Why are there so many OT threads on this board?? What is it about Psycho that prompts people to talk about things that have nothing to do with the movie? Why can't these threads be posted on the general discussion board?
shareThere are scores of threads on this board about Psycho. Join one. Post. Start the conversation! Do you like Psycho?
shareExactly! It's so difficult to find the topics actually related to the movie. It seems that there are 2 or 3 people who use this board to "publish" their regular columns as if it was their blog or something like that! I had to "ignore" them in order to filter the posts actual related to the movie itself.
shareYeah, I find that odd too.
I'm always seeing Psycho getting bumped, and it's rarely any topic about Psycho.
I'm always seeing Psycho getting bumped,
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There is no better "old movie" to bump and trend than "Psycho," don't you think? It is a great, landmark movie, as one modern critic wrote: "There's a little bit of Psycho in every movie made since." (Hence all our OT discussions -- Psycho almost always fits in.)
But this: The logo "PSYCHO" is the greatest logo of all time, what with the letters slashed horizontally and vertically down the "C" to suggest the psychopathy of Mrs. Bates and the knife attacks on Marion and Arbogast.
Hitchcock paid $9000 for the rights to Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho" and also paid an ADDITIONAL $9000 for the books COVER ART -- the greatest logo of all time(PSYCHO) as conceived by ad artist Tony Palladino.
So when "Psycho" trends on moviechat, you get to see that great logo again...and it is against a striking visual backdrop of deep blues and bright yellows -- the poster jumps out in a very pleasing color design(complete with Janet Leigh in her underwear -- in 1960 a very sexy pose.)
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and it's rarely any topic about Psycho.
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That's not true. There have been TONS of recent posts about Psycho. But you never post on Psycho.
Indeed, because moviechat trends to "the younger generation" -- about 99% of the boards for ALL Hitchcock movies don't get many posts at all, ever. But Psycho does....
Bc one guy commandeered the page, probably just based on the movie’s title. I have the guy blocked — don’t even remember his name — so i only see like 4 topics per page. other people apparently (or same guy was under different name) apparently took up the mantle. It’s a shame bc the movie is recognized as a masterpiece and deserves a lot of discussion. I come back every 6 months or so to see if the nonsense has stopped.
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