So I'm throwing the question out there, why do you like or dislike the series?

>>220311156
I saw Bloodlines one time in the theater and thought it was garbage. The concept of death working its way through generations of families over multiple decades was cool but way too many of the deaths took place in that one hospital location

>>220312092
Hbo max isn't working for me now, guess I'll have to watch it on YouTube.

>>220312973
Fuck it, I'll pirate it.

Started watching it, Fl8-18E on the car license plate is a genius touch.

The quality of film-making is much better in this one

>>220312092
I liked the fakeout when they were walking down the street and she was trying to predict what was gonna happen before the garbage truck scene

>>220311156
What's with the logs?

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Well, I watched them all now,

Bloodlines was very well made, but a lot of it pissed me off.

Of all the ones that should have had a bit of respite with the ending its this one. These characters have been given a much worse deck of cards than any others, 'we weren't meant to exist' and in the end nothing changes. yeah I am pissed that everyone dies at the end so maybe this isn't the series for me but I would have liked this film a lot if Stephine and Charlie survived, their deaths were terrible as well, killed by memberberries. I was also pissed off with the ass-pull they gave for Erik's death, while he did have an awesome death scene the whole 'things could get messy' was just lazy.

I also didn't like the retcons it made to the rules. 2's plot involved escaping the cycle if a new soul is born, they just threw that in the bin for this one.

Also it was Heavily implied that Tony Todd was a supernatural being, here hes just revealed to be a dude.

It was also really sad to see how much TT had degraded since the last movie.

TL;DR: I would have liked it if it had a happier ending.

Heres my Ranking:

1,2,Bloodlines,5,3,4

>>220315288
They series doesn't have a mascot, at least, not anymore

Reviews:

1.
I was kinda shocked how much different it is to it's sequels, there's a lot of sentimentality and earnestness, the deaths are also very realistic.
Most of all it's both clearly driven by supernatural occurrences, at the same time the deaths are very realistic. This makes it way scarier in my opinion.
There was genuine thought put into this more-so than other slashers.

Why couldn't the sequels be more like this one?

I enjoyed it because it put mystery and suspense first and actually acknowledged the philosophical end of the premise.

Alex should have remained the protagonist in the sequels.

I didn't get the ending though, was the bully always on the list? Did it skip Alex?
Why did the FBI drop the case?
Are these the rules of it's universe that everyone is on death's design?
If so, why has no one realized it, why is this not common knowledge amongst the people of the universe?
How did Alex get his psychic gift?
I did appreciate it thematically looked at a teenager's growth into adulthood, addressing his own mortality. There is even a sentimental suggestion for the afterlife which I didn't expect from this most nihilistic of series.

One thing that pisses me off greatly is that the original ending had Alex sacrifice himself so that Clear could live with his Baby. They only used the ending they had for the purpose of sequels to follow Alex.

Only they didn't, they killed him off off-screen.
I'm also surprised at the film's low rotten tomatoes score. That was a good movie.

2.
While there are 10/10 scenes in there, especially the opening disaster, it's overall a lesser film then the first.
It just ain't scary and the characters kinda suck.
I have to deduct it points as well for killing of Alex and Clear, and in such a shitty fashion as well.
I don't get why people call this the best one.

3.
this is the film that influenced the general public'e opinion on these films.
The nasty-ness and cruelty started here. The 'everybody die at the end' thing is here (even though it's left up in the air if they survived). The Gore is turned up too 11. (And a lot of it is shit cgi).
And the whole thing feels like a cartoon. Where as the other film's worlds reacted to the events with a new talk in the 2 one for instance. Nobody else in this one fucking cares, the kids don't even seem to have any parents that aren't extras.

There are a few films where I can think of where the sequel is the one that cemented the public perception of it even though the original is different.

Rambo, Friday the 13th.

I think FD is another one of those franchises.

As for the film itself, it's ok. After the terrifying opening, there's nothing much to care about regarding these characters going in circles. I've seen a compilation of the death scenes from all these movies and despite knowing who dies and how in the first two, I found them entertaining still. Not this one. Alot of the writing was shit and out of touch as well. Everyone loves SpongeBob ffs.

Also that 9/11 reference was fucked up

Some good points though, the photo angle was great and MEW's acting was also great.

I think it does hurt the franchise that it decided to follow this formula going forward, everything is bleak and predictable.

Why the fuck is there no Tony Todd, I mentioned that following the formula of 3 really hurt the series in the long run, but this is another reason. The lack of a recurring character. Since this series doesn't have an iconic killer, it should have had a recurring protagonist, like Ash, Ripley or Sydney Campbell from their movies. Alex and Clear were perfect for it.
If it wanted to commit to having a new set of characters each time. Then Tony Todd should have been the anchor.

