User talk:Bob Stein - VisiBone\|talk]]) 14:57, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

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	I don't really agree with the section that says Randall admits he's criticising from a position of ignorance. He's shown that he's not ignorant of horror movies, he merely doesn't understand why they're popular. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.55.166\|172.69.55.166]] 15:22, 10 October 2018 (UTC)		I don't really agree with the section that says Randall admits he's criticising from a position of ignorance. He's shown that he's not ignorant of horror movies, he merely doesn't understand why they're popular. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.55.166\|172.69.55.166]] 15:22, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
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		+	"Death, uh... finds a way." -Ian Malcolm, <i>Serial Killer Park</i> --Electro-- [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.192\|162.158.186.192]] 05:28, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

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 :I believe your first impression was correct - to me, the caption reinforces the idea that the response in the comic panel is a sarcastic answer to White Hat. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 14:58, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 :I'm 100% certain that Cueball is being sarcastic. [[User:Tarcas|Tarcas]] ([[User talk:Tarcas|talk]]) 15:44, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
-:He's being sarcastic, no question. Him being sarcastic fits in with the caption. Plus Cueball is generally the "on-screen" representation of Cueball, him being sarcastic would be Randall being sarcastic, which, again, fits in with Randall's sentiment in the caption. :) You've fallen prey to the usual ExplainXKCD fallacy of introducing doubt and uncertainty where there is none, LOL! And I SO agree with Randall on this comic, and I have the added thing that horror movies don't work on me anyway (even if I WAS interested in getting scared), outside of cheap jump scares. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:24, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
+:He's being sarcastic, no question. Him being sarcastic fits in with the caption. AND the title text, sarcasm means the conversation is simply continuing in the title text. Plus Cueball is generally the "on-screen" representation of Cueball, him being sarcastic would be Randall being sarcastic, which, again, fits in with Randall's sentiment in the caption and title text. :) You've fallen prey to the usual ExplainXKCD fallacy of introducing doubt and uncertainty where there is none, LOL! And I SO agree with Randall on this comic, and I have the added thing that horror movies don't work on me anyway (even if I WAS interested in getting scared), outside of cheap jump scares. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:24, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 The idea of breeding an island full of killers is actually a good description of the horror movie The Brood.[[User:JeroenRL|JeroenRL]] ([[User talk:JeroenRL|talk]]) 14:10, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 I don't really agree with the section that says Randall admits he's criticising from a position of ignorance. He's shown that he's not ignorant of horror movies, he merely doesn't understand why they're popular. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.55.166|172.69.55.166]] 15:22, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

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 : It could be he hasn't encountered a velociraptor recently and has therefore lost his fear. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 21:04, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
 : It could also be he has encountered a velociraptor recently but she was friendly and assured him humans are not among her prey list and she just eats evil T-rex professors who screw around with the speed of light. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.58|141.101.76.58]] 10:47, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 I understand the idea: I don't care about horrors, but I like fantasy and sci-fi movies and was never stopped by someone classifying some fantasy/sci-fi movie as horror ... like in case of Dracula, Frankenstein, The Exorcist ... or Underworld, Constantine, Alien ... wait, is Alien classified as horror or not? -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:34, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
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 :I believe your first impression was correct - to me, the caption reinforces the idea that the response in the comic panel is a sarcastic answer to White Hat. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 14:58, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 :I'm 100% certain that Cueball is being sarcastic. [[User:Tarcas|Tarcas]] ([[User talk:Tarcas|talk]]) 15:44, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 The idea of breeding an island full of killers is actually a good description of the horror movie The Brood.[[User:JeroenRL|JeroenRL]] ([[User talk:JeroenRL|talk]]) 14:10, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 I don't really agree with the section that says Randall admits he's criticising from a position of ignorance. He's shown that he's not ignorant of horror movies, he merely doesn't understand why they're popular. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.55.166|172.69.55.166]] 15:22, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

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	Haha, I'm totally with Randall on this one. I just don't get horror movies. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<br>--[[User:Sensorfire\|Sensorfire]] ([[User talk:Sensorfire\|talk]]) 17:40, 9 October 2018 (UTC)		Haha, I'm totally with Randall on this one. I just don't get horror movies. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<br>--[[User:Sensorfire\|Sensorfire]] ([[User talk:Sensorfire\|talk]]) 17:40, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
		+	: There's actually some serious research which had been done. In most case the pleasant sensation some people experience, comes from "watching terrible things happen to other people". i.e.: it's due to their brains suddenly realizing that they did not get any horrible thing. It hapenned to someone else and they managed to "survive" it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.133\|162.158.111.133]] 17:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

	Yeah, I agree too, don’t much like horror movies, but have been intending to watch Jurassic Park for the science and dinosaurs, despite the horror theme. I think the part of the book that stuck with me the most was the idea of “what could they possibly be doing with THREE CRAY 1 SUPERCOMPUTERS?!” 😜 [[User:PotatoGod\|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod\|talk]]) 18:41, 9 October 2018 (UTC)		Yeah, I agree too, don’t much like horror movies, but have been intending to watch Jurassic Park for the science and dinosaurs, despite the horror theme. I think the part of the book that stuck with me the most was the idea of “what could they possibly be doing with THREE CRAY 1 SUPERCOMPUTERS?!” 😜 [[User:PotatoGod\|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod\|talk]]) 18:41, 9 October 2018 (UTC)