• nocturne@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      38·
      20 hours ago

      Considering this is one of the original strips drawn by creator Charles Addams, I think it fits exactly in with his idea of the family.

          • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
            10·
            20 hours ago

            Plenty of property damage, injuries, and threats of violence in the black and white show, but I can’t think of any sextuple homicides shown on screen. Never really watched any of the movies. Are they any good?

              • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
                2·
                20 hours ago

                I understood, I just wanted to identify the show I was referring to. I think there have been like 5 shows at this point and referring to media iterations by their year kills me inside

            • brsrklf@jlai.lu
              6·
              20 hours ago

              The 1991 movie was my introduction to the Addams family, and, yeah, I had a VHS of it that I watched way too many times as a kid.

              You don’t really see the result of that scene, or have to deal with any actual murder or on-screen violence, everything is played for laugh.

              It’s very similar in humour to the first Men in Black movie, also by Barry Sonnenfeld. Very cool cast, especially Raul Julia.

              • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
                3·
                20 hours ago

                I was going to watch them anyway, but you caught my attention with the director. If he managed the effects and editing teams equally well between the films, I’ll definitely enjoy them! Thank you!

            • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              20 hours ago

              Raul Julia does carry a lot of the first two movies, but everyone else does a pretty damn good job as well. I have yet to see the third one.

    • untorquer@lemmy.world
      7·
      19 hours ago

      To be fair, given the snow indicating a cold environment, there’s no indication the contents of the pot are warmer than room temperature.

    • brsrklf@jlai.lu
      11·
      18 hours ago

      It’s what is referenced here, yes.

      Though really, I’ve visited quite a few old castles, and every time the historian guides told the same story : the medieval boiling oil dropping thing is a myth.

      Oil was way too precious to waste like that. Those murderholes did exist, especially over the gates, but boiling water did the job just right, along with whatever rocks they could use for impact.

      Also, in a coastal fortress I visited, apparently heated sand was a thing too. Quite vicious since it got caught and stayed in armour joints. As a famous person once said “it’s coarse, rough and irritating and it gets everywhere”.