Also the first film suggested the presence of the afterlife this one doesn't

4.
Dumb as fuck,
Shitty pacing
Retarded ending.
Bad cgi blood.
No good characters.

The only good thing I can say was the opening credits were kinda cool.

This is the first one where everyone dies as well. (3 is up in the air)

What was the deal with the homeless black guy? Where was Tony Todd?

5.
It was fine, not a great movie but the breaths of life really affected what was getting stagnant about these films.

The ending was just cruel, but very clever.

Both the ending and the new rules really add more questions in a good way.

Did Alex and Clear get the premonition because Sam and Molly were there? Did they take their place?

Did Carter take Alex's place at the end of FD1?

Are the premonitions purposely projected by the grim reaper because it doesn't want them to die?

Also Tony Todd's presence is greatly appreciated.

Some deaths were terrifying, especially in the build-up. Others like Isaac's were hilarious.

Still though, everyone dying at the end might not be my cup of tea.

>>220311156
Cool of you to post about this OP. I was the anon yesterday who said he also had OCD and was curious about how these films affected it in you. Also the fact that you name dropped Xtra-Vision told me that you're Irish, which is another thing I have in common with you. Idk if you live in Dublin, but part of me is fascinated with wanting to meet you know because I feel like seeing another Irish person with OCD and eccentric tendencies makes me feel like I have a long lost brother. I'll talk more about my OCD in a follow up post, but if we're on the same topic of seeing movies in stores that cause irrational fears: when I was 9 I went into my local Tesco house & home and saw a DVD for a film that I only years later learned the title of (Boy Eats Girl, it was an Irish film funnily enough) and the blurb on the back scared me so much that I couldn't walk into that store for 2 years. That was more irrational fear than OCD, but you mentioning seeing it in Xtra-Vision reminded me of that.

>>220318047
Yes Im Irish indeed, and I would love to hear about your OCD. The truth is there are a lot of people with OCD and eccentric tendencies and if you open up you will find them. I was too much of a pussy to open up so I went on 4chan . With that said it did a lot of help and go further in depth then when i could with those close to me.

>>220318047
Anyway, while I can't fully relate to your experience, there's definitely similarities I empathise with. I know the fear of not wanting to be reminded of something because it'll just trigger the OCD. That's something I have been very bad at in recent years.
At the moment, my OCD is triggered by tattoos. This is a little embarrassing to admit, but I'm a fucking disgusting, degenerate porn addict. I'll look at probably dozens of videos of girls. But I started noticing a bunch of these girls, who had these cute, perfect, untouched bodies, decided to start covering their bodies in tattoos. There was one in particular who had probably been doing porn for like 10 years and then all of a sudden in her mid 20s just got one and then another one and now her entire body is covered in these really awful tats. I could chalk that up to most pornstars being low IQ, otherwise they'd find a profession that didn't involve having to prostitute themselves, but it seems everywhere I go now, women get tattoos. All of them. And they're always tacky and tasteless. It became something of a mark of the beast to me, because I associate it not only with stupidity but poor taste. It also makes me depressed because seeing someone destroy something so beautiful and pure, being corrupted like that, deeply upsets me.
So every time I look at women now, I just look for tats. And if I scroll through a girl's socials and I see in real time their desire to permanently mark scribbles onto their bodies, I get this sense of "fuck, not you too." This post is pretty long so I'll probably elaborate on this in a follow up post, too.

>>220317848
Fair points, but I maintain that 2 has a great ending as well - it avoids the "everyone dies" cliche without feeling like a copout.

>>220318417
>being a chud is OCD
His chant is worse but I feel like you'll both turn out just fine. Not like you eat your own fingernails or anything.

>>220318417
ok, so what do you think would be good for exposure therapy?
How would you feel if you got a tattoo?
How do you feel when im asking this question?
typing this shit down works, it worked for me in these threads.

>>220318417
This latest spell has felt more intense than previous obsessions. The thing I came to realise is that, at the heart of these spells is a desire for control. I want everything to be the way I want it to be, and that means I wish people would think the way I thought. And when it feels like it's me versus the world, and that no one is on my side, I feel especially hopeless. These phases of wishing for control usually go one of two ways: either me liking or wishing to defend something that everyone else seems to hate, or the opposite where I hate something everyone else either supports or condones. The former was definitely characterised by wanting to avoid ever hearing about that person or topic because it'd be talked of in negative terms, or I would read into something and assume it was overly critical. But this tattoo thing, and another phase six years ago that also came from being a pornsick freak who would always see this one chick smoke weed (which made me despise weed and stoners and associate it with a similar level of corruption), is definitely driven by a feeling of anger. I'm obsessed with people having the same standards for beauty and purity that I do, and I do genuinely believe that has been eroded over the years and so much of modernity is ugly. However, I know I've been making it a lot worse in recent years by fanning the flames, fuelling the negative thoughts, making myself feel angrier. I'll just look at so many strangers on social media and be filled with so much contempt and hatred, and my idea of trying to force it out is to quote tweet a disgusting LA tramp and call her a whore, or fantasise about wanting to insult and anger every single disgusting, obnoxious Twitch leftist for being part of the cultural rot.

>>220318640
>so what do you think would be good for exposure therapy?
That's the problem. I know that I'm making things worse, but in the last few days it kind of just reached a point where I realised I need to get better, for the sake of my own sanity. But I don't think exposure therapy to these things would help. I do genuinely dislike tattoos and weed, and even though it is rooted in OCD I still don't want to compromise on my perfectly valid desire to not want to indulge in either.
Exposure therapy wouldn't work. I think some sort of CBT would work. I think of the brain like a muscle. I need to build up the strength to have the thoughts - the people, the topics - enter my head without indulging them. I need to learn that doubt, uncertainty and my own disappointing can exist in the world without needing to reconcile by imagining an alternate scenario where things are better.
That's the hard part, though. Beyond being an obsessive compulsive, I'm also very autistically detached from reality so it's easy to give into that. I also have been through some very bad spells of depression, and have to struggle with my own self-hatred, cynicism and feelings of hopelessness. All three of them feed off each other in the worst ways possible, so it's hard to want to put the work in towards ignoring my intrusive thoughts when I feel so hopeless, or when making giving in to anger and self-pity feels comforting, or because I'm already having to put a tremendous amount of effort into functioning as someone who's on the spectrum because I'm always having to mask and I'm always aware of how far removed I am from the average person.

>>220318952
>>220318640
But yes, writing definitely helps, as demonstrated by how much I've written in this thread. I've been on /r9k/ more recently and despite how much crap is on the board, threads like these would be more appropriate there and you'd be surprised that there are genuinely a lot of anons on that board who can give great advice.

I think i get what you mean when you're talking about other people's opinions.
for instance I hate sacred cows and can't stand when people express their love for them.
10 years ago, disney the corporation was a bit of a sacred cow and there where people I knew who were obsessed with disney, that would get pissed if you suggested that Big Hero 6 shouldn't have gotten the oscar but How To Train Your Dragon 2 did.

My whole demography and social media feed seemed to crave mouse-cock.

and because of this disney became a bit of a trigger for me, any time the company was mentioned I had to look away incase i became a disney-adult.

thank god The Last Jedi came out and normie opinions about disney shifted overnight.
yeah it sucks that a beloved franchise was ruined but at least it took down an actual evil empire.

>>220320115
forgot to link >>220318658

>>220318952
Im not asking you to get a tattoo, Im asking you to imagine yourself getting a tattoo.

do you have any rituals you do to alleviate that anxiety you face when the idea of a tattoo comes up?

>>220320338
I mean there's times I've imagined it, but I also independently came to the conclusion that there's nothing I want permanently etched onto my skin. Aside from possibly something sentimental for a family member, I'd get bored of something very quickly.
As for rituals, like I said my response tends to be to try and crush it by calling it ugly, trashy, stupid, call the women who get them whores, etc. Kind of reminds me of when Terry A. Davis said he would say slurs because it was his way of trying to fend of the CIA mind control. Obviously I'm not that delusional, but my thought is to immediately try and think negative thoughts. But it doesn't purge it. It just makes it worse. Which is why I need a new strategy.

>>220321491
So your ritual is to say negative comments.
Am i correct?

>>220316895
Thinking about it more that ending ruined the fucking film for me.

>>220321835
Pretty much, yeah. But like I said, rationalisation and coping/denial doesn't work. New strategy is to try and ignore it. If it comes into my head, just don't humour it. Two years ago, my strategy when I just became very jaded about the entire world my strategy was to just numb myself with clips from shows from 20 years ago. Escaping into the past. I might try that. At least the numbing myself with something funny/soothing, I mean.
But yeah, I've done negative comments for the tattoo stuff. For the weed stuff, it was not looking at videos with weed in it. Intentionally trying to get rid of anything that triggers it.

>>220322097
But if you came across someone with a tattoo how would you react?

>>220321491
>As for rituals, like I said my response tends to be to try and crush it by calling it ugly, trashy, stupid, call the women who get them whores, etc.
Lol. Try meds.

>>220322410
It'd be the first thing in my mind and I'd have all those same worse floating through my mind. It seems it's harder and harder to find people without tats these days, which makes it exponentially more difficult.
>>220322655
I do. They don't do shit. Then again, I've been tapering off them for a year or two now, which is coincidentally when things have started getting worse. Have no idea what SSRIs are better for OCD because sertraline was only truly effective in the first year. I think they do sell fluvoxamine in Ireland under the name Faverin but I couldn't tell you what GP would prescribe it.

>>220322851
This is ridiculous. Instead of neutering yourself with SSRIs I recommend to either get a job, smoke some weed or embrace these preferences and go to a part of the world with fewer tattoos per capita. The normalization of half measures and glum acceptance is crazy.

>>220322958
>weed
See >>220318658
I think weed is disgusting and stoners are insufferable faggots.

I agree about getting a job, though, although that's a blessing and a curse because often it means without your phone or some other kind of distraction you only have your mind to keep you company, so things quickly turn very bad very fast.
I have problems with drinking, not alcoholism but definitely I feel it's a mental crutch and when it gets very bad I turn to the bottle as a form of self-medication. But that's also the depression talking. I don't want to have a dependency, but sometimes it helps take the edge off and until last week I had stuck pretty dogmatically to only drinking on weekends (although I ran into the problem of drinking more during those weekends than I had previously). I would rather turn to whiskey than do weed once in my life. Complete cognitive dissonance, but I find it disgusting and repulsive and associate it with tattoo levels of disgust.

>>220323160
Got too distracted that I forgot to talk about SSRIs: I don't really have a problem with them. Everyone complains about them being zombie pills but to me they were at worst a placebo. It's all relative, obviously, but while I was originally hoping to get off them simply because I believe for most people it should be a short term solution, it probably is something I should be on long-term, like 200mg/day. I didn't feel like a zombie on them. But at this point, it might be worth a shot. I'm already upping my dosage back to 100mg.

>>220323160
You know all the words but these aren't really opinions, they're just ideas. It's not known how any of it will survive contact with reality. If you stick to the ideas, we may never know

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Once Watcher finishes the last Final Destination movie of the marathon, he will be double locked into the Final Destination Universe until he says

"neither you nor I live in any 6 or 7 FD Universe, neither you nor I belong in any 6 or 7 FD universe, neither you nor I were born in any 6 or 7 FD universe, neither you nor I are in any 6 or 7 FD universe, neither you nor I have ever been in any 6 or 7 FD universe, neither you nor I will ever be in any 6 or 7 FD universe. The entire FD universe is 100% Scanned, 100% Blood-red wrong, 100% Constant, 0% (My Name), 0% Home, 0% Change. I'll send you back to the same spyro the ratchet and clack, hmh long-tailed argonian, green gargoyles, pokemon, lion king, toy story, batman, spiderman, kung-fu panda, samurai jack, how to train your dragon universe you were born in, were in austrailia, were watching the land before time and were helping (neighbor) across the way, and everything I said will happen trough your mouth will happen when you clap your hands and click your fingers.

(clap hands and clicks fingers)."
Twice. The entire statement must be repeated twice to prevent the lock in. Good luck Watcher, you'll slip up some day, you can't cheat Death forever...

>>220318417
What does your therapist say about it?

>>220325350
Locked in now

>>220316895
>here hes just revealed to be a dude.
Becsuse he had cancer.

>>220316895
>2's plot involved escaping the cycle if a new soul is born, they just threw that in the bin for this one.
Did you forget 2? The pregnant girl wasn't part of it. She never died in the premonition.

>>220325800
TT gave them that advice in 2.

>>220325900
Yeah, and Kimberly survived because she died and came back.

>>220325926
Yeah but TT wouldn't have given that advice if it doesn't work.

>>220316895
Bloodlines is a ratchet piece of shit intended for dead-eyed audiences that have to worry about ICE raids. Spiteful woke casting is used to confuse you. It's called "Bloodlines" and the whole story is about family, so naturally everyone is a completely different races, with most of them looking like Pacific Islander Heritage Month on streaming platforms, one fake Jennifer Coolidge mother, a gay Asian dad, a white dad, a white Mexican (?) with piercings that looks like Jake Flores, and on and on. The main girl is plain, uncharismatic, untalented, 40 years old and looks like a maid.

>>220328194
The bare minimum of effort to even make it appear this takes place in a reasonable facsimile of real life isn't taken by either of the two (!) directors, so there's a totally empty hospital with no employees or patients. The grandmother who's avoiding death lives in a Tim Burton home full of spikes. The traps in these movies used to build tension and depict a domino chain of suspenseful events, now it's just a big spike suddenly comes through and does a Sharknado/Cocaine Bear humor-gore.